dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/re_mwt.json
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{
"re-created":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the club finally got some new, enthusiastic members, and the recreated organization actually began contributing to the community"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"dallied",
"disported",
"frolicked",
"played",
"rollicked",
"skylarked",
"sported",
"toyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavorted",
"frisked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"romped",
"dabbled",
"trifled",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"dabbled",
"fiddled (around)",
"messed around",
"puttered (around)",
"bummed (around)",
"dawdled",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lounged (around or about)",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"screwed around",
"slacked (off)",
"jested",
"joked",
"teased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"labored",
"plodded",
"plugged (away)",
"slaved",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstructed",
"re-enacted",
"reduplicated",
"repeated",
"reinvented",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"pieced together",
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out",
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"re-enacted":{
"to act out a past event; to enact again":{
"examples":[
"The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reduplicated",
"repeated",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through",
"recreated",
"reinvented",
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"replicated",
"reprised",
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"represented",
"role-played"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaccrediting":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"revalidating",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaches":{
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"would you reach me the potatoes, please?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"transfers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relays",
"bears",
"carries",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives",
"gives up",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"surrenders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"gets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gets through (to)",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did"
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"influences",
"moves",
"strikes",
"sways",
"tells (on)",
"touches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries away",
"dazzles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"ravishes",
"transports",
"biases",
"biasses",
"colors",
"inspires",
"stirs",
"engages",
"interests",
"involves",
"penetrates",
"pierces",
"afflicts",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flusters",
"harasses",
"harries",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"smites",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"wrings",
"allures",
"attracts",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies",
"underwhelms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"there are still only a few women in the upper reaches of the profession"
],
"synonyms":[
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"ranking",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reacquiring":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacting":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it was my first touchdown, and I didn't know how to react to the cheers of the crowd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"behaving",
"affecting",
"causing",
"drawing",
"effecting"
],
"related":[
"answering",
"returning",
"retaliating",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"reading",
"taking",
"understanding",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"grappling (with)",
"handling",
"managing",
"negotiating"
],
"synonyms":[
"replying",
"responding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacting (to)":{
"as in responding (to) , engaging (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engaging (with)",
"responding (to)",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"viewing",
"acting (toward)",
"being (to)",
"dealing (with)",
"handling",
"serving",
"treating",
"using"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reactionary":{
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
"examples":[
"reactionary guardians of proper English usage invariably regard every new coinage that comes along as a nonword"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"button-down",
"buttoned-down",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional",
"square",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"right",
"right-wing",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
]
},
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
"examples":[
"reactionaries tried to stop the passage of the legislation extending civil rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"conservative",
"paleoconservative",
"right-winger",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"traditionalist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"right",
"right-wing",
"conformist",
"neocon",
"neoconservative",
"diehard",
"standpatter",
"bourbon",
"Colonel Blimp",
"fuddy-duddy",
"square",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremist",
"radical",
"red",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"reformer",
"reformist"
],
"antonyms":[
"leftist",
"left-winger",
"lefty",
"liberal",
"progressive"
]
},
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
"examples":[
"a reactionary in the nation's ongoing culture war, she seems to believe that watching any TV at all will rot your brain"
],
"synonyms":[
"antediluvian",
"Colonel Blimp",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"fud",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservative",
"rightist",
"Tory",
"mandarin",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"veteran",
"old maid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberal",
"progressive",
"radical"
],
"antonyms":[
"hipster",
"modern",
"trendy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"reactivation":{
"as in renewal , recovery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"restoral",
"restoration",
"reinvention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reactivations":{
"as in renewals , recoveries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"restorals",
"restorations",
"reinventions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reacts (to)":{
"as in responds (to) , engages (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engages (with)",
"responds (to)",
"considers",
"esteems",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"views",
"acts (toward)",
"deals (with)",
"handles",
"is (to)",
"serves",
"treats",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"read the riot act (to)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"readapt":{
"as in readjust":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readjust",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"readied":{
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this advanced course should ready him for college"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accustomed",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"groomed",
"habituated",
"shaped",
"tailored",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"taught",
"tutored"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipped",
"fitted",
"fit",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"seasoned",
"trained"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"braced",
"fortified",
"girded",
"girt",
"steeled",
"battened",
"gathered",
"geared up",
"mounted",
"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"tutored",
"booted (up)",
"primed",
"arranged",
"set",
"spread",
"armed",
"equipped",
"forearmed",
"furnished",
"outfitted",
"provided",
"supplied",
"inclined",
"predisposed",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"framed",
"warmed (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitted",
"fit",
"fixed",
"groomed",
"laid",
"prepared",
"prepped"
]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"psyched (out)",
"shook",
"unnerved",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"related":[
"armed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"propped (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supported",
"sustained",
"cheered (up)",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"rallied",
"roused",
"stirred"
],
"synonyms":[
"braced",
"forearmed",
"fortified",
"nerved",
"poised",
"psyched (up)",
"steeled",
"strengthened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reading the riot act (to)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
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"jawing",
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"make sure you do the assigned reading for tonight"
],
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"lectures",
"drills",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"\u00e9tudes",
"studies"
],
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"this advanced course should ready him for college"
],
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"adjusting",
"conditioning",
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"habituating",
"shaping",
"tailoring",
"authorizing",
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"empowering",
"enabling",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring"
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"fitting",
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"seasoning",
"training"
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"we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance"
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"fortifying",
"girding",
"steeling",
"battening",
"gathering",
"gearing up",
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"instructing",
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"training",
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"booting (up)",
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"setting",
"spreading",
"arming",
"equipping",
"forearming",
"furnishing",
"outfitting",
"providing",
"supplying",
"inclining",
"predisposing",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"framing",
"warming (up)"
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"laying",
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"the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season"
],
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"discouraging",
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"dispiriting",
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"unnerving",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
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"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
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"enforcing",
"propping (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"cheering (up)",
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"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"rallying",
"rousing",
"stirring"
],
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"forearming",
"fortifying",
"nerving",
"poising",
"psyching (up)",
"steeling",
"strengthening"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"The President reaffirmed his commitment to cutting taxes.",
"She reaffirmed her stance on the issue."
],
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"disclaimed",
"disowned",
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"repudiated",
"challenged",
"disputed",
"questioned",
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"contradicted",
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"gainsaid"
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"verb"
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"to formally state (something) again in order to emphasize that it is true":{
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"The President reaffirmed his commitment to cutting taxes.",
"She reaffirmed her stance on the issue."
],
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"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
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"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
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"negatives",
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"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
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"disproves",
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"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters",
"denies",
"gainsays"
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},
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"verb"
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},
"realistic":{
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
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"nonnatural",
"nonrealistic",
"unnatural",
"unrealistic"
],
"examples":[
"those special effects look really realistic \u2014I'd never guess they were all computer-generated"
],
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"dissimilar",
"off",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"incomparable",
"unmatched",
"contrasted",
"contrasting",
"different",
"disparate",
"fake",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
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"like",
"matching",
"similar",
"verisimilar",
"akin",
"analogous",
"approximate",
"comparable",
"resembling",
"accurate",
"close",
"faithful",
"true",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"expressive",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"gritty",
"vivid"
],
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"lifelike",
"living",
"natural",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"near",
"photo-realistic",
"three-dimensional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly":{
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"blue-sky",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"examples":[
"high schoolers who need to be more realistic in their career choices, as so few people end up as rock stars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginative",
"romantic",
"sentimental",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"rose-colored",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"half-baked",
"illogical",
"insane",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"related":[
"idealless",
"philistine",
"utilitarian",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"bottom-line",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"tough-minded",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"cynical",
"disillusioned",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic",
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious"
],
"synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"earthy",
"hardheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical"
]
}
},
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"the state of being actual or complete":{
"examples":[
"this research paper is the realization of an entire year's work"
],
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"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"actuality",
"actualization",
"attainment",
"consummation",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"pass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"success",
"triumph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonsuccess"
],
"antonyms":[
"naught",
"nought",
"nonfulfillment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"realizations":{
"the state of being actual or complete":{
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"naughts",
"nought",
"nonfulfillments"
],
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"this research paper is the realization of an entire year's work"
],
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"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"related":[
"successes",
"triumphs"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"actualities",
"actualizations",
"attainments",
"consummations",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"passes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"realize":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor"
],
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"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"get on (to)",
"hear",
"learn",
"see",
"wise (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hit (on or upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"descry",
"detect",
"encounter",
"espy",
"spot",
"calculate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find",
"puzzle (out)",
"discern",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"perceive",
"divine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"forget",
"unlearn",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it"
],
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"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realizes":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
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"I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor"
],
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"ascertains",
"catches on (to)",
"discovers",
"finds out",
"gets on (to)",
"hears",
"learns",
"sees",
"wises (up)"
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"hits (on or upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
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"detects",
"encounters",
"espies",
"spots",
"calculates",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"finds",
"puzzles (out)",
"discerns",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"perceives",
"divines"
],
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"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it"
],
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"bags",
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"captures",
"carries",
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"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
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"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
],
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"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
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"amasses",
"racks up",
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"picks up",
"annexes",
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"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
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"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realizing":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
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"examples":[
"I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor"
],
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"missing",
"overlooking",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"forgetting",
"unlearning",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"occulting",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"related":[
"hitting (on or upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"encountering",
"espying",
"spotting",
"calculating",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"finding",
"puzzling (out)",
"discerning",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"divining"
],
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"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"getting on (to)",
"hearing",
"learning",
"seeing",
"wising (up)"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it"
],
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"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
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"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
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"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reallocate":{
"to move or direct (something) so that it can be used for a different purpose":{
"examples":[
"After the class trip was canceled, the money was reallocated to cover the cost of the dance.",
"We need to reallocate our resources."
],
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"reapportion",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint",
"misallocate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realness":{
"as in genuineness":{
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"near synonyms":[
"genuineness",
"actuality",
"corporality",
"corporeality",
"existence",
"reality",
"subsistence",
"thingness",
"activity",
"animation",
"life",
"currency",
"presence",
"prevalence"
],
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"inexistence",
"nonbeing",
"nonexistence",
"nothingness",
"unreality",
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"want",
"potentiality",
"virtuality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reamed (out)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"you are so going to get reamed out when the boss learns that you wrecked the company car"
],
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"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
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"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaming (out)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"you are so going to get reamed out when the boss learns that you wrecked the company car"
],
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"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
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"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
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"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
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"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reanimated":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the hikers were reanimated and ready to go after their brief rest along the side of the trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reanimation":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"a call for the reanimation of curfew ordinances that were discarded decades ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaped":{
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
"examples":[
"my great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe"
],
"synonyms":[
"gathered",
"harvested",
"picked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clammed",
"fished",
"sealed",
"shrimped",
"whaled",
"accumulated",
"foraged",
"garnered",
"gleaned",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed",
"bagged",
"captured",
"hunted",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"cropped",
"grew",
"raised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planted",
"seeded",
"sowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"secured",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapplied":{
"as in readdressed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"addressed",
"applied",
"bent",
"buckled",
"devoted",
"gave",
"knuckled down",
"set (to)",
"settled (down)",
"busied",
"committed",
"concerned",
"engaged",
"involved",
"exerted",
"exhausted",
"put out",
"spent",
"strained",
"stressed",
"taxed",
"troubled",
"wore out",
"carried on",
"pitched in",
"plunged (in)",
"ground",
"humped",
"hustled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged (away)",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"idled",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapportioned":{
"as in reallocated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocated",
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"admeasured",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"dished out",
"divided",
"divvied (up)",
"dolloped (out)",
"lotted",
"measured (out)",
"parted",
"proportioned",
"rationed",
"redistributed",
"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"bestowed",
"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"pledged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudged",
"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted",
"misallocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapproved":{
"as in recertified , reaccredited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredited",
"recertified",
"rechartered",
"revalidated",
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rearing":{
"as in upbringing , raising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"raising",
"upbringing",
"parenthood",
"parenting",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"caregiving",
"caretaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"bringing up",
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"raising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fathering",
"mothering",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"cradling",
"cultivating",
"minding",
"ministering (to)",
"nurturing",
"watching",
"disciplining",
"educating",
"instructing",
"mentoring",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tutoring",
"edifying",
"enlightening",
"indoctrinating",
"feeding",
"providing (for)",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"promoting",
"preparing",
"directing",
"guiding",
"leading",
"shepherding",
"showing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abusing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"maltreating",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing"
],
"synonyms":[
"erecting",
"pitching",
"putting up",
"raising",
"setting up",
"upending",
"upraising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"supporting",
"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"flattening",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"setting up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpentering",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"framing",
"hammering",
"handcrafting",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"prefabricating",
"beginning",
"coining",
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"redeveloping",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"jerry-building",
"rigging (up)",
"throwing up",
"combining",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruinating",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropping",
"cultivating",
"culturing",
"dressing",
"growing",
"promoting",
"raising",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breeding",
"producing",
"propagating",
"planting",
"sowing",
"gathering",
"gleaning",
"harvesting",
"reaping",
"germinating",
"quickening",
"ripening",
"rooting",
"sprouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killing",
"digging",
"extirpating",
"picking",
"plucking",
"pulling (up)",
"uprooting",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rearranges":{
"as in moves , reorders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"puts",
"sets",
"sets up",
"situates",
"sticks",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasonable":{
"according to the rules of logic":{
"antonyms":[
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"examples":[
"his answer is perfectly reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casuistic",
"casuistical",
"eristic",
"eristical",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"unarticulated",
"unscientific",
"absurd",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"fatuous",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"loony",
"looney",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"senseless",
"thoughtless",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing"
],
"related":[
"a posteriori",
"a priori",
"syllogistic",
"cognitive",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"defendable",
"defensible",
"justifiable",
"maintainable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tenable"
],
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
"antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
],
"examples":[
"those playing rules sound reasonable to me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"unconvincing",
"weak",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misguided",
"misled"
],
"related":[
"actual",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"colorable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"sober",
"solid",
"valid",
"well-founded"
]
},
"costing little":{
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
],
"examples":[
"desperately trying to find reasonable hotel rates for the holiday weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"related":[
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"wholesale",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular"
]
},
"having the ability to reason":{
"antonyms":[
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonthinking",
"unintelligent",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unthinking"
],
"examples":[
"some people once believed that women were not by nature reasonable beings, but generations of female scholars have proved those people wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainless",
"dense",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"half-witted",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"senseless",
"slow",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"fallacious",
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"nonsensical"
],
"related":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"brainy",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"cognitional",
"cognitive",
"mental",
"levelheaded",
"practical",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober"
],
"synonyms":[
"intelligent",
"rational",
"reasoning",
"thinking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reasonableness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reassemble":{
"as in rebuild , reconstruct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassembles":{
"as in rebuilds , reconstructs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"redevelops",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassembling":{
"as in rebuilding , reconstructing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassessment":{
"as in transvaluation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reassign":{
"as in reallocate , redistribute":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassumes":{
"as in reaccepts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccepts",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"stands by",
"supports",
"upholds",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes up",
"accepts",
"assumes",
"bears",
"shoulders",
"takes over",
"undertakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"repudiates",
"abjures",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"abandons",
"abnegates",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reattached":{
"as in resecured , refixed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixed",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"recombined",
"reconnected",
"rejoined",
"reunified",
"reunited",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reawake":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reawaking":{
"as in reviving , renewing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"reinvigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"restimulating",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"infusing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"rallying",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"enkindling",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"whipping (up)",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"activating",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"raising",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"waking (up)",
"amping (up)",
"animating",
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"filliping",
"firing",
"gingering (up)",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"juicing up",
"jump-starting",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"spiking",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying",
"zipping (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"killing",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebellious":{
"taking part in a rebellion":{
"examples":[
"the rebellious troops fought a pitched battle with divisions still loyal to the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"mutinous",
"revolutionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seditious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"treasonous",
"agitating",
"demagogic",
"rabble-rousing",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true",
"true-blue",
"compliant",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"examples":[
"expected her son to grow a little more rebellious as he got older, but she knew he understood when to kick and when to obey"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rebuffing":{
"as in scorning , disdaining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving",
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuilding":{
"as in repair , renovation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"reconstruction",
"renovation",
"repair",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"wear and tear",
"abrasion",
"corrosion",
"erosion",
"decomposition",
"deterioration",
"disintegration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuke":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"examples":[
"delivered a stinging rebuke to the Congress, calling for an end to backstabbing and arguing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"related":[
"berate",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"tick off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"cite",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse"
],
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"hail",
"honor",
"eulogize",
"laud",
"praise",
"approve",
"bless",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chastise",
"castigate",
"punish",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"chew out",
"cut up",
"dress down",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"tell off",
"upbraid",
"belittle",
"criticize",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"objurgate",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuking":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"synonyms":[
"censuring",
"condemning",
"denouncing",
"objurgating",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chastising",
"castigating",
"punishing",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"cutting up",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"telling off",
"upbraiding",
"belittling",
"criticizing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"eulogizing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"approving",
"blessing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"citing",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebut":{
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fend (off)",
"repel",
"repulse",
"stave off",
"turn away",
"turn back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defy",
"fight",
"hold off",
"oppose",
"resist",
"stand off",
"withstand",
"deflect",
"ward (off)",
"rebuff",
"snub",
"spurn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embrace",
"hail",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"confound",
"confute",
"debunk",
"disconfirm",
"discredit",
"disprove",
"falsify",
"refute",
"shoot down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"challenge",
"contest",
"query",
"question",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"document",
"evidence",
"evince",
"record",
"show",
"support",
"witness",
"back (up)",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"adduce",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"certify",
"identify",
"demonstrate",
"display",
"illustrate",
"manifest"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"validate",
"verify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuts":{
"to drive back":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraces",
"hails",
"welcomes"
],
"related":[
"defies",
"fights",
"holds off",
"opposes",
"resists",
"stands off",
"withstands",
"deflects",
"wards (off)",
"rebuffs",
"snubs",
"spurns"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats off",
"fends (off)",
"repels",
"repulses",
"staves off",
"turns away",
"turns back"
]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"antonyms":[
"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"examples":[
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
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"evidences",
"evinces",
"records",
"shows",
"supports",
"witnesses",
"backs (up)",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"adduces",
"attests",
"authenticates",
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"identifies",
"demonstrates",
"displays",
"illustrates",
"manifests"
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"overturns",
"challenges",
"contests",
"queries",
"questions",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"debates",
"discusses",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
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"confounds",
"confutes",
"debunks",
"disconfirms",
"discredits",
"disproves",
"falsifies",
"refutes",
"shoots down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in swap , exchange":{
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"auction",
"exchange",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"resell",
"swap",
"bargain",
"barter",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"transact",
"buy",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take",
"deal",
"trade",
"traffic",
"distribute",
"fair-trade",
"market",
"peddle",
"retail",
"sell",
"supply",
"vend",
"wholesale",
"black-market",
"bootleg",
"fence",
"smuggle",
"corner",
"engross",
"monopolize",
"undersell",
"day-trade",
"invest",
"speculate"
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"black",
"blackball",
"boycott"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in swapping , exchanging":{
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"exchanging",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"reselling",
"swapping",
"bargaining",
"bartering",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating",
"transacting",
"buying",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"dealing",
"trading",
"trafficking",
"distributing",
"fair-trading",
"marketing",
"peddling",
"retailing",
"selling",
"supplying",
"vending",
"wholesaling",
"black-marketing",
"bootlegging",
"fencing",
"smuggling",
"cornering",
"engrossing",
"monopolizing",
"underselling",
"day-trading",
"investing",
"speculating"
],
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"blackballing",
"blacking",
"boycotting"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalcitrant":{
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
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"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority"
],
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"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
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"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
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"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"tractable"
],
"examples":[
"a heart-to-heart talk with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he had a troubled life at home"
],
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"docile",
"obedient",
"well-behaved",
"compliant",
"placable",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"trainable"
],
"related":[
"bullheaded",
"contrary",
"difficult",
"hardheaded",
"incorrigible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"undisciplined",
"unpunished",
"uncontrolled",
"wild",
"boisterous",
"irrepressible",
"rambunctious",
"rowdy",
"disobedient",
"indocile",
"insubordinate",
"rebellious",
"misbehaving",
"naughty"
],
"synonyms":[
"froward",
"headstrong",
"incontrollable",
"intractable",
"refractory",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recant":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
],
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"related":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapped":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"please recap the highlights of the game for me"
],
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"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapturing":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
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"examples":[
"our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"related":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recasting":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receding (from)":{
"as in going , withdrawing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"going",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancing",
"approaching",
"coming",
"nearing",
"nighing",
"dropping in",
"entering",
"popping (in)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receivable":{
"as in unpaid , outstanding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delinquent",
"outstanding",
"overdue",
"owed",
"owing",
"unpaid",
"unsettled",
"due",
"mature",
"payable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undue",
"cleared",
"liquidated",
"paid (off or up)",
"repaid",
"settled",
"prepaid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"receive":{
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"admit",
"enter",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertain",
"welcome",
"fellowship",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receiving":{
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitting",
"entering",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertaining",
"welcoming",
"fellowshipping",
"fellowshiping",
"confirming",
"ratifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receptivity":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recharges":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechristened":{
"as in renamed , relabeled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relabeled",
"relabelled",
"renamed",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"surnamed",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"denoted",
"specified",
"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"baptized",
"baptised",
"called",
"christened",
"cleped",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"named",
"nominated",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recipients":{
"as in beneficiaries , donees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons",
"sugar daddies",
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reciprocal":{
"related to each other in such a way that one completes the other":{
"examples":[
"the two nations agreed to give reciprocal work rights to each other's citizens, thus facilitating the daily border crossings of workers from both countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"complementary",
"correlative",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cooperative",
"mutual",
"symbiotic",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"joint",
"shared",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"noncomplementary",
"nonreciprocal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reciprocity":{
"a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other; a reciprocal arrangement or relationship":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recitation":{
"as in litany , recital":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumeration",
"litany",
"recital",
"iteration",
"repetition",
"account",
"narration",
"report",
"story",
"catalog",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"index",
"inventory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckless":{
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"examples":[
"the reckless skiers were making everyone nervous by schussing down the mountainside at lightning speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"devil-may-care",
"foolhardy",
"harum-scarum",
"hell-for-leather",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"precipitate",
"rash",
"wild",
"blithe",
"carefree",
"happy-go-lucky",
"madcap",
"slaphappy",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"unworried",
"careless",
"freewheeling",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"feckless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"heedful",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
]
},
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
"examples":[
"the calamitous accident was caused by a reckless driver who cut off the semitrailer"
],
"synonyms":[
"audacious",
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"temerarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"rash",
"brainless",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"scatterbrained",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unambitious",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"alert",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recklessness":{
"as in wildness , rashness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"wildness",
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"remissness",
"slackness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness",
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckon":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"call",
"conjecture",
"estimate",
"figure",
"gauge",
"gage",
"guess",
"judge",
"make",
"place",
"put",
"suppose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"extrapolate",
"gather",
"infer",
"reason",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrate",
"measure",
"scale",
"compute",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"I reckon you must be new to these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"believe",
"conceive",
"consider",
"deem",
"esteem",
"feel",
"figure",
"guess",
"hold",
"imagine",
"judge",
"suppose",
"think"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regard",
"view",
"accept",
"perceive",
"depend",
"rely",
"trust",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"surmise",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
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"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
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"reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance"
],
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"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"work out"
],
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"add up",
"average",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"totalize",
"add",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"allow (for)",
"deduct",
"factor (in or into or out)",
"figure in",
"figure out",
"solve (for)",
"count",
"itemize",
"number",
"calibrate",
"gauge",
"gage",
"measure",
"scale",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"rate",
"value",
"recalculate",
"recompute",
"refigure"
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},
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
],
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"calculate",
"count",
"depend",
"lean",
"rely"
],
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"commit",
"confide",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust"
],
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"distrust",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
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"he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time"
],
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"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"regard",
"set down",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"that old chest isn't worth much by my reckoning , but an antiques dealer might think otherwise"
],
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"appraisal",
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"valuation"
],
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"calculation",
"computation",
"measurement",
"mensuration",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"inspection",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"reassessment",
"transvaluation",
"overestimation",
"overevaluation",
"underestimation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"you forgot about the decimal point, so your reckoning was way off"
],
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"arithmetic",
"calculation",
"calculus",
"ciphering",
"computation",
"figures",
"figuring",
"math",
"mathematics",
"number crunching",
"numbers"
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"near synonyms":[
"addition",
"division",
"multiplication",
"subtraction",
"calibration",
"measurement",
"mensuration",
"appraisal",
"assessment",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"valuation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium"
],
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"calculating",
"calling",
"conjecturing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"guessing",
"judging",
"making",
"placing",
"putting",
"supposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"extrapolating",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"reasoning",
"understanding"
],
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"calibrating",
"measuring",
"scaling",
"computing",
"working out"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"I reckon you must be new to these parts"
],
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"allowing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"considering",
"deeming",
"esteeming",
"feeling",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"holding",
"imagining",
"judging",
"supposing",
"thinking"
],
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"regarding",
"viewing",
"accepting",
"perceiving",
"depending",
"relying",
"trusting",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"surmising",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
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},
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
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"reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance"
],
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"calculating",
"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"working out"
],
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"adding up",
"averaging",
"summing",
"tallying",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"adding",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"allowing (for)",
"deducting",
"factoring (in or into or out)",
"figuring in",
"figuring out",
"solving (for)",
"counting",
"itemizing",
"numbering",
"calibrating",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"measuring",
"scaling",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"rating",
"valuing",
"recalculating",
"recomputing",
"refiguring"
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"examples":[
"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
],
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"calculating",
"counting",
"depending",
"leaning",
"relying"
],
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"committing",
"confiding",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"trusting"
],
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"distrusting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting"
],
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},
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"he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time"
],
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"accounting",
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"looking (on or upon)",
"rating",
"regarding",
"setting down",
"viewing"
],
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"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing (for)",
"considering",
"factoring (in or into)",
"providing (for)",
"regarding"
],
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"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"anticipating",
"contemplating",
"envisaging",
"expecting",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"planning",
"calculating",
"facing"
],
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"factoring (out)"
],
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"discounting",
"disregarding"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
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"reclaimed":{
"as in recovered , saved":{
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},
"to get again in one's possession":{
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"examples":[
"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
],
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"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
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"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
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"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a program to reclaim juvenile offenders by requiring them to do community service"
],
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"abased",
"cankered",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"lowered",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"warped"
],
"related":[
"reeducated",
"amended",
"improved",
"refined",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"restored"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitated",
"redeemed",
"reformed",
"regenerated",
"rehabilitated"
]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
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"examples":[
"after reclaiming the glycerin from used vegetable oil, you can use the oil to create a fuel that burns cleaner than regular gasoline"
],
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"related":[
"reused",
"processed",
"reprocessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"recovered",
"recycled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reclaiming":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
],
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"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"a program to reclaim juvenile offenders by requiring them to do community service"
],
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"habilitating",
"redeeming",
"reforming",
"regenerating",
"rehabilitating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"after reclaiming the glycerin from used vegetable oil, you can use the oil to create a fuel that burns cleaner than regular gasoline"
],
"synonyms":[
"recovering",
"recycling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reusing",
"processing",
"reprocessing"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclaims":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"related":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
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"examples":[
"a program to reclaim juvenile offenders by requiring them to do community service"
],
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"abases",
"cankers",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"lowers",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"warps"
],
"related":[
"reeducates",
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"restores"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitates",
"redeems",
"reforms",
"regenerates",
"rehabilitates"
]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
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"examples":[
"after reclaiming the glycerin from used vegetable oil, you can use the oil to create a fuel that burns cleaner than regular gasoline"
],
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"related":[
"reuses",
"processes",
"reprocesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"recovers",
"recycles"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclusive":{
"inclined or tending to avoid other people":{
"examples":[
"The reclusive woman was more than happy to spend her day off reading and writing at home."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"indrawn",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"recessive",
"reserved",
"unsocial",
"withdrawn",
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"asocial",
"buttoned-up",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"offish",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable",
"misanthropic",
"apathetic",
"hard",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"clinical",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"professional",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"uninterested",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"uncommunicative",
"diffident",
"shy",
"timid",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"clubbish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"affable",
"folksy",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recognizable":{
"as in visible , discernible":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible",
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy",
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in identifiable , verifiable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"identifiable",
"verifiable",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"actual",
"historical",
"original",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unmistakable",
"unquestionable",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"veritable",
"very",
"accurate",
"correct",
"proper",
"pure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"simulated",
"synthetic",
"unnatural",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recognizances":{
"a legal promise made by someone before a court of law that must be kept to avoid being punished":{
"examples":[
"After his arraignment, the suspect was released on his own recognizance ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bails",
"bonds",
"gages",
"guarantees",
"guaranties",
"pawns",
"pledges",
"securities",
"deposits",
"down payments",
"earnests",
"handsels",
"sureties",
"warranties",
"assurances",
"oaths",
"troths",
"words",
"commitments",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recognize":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"miss"
],
"examples":[
"finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"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",
"perceive",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
]
},
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an awards banquet to recognize local heroes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"reprobate",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"slight"
],
"related":[
"acknowledge",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"thank",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"tout",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"hail",
"laureate",
"salute",
"celebrate",
"commemorate",
"memorialize",
"observe",
"congratulate",
"felicitate"
],
"synonyms":[
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommencement":{
"as in renewal , resumption":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recompute":{
"as in refigure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refigure",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"table",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"add",
"cast (up)",
"foot (up)",
"sum",
"summate",
"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recomputing":{
"as in refiguring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refiguring",
"counting",
"enumerating",
"numbering",
"telling",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"calculating",
"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"tabling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"working out",
"adding",
"casting (up)",
"footing (up)",
"summating",
"summing",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"toting (up)",
"totting (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconcentrate":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconciled":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle"
],
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"mediators",
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"moderators",
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"deciders",
"jurists",
"justices",
"magistrates",
"adjudicators",
"arbiters",
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"mend",
"patch",
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"repair",
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"overhaul",
"rebuild",
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"heal",
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"refresh",
"refreshen",
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"renew",
"restore",
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"correct",
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"redress",
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"right",
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"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
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"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
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"verb"
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"redesigns",
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"redoes",
"reengineers",
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"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
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"recreates",
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"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
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"replenishes",
"resupplies",
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"verb"
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"regenerable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
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"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired",
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
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"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
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"adjective"
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"regathered",
"remet",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"caucused",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"federated",
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"merged",
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"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
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"congregated",
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"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met",
"rendezvoused"
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"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"departed",
"left",
"took off",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited"
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"verb"
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"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"listed",
"registered"
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"uncataloged",
"unlisted",
"unrecorded",
"unregistered",
"unwritten",
"unidentified",
"unspecified"
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"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"registered",
"reported",
"set down",
"took down",
"wrote down"
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"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
],
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"he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered"
],
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"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"enrolled",
"entered",
"indexed",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"put down",
"registered",
"scheduled",
"slated"
],
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"booked",
"carded",
"filed",
"noted",
"classified",
"compiled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"rescheduled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleted"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan"
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"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
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"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"amount",
"gross",
"sum",
"total",
"whole",
"census",
"count",
"tale",
"tally",
"score"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan"
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"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
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"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"recites",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
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"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
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"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
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"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
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"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
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"amounts",
"grosses",
"sums",
"totals",
"wholes",
"censuses",
"counts",
"tales",
"tallies",
"scores"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
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"the jury's award included a recoupment for emotional distress"
],
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"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"almost immediately after the new contract was signed, the company began the recoupment of revenue lost during the strike"
],
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"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoveries",
"repossessions",
"retrievals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitments",
"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"recovered":{
"as in fixed , repaired":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
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"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
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"examples":[
"I see you're recovering well from the accident"
],
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"ailed",
"came down",
"collapsed",
"sickened",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"faded",
"failed",
"languished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened",
"regressed",
"relapsed"
],
"related":[
"came around",
"came round",
"came to",
"improved",
"picked up",
"revived",
"cheered (up)",
"perked (up)",
"pulled through",
"survived",
"recruited"
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"synonyms":[
"came back",
"convalesced",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"pulled round",
"rallied",
"recouped",
"recuperated",
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]
},
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"examples":[
"after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"related":[
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"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the process of recovering aluminum from old cans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"processed",
"reprocessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recycled"
]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
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"examples":[
"after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"failed",
"worsened"
],
"related":[
"reanimated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced (back)",
"came back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"snapped back"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recovers (from)":{
"as in rallies , rebounds":{
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"near synonyms":[
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"shakes (off)",
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"gets",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)",
"takes",
"breaks out (with)",
"dies (from)",
"succumbs (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreated":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the club finally got some new, enthusiastic members, and the recreated organization actually began contributing to the community"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
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"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"dallied",
"disported",
"frolicked",
"played",
"rollicked",
"skylarked",
"sported",
"toyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavorted",
"frisked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"romped",
"dabbled",
"trifled",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"dabbled",
"fiddled (around)",
"messed around",
"puttered (around)",
"bummed (around)",
"dawdled",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lounged (around or about)",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"screwed around",
"slacked (off)",
"jested",
"joked",
"teased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"labored",
"plodded",
"plugged (away)",
"slaved",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstructed",
"re-enacted",
"reduplicated",
"repeated",
"reinvented",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"pieced together",
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out",
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you":{
"examples":[
"The discussion turned into a heated debate with recriminations flying back and forth."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incriminations",
"charges",
"complaints",
"counts",
"indictments",
"raps",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"pleas",
"criminations",
"counteraccusations",
"counter-accusations",
"countercharges",
"counter-charges",
"arraignments",
"impeachments",
"implications",
"imputations",
"innuendos",
"innuendoes",
"insinuations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recrudescence":{
"as in renewal , recurrence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recrudescences":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rectified":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
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"examples":[
"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"related":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"red-penciled",
"reformed",
"remedied"
]
},
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"verb"
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"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
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"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"snap back"
],
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"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
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"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
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},
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"verb"
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"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
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"the older you get, the longer recuperation takes"
],
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"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
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"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
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},
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"noun"
]
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"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
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"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
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"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"snap back"
],
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"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
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"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
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"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
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"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
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"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before":{
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"We hope to prevent a recurrence of the disease."
],
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"recrudescence",
"renewal",
"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recycled":{
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound"
],
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"reclaimed",
"recovered"
],
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"reused",
"processed",
"reprocessed"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"having active strength of body or mind":{
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"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"examples":[
"a red-blooded rugby player who always plays to win"
],
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"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redacted":{
"to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information":{
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"examples":[
"Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.",
"The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redd (up or out)":{
"to make neat":{
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"examples":[
"it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated"
],
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"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"synonyms":[
"neaten",
"pick up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up or out)",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddened":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloomed",
"blushed",
"colored",
"crimsoned",
"flushed",
"glowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadined",
"rouged",
"ruddled",
"abashed",
"chagrined",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"humiliated",
"mortified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddening":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
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"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
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"blooming",
"blushing",
"coloring",
"crimsoning",
"flushing",
"glowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadining",
"rouging",
"ruddling",
"abashing",
"chagrining",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorated":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeemer":{
"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rescued hostages profusely thanked their camouflage-clad redeemers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"custodian",
"defender",
"guard",
"guardian",
"keeper",
"lookout",
"protector",
"sentinel",
"sentry",
"warden",
"warder",
"watch",
"watcher",
"watchman",
"ransomer",
"salvager",
"salvor"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliverer",
"rescuer",
"saver",
"savior",
"saviour"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redefined":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity"
],
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"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeliver":{
"as in recommit , retransmit":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redelivers":{
"as in recommits , retransmits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommits",
"retransfers",
"retransmits",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"confers",
"grants",
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"recommends",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains",
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redemption":{
"freedom from guilt or blame for having done something wrong":{
"examples":[
"Redemption for your actions will only come after a lot of apologizing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grace",
"salvation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"restoration",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"acquittal",
"clearance",
"clearing",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"cleansing",
"purification",
"sanctification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"violation",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"perversion",
"contamination",
"pollution",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of releasing (someone) from servitude to another":{
"examples":[
"The redemption of slaves was a major issue in the Civil War."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deliverance",
"salvation",
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondage",
"serfdom",
"servitude",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"conquest",
"subjugation",
"enslavement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redesign":{
"to change the design of (something)":{
"examples":[
"The book's cover has been redesigned for the new edition.",
"We're redesigning our kitchen.",
"a newly redesigned website"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"accustom",
"condition",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"season",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in overhaul , revamping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhaul",
"reconstruction",
"reconversion",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"reformation",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"shift",
"transition",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"tweak",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"supplantation",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redetermined":{
"as in rejudged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rejudged",
"concluded",
"resolved",
"found (for or against)",
"prosecuted",
"tried",
"mediated",
"moderated",
"negotiated",
"sized up",
"considered",
"deemed",
"deliberated",
"heard",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"decided",
"determined",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"settled",
"umpired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redistributed":{
"to divide (something) among a group in a different way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states.",
"We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redness":{
"as in pinkness , rosiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"flush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoes":{
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
],
"examples":[
"desperately wanted to redo the red living room in soothing shades of green"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the conductor kept asking the violinist to redo that passage until he was completely satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicates",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"repeats",
"replicates",
"reprises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redoubled":{
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"moderated"
],
"examples":[
"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened"
],
"related":[
"broadened",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"emphasized",
"pointed (up)",
"sharpened",
"stressed",
"augmented",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"restrengthened",
"supplemented",
"maximized",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)",
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"amped (up)",
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stepped up",
"strengthened"
]
},
"to make twice as great or as many":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"compounded",
"multiplied",
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built (up)",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubled",
"duplicated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redoubles":{
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuates",
"amplifies",
"amps (up)",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadens",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"accelerates",
"hastens",
"quickens",
"emphasizes",
"points (up)",
"sharpens",
"stresses",
"augments",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"restrengthens",
"supplements",
"maximizes",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)",
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"moderates"
]
},
"to make twice as great or as many":{
"examples":[
"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
],
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"doubles",
"duplicates"
],
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"compounds",
"multiplies",
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds (up)",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"redraft":{
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
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"if you redraft that paper and include more recent data, I think we could publish it"
],
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"edit",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework"
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"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in revises , rewrites":{
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"type":[
"verb"
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"the new skis were certainly an adequate redress for the lost snowboard"
],
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"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
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"the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified"
],
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"avenges",
"requites",
"retaliates",
"revenges",
"venges"
],
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"castigates",
"fixes",
"gets",
"penalizes",
"punishes",
"scourges",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"rights",
"compensates",
"pays (back)",
"recompenses",
"repays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolves",
"condones",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reduce":{
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"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
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"break",
"bust",
"degrade",
"demote",
"disrate",
"downgrade"
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"near synonyms":[
"can",
"cashier",
"dismiss",
"downsize",
"fire",
"lay off",
"sack",
"abase",
"debase",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hire"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"elevate",
"promote",
"raise"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
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"de-escalate",
"decrease",
"dent",
"deplete",
"diminish",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"nick",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle",
"deflate",
"shrink",
"minimize",
"moderate",
"modify",
"modulate",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble"
],
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"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"raise"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
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"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devaluate",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
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"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
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"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reduplication":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
"examples":[
"that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago"
],
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"related":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
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"examples":[
"ever since I was forced to do a reduplication of a day's work, I've been more conscientious about hitting my computer's \"save\" button"
],
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"related":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reels":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
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"examples":[
"she slipped and, after an out-of-control reel , fell on her backside"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circuits",
"circulations",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"spirals",
"twists",
"whorls",
"circles",
"orbits",
"eddies",
"swirls"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrations",
"pirouettes",
"revolutions",
"rolls",
"rotations",
"spins",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
]
},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his mind reeled upon hearing the news that his employer had been indicted for fraud"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"collects",
"settles",
"steadies"
],
"related":[
"swirls"
],
"synonyms":[
"spins",
"swims",
"turns",
"whirls"
]
},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
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"examples":[
"got off the amusement park ride reeling and barely able to stand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocks",
"rolls",
"seesaws",
"swags",
"sways",
"wavers",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"barges",
"blunders",
"clomps",
"clumps",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"tramps",
"tromps"
],
"synonyms":[
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reemployments":{
"as in rehires , recalls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callbacks",
"recalls",
"rehires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"redundancies",
"pink slips",
"birds",
"boots",
"bum's rushes",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reenforce":{
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
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"examples":[
"letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"related":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"bolster",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"shore (up)",
"substantiate",
"support"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenforced":{
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"related":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed",
"bolstered",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"shored (up)",
"substantiated",
"supported"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reengage":{
"as in rehire , reemploy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenlist":{
"as in rejoin , reenter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenroll",
"reenter",
"rejoin",
"re-up",
"enlist (in)",
"enroll (in)",
"enter",
"join",
"sign on (for)",
"sign up (for)",
"get in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demit",
"drop out",
"quit",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reexplored":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the article reexplores the role of women during the American Revolution"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refereed":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their father usually ends up refereeing any disputes concerning use of the big TV"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
"related":[
"considered",
"deemed",
"deliberated",
"heard",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"sized up",
"mediated",
"moderated",
"negotiated",
"prosecuted",
"tried",
"found (for or against)",
"concluded",
"resolved",
"redetermined",
"rejudged"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"decided",
"determined",
"judged",
"ruled (on)",
"settled",
"umpired"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refereeing":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their father usually ends up refereeing any disputes concerning use of the big TV"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"skirting"
],
"related":[
"considering",
"deeming",
"deliberating",
"hearing",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"sizing up",
"mediating",
"moderating",
"negotiating",
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"finding (for or against)",
"concluding",
"resolving",
"redetermining",
"rejudging"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"arbitrating",
"deciding",
"determining",
"judging",
"ruling (on)",
"settling",
"umpiring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"referred":{
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertained",
"applied",
"bore",
"pertained",
"related"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested",
"involved",
"touched",
"associated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"interrelated",
"linked",
"tied in",
"dealt (with)",
"treated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refilled":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refills":{
"a second or later filling of something":{
"examples":[
"The restaurant advertised free refills of soda.",
"prescription refills"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"renewals",
"replacements",
"budgets",
"forces",
"funds",
"inventories",
"pools",
"repertoires",
"reservoirs",
"stocks",
"supplies",
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in replenishes , refreshes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refreshes",
"reloads",
"repacks",
"replenishes",
"brims",
"charges",
"crams",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"loads",
"packs",
"stuffs",
"drenches",
"floods",
"gluts",
"swamps",
"bloats",
"bulks",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"mats",
"presses",
"rams",
"shoves",
"squashes",
"squeezes",
"overcharges",
"overfills",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"honeycombs",
"penetrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightens",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps",
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refinance":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refinement":{
"an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill":{
"examples":[
"the recent refinements in this area of medical technology"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement",
"breakthrough",
"enhancement",
"improvement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quantum leap",
"amelioration",
"boost",
"heightening",
"increase",
"melioration",
"strengthening",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"betterment",
"development",
"elaboration",
"evolution",
"expansion",
"gestation",
"growth",
"maturation",
"perfection",
"ripening",
"civilization",
"edification",
"education",
"enlightenment",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"revival",
"discovery",
"find",
"windfall",
"innovation",
"invention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"hindrance",
"impediment",
"stumbling block",
"decadence",
"decay",
"declension",
"decline",
"decrease",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"diminishment",
"downgrade",
"ebbing",
"failing",
"flagging",
"languishment",
"lapse",
"lessening",
"reduction",
"sinking",
"slowing",
"weakening",
"worsening",
"detriment",
"disablement",
"drawback",
"glitch",
"impairment",
"shortcoming"
],
"antonyms":[
"setback"
]
},
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
"examples":[
"had a sense of refinement that her small hometown couldn't satisfy, so she moved to New York City to be closer to great museums and concert halls"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"polish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism"
]
},
"dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{
"examples":[
"although she can afford all the jewelry that money can buy, she dresses with the gentle refinement that only taste can bestow"
],
"synonyms":[
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"stateliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reflect":{
"to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would":{
"examples":[
"her face was reflected in the waters of the still pond"
],
"synonyms":[
"image",
"mirror"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"reflected on the huge influence that the electronic media have on our national elections"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"comment",
"editorialize",
"note",
"observe",
"opine",
"remark",
"weigh in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentate",
"articulate",
"express",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise"
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"verb"
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"to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would":{
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],
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"imaged",
"mirrored"
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"cloned",
"copied",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"reduplicated",
"repeated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
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"antonyms":[]
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"reflected on the huge influence that the electronic media have on our national elections"
],
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"allowed",
"commented",
"editorialized",
"noted",
"observed",
"opined",
"remarked",
"weighed in"
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"articulated",
"expressed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised"
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"verb"
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"as in reminisced , mused (upon)":{
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"reminisced",
"chewed over",
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"debated",
"deliberated",
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"eyed",
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"pored (over)",
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"studied",
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"wrestled (with)",
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"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)",
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"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
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"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
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"a briefly expressed opinion":{
"examples":[
"does anyone want to share their reflections on the passage we just read?"
],
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"comments",
"notes",
"remarks"
],
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"analyses",
"commentaries",
"expositions",
"asides",
"obiter dicta",
"annotations",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views",
"advice",
"inputs"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"your constant lying is a serious reflection on your character"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"scandals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"brands",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boasts",
"glories",
"jewels",
"prides",
"treasures"
],
"antonyms":[
"credits",
"honors"
]
},
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"examples":[
"after reflection , they decided to refuse the offer on the house"
],
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"accounts",
"advisements",
"considerations",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"studies",
"thoughts"
],
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"cogitations",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"ruminations",
"introspections",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"premeditations"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reflective":{
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
"examples":[
"one of the twins was outgoing and talkative while the other was withdrawn and reflective"
],
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"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"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"
]
},
"indicating something":{
"examples":[
"this new policy is reflective of the company's desire to improve customer relations"
],
"synonyms":[
"denotative",
"denoting",
"indicative",
"significant",
"signifying",
"telltale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluding",
"allusive",
"referring",
"characteristic",
"symptomatic",
"demonstrative",
"exhibiting",
"expressive",
"symbolic",
"symbolical",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"suggestive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reflow":{
"as in reflux , ebb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ebb",
"reflux",
"drain",
"flow",
"rush",
"stampede",
"exodus",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpour",
"outpouring",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"flight",
"discharge",
"effluence",
"emanation",
"emission"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inrush",
"deluge",
"flood",
"inundation",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent",
"river",
"stream",
"tide"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refocuses":{
"as in reinvents , transforms":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in focuses , aims":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aims",
"directs",
"homes (in on)",
"hones in (on)",
"levels",
"nails",
"points",
"sets",
"zeroes (in on)",
"centers",
"concentrates",
"fastens",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"rivets",
"trains",
"attends",
"heeds",
"minds",
"fixates (on)",
"obsesses (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reform":{
"as in amendment , correction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"volunteers at a sanctuary that tries to reform dogs with behavior problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitate",
"reclaim",
"redeem",
"regenerate",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"examples":[
"a man who's been trying to reform ever since he got fired for missing too many days of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"mend",
"shape up",
"straighten (up or out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behave",
"regenerate",
"better",
"improve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslide",
"regress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"remedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reformable":{
"as in reconstructible , regenerable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstructible",
"regenerable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired",
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reformative":{
"serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"took reformative measures to curb abuses in the state's system of justice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"curative",
"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"reparative",
"restorative",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
],
"synonyms":[
"amendatory",
"corrective",
"rectifying",
"reformatory",
"remedial",
"remedying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reformatory":{
"serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition":{
"examples":[
"the belief that manual labor was a reformatory experience for convicted felons, who would learn the value of hard work"
],
"synonyms":[
"amendatory",
"corrective",
"rectifying",
"reformative",
"remedial",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curative",
"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"reparative",
"restorative",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in training school , reform school":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reform school",
"training school",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"block",
"ward",
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"reforming":{
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"volunteers at a sanctuary that tries to reform dogs with behavior problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"redeeming",
"regenerating",
"rehabilitating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"examples":[
"a man who's been trying to reform ever since he got fired for missing too many days of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"amending",
"mending",
"shaping up",
"straightening (up or out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"regenerating",
"bettering",
"improving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backsliding",
"regressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him"
],
"synonyms":[
"amending",
"correcting",
"debugging",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"red-penciling",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafting",
"redrawing",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
"regulating",
"altering",
"changing",
"modifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reformulating":{
"as in reframing , redrafting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafting",
"reframing",
"assembling",
"compounding",
"piecing (together)",
"building",
"constructing",
"making",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"devising",
"authoring",
"inditing",
"penning",
"writing",
"couching",
"expressing",
"phrasing",
"stating",
"verbalizing",
"wording",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"molding",
"sculpturing",
"shaping",
"casting",
"composing",
"crafting",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"formulating",
"framing",
"preparing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrain (from)":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"couldn't refrain from ruffling her nephew's neatly combed hair whenever she saw him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"forgo",
"forego",
"keep (from)",
"withhold (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"buck",
"combat",
"fight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesce (to)",
"capitulate",
"concede (to)",
"knuckle under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrainment":{
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
],
"examples":[
"students in the class should show some generosity and refrainment when critiquing the work of their fellow photographers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"related":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refrains":{
"a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often":{
"examples":[
"I didn't know the verses of the song, so I only sang on the refrain"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"choruses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repeats",
"responses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refreshed":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"woke the next morning refreshed and ready for the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"brought out some iced tea to refresh the spirits of the folks working out in the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"we were looking for a family-friendly restaurant where we could sit down and refresh before continuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"ate",
"dined",
"fared",
"fed",
"partook",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"repasted",
"chowed (down)",
"dug in",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overate",
"overfed",
"pigged out",
"grazed",
"nibbled",
"noshed",
"picked",
"snacked",
"boarded",
"dined out",
"messed",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"picnicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"refreshening":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"refreshened the wilting flowers by cutting the stems again and putting them in a vase with water"
],
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"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
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"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refreshens":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"examples":[
"refreshened the wilting flowers by cutting the stems again and putting them in a vase with water"
],
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"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
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"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
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"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refugee":{
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
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"examples":[
"refugees began returning to their homeland after years of political unrest and war"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"fugitive",
"castoff",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"loyalist",
"patriot"
],
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"deportee",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expat",
"expatriate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"hunting is strictly forbidden in the wildlife refuge"
],
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"asylums",
"bolt-holes",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"retreats",
"sanctuaries",
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shelters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oases",
"anchorages",
"moorings",
"ports",
"covers",
"screens",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"houses",
"housings",
"lodgings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"rests",
"roofs",
"cloisters",
"closets",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"castles",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"lean-tos",
"lees",
"sheds",
"windbreaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be or provide a shelter for":{
"examples":[
"a nation with a long, honorable history of refuging political asylum seekers"
],
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"harbors",
"shelters"
],
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"covers",
"defends",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields",
"wards",
"domiciles",
"houses",
"places",
"quarters",
"shades",
"shadows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refulgent":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
],
"examples":[
"refulgent sunlight broke through the clouds, creating huge swaths of light in the valley below us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"related":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refunding":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"will refund you your money"
],
"synonyms":[
"reimbursing",
"repaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giving back",
"reciprocating",
"rendering (to)",
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"remunerating",
"liquidating",
"paying down",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"satisfying",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refurbish":{
"to make improvements or repairs to (something, such as a building)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They are refurbishing the old house.",
"They sell refurbished computers."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refurbishes":{
"to make improvements or repairs to (something, such as a building)":{
"examples":[
"They are refurbishing the old house.",
"They sell refurbished computers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refurbishments":{
"as in renovations , rehabilitations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"regeneracies",
"rehabilitations",
"rehabs",
"renovations",
"restorals",
"restorations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"fixings",
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refused":{
"as in rejected , vetoed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"objectionable",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"withheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"repelled",
"spurned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"balked (at)",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afforded",
"furnished",
"gave",
"provided",
"supplied",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"conceded",
"granted",
"let",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"permitted"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"refuted":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger, behind the scenes the CEO was working to effect that very outcome"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disaffirmed",
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disconfirmed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"repudiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversed",
"challenged",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disputed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"affirmed",
"announced",
"asserted",
"averred",
"claimed",
"declared",
"maintained",
"professed",
"submitted",
"authenticated",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"allowed",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confirmed",
"owned"
]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"the victories of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics effectively refuted the racial views of the Nazis"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"confounded",
"confuted",
"debunked",
"disconfirmed",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"falsified",
"rebutted",
"shot down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrew",
"overturned",
"challenged",
"contested",
"queried",
"questioned",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documented",
"evidenced",
"evinced",
"recorded",
"showed",
"supported",
"witnessed",
"backed (up)",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"adduced",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"certified",
"identified",
"demonstrated",
"displayed",
"illustrated",
"manifested"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"validated",
"verified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refuting":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"allowing",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
],
"examples":[
"while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger, behind the scenes the CEO was working to effect that very outcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"related":[
"traversing",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disputing"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disaffirming",
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disconfirming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating"
]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"antonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"examples":[
"the victories of African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics effectively refuted the racial views of the Nazis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documenting",
"evidencing",
"evincing",
"recording",
"showing",
"supporting",
"witnessing",
"backing (up)",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"adducing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"certifying",
"identifying",
"demonstrating",
"displaying",
"illustrating",
"manifesting"
],
"related":[
"overthrowing",
"overturning",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"querying",
"questioning",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"confounding",
"confuting",
"debunking",
"disconfirming",
"discrediting",
"disproving",
"falsifying",
"rebutting",
"shooting down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"regales":{
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"a regale to honor the retiring Supreme Court justice"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquets",
"dinners",
"feasts",
"feeds",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables",
"blowouts",
"carnivals",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"parties",
"shindigs",
"festivities",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"luaus",
"roasts",
"buffets",
"luncheons",
"smorgasbords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"regaled his grandchildren with stories of his time in Morocco"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuses",
"disports",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"solaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"busies",
"distracts",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"immerses",
"interests",
"involves",
"occupies",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"delights",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"intrigues",
"mesmerizes",
"coddles",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"spoils",
"appeases",
"comforts",
"conciliates",
"consoles",
"contents",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"drains",
"enervates",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"tires",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"piques",
"upsets",
"vexes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"an inn that nightly regales its guests with five-course meals prepared by a master chef"
],
"synonyms":[
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"junkets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boards",
"caters",
"feeds",
"provisions",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors",
"recognizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regard":{
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"antonyms":[
"disfavor"
],
"examples":[
"I have a deep regard for humanitarian aid workers who risk everything to help the poor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"respect"
]
},
"a fixed intent look":{
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"examples":[
"fixed the same magisterial regard on all the miscreants who appeared before her in court"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"flash",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"sight",
"stime",
"oeillade",
"ogle",
"browse",
"scan"
],
"related":[
"glare",
"glower",
"contemplation",
"fixation",
"attention",
"observance",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"examination",
"inspection",
"perusal",
"study",
"survey"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"eye",
"gape",
"gaze",
"scrutiny",
"stare"
]
},
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flashed the young man an imperial regard that clearly indicated such behavior was out of line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"eye",
"gander",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"peep",
"sight",
"view"
]
},
"best wishes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"give your parents my regards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dig",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"insult",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"related":[
"approval",
"benediction",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"citation",
"commendation",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"praise",
"well-wishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliment",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"respects"
]
},
"relation to or concern with something specified":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with regard to your request for time off, go ahead and take the whole week for vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"reference",
"respect"
]
},
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Lord Warwick's noble regard and gallant demeanor set the innocent maid's heart aflutter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"attitude",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"manner",
"poise",
"pose",
"carriage",
"posture",
"stance",
"cast",
"mold",
"shape",
"turn",
"color",
"coloring",
"complexion",
"countenance",
"face",
"features",
"habit",
"habitus",
"person",
"physiognomy",
"superficies",
"visage"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearance",
"aspect",
"dress",
"figure",
"garb",
"look",
"mien",
"outside",
"presence"
]
},
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
],
"examples":[
"the judges regard the amount of effort and energy you put into the project in evaluating it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"related":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she regarded him with astonishment when he announced he had gotten engaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"related":[
"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)"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"tune out"
],
"examples":[
"as a traveler, you should regard the laws and customs of whatever country you are visiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"neglect",
"pass over",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"flout",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"related":[
"consider",
"contemplate",
"mull",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"keep",
"obey",
"respect",
"attend (to)",
"hark (to)",
"hear",
"hearken (to)",
"mark",
"notice",
"see"
],
"synonyms":[
"follow",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"watch"
]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I wouldn't regard that offhand comment as a serious threat to your personal safety"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"reckon",
"set down",
"view"
]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an astronomer who is highly regarded by his peers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
"disapprove",
"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
"kiss off",
"scorn",
"vilify"
],
"related":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"praise",
"delight (in)",
"drink (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour",
"dig",
"fancy",
"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"consider",
"esteem",
"respect"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regarding":{
"as in mindful , wary":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alert",
"heedful",
"heeding",
"mindful",
"observant",
"regardful",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"responsible",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"thinking",
"thoughtful",
"attentive",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"nonnegligent",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"disregardful",
"lax",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"neglecting",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slack",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"irresponsible",
"reckless",
"wild",
"unguarded",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having to do with":{
"examples":[
"wanted to talk to the company's vice president regarding a new product line"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"apropos",
"apropos of",
"as far as",
"as for",
"as regards",
"as respects",
"as to",
"concerning",
"of",
"on",
"respecting",
"touching",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she regarded him with astonishment when he announced he had gotten engaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"as a traveler, you should regard the laws and customs of whatever country you are visiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"following",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"contemplating",
"mulling",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"respecting",
"attending (to)",
"harking (to)",
"hearing",
"hearkening (to)",
"harkening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"seeing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"neglecting",
"passing over",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"flouting",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"tuning out"
]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't regard that offhand comment as a serious threat to your personal safety"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting",
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"looking (on or upon)",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"setting down",
"viewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"an astronomer who is highly regarded by his peers"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"respecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"praising",
"delighting (in)",
"drinking (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"digging",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"doting (on)",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"deploring",
"disapproving",
"discountenancing",
"discounting",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"dismissing",
"disregarding",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"kissing off",
"scorning",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"the judges regard the amount of effort and energy you put into the project in evaluating it"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing (for)",
"considering",
"factoring (in or into)",
"providing (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"anticipating",
"contemplating",
"envisaging",
"expecting",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"planning",
"calculating",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factoring (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounting",
"disregarding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"regenerable":{
"as in reformable , reconstructible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired",
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"regeneracy":{
"as in renovation , rehabilitation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"refurbishment",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoral",
"restoration",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regenerating":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the neighborhood was regenerated thanks to a government grant for restoring all the old buildings and creating studio spaces for artists"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"dairy farming in the area was regenerated when new arrivals bought the old creamery"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the ex-convict credits his newfound faith with regenerating him beyond anything that he could have imagined"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"redeeming",
"reforming",
"rehabilitating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regeneration":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the regeneration of knitting and crocheting is in full bloom, with Hollywood stars admitting they knit and crochet on movie sets"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regimen":{
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"examples":[
"with the start of the new year, a new party will have regimen over the nation and, hopefully, bring some much-needed change"
],
"synonyms":[
"administration",
"authority",
"governance",
"government",
"jurisdiction",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reign",
"dominion",
"power",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"sway",
"command",
"leadership",
"direction",
"management",
"regulation",
"superintendence",
"supervision",
"autocracy",
"dictatorship",
"domination",
"hegemony",
"mastery",
"oppression",
"subjugation",
"tyranny"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"register":{
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"check the voter register to see if it has my current party affiliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
]
},
"an official whose job is to keep records":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ask the county register for a copy of your birth certificate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"archivist",
"bookkeeper",
"recorder",
"reporter",
"transcriptionist",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"documenter",
"historian"
],
"synonyms":[
"clerk",
"registrar",
"scribe",
"secretary"
]
},
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
"antonyms":[
"delist"
],
"examples":[
"please register me for the yoga class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"check off",
"exclude",
"expel",
"expunge",
"reject",
"omit",
"overlook"
],
"related":[
"enlist",
"impanel",
"induct",
"conscript",
"draft",
"muster",
"wait-list",
"book",
"schedule",
"check in"
],
"synonyms":[
"enroll",
"enrol",
"inscribe",
"list",
"matriculate"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"miss"
],
"examples":[
"I'm not registering what you're saying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"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",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the management registered her complaint in their log and promised to get back to her in a week"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chronicle",
"minute",
"transcribe",
"enregister",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"chalk (up)",
"notch",
"score"
],
"synonyms":[
"jot (down)",
"log",
"mark",
"note",
"put down",
"record",
"report",
"set down",
"take down",
"write down"
]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
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"examples":[
"I have to register my new car when I renew my driver's license"
],
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"delete"
],
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"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
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"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"schedule",
"slate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regressed":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"in extreme circumstances, people sometimes regress to the behavior they exhibited in childhood"
],
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"retrogressed",
"returned",
"reverted"
],
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"backslid",
"lapsed",
"relapsed",
"threw back",
"ebbed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"dropped",
"fell",
"retrograded",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"progressed"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the annual celebration has regressed to the point where it's nothing more than an excuse to get drunk"
],
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"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regressions":{
"the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior":{
"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"progressions"
],
"examples":[
"the regression to really childish behavior that boys often undergo when put in large groups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations"
],
"related":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"atavisms",
"returns",
"nondevelopments",
"declines",
"degenerations"
],
"synonyms":[
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regretting":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
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"examples":[
"we regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you"
],
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"delighting (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"related":[
"aching (for)",
"bewailing",
"grieving (for)",
"mourning",
"sorrowing (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regrinds":{
"as in grinds , sandblasts":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regroup":{
"as in regather , re-collect":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regularity":{
"as in constancy , chronicity":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicity",
"constancy",
"continuousness",
"commonness",
"frequence",
"frequency",
"frequentness",
"prevalence",
"appearance",
"incidence",
"occurrence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infrequence",
"infrequency",
"rareness",
"uncommonness",
"unusualness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in order , uniformity":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coordination",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"equalization",
"equilibrium",
"evenness",
"order",
"orderliness",
"uniformity",
"balance",
"coherence",
"concinnity",
"consonance",
"consonancy",
"harmony",
"orchestration",
"proportion",
"symmetry",
"symphony",
"unity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asymmetry",
"discordance",
"disproportion",
"disunity",
"imbalance",
"incoherence",
"violence",
"confusion",
"disorganization",
"dissonance",
"disturbance",
"tension",
"disconnectedness",
"disjointedness",
"incompatibility",
"irregularity",
"unevenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regularizing":{
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
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"examples":[
"the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"customizing",
"individualizing",
"tailoring"
],
"related":[
"codifying",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"methodizing",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"averaging",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"squaring",
"accrediting",
"certifying",
"controlling",
"governing",
"regulating",
"ruling",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"integrating",
"reconciling",
"synthesizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"formalizing",
"homogenizing",
"normalizing",
"standardizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabilitates":{
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abases",
"cankers",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"lowers",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"warps"
],
"related":[
"reeducates",
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"restores"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitates",
"reclaims",
"redeems",
"reforms",
"regenerates"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripples",
"damages",
"disables",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"lacerates",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"wounds",
"afflicts",
"ails",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"lays up",
"saps",
"sickens",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"related":[
"attends (to)",
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"physics",
"treats",
"fortifies",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"alleviates",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"repairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"rehabs",
"sets up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabilitation":{
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"examples":[
"his rehabilitation from the flu was brief, and he was up and working again within a few days"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"snapback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehearing":{
"as in reexamining , reconsidering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in reinvestigation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reheated":{
"as in heated , warmed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in rewarmed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rehydrate":{
"as in refresh , remoisten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refresh",
"remoisten",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"rinse",
"sluice",
"dip",
"dunk",
"immerge",
"immerse",
"humidify",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"souse",
"steep",
"wash",
"water",
"wet",
"bathe",
"lave",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"moisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry",
"dehumidify",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehydrated":{
"as in refreshed , remoistened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refreshed",
"remoistened",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"immerged",
"immersed",
"humidified",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soused",
"steeped",
"washed",
"watered",
"wet",
"wetted",
"bathed",
"laved",
"bedewed",
"damped",
"dampened",
"moistened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dried",
"dehumidified",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reimburse":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"make sure you keep your receipts so we can reimburse you for your expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"refund",
"repay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"give back",
"reciprocate",
"render (to)",
"compensate",
"recompense",
"remunerate",
"liquidate",
"pay down",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"satisfy",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reimpose":{
"as in reapply , relay":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapply",
"relay",
"set",
"inflict",
"wreak",
"coerce",
"compel",
"force",
"bleed",
"fleece",
"gouge",
"milk",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"extort",
"shake down",
"wrest",
"wring",
"dock",
"excise",
"mulct",
"penalize",
"tax",
"assess",
"charge",
"exact",
"fine",
"impose",
"lay",
"levy",
"put"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remit",
"abate",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"forgive",
"release",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"pardon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reincarnation":{
"as in version , approximation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approximation",
"version",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reined":{
"as in restrained , curbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"restrained",
"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped",
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reining (in)":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"antonyms":[
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unleashing",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"related":[
"bottling (up)",
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"mincing",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"arresting",
"interrupting",
"stopping",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"keeping",
"measuring",
"pulling in",
"regulating",
"restraining",
"ruling",
"taming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinitiate":{
"as in reinstitute , relaunch":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinitiating":{
"as in reinstituting , relaunching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refounding",
"reinstituting",
"relaunching",
"arranging",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing",
"developing",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"constructing",
"putting up",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"creating",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"thinking (up)",
"authoring",
"fathering",
"originating",
"beginning",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"planting",
"setting up",
"starting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"phasing out",
"shutting (up)",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"annulling",
"nullifying",
"ending",
"finishing",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reintroduce":{
"as in reacquaint":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reacquaint",
"address",
"greet",
"hail",
"meet",
"acquaint",
"introduce",
"present"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinventing":{
"to make significant changes or improvements to (something)":{
"examples":[
"We are striving to reinvent our business model."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) into use again in a new way":{
"examples":[
"Later in her career, she reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking",
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinvigorated":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a reinvigorated political campaign that eventually made it all the way to the statehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"as in revived , revitalized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
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"verb"
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"consent",
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"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
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"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
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"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
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"value",
"devour",
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"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
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"prefer",
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"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
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"The family rejoiced in the good news."
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"own",
"possess",
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"reserve",
"withhold",
"bear",
"carry",
"boast",
"show off",
"sport"
],
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"abandon",
"cede",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"hand over",
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"renounce",
"surrender",
"yield",
"discard",
"dump",
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"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"need",
"require"
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"want"
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"verb"
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"love",
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"savour"
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"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
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"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
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"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
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"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
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"own",
"possess",
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"reserve",
"withhold",
"bear",
"carry",
"boast",
"show off",
"sport"
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"abandon",
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"disclaim",
"disown",
"hand over",
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"renounce",
"surrender",
"yield",
"discard",
"dump",
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"repudiate",
"spurn",
"need",
"require"
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"want"
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"verb"
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"to take pleasure in":{
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"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
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"cherished",
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"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
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"drank (in)",
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"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
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"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
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"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
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"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
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"The family rejoiced in the good news."
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"enjoyed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
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"reserved",
"withheld",
"bore",
"carried",
"boasted",
"showed off",
"sported"
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"ceded",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"needed",
"required"
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"antonyms":[
"lacked",
"wanted"
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"verb"
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"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
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"rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field"
],
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"bemoans",
"bewails",
"grieves",
"laments",
"regrets",
"weeps"
],
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"preens",
"swells",
"boasts",
"brags",
"flaunts",
"parades",
"shows off",
"struts",
"swaggers"
],
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"delights",
"exuberates",
"exults",
"glories",
"joys",
"jubilates",
"kvells",
"triumphs"
]
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"displeases"
],
"examples":[
"news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war"
],
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"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"piques",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"provokes",
"rouses",
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"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"upsets",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends"
],
"related":[
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"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes",
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"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"excites",
"tickles",
"titillates",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"treats",
"captivates",
"charms",
"galvanizes",
"thrills",
"calms",
"comforts",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
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"contents",
"delights",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"gladdens",
"glads",
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"pleases",
"pleasures",
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"suits",
"warms"
]
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"verb"
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"to take pleasure in":{
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"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
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"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
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"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
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"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
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"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
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"commanding",
"enjoying",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"retaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"reserving",
"withholding",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"boasting",
"showing off",
"sporting"
],
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"abandoning",
"ceding",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"needing",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacking",
"wanting"
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"verb"
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"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
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"when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined , \"Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!\""
],
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"answer",
"come back",
"reply",
"respond",
"retort",
"return",
"riposte"
],
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"acknowledge",
"comment",
"communicate",
"correspond",
"react",
"remark",
"counter",
"defend",
"deny",
"explain",
"field",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
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"challenge",
"cross-examine",
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"quiz",
"poll",
"query",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"ask",
"inquire",
"question"
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},
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"verb"
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"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
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"when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined , \"Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!\""
],
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"comes back",
"replies",
"responds",
"retorts",
"returns",
"ripostes"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
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"antonyms":[
"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
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},
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"verb"
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
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"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"that rock star has rejuvenated '80s fashion for a whole new generation"
],
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"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"Hollywood was seeing the rejuvenation of kung fu movies"
],
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"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the newly discovered oil deposits have led to a rejuvenescence of the nation's economy"
],
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"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rejuvenescent":{
"as in refreshing , corrective":{
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"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"recuperative",
"refreshing",
"rehabilitative",
"rejuvenating",
"remedial",
"good",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"medicinal",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"sanative",
"tonic",
"wholesome",
"advantageous",
"useful",
"antiseptic",
"aseptic",
"clean",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"nourishing",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
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"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in renaming , rechristening":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rechristening",
"renaming",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"surnaming",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relapses":{
"the act or an instance of returning to a usually worse state or condition":{
"examples":[
"She discussed some ways to help avoid a relapse after quitting smoking.",
"After a long period of cancer remission, he suffered a relapse ."
],
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"backslides",
"lapses",
"atavisms",
"returns",
"recessions",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"nondevelopments",
"declines",
"degenerations",
"knocks",
"reversals",
"setbacks",
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"growths",
"maturations",
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"progressions"
],
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"lapses",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"returns",
"reverts",
"throws back",
"ebbs",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"drops",
"falls",
"retrogrades",
"worsens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens",
"advances",
"develops",
"evolves",
"progresses"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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],
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"empathize",
"identify",
"sympathize"
],
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"click",
"commune"
]
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"we asked our uncle to relate the story of his visit to communist Russia many years ago"
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"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
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"chronicle",
"describe",
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"recount",
"rehearse",
"report",
"tell"
]
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"examples":[
"how does your comment relate to what the rest of us have been talking about for the last hour?"
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"concern",
"interest",
"involve",
"touch",
"associate",
"connect",
"couple",
"interrelate",
"link",
"tie in",
"deal (with)",
"treat"
],
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"appertain",
"apply",
"bear",
"pertain",
"refer"
]
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"most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S."
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"differentiate",
"discriminate",
"distinguish",
"separate",
"set off"
],
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"equate",
"liken",
"group",
"join",
"lump (together)",
"tie (together)"
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"connect",
"correlate",
"identify",
"link"
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"verb"
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"applied (to)",
"bore (on)",
"pertained (to)",
"referred (to)",
"affected",
"concerned",
"involved",
"touched",
"embroiled",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"implicated"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"identifies",
"sympathizes"
],
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"clicks",
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]
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"we asked our uncle to relate the story of his visit to communist Russia many years ago"
],
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"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
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"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
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"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"reports",
"tells"
]
},
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"examples":[
"how does your comment relate to what the rest of us have been talking about for the last hour?"
],
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"concerns",
"interests",
"involves",
"touches",
"associates",
"connects",
"couples",
"interrelates",
"links",
"ties in",
"deals (with)",
"treats"
],
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"appertains",
"applies",
"bears",
"pertains",
"refers"
]
},
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"examples":[
"most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S."
],
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"differentiates",
"discriminates",
"distinguishes",
"separates",
"sets off"
],
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"equates",
"likens",
"groups",
"joins",
"lumps (together)",
"ties (together)"
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"correlates",
"identifies",
"links"
]
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"examples":[
"it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering"
],
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"cousins",
"kins",
"kinsmen",
"relations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"in-laws",
"kissing cousins",
"kinswomen",
"blood",
"clans",
"families",
"folk",
"folks",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"lineages",
"lines",
"people",
"races",
"stocks",
"tribes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relaunching":{
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"she took deep breaths to relax before going on stage"
],
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"chill out",
"decompress",
"de-stress",
"loosen up",
"mellow (out)",
"unwind",
"wind down"
],
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"unbend",
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"repose",
"rest",
"bum",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"vegetate",
"veg out",
"zone out",
"alleviate",
"comfort",
"ease",
"relieve",
"calm",
"compose",
"cool",
"quiet",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tense (up)"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"relax the rope a bit so I can pick up the slack and tie this knot"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"loosen",
"slack",
"slacken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detach",
"free",
"unbind",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attach",
"bind",
"fasten",
"tie",
"constrain",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"I just want to kick back and relax after mowing that huge lawn"
],
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"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"repose",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"hang around",
"idle",
"loaf",
"slack (off)",
"veg out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"exercise",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relay":{
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"examples":[
"They relayed the good news to their children just before leaving for work."
],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"releases":{
"a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege":{
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"examples":[
"we had to sign a liability release before they'd let us go rock climbing on their property"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dispensations",
"exemptions",
"indemnities",
"abdications",
"relinquishments",
"renouncements",
"handovers",
"renunciations",
"surrenders"
],
"synonyms":[
"disclaimers",
"quitclaims",
"waivers"
]
},
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
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"examples":[
"because they had legally declared bankruptcy, they received release from their debt"
],
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"related":[
"dispensations",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"waivers"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliveries",
"discharges",
"quietuses",
"quittances"
]
},
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
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"examples":[
"a press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term"
],
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"related":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"synonyms":[
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings"
]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"only sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomforts",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"related":[
"appeasements",
"assuagements",
"decreases",
"diminishments",
"mitigations",
"moderations",
"mollifications"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviations",
"comforts",
"eases",
"reliefs"
]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"represses",
"suppresses"
],
"examples":[
"tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"pulls in",
"quells",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames",
"allays",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"chokes",
"inhibits",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"swallows"
],
"related":[
"acts out",
"airs",
"expresses",
"states",
"ventilates",
"voices"
],
"synonyms":[
"looses",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"examples":[
"they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"related":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"related":[
"barks",
"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"puffs",
"disseminates",
"spreads",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
"manifests",
"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"annunciates",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
],
"examples":[
"release the prisoners immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"related":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames"
],
"examples":[
"the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"halters",
"hampers"
],
"related":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters",
"unmoors",
"unshackles",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosens",
"looses",
"uncorks",
"unleashes",
"unlocks",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"embroils",
"entangles"
],
"examples":[
"the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"loads",
"weighs"
],
"related":[
"delivers",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disburdens",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unravels",
"unsnarls",
"unties",
"untwines"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"disembarrasses",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"untangles"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbs",
"inhales",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"related":[
"eliminates",
"evacuates",
"excretes",
"exudes",
"oozes",
"secretes",
"ejects",
"erupts",
"gushes",
"jets",
"outpours",
"pours",
"spews",
"spouts",
"sprays",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"discharges",
"emanates",
"emits",
"evolves",
"exhales",
"expels",
"expires",
"gives out",
"irradiates",
"issues",
"radiates",
"sends (out)",
"shoots",
"throws out",
"vents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relents":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"bows",
"budges",
"capitulates",
"concedes",
"gives in",
"knuckles under",
"quits",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"defers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contends",
"fights",
"holds off",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"resists"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the fury of the storm relented , and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relevance":{
"the fact or state of being pertinent":{
"examples":[
"I appreciate that you did the dishes tonight, but that has no relevance to my enforcement of the punishment you got earlier this week"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevancy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"felicitousness",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"importance",
"significance",
"usefulness"
],
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"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"insignificance",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
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],
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"noun"
]
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"germane",
"material",
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"pointed",
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"significant",
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"admissible",
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"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
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"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"pointless"
]
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]
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],
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"good",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
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"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
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"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
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"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
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"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
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"adjective"
]
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],
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"dependableness",
"reliability",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
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"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
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"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
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"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relic":{
"a dead body":{
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"examples":[
"though it is believed that missionary died in New Guinea, his relics have never been found"
],
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"related":[
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"carnage",
"carrion",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedent"
],
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"bones",
"cadaver",
"carcass",
"corpse",
"corpus",
"corse",
"remains",
"stiff"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a crude stone ax and other relics of the Neanderthals"
],
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"remembrance",
"reminder",
"artifact",
"afterimage",
"aftertaste",
"balance",
"corpse",
"hangover",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"dreg(s)",
"leavings",
"remain(s)",
"residual",
"residue",
"rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"ghost",
"shadow",
"trace",
"vestige"
]
},
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"examples":[
"his courtly manners marked him as a relic of a more refined and formal era"
],
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"comer",
"rising star",
"up-and-comer"
],
"related":[
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"old-timer",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stodge",
"troglodyte",
"throwback"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinosaur",
"has-been"
]
},
"something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period":{
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"examples":[
"in my grandparents' attic are many \"groovy\" relics from the 1960s"
],
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"fossil",
"dinosaur",
"antiquities",
"ruins",
"hangover",
"remains",
"remnant",
"trace",
"vestige"
],
"synonyms":[
"antique",
"museum piece"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relief":{
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"examples":[
"my coworkers' kind words gave me some relief from the grief that I was feeling upon the death of my partner"
],
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"anguish",
"distress",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"related":[
"encouragement",
"inspiration",
"uplift",
"assurance",
"reassurance",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"mitigation",
"contentment",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"commiseration",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"succor"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheer",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace"
]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
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"examples":[
"I can't go home from my nursing shift until my relief shows up to take over"
],
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"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
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"examples":[
"the aspirin gave him some relief from the headache"
],
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"discomfort",
"unrest",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
],
"related":[
"appeasement",
"assuagement",
"decrease",
"diminishment",
"mitigation",
"moderation",
"mollification",
"calming",
"salving",
"soothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviation",
"comfort",
"ease",
"release"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relief maps":{
"as in plans , maps":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ground plans",
"plans",
"plats",
"plots",
"charts",
"maps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reliever":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in easing":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
],
"examples":[
"an ice pack will relieve the swelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"lightening",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"fixing",
"mending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"repairing",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"synonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"helping",
"mitigating",
"mollifying",
"palliating",
"soothing"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"antonyms":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling"
],
"examples":[
"the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogging (down)",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"restraining",
"shackling",
"subjecting",
"weighing down",
"weighting (down)"
],
"related":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"disburdening",
"disencumbering",
"divesting",
"freeing",
"ridding",
"unburdening"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
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"examples":[
"at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"preempting",
"usurping"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting out",
"displacing",
"displanting",
"replacing",
"substituting",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"relishable":{
"as in attractive , tempting":{
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"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"tempting",
"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",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"admirable",
"estimable",
"laudable",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesirable",
"unenviable",
"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",
"deplorable",
"lamentable",
"regrettable",
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reluctance":{
"a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something":{
"examples":[
"the mice showed an odd reluctance to eat the cheese we had put out for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"disinclination",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"reticence",
"unwillingness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety"
],
"antonyms":[
"inclination",
"willingness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remainder":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"the remainder of the pills were saved in case they were needed later"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remains",
"remnant",
"residue",
"residuum",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
"examples":[
"the remainder of the dough can be used to make a tartlet"
],
"synonyms":[
"end",
"fag end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"stub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leavings",
"odds and ends",
"pickings",
"refuse",
"remains",
"residual",
"residue",
"scraping(s)",
"stump",
"vestige",
"balance",
"rest",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"piece",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"ribbon(s)",
"shred",
"tatter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remained":{
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"examples":[
"one of the three bridges known as \"the London Bridge,\" it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awaited",
"held on",
"hung on",
"waited",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"outstayed",
"overstayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absconded",
"booked",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated"
],
"antonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"bugged out",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"exited",
"got off",
"left",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fact remains : it's still impossible to be in two places at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"ran on"
],
"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"
]
},
"remake":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"yesterday's soup was so good that we decided to remake it for today's lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"renew",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remands":{
"as in arrests , detentions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"rearrests",
"raids",
"house arrests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in arrests , detains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"remanufacturing":{
"as in remaking , refashioning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"conceiving",
"envisaging",
"picturing",
"visualizing",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"creating",
"inventing",
"minting",
"originating",
"prefabricating",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"knocking out",
"patching (together)",
"throwing up",
"forging",
"molding",
"shaping",
"hewing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"taking apart",
"breaking up",
"dismembering",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"flattening",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarkable":{
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"one participant in the race had a remarkable walk that was half-run, half-skip"
],
"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",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"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":[]
},
"likely to attract attention":{
"examples":[
"there's a remarkable fixation with vanity of earthly pleasures in this author's poetry"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"visible",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
]
},
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
"examples":[
"just your average suburban ranch house, with nothing remarkable about it"
],
"synonyms":[
"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"observable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable",
"newsworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional"
],
"antonyms":[
"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"remarked":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her date awkwardly remarked on the attractiveness of the background music in the restaurant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"commentated",
"articulated",
"expressed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"commented",
"editorialized",
"noted",
"observed",
"opined",
"reflected",
"weighed in"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I remarked the change in her hair color but didn't think it would be polite to say anything other than she was looking good"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"related":[
"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)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rematerialized":{
"as in reappeared":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappeared",
"appeared",
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"unfolded",
"resurfaced",
"bulked",
"loomed",
"arrived",
"came",
"dawned",
"debuted",
"arose",
"blossomed",
"bobbed (up)",
"broke",
"broke out",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"erupted",
"issued",
"outcropped",
"rose",
"shot (up)",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"surfaced",
"happened",
"occurred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"left",
"retired",
"withdrew",
"cleared",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"melted (away)",
"vanished",
"went (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remember":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I remember very clearly the fun we had that long-ago summer, but I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remet":{
"as in reconvened , reassembled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembled",
"reconvened",
"regathered",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"caucused",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"federated",
"ganged up",
"joined",
"merged",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met",
"rendezvoused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"departed",
"left",
"took off",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminisce":{
"as in remember , recall":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"come (to)",
"cross",
"dawn (on)",
"occur (to)",
"strike",
"con",
"learn",
"memorize",
"appear",
"arrive",
"emerge",
"materialize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forget",
"unlearn",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in muse (upon) , reflect (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muse (upon)",
"reflect (on or upon)",
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminiscing":{
"as in musing (upon) , reflecting (on or upon)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in remembering , recalling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remit":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"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",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"lay over",
"postpone",
"put off",
"put over",
"shelve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspend",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"stay",
"detain",
"retard",
"slow",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"wait"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act",
"deal (with)",
"decide (upon)",
"do",
"work (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remittances":{
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she always mails in her remittance on time so she won't ever be charged a late fee on her electric bill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments",
"rentals",
"rents"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"remunerations",
"requitals"
]
},
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"antonyms":[
"nonpayments"
],
"examples":[
"the remittance of your outstanding balance is required before you can make more purchases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayments"
],
"related":[
"renderings",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"disbursements",
"payments",
"remitments",
"remunerations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remitted":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"held off (on)",
"held over",
"held up",
"laid over",
"postponed",
"put off",
"put over",
"shelved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspended",
"hesitated",
"paused",
"stayed",
"detained",
"retarded",
"slowed",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched (out)",
"waited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted",
"dealt (with)",
"decided (upon)",
"did",
"worked (on)",
"wrought (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remitting":{
"as in condoning , pardoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"commuting",
"reprieving",
"compensatory",
"nonpunitive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferring",
"delaying",
"holding off (on)",
"holding over",
"holding up",
"laying over",
"postponing",
"putting off",
"putting over",
"shelving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspending",
"hesitating",
"pausing",
"staying",
"detaining",
"retarding",
"slowing",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching (out)",
"waiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"dealing (with)",
"deciding (upon)",
"doing",
"working (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"remonstrances":{
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
"examples":[
"over the vociferous remonstrances of my parents I decided to drop my music lessons"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenges",
"complaints",
"demurrals",
"demurrers",
"demurs",
"difficulties",
"exceptions",
"expostulations",
"fusses",
"kicks",
"objections",
"protests",
"questions",
"stinks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compunctions",
"doubts",
"misgivings",
"qualms",
"scruples",
"misunderstandings",
"cavils",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"arguments",
"conflicts",
"debates",
"disputes",
"dissents",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"squabbles",
"statics",
"censures",
"criticisms",
"defiances",
"disobediences",
"rebellions",
"distrust",
"dubieties",
"dubitations",
"incertitudes",
"indeterminations",
"misdoubts",
"mistrust",
"reservations",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties",
"reluctances"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approvals",
"sanctions",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"compliances",
"obediences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remonstrate (with)":{
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"discouraged her from remonstrating with her father, whose mind was obviously made up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"cavil",
"quibble",
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"fight",
"conflict",
"debate",
"dispute",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"balk",
"gag",
"stick",
"censure",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"withstand",
"demonstrate"
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remotest":{
"most distant from a center":{
"examples":[
"news of the emperor's death had spread even to the remotest corners of the empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"ultimate",
"utmost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aftermost",
"rearmost",
"sternmost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost"
],
"antonyms":[
"inmost",
"innermost",
"nearest"
]
},
"as in far , farthest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"far",
"farthest",
"before",
"formerly",
"long",
"once",
"then",
"heretofore",
"hitherto",
"since",
"ago",
"previously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anymore",
"currently",
"now",
"nowadays",
"presently",
"right now",
"today",
"here",
"at present",
"for the time being"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"remove":{
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"I removed my coat as soon as I got inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"peel (off)",
"put off",
"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 take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"draw",
"take out",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demount",
"dislodge",
"abstract",
"cut",
"draw off",
"draw out",
"extract",
"pull",
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mount",
"anchor",
"clamp",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root",
"set up",
"site",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"antonyms":[
"place",
"position",
"put"
]
},
"to change the place or position of":{
"examples":[
"please remove that chair to the other room"
],
"synonyms":[
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"relocate",
"reposition",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"cart",
"convey",
"drive",
"haul",
"lug",
"tote",
"transmit",
"transplant",
"transport",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"alter",
"make over",
"modify",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchor",
"fix",
"freeze",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"stabilize",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
"examples":[
"their farm is just a remove of two miles from the town center"
],
"synonyms":[
"distance",
"lead",
"length",
"spacing",
"spread",
"stretch",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altitude",
"area",
"breadth",
"depth",
"height",
"rise",
"space",
"volume",
"width",
"extension",
"extent",
"cast",
"range",
"reach",
"scope",
"shot",
"sweep",
"throw",
"drop",
"fall",
"flight",
"haul",
"berth",
"clearance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"removed":{
"not close in time or space":{
"antonyms":[
"close",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"examples":[
"an island far removed from the mainland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"contiguous"
],
"related":[
"apart",
"devious",
"isolated",
"lonesome",
"nowhere",
"obscure",
"odd",
"outlying",
"out-of-the-way",
"retired",
"secluded",
"secret",
"sequestered"
],
"synonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"far-flung",
"far-off",
"faraway",
"remote"
]
},
"to change the place or position of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"please remove that chair to the other room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchored",
"fixed",
"froze",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"stabilized",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"related":[
"bore",
"carried",
"carted",
"conveyed",
"drove",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"toted",
"transmitted",
"transplanted",
"transported",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"altered",
"made over",
"modified",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"synonyms":[
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"relocated",
"repositioned",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
],
"examples":[
"voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"related":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"synonyms":[
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"antonyms":[
"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"threw (on)"
],
"examples":[
"I removed my coat as soon as I got inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wore",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"related":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffed",
"doused",
"peeled (off)",
"put off",
"shrugged off",
"took off"
]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
],
"examples":[
"he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"related":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drew off",
"drew out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drew",
"took out",
"withdrew"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"renaissance":{
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
"examples":[
"the 19th-century literary renaissance that prompted people to refer to Boston as the Athens of America"
],
"synonyms":[
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age"
],
"near synonyms":[
"silver age",
"millennium",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flower",
"flush",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"salad days",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"dark age"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"renascences":{
"as in renaissances":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rendered":{
"as in tried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tried",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"clarified",
"filtered",
"uncombined",
"absolute",
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"pure",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed",
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceded",
"coughed up",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"laid down",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"transferred",
"forfeited",
"released",
"waived",
"abnegated",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"parted (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"rendered Thomas Jefferson's signature for use on an array of gift items"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"the witness convincingly rendered her version of events in just a few words"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineated",
"depicted",
"described",
"drew",
"imaged",
"limned",
"painted",
"pictured",
"portrayed",
"set out",
"sketched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterized",
"defined",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"qualified",
"represented",
"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"showed",
"hinted",
"suggested",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"traced",
"vignetted",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"touched off",
"redescribed",
"reimaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"misdescribed",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"renderings":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"a poet's rendering of the euphoria experienced by lovers in the first blush of romance"
],
"synonyms":[
"definitions",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"descriptions",
"pictures",
"portraits",
"portraitures",
"portrayals",
"sketches",
"vignettes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"chronicles",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"demonstrations",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"clarifications",
"elucidations",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rendezvous":{
"a place for spending time or for socializing":{
"examples":[
"the arcade was the rendezvous of choice for most of the teenagers in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"hangout",
"haunt",
"purlieu",
"resort",
"stamping ground",
"stomping ground"
],
"near synonyms":[
"camp",
"canteen",
"club",
"clubhouse",
"country club",
"key club",
"service club",
"union",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"nest",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctuary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an agreement to be present at a specified time and place":{
"examples":[
"I have a rendezvous with him at lunchtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"assignation",
"date",
"engagement",
"tryst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"invitation",
"interview",
"get-together",
"meeting",
"call",
"visit",
"schedule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"reassemble",
"reconvene",
"regather",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rendezvoused":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"caucused",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
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"verb"
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"unimportant",
"inconspicuous",
"undistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"unpopular"
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"marks",
"names",
"reports",
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"reputes",
"cachets",
"places",
"positions",
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"ranks",
"standings",
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"popularities",
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"glories",
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"accolades",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
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"kudos",
"laurels",
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"recognitions",
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"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"shames",
"invisibilities",
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"deifies",
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"cheers",
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"carols",
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"extols",
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"lauds",
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"keelhauls",
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"reproaches",
"castigates",
"lambastes",
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"verb"
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"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
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"banishes",
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"supersedes",
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"fortify",
"prepare",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
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"accouter",
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"fit (out)",
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"clout",
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"pull",
"weight",
"command",
"domination",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"consequence",
"importance",
"significance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy"
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"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
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"noun"
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"as in repertoire , stockpile":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"the old street lights were replaced by more energy-efficient models"
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"cut out",
"displace",
"displant",
"relieve",
"substitute",
"supersede",
"supplant"
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"near synonyms":[
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"usurp"
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"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
"took the fragile vase down to look at it and then gently replaced it on the shelf"
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"restore",
"return"
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"near synonyms":[
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"remove",
"take"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
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"displaced",
"displanted",
"relieved",
"substituted",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
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"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
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"returned"
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"near synonyms":[
"reconveyed"
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"took"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
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"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
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"near synonyms":[
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"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to fill or build up (something) again":{
"examples":[
"An efficient staff of workers replenished the trays of appetizers almost as quickly as guests emptied them.",
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"refresh",
"reload",
"repack",
"brim",
"charge",
"cram",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack",
"stuff",
"drench",
"flood",
"glut",
"swamp",
"bloat",
"bulk",
"crowd",
"crush",
"mat",
"press",
"ram",
"shove",
"squash",
"squeeze",
"overcharge",
"overfill",
"overflow",
"saturate",
"honeycomb",
"penetrate"
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"lighten",
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"exhaust",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge",
"scour",
"sweep",
"clear",
"empty",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"replicated the famous painting in our art class"
],
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"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"rendering",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"report":{
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"startled by the report of a gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash",
"pop",
"slam",
"smash",
"snap",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"gave a full report of their trip to London"
],
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"account",
"chronicle",
"chronology",
"commentary",
"commentaries",
"history",
"narration",
"narrative",
"record",
"story"
],
"near synonyms":[
"version",
"deposition",
"documentation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"witness",
"annals",
"blog",
"diary",
"journal",
"log",
"logbook",
"memoir",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
"anecdote",
"tale",
"yarn",
"epic",
"saga",
"gest",
"geste",
"romance",
"recital",
"recitation",
"case history",
"case study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"he's a player of good report in golfing circles"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"fame",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"odor",
"rep",
"reputation",
"repute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credit",
"honor",
"celebrity",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"image",
"persona",
"admiration",
"regard",
"reverence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"the report is that she was caught embezzling, but no one has any evidence"
],
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"buzz",
"dish",
"gossip",
"hearsay",
"noise",
"rumor",
"scuttlebutt",
"talk",
"tattle",
"word"
],
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"tale",
"whisper",
"whispering",
"hint",
"intimation",
"rumbling",
"disinformation",
"propaganda",
"urban legend",
"urban myth",
"dirt",
"scandal"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
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"will report the progress of the war effort before a congressional committee on Monday"
],
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"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"reported the lawyer's closing statement"
],
"synonyms":[
"jot (down)",
"log",
"mark",
"note",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"set down",
"take down",
"write down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicle",
"minute",
"transcribe",
"enregister",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"chalk (up)",
"notch",
"score"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reporter":{
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"the reporter was careful to ask as many questions as possible without annoying anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"newswoman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor",
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reposes":{
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"examples":[
"a little-explored region beneath which vast mineral reserves are said to repose"
],
"synonyms":[
"hides",
"holes up",
"lies",
"lurks",
"skulks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slinks",
"sneaks",
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes out",
"materializes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appears"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"reposed in the Caribbean sun, enjoying her break from the world of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"relaxes",
"rests"
],
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"bums",
"goldbricks",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"hangs around",
"idles",
"loafs",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"exercises",
"works out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"the Constitution reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"recommends",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confers",
"grants",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"recommits",
"redelivers",
"retransfers",
"retransmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repossessions":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
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"examples":[
"an account of France's loss of the Louisiana Territory to Spain and its brief repossession of the area before selling it to the U.S. in 1803"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"related":[
"recruitments",
"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoupments",
"recoveries",
"retrievals"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprehend":{
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"that denomination reprehends murder in any form, contending that the taking of life is never justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprobate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attack",
"blame",
"blast",
"criticize",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"doom",
"sentence",
"convict",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprove",
"berate",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"rake",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"vituperate",
"curse",
"imprecate",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"revile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"eulogize",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"hail",
"salute",
"tout",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"revere",
"venerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bless"
]
},
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"without exception, book reviewers reprehended the novel's tired plot"
],
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"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"slag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewer",
"tweak",
"assail",
"attack",
"blast",
"clobber",
"slam",
"slash",
"nick (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"carp",
"cavil",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"niggle",
"quibble",
"whine",
"admonish",
"chide",
"drub",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"berate",
"castigate",
"crucify",
"excoriate",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"hammer",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"pillory",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"deride",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"recommend",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"deserving reproach or blame":{
"examples":[
"a reprehensible tyrant, who oppressed his country for decades, has finally been brought to justice"
],
"synonyms":[
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"reproachable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"guilty",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"foolish",
"irresponsible",
"reckless",
"amerciable",
"chargeable",
"disciplinable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"criminal",
"illegal",
"illicit",
"unlawful",
"illegitimate",
"improper",
"wrongful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flawless",
"perfect",
"pure",
"guiltless",
"innocent"
],
"antonyms":[
"blameless",
"faultless",
"impeccable",
"irreproachable"
]
},
"provoking or likely to provoke protest":{
"examples":[
"your behavior towards the other team was truly reprehensible , so you're being suspended from the next three games"
],
"synonyms":[
"censurable",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"obnoxious",
"offensive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"unpleasant",
"bad",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"wretched",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abhorrent",
"disgusting",
"gross",
"loathsome",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"sickish",
"vile",
"naughty",
"wicked",
"debasing",
"perverted",
"profane",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"earthy",
"unprintable",
"bawdy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"lewd",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"vulgar",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"lascivious",
"pornographic",
"ribald",
"scurrilous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"easy",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"relishable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"good",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"becoming",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"politically correct"
],
"antonyms":[
"inoffensive",
"unobjectionable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"represent":{
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"categorize",
"classify",
"pigeonhole",
"type",
"color",
"identify",
"indicate",
"name",
"specify",
"distinguish",
"individualize",
"mark",
"particularize",
"stamp"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"characterize",
"define",
"depict",
"describe",
"portray"
]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a painting representing the ocean at sunrise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delineate",
"describe",
"document",
"render",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"illustrate",
"show",
"diagram",
"caricature"
],
"synonyms":[
"depict",
"image",
"picture",
"portray"
]
},
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"incarnate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"objectify",
"personalize",
"personify",
"exemplify",
"illustrate"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblematize",
"symbolize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"representation":{
"a visual design intended to look like someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The cave was painted with representations of horses and bison."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprieving":{
"as in commuting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commuting",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"compensatory",
"nonpunitive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pardoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pardoning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemning",
"damning",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"adjudging",
"judging",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"penalizing",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in releasing , delivering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reprimanded":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"reprimanded the summer intern for her constant tardiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"related":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"reprimanded the student for using the lax grammar and punctuation of text messaging in a term paper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"related":[
"berated",
"castigated",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"harangued",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"upbraided",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"ticked off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
],
"examples":[
"the president was forced to reprimand the general for publicly voicing his disagreements with the nation's foreign policy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"admonished",
"chastised",
"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"reproved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprint":{
"as in republish , reissue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reissue",
"republish",
"copublish",
"serialize",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"put out",
"contribute",
"edit",
"syndicate",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"distribute",
"market"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproach":{
"a cause of shame":{
"antonyms":[
"credit",
"honor"
],
"examples":[
"your public display of boorish behavior is a reproach to this entire school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boast",
"glory",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure"
],
"related":[
"blot",
"brand",
"slur",
"smirch",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma",
"taint"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"opprobrium",
"reflection",
"scandal"
]
},
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"examples":[
"a letter of reproach was added to her dossier"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
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"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
]
},
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
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"esteem",
"honor",
"respect"
],
"examples":[
"nothing the traitor did in later life lessened the reproach in which he was universally held"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"estimation",
"regard",
"awe",
"fear",
"reverence",
"fame",
"glory",
"renown",
"repute"
],
"related":[
"scandal",
"contempt",
"despite",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"deprecation",
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"debasing",
"degradation",
"dust",
"humbling",
"humiliation",
"blot",
"brand",
"shadow",
"slur",
"smirch",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma",
"taint"
],
"synonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"related":[
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"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reprove",
"tick off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"cite",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse"
],
"examples":[
"the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"hail",
"honor",
"eulogize",
"laud",
"praise",
"approve",
"bless",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
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"chastise",
"castigate",
"punish",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"chew out",
"cut up",
"dress down",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"tell off",
"upbraid",
"belittle",
"criticize",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"objurgate",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reprove"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reproaching":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"antonyms":[
"citing",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing"
],
"examples":[
"the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"eulogizing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"approving",
"blessing",
"sanctioning"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chastising",
"castigating",
"punishing",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"cutting up",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"telling off",
"upbraiding",
"belittling",
"criticizing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging"
],
"synonyms":[
"censuring",
"condemning",
"denouncing",
"objurgating",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprobated":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"repelled",
"spurned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"balked (at)",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afforded",
"furnished",
"gave",
"provided",
"supplied",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"conceded",
"granted",
"let",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"permitted"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematized",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"decried",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacked",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"criticized",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"doomed",
"sentenced",
"convicted",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reproved",
"berated",
"lambasted",
"raked",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"vituperated",
"cursed",
"imprecated",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"reviled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"hailed",
"saluted",
"touted",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"honored",
"revered",
"venerated"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprobations":{
"as in condemnations , opprobriums":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"dispraises",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"rejections",
"thumbs-downs",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"hostilities",
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"belittlements",
"disparagements",
"objections",
"oppositions",
"deprecations",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"discountenances",
"disesteems",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"displeasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approbations",
"approvals",
"favors",
"acclaim",
"commendations",
"praises",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions",
"thumbs-ups",
"empathies",
"sympathies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproofs":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"even in church we were not free from Mother's familiar reproof of our ingrained tendency to fidget in our seats"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproved":{
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"my piano teacher often reproves me for slouching while playing, observing that good posture helps one play better"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"ticked off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"castigated",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"harangued",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"upbraided",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"the principal reproved the hockey team for their display of poor sportsmanship on the ice and ordered that a letter of apology be sent to the other school"
],
"synonyms":[
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chastised",
"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"the older generation has always reproved the younger generation's taste in music"
],
"synonyms":[
"deprecated",
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disesteemed",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"misliked",
"tsk-tsked",
"tutted (over or about)",
"tut-tutted (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelished",
"objected (to)",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"scorned",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"discommended",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"scolded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"supported",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approved",
"favored",
"liked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproving":{
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"my piano teacher often reproves me for slouching while playing, observing that good posture helps one play better"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"the principal reproved the hockey team for their display of poor sportsmanship on the ice and ordered that a letter of apology be sent to the other school"
],
"synonyms":[
"censuring",
"condemning",
"denouncing",
"objurgating",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chastising",
"castigating",
"punishing",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"cutting up",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"telling off",
"upbraiding",
"belittling",
"criticizing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"eulogizing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"approving",
"blessing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"citing",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"the older generation has always reproved the younger generation's taste in music"
],
"synonyms":[
"deprecating",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disesteeming",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"misliking",
"tsk-tsking",
"tutting (over or about)",
"tut-tutting (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelishing",
"objecting (to)",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"scorning",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"discommending",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproaching",
"scolding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"supporting",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approving",
"favoring",
"liking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repudiates":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her r\u00e9sum\u00e9"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disaffirms",
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disconfirms",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"refutes",
"rejects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traverses",
"challenges",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disputes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"affirms",
"announces",
"asserts",
"avers",
"claims",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"submits",
"authenticates",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"allows",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confirms",
"owns"
]
},
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
"examples":[
"the angry mother bitterly repudiated her teenaged daughter, telling her that she never wanted to see or hear from her again"
],
"synonyms":[
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"disallows",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"challenges",
"confutes",
"criticizes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"disputes",
"questions",
"abdicates",
"abjures",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"admits",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"grants",
"affirms",
"announces",
"asserts",
"avers",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"submits",
"authenticates",
"confirms",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"avows",
"claims",
"owns",
"recognizes"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the producers of the hit TV show threatened to take the disgruntled actor to court if he attempted to repudiate his contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repugnance":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"examples":[
"could barely contain her repugnance of frogs and nearly threw up when she found out we'd have to dissect one in science class"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repulsion",
"revulsion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"displeasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"bent",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"preference",
"propensity",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reputation":{
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"the college's athletic department has a good reputation , but the school's science facilities are a bit lacking"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"fame",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"odor",
"rep",
"report",
"repute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credit",
"honor",
"celebrity",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"image",
"persona",
"admiration",
"regard",
"reverence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"request":{
"an act or instance of asking for information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the medical columnist is unable to answer individual requests for specific information on various disorders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"reply",
"response"
],
"related":[
"interrogatory",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"inquisition",
"interrogating",
"interrogation",
"questioning",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"investigation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"the state of being sought after especially for purchase":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"reliable babysitters are much in request , especially on weekends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bear market",
"bull market",
"buyer's market",
"seller's market"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"demand",
"market"
]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"commission",
"solicit",
"charter",
"hire",
"license",
"licence"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"order",
"put in (for)",
"requisition"
]
},
"to make a request for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"request extra ketchup for my fries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"apply (for)",
"beg (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"importune",
"urge",
"wish (for)",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"petition (for)",
"press (for)",
"require",
"requisition",
"invite",
"invoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"bespeak",
"call (for)",
"desire",
"plead (for)",
"quest",
"seek",
"solicit",
"speak (for)",
"sue (for)"
]
},
"to make a request of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"related":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"implore",
"importune",
"invite",
"invoke",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"supplicate",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"press",
"require"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"hit (up)",
"solicit"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"requisite":{
"impossible to do without":{
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
],
"examples":[
"this new CD is the requisite album of the year for classical music lovers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"vital"
]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
],
"examples":[
"Art 101 is a requisite for Art 201"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"sine qua non"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"rereview":{
"as in reinspect , resurvey":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rereviewed":{
"as in reinspected , resurveyed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescinding":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"keeping"
],
"examples":[
"the library refused to rescind its decision to include the controversial book in its collection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaging",
"pledging",
"promising",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"initiating",
"starting",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"related":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"countermanding",
"reversing",
"rolling back",
"breaking off",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"holding back",
"interrupting",
"suspending",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"crying off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"revoking",
"scrapping",
"scrubbing"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the new mayor vowed not to seek to rescind existing laws prohibiting smoking in the city's public places"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"related":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescued":{
"as in saved , recovered":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"antonyms":[
"adventured",
"compromised",
"endangered",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeopardized",
"periled",
"perilled",
"risked",
"ventured"
],
"examples":[
"an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"salvaged",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"recovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed out",
"brought off",
"delivered",
"saved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"researchists":{
"as in researchers , pioneers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resemblance":{
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
"antonyms":[
"dissimilarity"
],
"examples":[
"I see a family resemblance between you and your brother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difference",
"discrepancy",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"change",
"modification",
"variation"
],
"related":[
"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogy",
"homology"
],
"synonyms":[
"common denominator",
"commonality",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallel",
"similarity",
"similitude"
]
},
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
"antonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"unlikeness"
],
"examples":[
"the look of the director's latest film bears a strong resemblance to the look of his last film"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inequality",
"conflict",
"polarity",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"related":[
"semblance",
"affinity",
"analogousness",
"equation",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"identicalness",
"identity",
"sameness",
"correlation",
"relationship",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"compatibility",
"conformity",
"congruity"
],
"synonyms":[
"alikeness",
"community",
"comparability",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"similarity",
"similitude"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reserves":{
"a collection of things kept available for future use or need":{
"examples":[
"our fuel reserves are low"
],
"synonyms":[
"caches",
"deposits",
"hoards",
"stores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"budgets",
"funds",
"nest eggs",
"armories",
"arsenals",
"banks",
"pools",
"reservoirs",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"supplies",
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"when the first brigade fell back in retreat, the commander sent out the reserves to try to hold the line of battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original":{
"examples":[
"don't throw that extra bike chain away, as I want to keep it as a reserve in case the current one breaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"extras",
"spares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backups",
"substitutes",
"stocks",
"carbon copies",
"clones",
"copies",
"doubles",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"replacements",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
"examples":[
"we made sure to reserve a kennel for our dog several months before the start of the family vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"books"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earmarks",
"contracts",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"I'm reserving the right to work by myself if you don't do your share of the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains",
"withholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserves",
"guards",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"boasts",
"enjoys",
"has",
"owns",
"possesses",
"commands",
"controls",
"detains",
"directs",
"manages",
"rules",
"bears",
"harbors",
"cherishes",
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"drops",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"hands out",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[
"gives up",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
]
},
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"we must reserve this cup for ceremonial use only"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocates",
"consecrates",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"earmarks",
"gives up (to)",
"saves",
"sets by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"applies",
"bestows",
"employs",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"residents":{
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
"examples":[
"a resident of Atlanta"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"inhabiters",
"occupants",
"residers",
"tenants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cohabitants",
"coresidents",
"co-residents",
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"nationals",
"subjects",
"colonists",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"migrants",
"newcomers",
"settlers",
"burghers",
"localites",
"locals",
"townees",
"townies",
"townsmen",
"villagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"nonresidents",
"guests",
"tourists",
"visitors",
"defectors",
"emigrants",
"escapers",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees"
],
"antonyms":[
"transients"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"residing":{
"to have a home":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's a freelance writer who resides in the Midwest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lodging",
"settling",
"staying",
"frequenting",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"visiting",
"cohabiting",
"inhabiting",
"occupying",
"peopling",
"populating",
"leasing",
"renting",
"subletting",
"tenanting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resigns":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriates",
"arrogates",
"assumes",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps",
"wrests",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"secures"
],
"related":[
"abjures",
"demits",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"waives",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"yields",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicates",
"abnegates",
"cedes",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)",
"surrenders"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resist":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"withstand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"challenge",
"contest",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"baffle",
"balk",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"check",
"counter",
"hinder",
"obstruct",
"stem"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"knuckle under (to)",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resisted":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"knuckled under (to)",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"examples":[
"it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"challenged",
"contested",
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"baffled",
"balked",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"checked",
"countered",
"hindered",
"obstructed",
"stemmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"withstood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resolution":{
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
"examples":[
"her resolution to become a vegetarian is based on what she recently learned about modern farming practices"
],
"synonyms":[
"award",
"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"verdict"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behest",
"charge",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"instruction",
"mandate",
"order",
"word",
"last word",
"say-so",
"adjudication",
"disposition",
"doom",
"finding",
"ruling",
"sentence",
"choice",
"option",
"selection",
"consensus",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"mind",
"notion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadlock",
"draw",
"halt",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"tie"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"that athlete's resolution to win is amazing"
],
"synonyms":[
"decidedness",
"decision",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"determinedness",
"firmness",
"granite",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"stick-to-itiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"gameness",
"readiness",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indetermination",
"uncertainty",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resolves":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"delays",
"halts",
"hesitates",
"stalls",
"temporizes",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillates",
"waffles",
"wavers"
],
"related":[
"decrees",
"rules",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"arbitrates",
"finds",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"umpires",
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"questions",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"weighs"
],
"synonyms":[
"chooses",
"concludes",
"decides",
"determines",
"figures",
"names",
"opts",
"settles (on or upon)"
]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"concludes",
"decides",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"reasons",
"clears (up)",
"irons out",
"straightens (out)",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"puzzles (out)",
"riddles (out)",
"solves",
"unravels",
"unriddles",
"works",
"works out"
]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"antonyms":[
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"examples":[
"a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds"
],
"related":[
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resonated":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the deep sounds of the bassoon resonated through the concert hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resounded",
"reverberated",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respect":{
"relation to or concern with something specified":{
"examples":[
"with respect to your application"
],
"synonyms":[
"reference",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"examples":[
"I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s steadfast courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"admiration",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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":[
"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":[
"disfavor"
]
},
"best wishes":{
"examples":[
"give your mother my respects"
],
"synonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliment",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"benediction",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"citation",
"commendation",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"praise",
"well-wishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dig",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"insult",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"an upstanding senator who is respected by political allies and foes alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"consider",
"esteem",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"praise",
"delight (in)",
"drink (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour",
"dig",
"fancy",
"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
"disapprove",
"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
"kiss off",
"scorn",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"respectable":{
"having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge":{
"examples":[
"no respectable dietician would advise people to eat just one kind of food"
],
"synonyms":[
"esteemed",
"estimable",
"name",
"prestigious",
"recognized",
"reputable",
"reputed",
"respected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"creditable",
"good",
"praiseworthy",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"famed",
"famous",
"honored",
"illustrious",
"notable",
"prominent",
"redoubtable",
"renowned",
"well-known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"seedy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"no-name",
"obscure",
"undistinguished",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"disreputable"
]
},
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
"examples":[
"cheating is not a respectable thing to do under any circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"noble",
"principled",
"righteous",
"stand-up",
"upright",
"upstanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"irreproachable",
"unassailable",
"unimpeachable",
"chivalrous",
"classy",
"high-minded",
"menschy",
"right-minded",
"conscientious",
"fair",
"good",
"incorruptible",
"moral",
"reputable",
"respected",
"scrupulous",
"uncorrupted",
"virtuous",
"decorous",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"blackguardly",
"corrupt",
"criminal",
"crooked",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"knavish",
"mean",
"nefarious",
"rascally",
"reprehensible",
"roguish",
"rotten",
"scoundrelly",
"sinful",
"unfair",
"unscrupulous",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wretched",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"profligate",
"reprobate",
"shameful",
"venal"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"ignoble",
"low",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unworthy"
]
},
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
"examples":[
"has the respectable manners of someone who was well brought up"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitting",
"correct",
"de rigueur",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"dress",
"dressy",
"formal",
"dignified",
"elegant",
"gracious",
"priggish",
"prim",
"stiff",
"stuffy",
"apt",
"material",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"kosher",
"permitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"casual",
"grungy",
"informal",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"unbecoming",
"ungenteel",
"unseemly"
]
},
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"examples":[
"the artwork that we commissioned from the muralist turned out to be respectable but was not quite what we had hoped for"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"common",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
"appropriate",
"correct",
"due",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"disreputable",
"improper",
"indecent",
"objectionable",
"unfit",
"unsuitable",
"unworthy",
"useless",
"wrong",
"bad",
"cheap",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"lamentable",
"pitiful",
"shoddy",
"dissatisfying",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"miserable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"first-class",
"high-grade",
"matchless",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"premium",
"special",
"supreme",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"classic",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"fabulous",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
]
},
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"examples":[
"got paid a respectable sum for speaking at our graduation"
],
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"biggish",
"considerable",
"good",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"healthy",
"largish",
"major",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"substantive",
"tidy"
],
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"big",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"voluminous",
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"gigantic",
"great",
"herculean",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"whopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"measly",
"minute",
"paltry",
"petty",
"picayune",
"picayunish",
"piddling",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"marginal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"slight",
"little",
"small",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"miniature",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"smallish"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"insubstantial",
"negligible",
"nominal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"respective":{
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"examples":[
"it was late when the concert let out, so we all went our respective ways"
],
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"different",
"individual",
"separate"
],
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"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"divergent",
"diverse",
"unalike",
"varied",
"various"
],
"near antonyms":[
"identical",
"selfsame",
"very"
],
"antonyms":[
"same"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"respectively":{
"for each person or thing":{
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"examples":[
"The first and second place winners were given, respectively , a trophy and a ribbon for their performances."
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"a short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed":{
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"examples":[
"The weekend provided a nice respite from the pressures of her job.",
"a temporary respite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resplendence":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
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"examples":[
"the fabled resplendence of the Taj Mahal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"the hills of Vermont were awash in the resplendency of the state's celebrated autumnal foliage"
],
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"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resplendent":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very bright and attractive":{
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"examples":[
"She looked resplendent in her green evening gown."
],
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"synonyms":[]
}
},
"responding":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
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"examples":[
"doctors studying how the brain responds to pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"behaving",
"affecting",
"causing",
"drawing",
"effecting"
],
"related":[
"answering",
"returning",
"retaliating",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"reading",
"taking",
"understanding",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"grappling (with)",
"handling",
"managing",
"negotiating"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacting",
"replying"
]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
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"asking",
"inquiring",
"questioning"
],
"examples":[
"the students energetically participated in the discussion, responding to the teacher's questions and comments with alacrity and enthusiasm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"cross-examining",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"quizzing",
"polling",
"querying",
"surveying"
],
"related":[
"acknowledging",
"commenting",
"communicating",
"corresponding",
"reacting",
"remarking",
"countering",
"defending",
"denying",
"explaining",
"fielding",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"coming back",
"rejoining",
"replying",
"retorting",
"returning",
"riposting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in responsibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"responsive":{
"inclined to act or respond readily or without hesitation":{
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"examples":[
"He bought a car with responsive steering.",
"The small business is always responsive to customer needs."
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"producing or exhibiting a desired reaction to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The students were extremely responsive to the lecture and even stayed late to ask questions of the presenter.",
"Much to the doctor's surprise, the patient was not responsive to the therapy."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"responsiveness":{
"as in sensitivity , sensibility":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restarted":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week"
],
"synonyms":[
"continued",
"picked up",
"proceeded (with)",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"resumed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"recrudesced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"consummated",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"belayed",
"broke",
"canned",
"ceased",
"checked",
"cut",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"left off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"scuttled",
"shut off",
"stayed",
"stopped",
"terminated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restarts":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"consummates",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"belays",
"breaks",
"cans",
"ceases",
"checks",
"cuts",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"leaves off",
"quits",
"scuttles",
"shuts off",
"stays",
"stops",
"terminates"
],
"related":[
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"recrudesces"
],
"synonyms":[
"continues",
"picks up",
"proceeds (with)",
"renews",
"reopens",
"resumes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restated":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"antonyms":[
"quoted"
],
"examples":[
"though I couldn't remember the exact words he used, I restated his message as accurately as I could"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoed",
"repeated",
"copied",
"reproduced",
"transcribed"
],
"related":[
"boiled down",
"recapitulated",
"reiterated",
"summarized",
"summed up"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrased",
"rephrased",
"reworded",
"translated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restimulated":{
"as in revived , reenergized":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resting":{
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
],
"examples":[
"the hyena is ready to scavenge again after its brief resting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"related":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"rest",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
]
},
"being in a state of suspended consciousness":{
"antonyms":[
"awake",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
],
"examples":[
"the resting cat was curled up in my favorite chair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"sleepless",
"aroused",
"astir",
"awakened",
"roused",
"up",
"wakened",
"reawakened",
"revived"
],
"related":[
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"reposing",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"comatose",
"semiconscious",
"sleepwalking",
"somnambulant"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"sleeping",
"slumbering"
]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the patient is currently resting , but as soon as he awakes, I'll tell him you called"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awaking",
"rising",
"waking"
],
"related":[
"dropping off",
"drowsing (off)",
"nodding off",
"oversleeping",
"sleeping in",
"dreaming",
"hibernating"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing"
]
},
"to find a basis":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're resting your argument on a faulty premise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"assuming",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"supposing"
],
"synonyms":[
"basing",
"grounding",
"hanging",
"predicating"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"exercising",
"working out"
],
"related":[
"bumming",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"hanging around",
"idling",
"loafing",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out"
],
"synonyms":[
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"relaxing",
"reposing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"restorations":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something damaged or worn back to its original state":{
"examples":[
"When the restoration was complete, the decades-old building looked almost as good as it had when it was new."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"restorals",
"facelift",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"rehabilitations",
"rehabs",
"renovations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"fixings",
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restorative":{
"beneficial to the health of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"examples":[
"took a restorative vitamin mix to improve his immune system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"related":[
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"recuperative",
"refreshing",
"rehabilitative",
"rejuvenating",
"rejuvenescent",
"remedial",
"advantageous",
"useful",
"antiseptic",
"aseptic",
"clean",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"nourishing",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic"
],
"synonyms":[
"good",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"medicinal",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"sanative",
"tonic",
"wholesome"
]
},
"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I am in need of a long, restorative vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadening",
"debilitating",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"numbing",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"wearying",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"related":[
"life-giving",
"conditioning",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"quickening",
"sharp",
"corrective",
"curative",
"curing",
"medicinal",
"rectifying",
"recuperative",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"rehabilitative",
"remedial",
"remedying",
"reparative",
"therapeutic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracing",
"cordial",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"rejuvenating",
"reviving",
"stimulating",
"stimulative",
"tonic",
"vital",
"vitalizing"
]
},
"tending to cure disease or restore health":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"relocation to a milder climate proved to be just the restorative measure that was needed for the sickly child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"related":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"sanative",
"wholesome",
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"tonic"
],
"synonyms":[
"curative",
"healing",
"medicinal",
"officinal",
"remedial",
"therapeutic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"restrained":{
"not excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"a restrained but elegant black purse"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservative",
"low-key",
"low-keyed",
"muted",
"quiet",
"repressed",
"sober",
"subdued",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unflashy",
"unpretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"fitting",
"proper",
"suitable",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"drab",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"practical",
"sensible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meretricious",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"trashy",
"vulgar",
"baroque",
"fancy",
"frilly",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought"
],
"antonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
]
},
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"the victim's family members were unable to restrain their emotions upon hearing the verdict"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"held",
"inhibited",
"kept",
"measured",
"pulled in",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"ruled",
"tamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"minced",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"stopped",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unleashed",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the suspect was restrained and taken to an undisclosed location"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"factors",
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"bases",
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"recapitulation",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
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"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
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"abridgement",
"compend",
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"shortening",
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"streamlining",
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"expansion",
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"supplement"
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"finalize",
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"cease",
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"verb"
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"make over",
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"recondition",
"reconstitute",
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"redevelop",
"redo",
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"remodel",
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"renew",
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"type":[
"verb"
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"left",
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"type":[
"verb"
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"showing",
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"looming",
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"rising",
"shooting (up)",
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"fading",
"going (away)",
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"vanishing",
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"renewal",
"resurrection",
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"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
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"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
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"type":[
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"rekindle",
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"revivify",
"rewake",
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"restart",
"reinvent",
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"kill",
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"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened",
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
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"rewaked",
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"verb"
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"plug",
"promote",
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"chaffer",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
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"supply",
"carry",
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"to offer for sale to the public":{
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"the textile manufacturer doesn't retail its fabrics to consumers, offering them only to wholesalers and garment makers"
],
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"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"puts up",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"presells",
"wholesales",
"remarkets",
"resells",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"barters",
"distributes",
"exchanges",
"exports",
"handles",
"trades",
"traffics (in)",
"advertises",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"touts",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"auctions",
"provides",
"supplies",
"carries",
"keeps",
"stocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"buys",
"purchases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retain":{
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"withhold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserve",
"guard",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"boast",
"enjoy",
"have",
"own",
"possess",
"command",
"control",
"detain",
"direct",
"manage",
"rule",
"bear",
"harbor",
"cherish",
"cling (to)",
"hug",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"cede",
"drop",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand out",
"discard",
"dump",
"decline",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[
"give up",
"hand over",
"release",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor"
],
"synonyms":[
"command",
"enjoy",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keep",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"bear",
"carry",
"boast",
"show off",
"sport"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"cede",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"renounce",
"surrender",
"yield",
"discard",
"dump",
"decline",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"need",
"require"
],
"antonyms":[
"lack",
"want"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retaining":{
"as in retention , holding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"holding",
"retention",
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"care",
"custody",
"safekeeping",
"conservation",
"maintenance",
"support",
"repossession",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power",
"claiming",
"collaring",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"procurement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on"
],
"synonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserving",
"guarding",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"boasting",
"enjoying",
"having",
"owning",
"possessing",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"detaining",
"directing",
"managing",
"ruling",
"bearing",
"harboring",
"cherishing",
"clinging (to)",
"hugging",
"treasuring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"dropping",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing out",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[
"giving up",
"handing over",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor"
],
"synonyms":[
"commanding",
"enjoying",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"boasting",
"showing off",
"sporting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"needing",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacking",
"wanting"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reteach":{
"as in retrain , reeducate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"reschool",
"retrain",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"show",
"brief",
"familiarize",
"impart (to)",
"inform",
"verse",
"edify",
"enlighten",
"homeschool",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"instill",
"instil",
"catechize",
"lecture",
"moralize",
"preach",
"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"rear",
"drill",
"fit",
"ground",
"habilitate",
"prepare",
"prime",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retentions":{
"the act of keeping something or someone":{
"examples":[
"The company's rate of employee retention is 80 percent."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"holding",
"retaining",
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"care",
"custody",
"safekeeping",
"conservation",
"maintenance",
"support",
"repossession",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power",
"claiming",
"collaring",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"procurement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reticence":{
"a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something":{
"antonyms":[
"inclination",
"willingness"
],
"examples":[
"the publisher's reticence to make content available online for free"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety"
],
"related":[
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty"
],
"synonyms":[
"disinclination",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retiring":{
"not comfortable around people":{
"examples":[
"one retiring young girl was sitting alone quietly in a corner during the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"modest",
"recessive",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
"antonyms":[
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
]
},
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"I'm exhausted, so I think I'll retire for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"turning in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"as a part of its restructuring, the company has begun to retire its older employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"the insurgents have retired to the outskirts of the city, but appear to be readying themselves for another offensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing away",
"dropping back",
"falling back",
"pulling out",
"receding",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fleeing",
"flying",
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"chickening (out)",
"bowing out",
"backing down",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"climbing down",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"pulling away",
"abandoning",
"departing",
"evacuating",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"retiring (from)":{
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"at the age of 72, she finally retired from the job she had held at the shoe factory for over 50 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"chucking",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"resigning (from)",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"vacating",
"dropping out (of)",
"throwing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"staying (at)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retraction":{
"as in denial , repudiation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"recantation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"about-face",
"about-turn",
"flip-flop",
"reversal",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrain":{
"as in reteach , reeducate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"reschool",
"reteach",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"show",
"brief",
"familiarize",
"impart (to)",
"inform",
"verse",
"edify",
"enlighten",
"homeschool",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"instill",
"instil",
"catechize",
"lecture",
"moralize",
"preach",
"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"rear",
"drill",
"fit",
"ground",
"habilitate",
"prepare",
"prime",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransferring":{
"as in recommitting , retransmitting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransmitting",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"conferring",
"granting",
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retreat":{
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"we made a strategic retreat when we realized that we were outnumbered"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullback",
"pullout",
"recession",
"retirement",
"withdrawal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rout",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
]
},
"something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{
"examples":[
"her bedroom served as a retreat from the frequent arguing between her parents",
"the abandoned cabin was a welcome retreat from the storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"asylum",
"bolt-hole",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"refuge",
"sanctuary",
"sanctum",
"shelter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oasis",
"anchorage",
"mooring",
"port",
"cover",
"screen",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"house",
"housing",
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"rest",
"roof",
"cloister",
"closet",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"lair",
"castle",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"lean-to",
"lee",
"shed",
"windbreak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"we retreated to the safety of the cellar at the first sign of the tornado"
],
"synonyms":[
"back away",
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retire",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the untried soldiers retreated in humiliating disarray almost as soon as the enemy's onslaught began"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retreating":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"we retreated to the safety of the cellar at the first sign of the tornado"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing away",
"dropping back",
"falling back",
"pulling out",
"receding",
"retiring",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fleeing",
"flying",
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"chickening (out)",
"bowing out",
"backing down",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"climbing down",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"pulling away",
"abandoning",
"departing",
"evacuating",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the untried soldiers retreated in humiliating disarray almost as soon as the enemy's onslaught began"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolting",
"breaking",
"bugging out",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"hightailing (it)",
"running",
"running away",
"running off",
"skedaddling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconding",
"clearing out",
"decamping",
"eloping",
"escaping",
"getting (away)",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"lighting out",
"making off",
"mizzling",
"scarpering",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping (out)",
"skirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"diminishment",
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"drop-off",
"fall",
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"shrinking",
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"accumulating",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"increase",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation",
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
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"rise",
"spread"
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"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
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"slashing",
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"truncating",
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"de-escalating",
"denting",
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"downscaling",
"downsizing",
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"easing",
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"lowering",
"reducing",
"compressing",
"condensing",
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"qualifying"
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"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
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"protracting",
"adding (to)",
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"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
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"amplifying",
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"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
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"verb"
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"belt-tightening",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"stinginess",
"discretion",
"forehandedness",
"prudence",
"conservation",
"saving",
"austerity",
"moderation",
"restraint",
"temperance",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift"
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"diseconomy",
"wastefulness",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"squandering"
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"cut",
"cutback",
"shortening",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
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"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
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"noun"
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"requital",
"retaliation",
"revenge",
"vengeance"
],
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"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library"
],
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"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
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"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
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"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect"
],
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"regresses",
"returns",
"reverts"
],
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"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"throws back",
"ebbs",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"drops",
"falls",
"retrogrades",
"worsens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"develops",
"evolves",
"progresses"
]
},
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"verb"
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"as in receding , regressing":{
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"receding",
"regressing",
"arrested",
"ended",
"halted",
"stalled",
"stopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afoot",
"ongoing",
"proceeding",
"functioning",
"happening",
"operating",
"working",
"afloat",
"alive",
"going"
],
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"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
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"the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect"
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"regressing",
"returning",
"reverting"
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"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"relapsing",
"throwing back",
"ebbing",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"dropping",
"falling",
"retrograding",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"developing",
"evolving",
"progressing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"returned":{
"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
"when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from"
],
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"replaced",
"restored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took"
],
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"to produce as revenue":{
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"this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit"
],
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"bore",
"gave",
"paid",
"yielded"
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"brought in",
"netted",
"afforded",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"paid off"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready"
],
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"answered",
"came back",
"rejoined",
"replied",
"responded",
"retorted",
"riposted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"commented",
"communicated",
"corresponded",
"reacted",
"remarked",
"countered",
"defended",
"denied",
"explained",
"fielded",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenged",
"cross-examined",
"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"quizzed",
"polled",
"queried",
"surveyed"
],
"antonyms":[
"asked",
"inquired",
"questioned"
]
},
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"relapsed",
"threw back",
"ebbed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"dropped",
"fell",
"retrograded",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"progressed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reuniting":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalidate":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"revalue":{
"as in reevaluate , reassess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reevaluate",
"rejudge",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"guesstimate",
"rate",
"set",
"valuate",
"value",
"adjudge",
"deem",
"judge",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"discover",
"learn",
"price",
"prize",
"decide",
"settle",
"analyze",
"assay",
"survey",
"test",
"transvaluate",
"transvalue",
"misesteem",
"misjudge",
"misprize",
"underestimate",
"undervalue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalued":{
"as in reevaluated , reassessed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"rejudged",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"guesstimated",
"rated",
"set",
"valuated",
"valued",
"adjudged",
"deemed",
"judged",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"discovered",
"learned",
"priced",
"prized",
"decided",
"settled",
"analyzed",
"assayed",
"surveyed",
"tested",
"transvaluated",
"transvalued",
"misesteemed",
"misjudged",
"misprized",
"underestimated",
"undervalued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revalues":{
"as in reevaluates , reassesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reevaluates",
"rejudges",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"guesstimates",
"rates",
"sets",
"valuates",
"values",
"adjudges",
"deems",
"judges",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"discovers",
"learns",
"prices",
"prizes",
"decides",
"settles",
"analyzes",
"assays",
"surveys",
"tests",
"transvaluates",
"transvalues",
"misesteems",
"misjudges",
"misprizes",
"underestimates",
"undervalues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revel":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"fling",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"birl",
"carouse",
"roister",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booze",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"liquor (up)",
"soak",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revelling":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"related":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
]
},
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"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
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"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reverberate":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"quiet"
],
"related":[
"ring",
"roll"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"reecho",
"resonate",
"resound",
"sound"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberated":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberates":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoes",
"reechos",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rings",
"rolls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revered":{
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"examples":[
"a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"reverend",
"sacred",
"venerable",
"venerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
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"adored",
"deified",
"glorified",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"honored",
"loved",
"regarded",
"respected",
"apotheosized",
"canonized",
"dignified",
"exalted",
"lionized",
"magnified",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemed",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"violated",
"affronted",
"dishonored",
"disrespected",
"insulted",
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"loose",
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"canonized",
"dignified",
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"lionized",
"magnified",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
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"profaned",
"violated",
"affronted",
"dishonored",
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"offended",
"outraged",
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"scorned",
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"displeased",
"defamed",
"disparaged",
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"libelled",
"maligned",
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"verb"
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"evolved",
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"matured",
"ripened"
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"relapsed",
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"ebbed",
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"reexaminations",
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"views"
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"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"inquisitions",
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"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"checkouts",
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"trial runs"
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"diurnals",
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"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"serials",
"zines"
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"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
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"an essay evaluating or analyzing something":{
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"critiques",
"examens",
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],
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"commentaries",
"editorials",
"punditries",
"appraisals",
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"evaluations",
"analyses",
"examinations",
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"surveys"
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"the company decided that the 100-year-old office building could use a review"
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"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"revises",
"revisions",
"variations"
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"amendments",
"corrections",
"rectifications",
"reforms",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
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"antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
]
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"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
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"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
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"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
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"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
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"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
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"remedies",
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"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
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"a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures"
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"watches",
"combs",
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"pores (over)",
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"dissects",
"parses",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
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"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"picks over",
"reinspects",
"rereviews",
"resurveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans"
],
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"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
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"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"reworked",
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"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
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"antonyms":[
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"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
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],
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"redrafted",
"revamped",
"reworked"
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"near synonyms":[
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"polished",
"touched up",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"reedited",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"revisiting":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
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"examples":[
"this idea isn't practical now, but we probably should revisit it at a later time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
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"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
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"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
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"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"reweighing"
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"verb"
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"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
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"this idea isn't practical now, but we probably should revisit it at a later time"
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"reconsiders",
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"reexamines",
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"rethinks",
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"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
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"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
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"the mayor was present at the ceremony marking the revitalization of the old industrial neighborhood as a new center for art galleries and lofts"
],
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"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"examples":[
"a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin"
],
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"related":[
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"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
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"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"revivify"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"examples":[
"the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering \"disco bowling\" every Friday night with disco music and free soda"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
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"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in refreshed , rejuvenated":{
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin"
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"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
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"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"revivified"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering \"disco bowling\" every Friday night with disco music and free soda"
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"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"related":[
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"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
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"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revive":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
],
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"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
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"antonyms":[]
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
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"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revivify"
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"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
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"to gain consciousness again":{
"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
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"come around",
"come round",
"come to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pull through",
"rally",
"recover",
"awake",
"awaken",
"wake up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black out",
"faint",
"pass out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the runaway success of the handheld PDA led to a stunning revivification of the computer company's fortunes"
],
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"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals"
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"near synonyms":[
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"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
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"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
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"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
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"recharged",
"recreated",
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"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
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"repaired",
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},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
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"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"related":[
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"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
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"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
"examples":[
"took a reviving vacation in the Caribbean"
],
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"bracing",
"cordial",
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"refreshing",
"rejuvenating",
"restorative",
"stimulating",
"stimulative",
"tonic",
"vital",
"vitalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"life-giving",
"conditioning",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"quickening",
"sharp",
"corrective",
"curative",
"curing",
"medicinal",
"rectifying",
"recuperative",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"rehabilitative",
"remedial",
"remedying",
"reparative",
"therapeutic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadening",
"debilitating",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"numbing",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"wearying",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
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"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
],
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"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
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"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
],
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"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying"
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"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
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"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
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"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to"
],
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"pulling through",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"waking up"
],
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"blacking out",
"fainting",
"passing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
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"continuation"
],
"examples":[
"threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges"
],
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"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
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"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
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"abandonment",
"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recall",
"recision",
"repeal",
"rescission"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"continue",
"keep"
],
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
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"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
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"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
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"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"scrap",
"scrub"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revoked":{
"as in rejected , refused":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
],
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
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"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
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"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
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"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
],
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"abandoned",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revolted":{
"filled with disgust":{
"examples":[
"we were revolted when we learned about the prevalence of child labor in the Third World"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"shocked",
"sick",
"sickened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fed up",
"weary",
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"cheesed off",
"displeased",
"enraged",
"fuming",
"furious",
"horn-mad",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"upset",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"fascinated",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusted",
"grossed out",
"nauseated",
"put off",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
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"displeased",
"distressed",
"appalled",
"disquieted",
"horrified",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"shocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"drew",
"enchanted",
"enticed",
"fascinated",
"lured",
"pulled",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"appealed (to)",
"interested",
"intrigued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinied",
"rebelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"revolutionized",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"submitted",
"attended",
"served"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revolting (against)":{
"as in mutinying (against)":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"mutinying (against)",
"disobliging",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"rebelling (against)",
"brushing (off)",
"dismissing",
"flouting",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"capitulating (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"serving",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"cooperating (with)",
"keeping",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"obliging",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolved":{
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivoted",
"rolled",
"rotated",
"spun",
"swirled",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"swung",
"turned",
"twirled",
"twisted",
"wheeled",
"whirled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screwed",
"unscrewed",
"twiddled",
"coiled",
"cranked",
"reeled",
"wound",
"winded",
"circulated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrated",
"pinwheeled",
"pirouetted",
"rolled",
"rotated",
"spun",
"turned",
"twirled",
"wheeled",
"whirled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coiled",
"curled",
"curved",
"rounded",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"swirled",
"twined",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"circled",
"circulated",
"encircled",
"orbited",
"ringed",
"pivoted",
"swiveled",
"swivelled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"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"
]
},
"revolver":{
"as in handgun , pistol":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revulsions":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"examples":[
"the publication of the autopsy photos prompted expressions of outrage and revulsion"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversions",
"disgusts",
"distastes",
"horrors",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrences",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"execrations",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"allergies",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"displeasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetites",
"bents",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"preferences",
"propensities",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revving":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewake":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewaken"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewakens":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"soaring gas prices have rewakened a demand for more fuel-efficient cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewards":{
"something offered or given in return for a service performed":{
"examples":[
"there was a reward of $50 for the return of the missing cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounties",
"prices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonuses",
"lagniappes",
"premiums",
"bonanzas",
"jackpots",
"treasure troves",
"awards",
"decorations",
"distinctions",
"honors",
"plumes",
"prizes",
"trophies",
"gratuities",
"tips",
"deserts",
"wages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement":{
"examples":[
"the firefighters were rewarded by the city for their heroic actions"
],
"synonyms":[
"awards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cites",
"decorates",
"honors",
"remembers",
"compensates",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"requites",
"reimburses",
"repays",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"praises",
"salutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rewet":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewoke":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"related":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewakened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reworked":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape"
],
"synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter"
],
"synonyms":[
"edited",
"redrafted",
"revamped",
"revised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"reedited",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reworking":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"examples":[
"the contract will need some reworking before it is acceptable to both parties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"variation"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
],
"examples":[
"the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"varying"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"reediting",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"fact-checking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"engrossing",
"recopying"
],
"synonyms":[
"editing",
"redrafting",
"revamping",
"revising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rewrote":{
"to write (something) again especially in a different way in order to improve it or to include new information":{
"examples":[
"The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay.",
"I had to rewrite the computer program."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"red-penciled",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rended":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the prophecy that the disaster would cause people to rend their garments in mourning"
],
"synonyms":[
"ribbon",
"rip",
"rive",
"shred",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"split",
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"lacerate",
"slash",
"butcher",
"dismember",
"dissect",
"hack",
"mangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reluctant":{
"slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"I'm reluctant to let you borrow my vintage CDs since you never give back anything I lend you"
],
"synonyms":[
"cagey",
"cagy",
"disinclined",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reticent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"averse",
"unwilling",
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"doubtful",
"faltering",
"halting",
"indecisive",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"questioning",
"skeptical",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"unsure",
"vacillating",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"fainthearted",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"glad",
"happy",
"keen",
"ready",
"willing",
"certain",
"decided",
"determined",
"resolute",
"sure",
"unquestioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disposed",
"inclined"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rector":{
"as in master , headmaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"headmaster",
"master",
"schoolmaster",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher",
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebutted":{
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fended (off)",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"staved off",
"turned away",
"turned back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"fought",
"held off",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"stood off",
"withstood",
"deflected",
"warded (off)",
"rebuffed",
"snubbed",
"spurned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraced",
"hailed",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"confounded",
"confuted",
"debunked",
"disconfirmed",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"falsified",
"refuted",
"shot down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrew",
"overturned",
"challenged",
"contested",
"queried",
"questioned",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documented",
"evidenced",
"evinced",
"recorded",
"showed",
"supported",
"witnessed",
"backed (up)",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"adduced",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"certified",
"identified",
"demonstrated",
"displayed",
"illustrated",
"manifested"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"validated",
"verified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respites":{
"a short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed":{
"examples":[
"The weekend provided a nice respite from the pressures of her job.",
"a temporary respite"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"lull",
"pause",
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"silence",
"mildness",
"soothingness",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"casualness",
"easygoingness",
"informality",
"laid-backness",
"relaxedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamor",
"din",
"noise",
"racket",
"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reechoed":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder reechoing through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated",
"sounded"
],
"related":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"she reechoed an earlier speaker's points, only with a slightly different emphasis"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittoed",
"echoed",
"parroted",
"quoted",
"repeated"
],
"related":[
"mouthed",
"aped",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"emulated",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rendezvouses":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionize":{
"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerate",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary",
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retouch":{
"as in touch up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"touch up",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"worsen",
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repurchased":{
"as in redeemed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeemed",
"recruited",
"replenished",
"rescued",
"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebought":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebought",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regicide":{
"as in patricide , fratricide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filicide",
"fratricide",
"matricide",
"parricide",
"patricide",
"uxoricide",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"bloodshed",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"decimation",
"destruction",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"hit",
"assisted suicide",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing",
"physician-assisted suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommitting":{
"as in retransmitting , redelivering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"conferring",
"granting",
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprobate":{
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
"examples":[
"a reprobate judge who could be bribed, and often with astonishing ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"jackleg",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
"rakish",
"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"
]
},
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"a program for rehabilitating hard-core reprobates and turning them into hard-working, law-abiding citizens"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto",
"rebuff",
"repel",
"spurn",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hold",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"balk (at)",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afford",
"furnish",
"give",
"provide",
"supply",
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"warrant",
"accord",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"concede",
"grant",
"let",
"OK",
"okay",
"permit"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attack",
"blame",
"blast",
"criticize",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"doom",
"sentence",
"convict",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprove",
"berate",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"rake",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"vituperate",
"curse",
"imprecate",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"revile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"eulogize",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"hail",
"salute",
"tout",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"revere",
"venerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redolent":{
"having a pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"my grandmother's house always seemed to be redolent with the aroma of baking bread"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reassuring":{
"as in comforting , soothing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"likely",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"roseate",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"assured",
"confident",
"decisive",
"doubtless",
"positive",
"sure",
"unhesitating",
"beamish",
"bullish",
"eupeptic",
"favorable",
"good"
],
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"bleak",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"bearish",
"grim",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"funereal",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"miserable",
"wretched"
],
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"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall"
],
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"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
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"commiserating",
"condoling",
"empathizing",
"sympathizing",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"calming",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"aggravating",
"intensifying",
"worsening",
"annoying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"harassing",
"pestering"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressing",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"troubling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reissues":{
"as in reprints , republishes":{
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"near synonyms":[
"reprints",
"republishes",
"copublishes",
"serializes",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"puts out",
"contributes",
"edits",
"syndicates",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"distributes",
"markets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reputedly":{
"as in allegedly , reportedly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allegedly",
"purportedly",
"reportedly",
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"regulate":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule",
"tame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"administrate",
"carry on",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"handle",
"keep",
"manage",
"operate",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"preside (over)",
"run",
"steward",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"mind",
"watch",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"micromanage",
"stage-manage",
"codirect",
"comanage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeeming":{
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"the Little League coach redeemed his promise to take the players out for ice cream if they improved their fielding over the season"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"completing",
"complying (with)",
"filling",
"fulfilling",
"keeping",
"meeting",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"perfecting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing about",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting",
"committing",
"compassing",
"discharging",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"making",
"performing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defaulting (on)",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
]
},
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the government has consistently refused to redeem hostages captured by terrorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"ransoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emancipating",
"liberating",
"getting back",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"retrieving",
"releasing",
"buying",
"salvaging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
"examples":[
"the belief that sinners are redeemed by their faith in God"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivering",
"saving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"reforming",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"consecrating",
"purifying",
"sanctifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the unfaithful husband made a determined effort to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and children"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"reforming",
"regenerating",
"rehabilitating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"quickly redeemed the offending remark with a sincere and unconditional apology"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoning (for)",
"expiating",
"mending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"reimbursing",
"remunerating",
"repaying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"propitiating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reframed":{
"as in reformulated , redrafted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafted",
"reformulated",
"assembled",
"compounded",
"pieced (together)",
"built",
"constructed",
"made",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"devised",
"authored",
"indited",
"penned",
"wrote",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"stated",
"verbalized",
"worded",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"molded",
"sculptured",
"shaped",
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"framed",
"prepared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransmitted":{
"as in recommitted , redelivered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommitted",
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"conferred",
"granted",
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over",
"vested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained",
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regrind":{
"as in grind , sandblast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buff",
"file",
"grind",
"hone",
"rasp",
"rub",
"sand",
"burnish",
"dress",
"gloss",
"polish",
"shine",
"smooth",
"edge",
"sharpen",
"strop",
"whet",
"sandblast",
"scour",
"plane",
"scrape"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsen",
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"scuff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapitulated":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repines":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"there is no use repining over a love that's been long lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refusniks":{
"as in refusers , recusants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recusants",
"refusers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"revolutionizers",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"recreants",
"renegades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverences":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"devotees coming to reverence their god"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"deifies",
"glorifies",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"honors",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"apotheosizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"lionizes",
"magnifies",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"affronts",
"dishonors",
"disrespects",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"ridicules",
"scorns",
"slights",
"displeases",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in deferences , adorations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adorations",
"deferences",
"glorifications",
"venerations",
"adulations",
"deifications",
"hero worships",
"idolatries",
"idolizations",
"worships",
"idealizations",
"romanticizations",
"affections",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"approvals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismissals",
"disregards",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recoupment":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the jury's award included a recoupment for emotional distress"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"almost immediately after the new contract was signed, the company began the recoupment of revenue lost during the strike"
],
"synonyms":[
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recovery",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repulsiveness":{
"the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay":{
"examples":[
"horror films that seem to be trying to outdo one another in the repulsiveness of their monsters"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"gruesomeness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"reprehensibleness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recruitments":{
"as in replenishments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replenishments",
"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoupments",
"recoveries",
"repossessions",
"retrievals",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appointments , assignments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appointments",
"assignments",
"conscriptions",
"enlistments",
"employments",
"employs",
"engagements",
"hires",
"incumbencies",
"tenures",
"occupations",
"places",
"positions",
"posts",
"situations",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unemployments",
"boots",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"firings",
"removals",
"sacks",
"severances",
"demotions",
"suspensions",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"leaves",
"liberties",
"retirements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restarting":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuing",
"picking up",
"proceeding (with)",
"renewing",
"reopening",
"resuming"
],
"related":[
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"recrudescing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"consummating",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"belaying",
"breaking",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"checking",
"cutting",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"scuttling",
"shutting off",
"staying",
"stopping",
"terminating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-examined":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoinders":{
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comebacks",
"replications",
"replies",
"responses",
"retorts",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retains":{
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on"
],
"synonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"reserves",
"withholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserves",
"guards",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"boasts",
"enjoys",
"has",
"owns",
"possesses",
"commands",
"controls",
"detains",
"directs",
"manages",
"rules",
"bears",
"harbors",
"cherishes",
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"drops",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"hands out",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[
"gives up",
"hands over",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor"
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"enjoys",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeps",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"bears",
"carries",
"boasts",
"shows off",
"sports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"needs",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacks",
"wants"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recuperates":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"convalesces",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"pulls round",
"rallies",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"snaps back"
],
"related":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"improves",
"picks up",
"revives",
"cheers (up)",
"perks (up)",
"pulls through",
"survives",
"recruits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ails",
"collapses",
"comes down",
"sickens",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"fades",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"regresses",
"relapses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reencounters":{
"as in remeets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remeets",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"crisscrosses",
"crosses",
"passes",
"collides (with)",
"crashes (into)",
"faces",
"greets",
"salutes",
"accosts",
"confronts",
"catches",
"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"happens (upon)",
"meets",
"stumbles (upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shuns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refining":{
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"worked on refining her backhand before the big tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"upgrading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"spoiling",
"tarnishing",
"vitiating",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"marring",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repeats":{
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimes",
"dins",
"iterates",
"rehearses",
"reiterates"
],
"related":[
"paraphrases",
"rewords",
"echoes",
"reechos",
"mouths",
"parrots",
"abstracts",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"outlines",
"recapitulates",
"recaps",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"repeated correctly all the verses she had memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"recites",
"reels off",
"says"
],
"related":[
"cons",
"learns",
"memorizes",
"studies",
"declaims",
"mouths",
"orates",
"speaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"now repeat the oath after me"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittos",
"echoes",
"parrots",
"quotes",
"reechos"
],
"related":[
"mouths",
"apes",
"copies",
"copycats",
"emulates",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"try not to repeat your mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"replicates",
"reprises"
],
"related":[
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"if we don't want a repeat of last year's disastrous celebration, we had better do some more planning"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises"
],
"related":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rejected":{
"left unoccupied or unused":{
"examples":[
"picked up the rejected toy to see what was wrong with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void"
],
"related":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"rejected his request for time off"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"refused",
"reprobated",
"withheld"
],
"related":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"repelled",
"spurned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"balked (at)",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afforded",
"furnished",
"gave",
"provided",
"supplied",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"conceded",
"granted",
"let",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"permitted"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disaffirmed",
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disconfirmed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"refuted",
"repudiated"
],
"related":[
"traversed",
"challenged",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disputed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"affirmed",
"announced",
"asserted",
"averred",
"claimed",
"declared",
"maintained",
"professed",
"submitted",
"authenticated",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"allowed",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confirmed",
"owned"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiered",
"cast (off)",
"chucked",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"rejected his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"refused",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
],
"related":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reigning (over)":{
"as in dominating , lording (it over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revitalizations":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the mayor was present at the ceremony marking the revitalization of the old industrial neighborhood as a new center for art galleries and lofts"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaching":{
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"would you reach me the potatoes, please?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking",
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"transferring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaying",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving up",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getting through (to)",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impacting",
"impressing",
"influencing",
"moving",
"striking",
"swaying",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"interesting",
"involving",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"afflicting",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"smiting",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"wringing",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refigured":{
"as in rejiggered , reengineered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recomputed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputed",
"counted",
"enumerated",
"numbered",
"told",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"tabled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"worked out",
"added",
"cast (up)",
"footed (up)",
"summated",
"summed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"toted (up)",
"totted (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviewed":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"related":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures"
],
"synonyms":[
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed"
],
"related":[
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"categorized",
"classified",
"picked over",
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"resurveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resolve":{
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly"
],
"synonyms":[
"choose",
"conclude",
"decide",
"determine",
"figure",
"name",
"opt",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decree",
"rule",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"arbitrate",
"find",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"umpire",
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"question",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"weigh"
],
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"abstain",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"delay",
"halt",
"hesitate",
"stall",
"temporize",
"shilly-shally",
"vacillate",
"waffle",
"waver"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
"antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
]
},
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"a naval pilot who has been unwavering in his resolve to become an astronaut"
],
"synonyms":[
"decidedness",
"decision",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"determinedness",
"firmness",
"granite",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"stick-to-itiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"gameness",
"readiness",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indetermination",
"uncertainty",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repent":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"after hearing what a great time you guys had at the party, I am repenting my decision to stay home"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoan",
"deplore",
"lament",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"bewail",
"grieve (for)",
"mourn",
"sorrow (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receptiveness":{
"as in awareness , receptivity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aliveness",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"mindfulness",
"receptivity",
"sensitivity",
"alert",
"alertness",
"attentiveness",
"qui vive",
"red alert",
"vigilance",
"watch",
"watchfulness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"chariness",
"heedfulness",
"wariness",
"preparation",
"readiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absentmindedness",
"abstraction",
"daydreaming",
"daze",
"distraction",
"absorption",
"engrossment",
"obliviousness",
"preoccupation",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"inobservance",
"unwariness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"realizable":{
"capable of being done or carried out":{
"examples":[
"waited until their goal was realizable and then acted"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"practicable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"related":[
"practical",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"contingent",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"creditable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"actionable",
"available",
"usable",
"useable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"futile",
"useless",
"vain",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unthinkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"impracticable",
"infeasible",
"nonviable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unfeasible",
"unrealizable",
"unviable",
"unworkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"relabeled":{
"as in renamed , rechristened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommends":{
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confers",
"grants",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"recommits",
"redelivers",
"retransfers",
"retransmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
"synonyms":[
"advises",
"counsels",
"suggests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"espouses",
"favors",
"supports",
"exhorts",
"urges",
"advances",
"offers",
"proposes",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectangular":{
"as in oblong":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"oblong",
"extensive",
"far-reaching",
"longish",
"outstretched",
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"large",
"largish",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"extended",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"lengthy",
"long"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"curt",
"short",
"shortish",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"diminished",
"shortened",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"little",
"miniature",
"minute",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"teeny",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"wee"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in square , squarish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blockish",
"blocky",
"boxlike",
"boxy",
"cubic",
"cubical",
"cuboid",
"foursquare",
"quadrate",
"square",
"squarish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revving (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arousing",
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resurrections":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"a general resurrection of patriotism after the war began"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"represses":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"quickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"you can't repress your feelings forever, so tell her how you feel about her"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"pockets",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"submerges",
"suppresses",
"swallows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"quashes",
"quells",
"bottles up",
"contains",
"muffles",
"squelches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expresses",
"looses",
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-penciled":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied"
],
"related":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"cleaned (up)",
"expurgated",
"laundered"
],
"related":[
"cleansed",
"purged",
"purified",
"abbreviated",
"blue-penciled",
"edited",
"shortened",
"bleeped",
"blipped",
"cut (out)",
"deleted",
"excised",
"expunged",
"gutted",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"examined",
"reviewed",
"screened",
"scrutinized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"authorized",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resupplies":{
"as in replenishes , refills":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refills",
"replenishes",
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"modernizes",
"updates",
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requested":{
"as in solicited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"solicited",
"necessary",
"needed",
"required",
"desired",
"wanted",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unasked",
"unbidden",
"unbid",
"uninvited",
"unsolicited",
"unsought",
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"ordered",
"put in (for)",
"requisitioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissioned",
"solicited",
"chartered",
"hired",
"licensed",
"licenced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"request extra ketchup for my fries"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"bespoke",
"called (for)",
"desired",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"quested",
"solicited",
"sought",
"spoke (for)",
"sued (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (for)",
"begged (for)",
"claimed",
"clamored (for)",
"importuned",
"urged",
"wished (for)",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"petitioned (for)",
"pressed (for)",
"required",
"requisitioned",
"invited",
"invoked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"hit (up)",
"solicited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"invited",
"invoked",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"supplicated",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"pressed",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"residues":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls"
],
"synonyms":[
"balances",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainders",
"remains",
"remnants",
"residua",
"rests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragments",
"scraps",
"vestiges",
"butts",
"oddments",
"scrapings",
"stubs",
"stumps",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodies",
"bulks",
"mains",
"masses",
"mosts",
"weights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reengineer":{
"as in revamp , revise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recast",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"contemporize",
"modernize",
"streamline",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renovate":{
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"will have to renovate the house extensively before we can move in"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
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"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repossessed":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"if you don't pay off the loan, the bank will come and repossess your car"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehiring":{
"as in rehire , reemployment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"reemployment",
"rehire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"redundancy",
"pink slip",
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reengaging , reemploying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revalidated":{
"as in recertified , reapproved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"recertified",
"rechartered",
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuked":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"ticked off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"castigated",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"harangued",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"upbraided",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
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"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"synonyms":[
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chastised",
"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relucent":{
"as in glowing , agleam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lightsome",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"repetitiveness":{
"as in repetition , reiteration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement",
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rental":{
"as in rent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rent",
"overpayment",
"prepayment",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"deposit",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"rebate",
"refund",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resurveyed":{
"as in reinspected , rereviewed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"picked over",
"categorized",
"classified",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resurgences":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the downtown has experienced a resurgence since the commercial revitalization project was completed"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"response":{
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"examples":[
"my response to my first boxing defeat was to train even harder"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backlash",
"kickback",
"rebound",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"the real estate office's unhelpful response to my question about what houses in the area are renting for"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"replication",
"reply",
"retort",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talk",
"banter",
"persiflage",
"repartee",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"comment",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"feedback",
"non sequitur",
"observation",
"reaction",
"remark",
"defense",
"explanation",
"justification",
"plea",
"rebuttal",
"refutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"charge",
"cross-examination",
"grilling",
"interrogation",
"interrogatory",
"quiz",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommit":{
"as in retransmit , redeliver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit",
"furnish",
"supply",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"confer",
"grant",
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain",
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rest":{
"freedom from activity or labor":{
"examples":[
"the coming weekend will provide some much needed rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"relaxation",
"repose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"lazing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness",
"calm",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"respite",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"dolce far niente",
"idleness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pressure",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension"
],
"antonyms":[
"exertion",
"labor",
"toil",
"work"
]
},
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"examples":[
"after a long day, I lay down on the couch for a little rest before dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"resting",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"can you hand me the rest of those papers?"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remains",
"remnant",
"residue",
"residuum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"relax",
"repose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"hang around",
"idle",
"loaf",
"slack (off)",
"veg out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"exercise",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the patient is currently resting , but as soon as he awakes, I'll tell him you called"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"nap",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drop off",
"drowse (off)",
"nod off",
"oversleep",
"sleep in",
"dream",
"hibernate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"rise",
"wake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're resting your argument on a faulty premise"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"ground",
"hang",
"predicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establish",
"found",
"assume",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"suppose"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relinquished":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the boy reluctantly relinquished the illegal fireworks to the police officer"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceded",
"coughed up",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"laid down",
"rendered",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"transferred",
"forfeited",
"released",
"waived",
"abnegated",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"parted (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the retiring CEO relinquished his position to the company's vice president with very mixed feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicated",
"abnegated",
"ceded",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)",
"surrendered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjured",
"demitted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"waived",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"yielded",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"assumed",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped",
"wrested",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"secured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"real-life":{
"happening in the real world rather than in a story":{
"examples":[
"real-life problems",
"a real-life drama"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-world",
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reequip":{
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"refit",
"refurnish",
"reoutfit",
"arm",
"fortify",
"prepare",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"stock",
"store",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"equip",
"fit (out)",
"furnish",
"gird",
"kit (up or out)",
"outfit",
"provision",
"rig",
"supply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remittals":{
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"examples":[
"a king who was once obliged to do public penance for the remittal of his sins"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolutions",
"amnesties",
"pardons",
"remissions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paroles",
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"condonations",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"indemnities",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"clemencies",
"leniencies",
"mercies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convictions",
"sentences",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"impositions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"condemnations"
],
"antonyms":[
"penalties",
"punishments",
"retributions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resource":{
"something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available":{
"examples":[
"we used every possible resource to raise the funds needed to save our town's oldest house"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"recourse",
"resort"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hope",
"opportunity",
"possibility",
"relief",
"makeshift",
"replacement",
"stopgap",
"substitute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"available money":{
"examples":[
"do you have the resources to buy a new car or even a used car?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"wherewithal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shirt",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"purse",
"treasury",
"cash flow",
"financing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reawaken":{
"as in rewake":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rewake",
"raise",
"revive",
"agitate",
"bestir",
"disturb",
"excite",
"provoke",
"stimulate",
"stir",
"roust",
"rout",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"knock up",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lull",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relief map":{
"as in plan , map":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ground plan",
"plan",
"plat",
"plot",
"chart",
"map"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revalidating":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resumptions":{
"as in renewals , resuscitations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resuscitations",
"continuances",
"continuations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses",
"suspensions",
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repurchasing":{
"as in redeeming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeeming",
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"rescuing",
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuying",
"bidding",
"offering",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refutations":{
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
"examples":[
"these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation"
],
"synonyms":[
"confutations",
"disconfirmations",
"disproofs",
"rebuttals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterarguments",
"counter-arguments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attestations",
"confirmations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"evidences",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonies",
"validations",
"witnesses",
"authentications",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"verifications"
],
"antonyms":[
"proofs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reigned":{
"as in ruled , governed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"governed",
"ruled",
"monitored",
"presided (over)",
"administered",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"directed",
"guided",
"managed",
"ordered",
"ran",
"run",
"shepherded",
"showed",
"steered",
"bossed",
"captained",
"handled",
"headed",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"quarterbacked",
"superintended",
"supervised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeveloping":{
"as in revamping , revising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recasting",
"redesigning",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"contemporizing",
"modernizing",
"streamlining",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuilding , reconstructing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorate":{
"as in redo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redo",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"boss",
"chase",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respectfully":{
"as in lovingly , regardfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"admiringly",
"appreciatively",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"favorably",
"positively",
"reverently",
"worshipfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably",
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in politely , courteously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"suppliantly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reinspects":{
"as in resurveys , rereviews":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rereviews",
"resurveys",
"picks over",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"analyzes",
"dissects",
"parses",
"combs",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"notices",
"observes",
"watches",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"cons",
"examines",
"inspects",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejuvenate":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"that rock star has rejuvenated '80s fashion for a whole new generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rekindled":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"release":{
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"uncork",
"unleash",
"unlock",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter",
"unmoor",
"unshackle",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"halter",
"hamper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame"
]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act out",
"air",
"express",
"state",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"pull in",
"quell",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame",
"allay",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"choke",
"inhibit",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"swallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"repress",
"suppress"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"release the prisoners immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"disembarrass",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"free",
"liberate",
"untangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disburden",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untie",
"untwine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"burden",
"encumber",
"load",
"weigh"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharge",
"emanate",
"emit",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"send (out)",
"shoot",
"throw out",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminate",
"evacuate",
"excrete",
"exude",
"ooze",
"secrete",
"eject",
"erupt",
"gush",
"jet",
"outpour",
"pour",
"spew",
"spout",
"spray",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorb",
"inhale",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"trumpet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
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"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
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"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
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"because they had legally declared bankruptcy, they received release from their debt"
],
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"delivery",
"discharge",
"quietus",
"quittance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispensation",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"waiver"
],
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},
"a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege":{
"examples":[
"we had to sign a liability release before they'd let us go rock climbing on their property"
],
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"disclaimer",
"quitclaim",
"waiver"
],
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"dispensation",
"exemption",
"indemnity",
"abdication",
"relinquishment",
"renouncement",
"handover",
"renunciation",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
"examples":[
"a press release announcing that the governor would not run for a second term"
],
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"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting"
],
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"broadside",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"fly sheet",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"plugola",
"spot",
"word",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"annunciation",
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
"examples":[
"only sleep offered any release from the agony of the migraine"
],
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"alleviation",
"comfort",
"ease",
"relief"
],
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"appeasement",
"assuagement",
"decrease",
"diminishment",
"mitigation",
"moderation",
"mollification",
"calming",
"salving",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomfort",
"unrest",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repairing":{
"as in repair , fixing":{
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"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"mending",
"repair",
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"tweak",
"overhaul",
"reconstruction",
"reconversion",
"redesign",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"reformation",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"shift",
"transition",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"supplantation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"it will take some time to repair your energy after a bout with the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"having trouble finding someone who repairs audio components"
],
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"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"revamping"
],
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"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recognizance":{
"a legal promise made by someone before a court of law that must be kept to avoid being punished":{
"examples":[
"After his arraignment, the suspect was released on his own recognizance ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"bond",
"gage",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"pawn",
"pledge",
"security",
"deposit",
"down payment",
"earnest",
"handsel",
"surety",
"warranty",
"assurance",
"oath",
"troth",
"word",
"commitment",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repleteness":{
"as in fullness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fullness",
"fulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black hole",
"blank",
"blankness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"vacuity",
"void",
"nothingness",
"inane",
"vacuum"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relishing":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"visit again real soon, for I relish your company"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repurchases":{
"as in redeems":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeems",
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"rescues",
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuys",
"bids",
"offers",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refuseniks":{
"as in refusers , recusants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recusants",
"refusers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"revolutionizers",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"recreants",
"renegades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repays":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me"
],
"synonyms":[
"refunds",
"reimburses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gives back",
"reciprocates",
"renders (to)",
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"liquidates",
"pays down",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"satisfies",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"how can we ever repay your kindness?"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocates",
"recompenses",
"requites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanges",
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"pays",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"satisfies",
"gives back",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"restitutes",
"avenges",
"gets back (at)",
"retaliates",
"revenges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehashing":{
"as in arguing , suggesting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bandying",
"batting (around)",
"chewing over",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"kicking around",
"mooting",
"palavering",
"talking",
"talking over",
"ventilating",
"advising",
"confabbing",
"confabulating",
"conferring",
"consulting",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"parleying",
"treating",
"recommending",
"suggesting",
"directing",
"referring (to)",
"coaching",
"guiding",
"tutoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reportage":{
"as in message , communication":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"dispatch",
"message",
"411",
"advice",
"gen",
"info",
"information",
"intelligence",
"item",
"news",
"story",
"tidings",
"uncos",
"word",
"dope",
"lowdown",
"scoop",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"tip",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"tale",
"tattle",
"feedback",
"disinformation",
"propaganda"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reengineering":{
"as in revamping , revising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recasting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"contemporizing",
"modernizing",
"streamlining",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rearresting":{
"as in incarcerating , imprisoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revamp":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"edit",
"redraft",
"revise",
"rework"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relieved":{
"as in relaxed , tranquilized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"an ice pack will relieve the swelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"helped",
"mitigated",
"mollified",
"palliated",
"soothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"fixed",
"mended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"repaired",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
]
},
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
"examples":[
"the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"disburdened",
"disencumbered",
"divested",
"freed",
"rid",
"ridded",
"unburdened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bogged (down)",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"restrained",
"shackled",
"subjected",
"weighed down",
"weighted (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"saddled"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displaced",
"displanted",
"replaced",
"substituted",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempted",
"usurped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reduplicated":{
"as in reproduced , transcribed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reproduced",
"transcribed",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"backup",
"copied",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
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"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend"
],
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"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"rendered",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what"
],
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"duplicated",
"redid",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"repeated",
"replicated",
"reprised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reassurance":{
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
"examples":[
"the governor's reassurance of the flood victims was seen as opportunistic"
],
"synonyms":[
"comforting",
"consolation",
"consoling",
"solace",
"solacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"condolence",
"feeling",
"sympathy",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remuneration":{
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"customers who are tardy in their remuneration will be subject to extra charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"disbursement",
"giving",
"paying",
"payment",
"remitment",
"remittance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rendering",
"tendering",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepayment",
"overpayment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayment"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpayment"
]
},
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the vandals were ordered to pay the property owners thousands of dollars in remuneration"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"we can't accept your remuneration for services provided until we officially bill you"
],
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"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"requital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recedes (from)":{
"as in goes , withdraws":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goes",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"comes",
"nears",
"nighs",
"drops in",
"enters",
"pops (in)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"read out":{
"as in shut out , deport":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deforce",
"deport",
"displace",
"dispossess",
"evict",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"ostracize",
"shut out",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"cashier",
"defenestrate",
"discharge",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take",
"take in",
"welcome",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarried":{
"as in married , betrothed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attached",
"espoused",
"hitched",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed",
"affianced",
"betrothed",
"committed",
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"mated",
"paired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"single",
"unattached",
"unmarried",
"unwed",
"fancy-free",
"footloose",
"marriageable",
"unpaired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in paired off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paired off",
"coupled",
"mated",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"repertories":{
"as in repertoires , stockpiles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arsenals",
"caches",
"hoards",
"repertoires",
"reserves",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"stores",
"supplies",
"assortments",
"kaleidoscopes",
"miscellanea",
"mixed bags",
"omnium-gatherums",
"phantasmagorias",
"treasures",
"treasure troves",
"troves",
"accumulations",
"assemblies",
"gatherings",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"libraries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bric-a-brac",
"clutters",
"heaps",
"jumbles",
"litters",
"piles",
"ragbags"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reencountering":{
"as in remeeting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remeeting",
"hitting (upon)",
"lighting (upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"crisscrossing",
"crossing",
"passing",
"colliding (with)",
"crashing (into)",
"facing",
"greeting",
"saluting",
"accosting",
"confronting",
"catching",
"chancing (upon)",
"encountering",
"happening (upon)",
"meeting",
"stumbling (upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recline":{
"as in tilt , incline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge",
"sink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn",
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couch , lie (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couch",
"lie (down)",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"bed",
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requiring":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"the toy requires four batteries, which are not included"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reecho":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder reechoing through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ring",
"roll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"she reechoed an earlier speaker's points, only with a slightly different emphasis"
],
"synonyms":[
"ditto",
"echo",
"parrot",
"quote",
"repeat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouth",
"ape",
"copy",
"copycat",
"emulate",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rereads":{
"as in proofreads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"proofreads",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"deciphers",
"reviews",
"studies",
"browses",
"dips (into)",
"leafs (through)",
"scans",
"skims",
"speed-reads",
"thumbs (through)",
"turns over",
"devours",
"gobbles (up)",
"slogs (through)",
"wades (through)",
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"gets",
"grasps",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"reads",
"sees",
"tumbles (to)",
"understands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewashing":{
"as in rehydrating , rewetting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rehydrating",
"rewetting",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"splashing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing",
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retorting":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when told she couldn't have it, she retorted , \"Fine, I didn't want it anyway!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"coming back",
"rejoining",
"replying",
"responding",
"returning",
"riposting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"commenting",
"communicating",
"corresponding",
"reacting",
"remarking",
"countering",
"defending",
"denying",
"explaining",
"fielding",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"cross-examining",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"quizzing",
"polling",
"querying",
"surveying"
],
"antonyms":[
"asking",
"inquiring",
"questioning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reciprocities":{
"a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other; a reciprocal arrangement or relationship":{
"examples":[
"The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborations",
"mutualisms",
"symbioses",
"chimes",
"comities",
"compatibilities",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"amities",
"companionships",
"congenialities",
"fellowships",
"fraternizations",
"friendships",
"agreements",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"cohesions",
"unities",
"affinities",
"connections",
"empathies",
"kinships",
"rapports",
"solidarities",
"sympathies",
"understandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hatreds",
"hostilities",
"alienations",
"breaches",
"divorces",
"estrangements",
"ruptures",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"severances",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"anarchies",
"disorders",
"disturbances",
"strifes",
"turmoils",
"conflicts",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"disunities",
"variances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reflects":{
"to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would":{
"examples":[
"her face was reflected in the waters of the still pond"
],
"synonyms":[
"images",
"mirrors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clones",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"reduplicates",
"repeats",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"reflected on the huge influence that the electronic media have on our national elections"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"comments",
"editorializes",
"notes",
"observes",
"opines",
"remarks",
"weighs in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentates",
"articulates",
"expresses",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resounding":{
"full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{
"examples":[
"the resounding hubbub of the streets of New York City"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"murmuring",
"blustery",
"boisterous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"obstreperous",
"vociferous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"stilled",
"stilly"
]
},
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"the emcee announced the winner in a resounding voice that could be heard all the way to the back of the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"a resounding chord"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by or uttered with forcefulness":{
"examples":[
"a resounding defeat for the opposition party"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"dynamic",
"emphatic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"full-blooded",
"muscular",
"strenuous",
"vehement",
"vigorous",
"violent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decided",
"insistent",
"marked",
"pointed",
"absolute",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clear",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"arresting",
"compelling",
"conspicuous",
"impelling",
"noticeable",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"mild",
"uncompelling",
"weak",
"wishy-washy",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"understated"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonassertive",
"nonemphatic",
"unemphatic"
]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"folk songs that resound the noble deeds of the nation's heroes of yore"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"caroling",
"carolling",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hymning",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder resounded across the plain"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"resonating",
"reverberating",
"sounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ringing",
"rolling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"respectfulness":{
"as in deference , submissiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"submissiveness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
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"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinspect":{
"as in resurvey , rereview":{
"examples":[],
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"rereview",
"resurvey",
"pick over",
"categorize",
"classify",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechartering":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"revalidating",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurrent":{
"occurring or appearing at intervals":{
"examples":[
"had recurrent problems with the computer for months and finally junked it"
],
"synonyms":[
"continual",
"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rejuvenated":{
"as in refreshed , revitalized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refreshed",
"revitalized",
"firm",
"fortified",
"mettlesome",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hardy",
"husky",
"muscular",
"robustious",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"virile",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound",
"animated",
"brisk",
"dashing",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"punchy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"capable",
"competent",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"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":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"that rock star has rejuvenated '80s fashion for a whole new generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuff":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-off",
"cold shoulder",
"repulse",
"silent treatment",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"as in scorn , disdain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve",
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"resumption":{
"as in renewal , resuscitation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resuscitation",
"continuance",
"continuation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abeyance",
"cold storage",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"moratorium",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspense",
"suspension",
"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"motionlessness",
"impasse",
"standstill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remoistens":{
"as in refreshes , rehydrates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refreshes",
"rehydrates",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"rinses",
"sluices",
"dips",
"dunks",
"immerges",
"immerses",
"humidifies",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"souses",
"steeps",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"bathes",
"laves",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"moistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dries",
"dehumidifies",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"residency":{
"the act or fact of residing in a place":{
"examples":[
"as much as I've enjoyed my residency in this state, it may be time to move on"
],
"synonyms":[
"habitation",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"possession"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tenancy",
"tenantry",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ejectment",
"vacancy",
"vacating",
"vacation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restrict":{
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
"examples":[
"will restrict access to the laboratory"
],
"synonyms":[
"cap",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"hold down",
"limit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"constrict",
"contract",
"lessen",
"narrow",
"pinch",
"squeeze",
"tighten",
"quell",
"repress",
"suppress",
"number",
"modify",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broaden",
"expand",
"widen",
"overextend",
"overreach"
],
"antonyms":[
"exceed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrogressed":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressed",
"returned",
"reverted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"relapsed",
"threw back",
"ebbed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"dropped",
"fell",
"retrograded",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"progressed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinterring":{
"as in reburying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reburying",
"cloaking",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"shrouding",
"coffining",
"obscuring",
"shading",
"shielding",
"concealing",
"covering",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"enshrining",
"immuring",
"inurning",
"burying",
"entombing",
"hearsing",
"inhuming",
"interring",
"laying",
"putting away",
"tombing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterring",
"exhuming",
"unearthing",
"burning",
"cremating",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncoffining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuttal":{
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
"examples":[
"an effective rebuttal to her claim of having the gift of clairvoyance"
],
"synonyms":[
"confutation",
"disconfirmation",
"disproof",
"refutation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterargument",
"counterevidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimony",
"validation",
"witness",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"proof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reasserted":{
"as in reaffirmed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffirmed",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"insisted",
"maintained",
"professed",
"protested",
"purported",
"warranted",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"proclaimed",
"argued",
"rationalized",
"reasoned",
"confirmed",
"justified",
"vindicated",
"defended",
"persevered",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"challenged",
"disputed",
"questioned",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"contradicted",
"countered",
"denied",
"gainsaid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resents":{
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"a public prosecutor who resents the nice clothes, fancy car, and big house that his old law school classmate has",
"always resented her baby brother, whom her parents doted on"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudges",
"envies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"joneses (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"thirsts (for)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"yens (for)",
"salivates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransmitting":{
"as in recommitting , redelivering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"conferring",
"granting",
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reeducate":{
"as in retrain , reteach":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reschool",
"reteach",
"retrain",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"show",
"brief",
"familiarize",
"impart (to)",
"inform",
"verse",
"edify",
"enlighten",
"homeschool",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"instill",
"instil",
"catechize",
"lecture",
"moralize",
"preach",
"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"rear",
"drill",
"fit",
"ground",
"habilitate",
"prepare",
"prime",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprovision":{
"as in refeed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refeed",
"hand-feed",
"spoon-feed",
"underfeed",
"force-feed",
"overfeed",
"surfeit",
"batten",
"fatten",
"fill",
"mess",
"banquet",
"dine",
"feast",
"regale",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"sustain",
"serve",
"wait"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repartee":{
"a quick witty response":{
"examples":[
"that repartee to the reporter's question drew laughs from the bystanders"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"retort",
"riposte"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squelch",
"back talk",
"crack",
"quip",
"sally",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"zinger",
"cut",
"insult",
"put-down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
"examples":[
"I wish we weren't many miles apart, as repartee is harder to do with text messaging"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"badinage",
"banter",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reviles":{
"to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way":{
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"anathematizes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"decries",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"attacks",
"blames",
"blasts",
"criticizes",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"dooms",
"sentences",
"convicts",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reproves",
"berates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"rakes",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"vituperates",
"curses",
"imprecates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"eulogizes",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"hails",
"salutes",
"touts",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"honors",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"blesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refashion":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
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"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renounces":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"in wake of the corruption scandal, the congressman was forced to renounce his seat in the House"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicates",
"abnegates",
"cedes",
"relinquishes",
"resigns",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjures",
"demits",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"waives",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"yields",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriates",
"arrogates",
"assumes",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps",
"wrests",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"secures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"after another failed romance he vowed that he was renouncing the world and becoming a monk"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"reneges",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"removals":{
"the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless":{
"examples":[
"a product for the removal of warts"
],
"synonyms":[
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"dumpings",
"jettisons",
"riddances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearances",
"clearings",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"destructions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulations",
"acquirements",
"acquisitions",
"collections",
"deposits",
"gatherings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regains":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restfulness":{
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"enjoyed the bucolic restfulness of the retreat center"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommendations":{
"something (such as a course of action) suggested as proper or favorable":{
"examples":[
"By following their accountant's recommendations , the couple was able to save a tidy sum for retirement."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"suggestions",
"adjurations",
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"inputs",
"hints",
"pointers",
"tips",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answers",
"solutions",
"advisements",
"considerations",
"thoughts",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"expostulations",
"forewarnings",
"remonstrances",
"remonstrations",
"urgings",
"warnings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"observations",
"verdicts",
"assistances",
"briefings",
"directions",
"instructions",
"primings",
"promptings",
"teachings",
"interferences",
"exhortations",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"sermons",
"speeches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retire":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"I'm exhausted, so I think I'll retire for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"turn in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"couch",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"as a part of its restructuring, the company has begun to retire its older employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"the insurgents have retired to the outskirts of the city, but appear to be readying themselves for another offensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"back away",
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewakened":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"soaring gas prices have rewakened a demand for more fuel-efficient cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reattain":{
"as in regain , recapture":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"catch",
"pick up",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose",
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrains (from)":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"couldn't refrain from ruffling her nephew's neatly combed hair whenever she saw him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"forgoes",
"foregoes",
"keeps (from)",
"withholds (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"fights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesces (to)",
"capitulates",
"concedes (to)",
"knuckles under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retorted":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when told she couldn't have it, she retorted , \"Fine, I didn't want it anyway!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"came back",
"rejoined",
"replied",
"responded",
"returned",
"riposted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"commented",
"communicated",
"corresponded",
"reacted",
"remarked",
"countered",
"defended",
"denied",
"explained",
"fielded",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenged",
"cross-examined",
"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"quizzed",
"polled",
"queried",
"surveyed"
],
"antonyms":[
"asked",
"inquired",
"questioned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"referee":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"served as the unofficial referee in disputes over the family business"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicator",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"umpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"mediator",
"mediatrix",
"moderator",
"negotiator",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"decider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"their father usually ends up refereeing any disputes concerning use of the big TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"arbitrate",
"decide",
"determine",
"judge",
"rule (on)",
"settle",
"umpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consider",
"deem",
"deliberate",
"hear",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"size up",
"mediate",
"moderate",
"negotiate",
"prosecute",
"try",
"find (for or against)",
"conclude",
"resolve",
"redetermine",
"rejudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repaired":{
"as in fixed , corrected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"it will take some time to repair your energy after a bout with the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"having trouble finding someone who repairs audio components"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"revamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"repugnances":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"examples":[
"could barely contain her repugnance of frogs and nearly threw up when she found out we'd have to dissect one in science class"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversions",
"disgusts",
"distastes",
"horrors",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repulsions",
"revulsions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrences",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"execrations",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"allergies",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"displeasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetites",
"bents",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"preferences",
"propensities",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"religiose":{
"as in pietistic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pietistic",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"reverential",
"spiritual",
"worshipful",
"beatified",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"venerable",
"devout",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"chaste",
"moral",
"pure",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antireligious",
"faithless",
"godless",
"impious",
"irreligious",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"nonreligious",
"secular",
"unspiritual",
"worldly",
"backsliding",
"unfaithful",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"sinful",
"sinning",
"unrighteous",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"retrained":{
"as in retaught , reeducated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducated",
"reschooled",
"retaught",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"showed",
"briefed",
"familiarized",
"imparted (to)",
"informed",
"versed",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"homeschooled",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"catechized",
"lectured",
"moralized",
"preached",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"reared",
"drilled",
"fitted",
"fit",
"grounded",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"primed",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconsider":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reined (in)":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"held",
"inhibited",
"kept",
"measured",
"pulled in",
"regulated",
"restrained",
"ruled",
"tamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"minced",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"stopped",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unleashed",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relighted":{
"as in reignited , rekindled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"banked",
"stoked",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"radiated",
"set off",
"ashed",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"kilned",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"deflagrated",
"immolated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)",
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stamped (out)",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relying":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculating",
"counting",
"depending",
"leaning",
"reckoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"confiding",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refinances":{
"as in cofinances":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cofinances",
"grubstakes",
"advocates",
"aids",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"sponsors",
"supports",
"bankrolls",
"capitalizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites",
"maintains",
"nourishes",
"provides (for)",
"clears",
"defrays",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands",
"refunds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repossession":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"an account of France's loss of the Louisiana Territory to Spain and its brief repossession of the area before selling it to the U.S. in 1803"
],
"synonyms":[
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recoupment",
"recovery",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relive":{
"to experience (something) again in your imagination":{
"examples":[
"an athlete trying to relive his glory days",
"He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"re-create",
"reflect",
"remember",
"reminisce",
"conceit",
"conceive",
"conjure (up)",
"dream",
"envisage",
"envision",
"fancy",
"fantasize",
"fantasy",
"feature",
"ideate",
"imagine",
"image",
"picture",
"reimagine",
"see",
"vision",
"visualize",
"daydream",
"stargaze",
"hallucinate",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"muse",
"ponder",
"ruminate",
"concoct",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"plan",
"project",
"foresee",
"prefigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revulsive":{
"as in horrible , disgusting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"bad",
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reconvening":{
"as in reassembling , regathering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"regathering",
"remeeting",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regionalism":{
"as in provincialism , localism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquial",
"colloquialism",
"idiom",
"localism",
"parlance",
"pidgin",
"provincialism",
"speech",
"vernacular",
"vernacularism",
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jargon",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patois",
"patter",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"slang",
"terminology",
"vocabulary",
"slanguage",
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"cyberspeak",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"journalese",
"technobabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revamped":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"edited",
"redrafted",
"revised",
"reworked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"reedited",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retook":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"after some fierce fighting, government forces have retaken the capital"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repining (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"during the deep cold of winter, I repine for warm tropical beaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverend":{
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"examples":[
"our reverend elders should be accorded a special place of honor at the ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"revered",
"sacred",
"venerable",
"venerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"called their reverend and asked if he could marry them next June"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"rejudges":{
"as in reevaluates , reassesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reevaluates",
"revalues",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"guesstimates",
"rates",
"sets",
"valuates",
"values",
"adjudges",
"deems",
"judges",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"discovers",
"learns",
"prices",
"prizes",
"decides",
"settles",
"analyzes",
"assays",
"surveys",
"tests",
"transvaluates",
"transvalues",
"misesteems",
"misjudges",
"misprizes",
"underestimates",
"undervalues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respire":{
"to inhale and exhale air":{
"examples":[
"though unconscious, the patient is still respiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow (out)",
"draw",
"expire",
"inbreathe",
"inspire",
"gasp",
"huff",
"pant",
"puff",
"suspire",
"wheeze",
"sniff",
"snore",
"snort",
"snuff",
"snuffle",
"whiff",
"yawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiate",
"choke",
"gag",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"garrote",
"garotte",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reputability":{
"as in respectability , conscientiousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"character",
"conscientiousness",
"decency",
"fairness",
"high-mindedness",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"justice",
"morality",
"nobility",
"respectability",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"uprightness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baseness",
"dishonor",
"lowness",
"corruptibility",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"disgrace",
"disgracefulness",
"disreputableness",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"profligacy",
"shamelessness",
"venality",
"blameworthiness",
"criminality",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"immorality",
"unrighteousness",
"unscrupulousness",
"knavery",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"meanness",
"reprehensibleness",
"rottenness",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wretchedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconstructed":{
"as in repaired , fixed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"unbroken",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-created",
"recreated",
"re-enacted",
"pieced together",
"reduplicated",
"repeated",
"reinvented",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out",
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"receded":{
"as in dropped , decreased":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"depressed",
"dropped",
"knockdown",
"under",
"down",
"low"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"high",
"increased",
"jacked (up)",
"raised",
"up",
"extreme",
"full",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"sky-high",
"utmost",
"inflated",
"over",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overlarge",
"overloaded",
"oversize",
"oversized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"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)",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed away",
"dropped back",
"fell back",
"pulled out",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fled",
"flew",
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"chickened (out)",
"bowed out",
"backed down",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"climbed down",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"pulled away",
"abandoned",
"departed",
"evacuated",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated",
"went"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reexploring":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the article reexplores the role of women during the American Revolution"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retires":{
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"I'm exhausted, so I think I'll retire for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"crashes",
"dosses (down)",
"turns in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunks",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"couches",
"lies (down)",
"reclines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes",
"bestirs",
"stirs",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"shifts",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"uprises"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"as a part of its restructuring, the company has begun to retire its older employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"the insurgents have retired to the outskirts of the city, but appear to be readying themselves for another offensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs away",
"drops back",
"falls back",
"pulls out",
"recedes",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flees",
"flies",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"chickens (out)",
"bows out",
"backpedals",
"backs down",
"backtracks",
"climbs down",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"pulls away",
"abandons",
"departs",
"evacuates",
"goes",
"leaves",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repelled":{
"filled with disgust":{
"examples":[
"repelled reviewers couldn't believe how violent the movie was"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repulsed",
"revolted",
"shocked",
"sick",
"sickened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fed up",
"weary",
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"cheesed off",
"displeased",
"enraged",
"fuming",
"furious",
"horn-mad",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"upset",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"fascinated",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"the defenders repelled the attacking army after several hours of fierce fighting"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fended (off)",
"rebutted",
"repulsed",
"staved off",
"turned away",
"turned back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"fought",
"held off",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"stood off",
"withstood",
"deflected",
"warded (off)",
"rebuffed",
"snubbed",
"spurned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraced",
"hailed",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the idea of chocolate-covered grasshoppers repels me"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusted",
"grossed out",
"nauseated",
"put off",
"repulsed",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeased",
"distressed",
"appalled",
"disquieted",
"horrified",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"shocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"drew",
"enchanted",
"enticed",
"fascinated",
"lured",
"pulled",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"appealed (to)",
"interested",
"intrigued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"repelled the temptation to stay out late and call in sick the next day"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"challenged",
"contested",
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"baffled",
"balked",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"checked",
"countered",
"hindered",
"obstructed",
"stemmed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"knuckled under (to)",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reenacted":{
"to act out a past event; to enact again":{
"examples":[
"The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reduplicated",
"repeated",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through",
"recreated",
"reinvented",
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"replicated",
"reprised",
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"represented",
"role-played"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviling":{
"to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way":{
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"anathematizing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"decrying",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"attacking",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"criticizing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"convicting",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reproving",
"berating",
"lambasting",
"raking",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"vituperating",
"cursing",
"imprecating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"touting",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"honoring",
"revering",
"venerating",
"blessing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reframing":{
"as in reformulating , redrafting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafting",
"reformulating",
"assembling",
"compounding",
"piecing (together)",
"building",
"constructing",
"making",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"devising",
"authoring",
"inditing",
"penning",
"writing",
"couching",
"expressing",
"phrasing",
"stating",
"verbalizing",
"wording",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"molding",
"sculpturing",
"shaping",
"casting",
"composing",
"crafting",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"formulating",
"framing",
"preparing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprovers":{
"as in scolds , haranguers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"ranters",
"rebukers",
"reproachers",
"scolds",
"upbraiders",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"grumblers",
"whiners",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"crucifiers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reception":{
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"a wedding reception"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"shindig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia",
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconditeness":{
"as in mystery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mystery",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reflux":{
"as in ebb , reflow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ebb",
"reflow",
"drain",
"flow",
"rush",
"stampede",
"exodus",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpour",
"outpouring",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"flight",
"discharge",
"effluence",
"emanation",
"emission"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inrush",
"deluge",
"flood",
"inundation",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent",
"river",
"stream",
"tide"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recollection":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"I have no recollection of ever saying that"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recall",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashback",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced":{
"examples":[
"the gradual recollection of that long-ago romance brought back both happy and painful feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"memory",
"mind",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypermnesia",
"total recall",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"reflection",
"retrospection",
"thinking",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"perception",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesia",
"repression",
"forgetfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reground":{
"as in ground , sandblasted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffed",
"filed",
"ground",
"honed",
"rasped",
"rubbed",
"sanded",
"burnished",
"dressed",
"glossed",
"polished",
"shone",
"shined",
"smoothed",
"edged",
"sharpened",
"stropped",
"whetted",
"sandblasted",
"scoured",
"planed",
"scraped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsened",
"roughed (up)",
"roughened",
"scuffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relaying":{
"to give something (such as information or an object) to someone else":{
"examples":[
"They relayed the good news to their children just before leaving for work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicating",
"conveying",
"giving",
"imparting",
"spreading",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"bucking",
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"reaching",
"broadcasting",
"disseminating",
"propagating",
"spreading",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving up",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remorses":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"he felt a deep remorse for having neglected his family over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"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"
]
},
"recomputed":{
"as in refigured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refigured",
"counted",
"enumerated",
"numbered",
"told",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"tabled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"worked out",
"added",
"cast (up)",
"footed (up)",
"summated",
"summed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"toted (up)",
"totted (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Renaissance man":{
"as in polymath , polyhistor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistor",
"polymath",
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellect",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wiz",
"wizard",
"blue",
"bluestocking",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"savant",
"geek",
"longhair",
"nerd",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"ace",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"natural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"ignoramus",
"illiterate",
"know-nothing",
"lowbrow",
"anti-intellectual",
"philistine",
"ass",
"donkey",
"fool",
"jackass",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"louse",
"lout",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redistribute":{
"to divide (something) among a group in a different way":{
"examples":[
"Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states.",
"We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all."
],
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"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint",
"misallocate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reads":{
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast"
],
"synonyms":[
"peruses",
"pores (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browses",
"dips (into)",
"leafs (through)",
"scans",
"skims",
"speed-reads",
"thumbs (through)",
"turns over",
"devours",
"gobbles (up)",
"slogs (through)",
"wades (through)",
"rereads",
"proofreads",
"deciphers",
"reviews",
"studies",
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"gets",
"grasps",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"sees",
"tumbles (to)",
"understands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to tell of or describe beforehand":{
"examples":[
"the psychic claimed to be able to read his future"
],
"synonyms":[
"augurs",
"calls",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"vaticinates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"warns",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"promises",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees",
"announces",
"declares",
"heralds",
"proclaims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restart":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week"
],
"synonyms":[
"continue",
"pick up",
"proceed (with)",
"renew",
"reopen",
"resume"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"recrudesce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"consummate",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"belay",
"break",
"can",
"cease",
"check",
"cut",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"halt",
"knock off",
"leave off",
"quit",
"scuttle",
"shut off",
"stay",
"stop",
"terminate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recesses":{
"a hollowed-out space in a wall":{
"examples":[
"the curator placed the large vase in one of the recesses of the gallery wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoves",
"niches",
"nooks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corners",
"crannies",
"cubbyholes",
"cubicles",
"dents",
"embrasures",
"indentations",
"indents",
"indentures",
"ambries",
"housings",
"shrines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
"examples":[
"the couple goes to Florida every January for a month-long recess from the rigors of winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"holidays",
"hols",
"leaves",
"vacations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sabbaticals",
"furloughs",
"liberties",
"breathers",
"relaxations",
"respites",
"rests",
"interims",
"intermissions",
"intervals",
"feasts",
"holy days",
"legal holidays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
"examples":[
"the judge called for a brief recess so that the witness could regain her composure"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breathers",
"breaths",
"interruptions",
"lulls",
"pauses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"time-outs",
"interims",
"interludes",
"intermissions",
"intervals",
"respites",
"rests",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"downtimes",
"endings",
"expirations",
"hitches",
"lapses",
"stoppages",
"terminations",
"abeyances",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"surceases",
"suspensions",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"hiatuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuations",
"endurances",
"persistences",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"extensions",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sunken area forming a separate space":{
"examples":[
"decided to camp in a sandy recess where the beach met the forest"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavities",
"concavities",
"dents",
"depressions",
"dints",
"holes",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indentures",
"pits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrows",
"caverns",
"caves",
"ditches",
"excavations",
"furrows",
"grooves",
"gutters",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"basins",
"bowls",
"valleys",
"alcoves",
"clefts",
"niches",
"nooks",
"openings",
"sockets",
"alveoli",
"dimples",
"gouges",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"notches",
"pockets",
"boreholes",
"chuckholes",
"craters",
"postholes",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"wallows",
"water holes",
"wells",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds",
"rises",
"bumps",
"bunches",
"humps",
"lumps",
"pimples",
"swellings",
"swells",
"tumors"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulges",
"cambers",
"convexities",
"juts",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances"
]
},
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourns",
"prorogates",
"prorogues",
"suspends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"disbands",
"discontinues",
"disperses",
"intermits",
"interrupts",
"defers",
"holds off",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"reserves",
"shelves",
"tables",
"dissolves",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"breaks up",
"closes",
"concludes",
"winds up",
"wraps up",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"quashes",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurates",
"launches",
"opens",
"carries on",
"continues",
"draws out",
"extends",
"proceeds",
"prolongs",
"renews",
"reopens",
"resumes",
"assembles",
"calls",
"convenes",
"convokes",
"musters",
"rallies",
"summons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redressed":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenged",
"requited",
"retaliated",
"revenged",
"venged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigated",
"fixed",
"got",
"penalized",
"punished",
"scourged",
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"righted",
"compensated",
"paid (back)",
"recompensed",
"repaid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolved",
"condoned",
"excused",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoining":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined , \"Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"coming back",
"replying",
"responding",
"retorting",
"returning",
"riposting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"commenting",
"communicating",
"corresponding",
"reacting",
"remarking",
"countering",
"defending",
"denying",
"explaining",
"fielding",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"cross-examining",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"quizzing",
"polling",
"querying",
"surveying"
],
"antonyms":[
"asking",
"inquiring",
"questioning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescinded":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the library refused to rescind its decision to include the controversial book in its collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"revoked",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the new mayor vowed not to seek to rescind existing laws prohibiting smoking in the city's public places"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"avoided",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"disannulled",
"dissolved",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nulled",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"repealed",
"rolled back",
"struck down",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanded",
"overrode",
"overruled",
"overturned",
"vetoed",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"retracted",
"reversed",
"revoked",
"suspended",
"withdrew",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"disallowed",
"dismissed",
"rejected",
"annihilated",
"broke down",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"threw out",
"wrote off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"established",
"founded",
"instituted",
"formalized",
"legalized",
"legitimated",
"legitimized",
"validated",
"passed",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"mandated",
"ordered",
"prescribed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remaking":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"thought that the room looked no better for all the remaking and rearranging we did"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"yesterday's soup was so good that we decided to remake it for today's lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rediscovery":{
"as in discovery , unearthing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detection",
"discovery",
"finding",
"spotting",
"unearthing",
"disclosure",
"exposure",
"revelation",
"uncovering",
"unveiling",
"creation",
"invention",
"awareness",
"espial",
"notice",
"exploration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearance",
"loss",
"concealment",
"hiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reminiscence":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"his reminiscences about the war were painful to hear"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashback",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced":{
"examples":[
"we wondered whether she could trust her reminiscence of events that happened so long ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"memory",
"mind",
"recollection",
"remembrance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypermnesia",
"total recall",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"reflection",
"retrospection",
"thinking",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"perception",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesia",
"repression",
"forgetfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinforcement":{
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
"examples":[
"the consulting architect suggested using additional steel reinforcements to counteract the bridge's design flaw"
],
"synonyms":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"mount",
"mounting",
"prop",
"shore",
"spur",
"stay",
"support",
"underpinning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shoring",
"column",
"pedestal",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"arch",
"bolster",
"bracket",
"cantilever",
"girder",
"bearing",
"crutch",
"peg",
"post",
"stake",
"stanchion",
"stand",
"stilt",
"strut",
"truss",
"base",
"foundation",
"frame"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"result (in)":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the mix of icy conditions and rush-hour traffic resulted in a number of accidents on the interstate"
],
"synonyms":[
"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduce (to)",
"contribute (to)",
"decide",
"determine",
"begin",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"set",
"set up",
"start",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"develop",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"enact",
"render",
"turn out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"dampen",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"smother",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"control",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"retard",
"can",
"kill",
"snuff (out)",
"still",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"extinguish",
"liquidate",
"quench"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repeater":{
"as in recidivist , relapser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backslider",
"recidivist",
"relapser",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender",
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in assault weapon , machine gun":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"speargun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoing":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"some residents objected to the redoing of the historic school building"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"desperately wanted to redo the red living room in soothing shades of green"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"the conductor kept asking the violinist to redo that passage until he was completely satisfied"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repetition":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"the repetition of the honor society's oath at the initiation ceremonies got old really quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rejecting":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"rejected his request for time off"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"refusing",
"reprobating",
"withholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"repelling",
"spurning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"balking (at)",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affording",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"providing",
"supplying",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"warranting",
"according",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"conceding",
"granting",
"letting",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"permitting"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disaffirming",
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disconfirming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"refuting",
"repudiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversing",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disputing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"allowing",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiering",
"casting (off)",
"chucking",
"deep-sixing",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"eighty-sixing",
"86ing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"laying by",
"losing",
"pitching",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"unloading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abdicating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"dismissing",
"kicking out",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"holding",
"holding back",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"rejected his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relenting":{
"as in pliant , amenable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"yielding",
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in forgiving , merciful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charitable",
"forgiving",
"merciful",
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"brotherly",
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"altruistic",
"humane",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"high-minded",
"magnanimous",
"noble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"avenging",
"retaliatory",
"resentful",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking",
"bowing",
"budging",
"capitulating",
"conceding",
"giving in",
"knuckling under",
"quitting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"deferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contending",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisting"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the fury of the storm relented , and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"referees":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"served as the unofficial referee in disputes over the family business"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicators",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"judges",
"umpires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jurists",
"justices",
"magistrates",
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"mediators",
"mediatrixes",
"moderators",
"negotiators",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"troubleshooters",
"deciders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"their father usually ends up refereeing any disputes concerning use of the big TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"arbitrates",
"decides",
"determines",
"judges",
"rules (on)",
"settles",
"umpires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"deems",
"deliberates",
"hears",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"sizes up",
"mediates",
"moderates",
"negotiates",
"prosecutes",
"tries",
"finds (for or against)",
"concludes",
"resolves",
"redetermines",
"rejudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocates",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reanimate":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recruiting":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-collect":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"collect",
"compose",
"contain",
"control",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hold back",
"restrain",
"rally",
"recover",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remediable":{
"capable of being corrected":{
"examples":[
"the problems with the local transportation system were severe but still remediable"
],
"synonyms":[
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reconceive":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remind":{
"to make (someone) think about something again":{
"examples":[
"She'll forget to call the doctor if you don't remind her.",
"Remind me to buy some groceries after work.",
"I constantly have to be reminded how to pronounce her name.",
"I had to remind him that we were supposed to leave early."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)",
"call up",
"jog",
"rouse",
"recapture",
"recur",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)",
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renewals":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"a campaign season that witnessed the endless renewal of the same stupid charges and countercharges"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"roller-skating experienced a major renewal after the introduction of in-line skates"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reapproving":{
"as in recertifying , reaccrediting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"revalidating",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-envisioning":{
"as in reimagining , reconceptualizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconceptualizing",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rein (in)":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"restrain",
"rule",
"tame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repress":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"quickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"you can't repress your feelings forever, so tell her how you feel about her"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"pocket",
"sink",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"submerge",
"suppress",
"swallow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"express",
"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repurchase":{
"as in redeem":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeem",
"recruit",
"replenish",
"rescue",
"get back",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"re-collect",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuy",
"bid",
"offer",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolts":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"soon the revolt had spread to every corner of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgences",
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"outbreaks",
"rebellions",
"revolutions",
"risings",
"uprisings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coups",
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
"coups d'etat",
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
"coup d'etats",
"overthrows",
"misprisions",
"seditions",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"sabotages",
"subversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgencies",
"counterrevolutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusts",
"grosses out",
"nauseates",
"puts off",
"repels",
"repulses",
"sickens",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeases",
"distresses",
"appalls",
"appals",
"disquiets",
"horrifies",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"shocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"draws",
"enchants",
"entices",
"fascinates",
"lures",
"pulls",
"seduces",
"tempts",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"rejoices",
"tickles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"appeals (to)",
"interests",
"intrigues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinies",
"rebels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"mocks",
"revolutionizes",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"submits",
"attends",
"serves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reclines":{
"as in tilts , inclines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls",
"plunges",
"sinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"mounts",
"rises",
"uprises",
"upsweeps",
"upturns",
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couches , lies (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couches",
"lies (down)",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"bunks",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"beds",
"crashes",
"dosses (down)",
"retires",
"turns in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"uprises",
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes",
"bestirs",
"stirs",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"shifts",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinforcements":{
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
"examples":[
"the consulting architect suggested using additional steel reinforcements to counteract the bridge's design flaw"
],
"synonyms":[
"braces",
"buttresses",
"mountings",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"spurs",
"stays",
"supports",
"underpinnings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shorings",
"columns",
"pedestals",
"pilasters",
"pillars",
"arches",
"bolsters",
"brackets",
"cantilevers",
"girders",
"bearings",
"crutches",
"pegs",
"posts",
"stakes",
"stanchions",
"stands",
"stilts",
"struts",
"trusses",
"bases",
"foundations",
"frames"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revivals":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"there was a revival of interest in the author's classic horror stories after a film version of his best-known tale was released"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resentment":{
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to harbor resentment toward your father, you'll never be able to move on with your life"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"grievance",
"grudge",
"score"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemnation",
"offense",
"offence",
"umbrage",
"complaint",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"peeve",
"pique",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"rancor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too":{
"examples":[
"I don't have any resentment over my friend's luxurious house"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetousness",
"enviousness",
"envy",
"green-eyed monster",
"invidiousness",
"jealousy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animosity",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"ill will",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"spitefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolence",
"goodwill",
"kindness",
"sympathy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"my resentment at being spoken to like I'm stupid"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"miff",
"offense",
"offence",
"peeve",
"pique",
"umbrage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"anger",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"discomfort",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"agitation",
"angriness",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"dander",
"temper",
"fit",
"pet",
"pouts",
"sulk(s)",
"tantrum",
"tizzy",
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"dig",
"indignity",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfaction",
"appeasement",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"contentment",
"delight",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retracts":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the newspaper was forced to retract the story, which turned out to be based on fabricated reporting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reallocating":{
"to move or direct (something) so that it can be used for a different purpose":{
"examples":[
"After the class trip was canceled, the money was reallocated to cover the cost of the dance.",
"We need to reallocate our resources."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapportioning",
"administering",
"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"admeasuring",
"allotting",
"allowing",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"dishing out",
"dividing",
"divvying (up)",
"dolloping (out)",
"lotting",
"measuring (out)",
"parting",
"proportioning",
"rationing",
"redistributing",
"setting",
"sharing (out)",
"splitting",
"bestowing",
"disbursing",
"furnishing",
"issuing",
"providing",
"sharing",
"supplying",
"circulating",
"dispersing",
"disseminating",
"scattering",
"spreading",
"chipping in",
"contributing",
"donating",
"pledging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudging",
"declining",
"denying",
"depriving (of)",
"disallowing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"withholding",
"niggling (out)",
"pinching",
"skimping",
"stinting",
"misallocating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retaliative":{
"as in retaliatory , retributive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpunitive",
"compensatory",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"commuting",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rears":{
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the rear of the car was sleekly designed"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"reverses",
"tails"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"faces",
"foreheads",
"foreparts",
"fronts"
]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"fell off her skates onto her rear"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"bottoms",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"butts",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"duffs",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"posteriors",
"rear ends",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tail ends",
"tails",
"tushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"brings up",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurses",
"raises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fathers",
"mothers",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"cradles",
"cultivates",
"minds",
"ministers (to)",
"nurtures",
"watches",
"disciplines",
"educates",
"instructs",
"mentors",
"schools",
"teaches",
"trains",
"tutors",
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"indoctrinates",
"feeds",
"provides (for)",
"supplies",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"prepares",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"shepherds",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abuses",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"maltreats",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing"
],
"synonyms":[
"erects",
"pitches",
"puts up",
"raises",
"sets up",
"upends",
"upraises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braces",
"buttresses",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"supports",
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"upholds",
"uplifts",
"ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"flattens",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"razes",
"tears down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"puts up",
"raises",
"sets up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenters",
"fashions",
"forges",
"frames",
"hammers",
"handcrafts",
"manufactures",
"molds",
"produces",
"shapes",
"prefabricates",
"begins",
"coins",
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"reassembles",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"redevelops",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"jerry-builds",
"rigs (up)",
"throws up",
"combines",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"flattens",
"levels",
"pulls down",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruinates",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"crops",
"cultivates",
"cultures",
"dresses",
"grows",
"promotes",
"raises",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breeds",
"produces",
"propagates",
"plants",
"sows",
"gathers",
"gleans",
"harvests",
"reaps",
"germinates",
"quickens",
"ripens",
"roots",
"sprouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kills",
"digs",
"extirpates",
"picks",
"plucks",
"pulls (up)",
"uproots",
"cuts",
"hays",
"mows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"resort":{
"a place for spending time or for socializing":{
"examples":[
"the island port was once the resort of smugglers, pirates, and other unsavory characters"
],
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"hangout",
"haunt",
"purlieu",
"rendezvous",
"stamping ground",
"stomping ground"
],
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"camp",
"canteen",
"club",
"clubhouse",
"country club",
"key club",
"service club",
"union",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"nest",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctuary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available":{
"examples":[
"use this money only as a last resort"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"recourse",
"resource"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hope",
"opportunity",
"possibility",
"relief",
"makeshift",
"replacement",
"stopgap",
"substitute"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restatements":{
"an instance of expressing something in different words":{
"examples":[
"the press release provides no new details\u2014it is merely a restatement of information we already have"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrases",
"translations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehashes",
"abstracts",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"reiterations",
"summaries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"copies",
"transcriptions",
"transcripts"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotations",
"quotes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverse":{
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
"examples":[
"the appeals court reversed the district court's decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"switch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"overturn",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"strike down",
"about-face",
"backtrack",
"countermand",
"revert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it",
"you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look"
],
"synonyms":[
"flip",
"invert",
"turn over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transpose",
"exchange",
"interchange",
"shift",
"switch",
"overturn",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the party has suffered some major reverses as a result of the corruption scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knock",
"lapse",
"reversal",
"setback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointment",
"frustration",
"letdown",
"comedown",
"decline",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"recession",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"relapse",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quo"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
"examples":[
"how could you think I don't like pizza, when it's just the reverse : I love pizza"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"contrary",
"counter",
"negative",
"obverse",
"opposite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"negation",
"antonym",
"counterpoint",
"converse",
"inverse",
"mirror image"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonym",
"analogue",
"analog",
"counterpart",
"carbon copy",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"replica"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"on the reverse of the ticket you'll find the notice that it's nontransferable"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"tail"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front"
]
},
"as in reversed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reversed",
"backward",
"rearward",
"retrograde",
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"posterior",
"rear",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inverse , obverse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"converse",
"inverse",
"obverse",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"counter",
"cross",
"hostile",
"alien",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"divergent",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"adverse",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite",
"polar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncontradictory",
"alike",
"analogous",
"like",
"similar",
"equivalent",
"identical",
"same",
"synonymous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retaliate":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"retaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"revenge",
"venge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigate",
"fix",
"get",
"penalize",
"punish",
"scourge",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"right",
"compensate",
"pay (back)",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requires":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"the toy requires four batteries, which are not included"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"takes",
"wants",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entails",
"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"has",
"holds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionizers":{
"as in rebels , revolters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"recusants",
"refuseniks",
"refusniks",
"refusers",
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"recreants",
"renegades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relapsed":{
"to return to a usually worse state or condition":{
"examples":[
"After a few good months of keeping their rooms clean, the kids relapsed into their old untidy habits."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"returned",
"reverted",
"threw back",
"ebbed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"dropped",
"fell",
"retrograded",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconcilement":{
"as in accord , reconciliation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"reconciliation",
"armistice",
"cease-fire",
"truce",
"d\u00e9tente",
"detente",
"peace",
"peacetime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resulted (in)":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the mix of icy conditions and rush-hour traffic resulted in a number of accidents on the interstate"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relocates":{
"to change the place or position of":{
"examples":[
"those volumes have been relocated to the second floor of the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"moves",
"removes",
"repositions",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries",
"carts",
"conveys",
"drives",
"hauls",
"lugs",
"totes",
"transmits",
"transplants",
"transports",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants",
"alters",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchors",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets",
"stabilizes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehearsals":{
"a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance":{
"examples":[
"we made a few mistakes in rehearsal , but we were pretty sure that we'd be OK on opening night"
],
"synonyms":[
"dry runs",
"practices",
"practises",
"trials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dress rehearsals",
"previews",
"run-throughs",
"drills",
"exercises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recertified":{
"as in revalidated , reapproved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"rechartered",
"revalidated",
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redesigning":{
"to change the design of (something)":{
"examples":[
"The book's cover has been redesigned for the new edition.",
"We're redesigning our kitchen.",
"a newly redesigned website"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"seasoning",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refutable":{
"as in contradictable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contradictable",
"arguable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"issuable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"questionable",
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"shaky",
"uncertain",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"hands-down",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"positive",
"questionless",
"settled",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undebatable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"irrefutable",
"definite",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rental library":{
"as in library , archive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archive",
"library",
"stacks",
"bibliotheca"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrospection":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"the president is confident that future retrospections will cast his actions in a more favorable light"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisal",
"reconsideration",
"reexamination",
"retrospect",
"review"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"rehash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preview"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repletion":{
"as in satiation , satiety":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fill",
"fullness",
"glut",
"repleteness",
"satiation",
"satiety",
"satisfaction",
"surfeit",
"inappetence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"belly",
"emptiness",
"famishment",
"hunger",
"munchies",
"stomach",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"ravenousness",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"malnutrition",
"starvation",
"undernourishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recess":{
"a hollowed-out space in a wall":{
"examples":[
"the curator placed the large vase in one of the recesses of the gallery wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcove",
"niche",
"nook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corner",
"cranny",
"cubbyhole",
"cubicle",
"dent",
"embrasure",
"indent",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"ambry",
"housing",
"shrine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
"examples":[
"the couple goes to Florida every January for a month-long recess from the rigors of winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"holiday",
"hols",
"leave",
"vacation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sabbatical",
"furlough",
"liberty",
"breather",
"relaxation",
"respite",
"rest",
"interim",
"intermission",
"interval",
"feast",
"holy day",
"legal holiday",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"slacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
"examples":[
"the judge called for a brief recess so that the witness could regain her composure"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"breath",
"breather",
"interruption",
"lull",
"pause"
],
"near synonyms":[
"time-out",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interval",
"respite",
"rest",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"downtime",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finishing",
"hitch",
"lapse",
"stoppage",
"stopping",
"termination",
"abeyance",
"moratorium",
"surcease",
"suspension",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"progress",
"progression",
"extension",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sunken area forming a separate space":{
"examples":[
"decided to camp in a sandy recess where the beach met the forest"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavity",
"concavity",
"dent",
"depression",
"dint",
"hole",
"hollow",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"pit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrow",
"cave",
"cavern",
"ditch",
"excavation",
"furrow",
"groove",
"gutter",
"trench",
"trough",
"basin",
"bowl",
"valley",
"alcove",
"cleft",
"niche",
"nook",
"opening",
"socket",
"alveolus",
"dimple",
"gouge",
"impression",
"imprint",
"notch",
"pocket",
"borehole",
"chuckhole",
"crater",
"posthole",
"pothole",
"sinkhole",
"wallow",
"water hole",
"well",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance"
]
},
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourn",
"prorogate",
"prorogue",
"suspend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break off",
"disband",
"discontinue",
"disperse",
"intermit",
"interrupt",
"defer",
"hold off",
"postpone",
"put off",
"reserve",
"shelve",
"table",
"dissolve",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"break up",
"close",
"conclude",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"nullify",
"quash",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurate",
"launch",
"open",
"carry on",
"continue",
"draw out",
"extend",
"proceed",
"prolong",
"renew",
"reopen",
"resume",
"assemble",
"call",
"convene",
"convoke",
"muster",
"rally",
"summon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redrawing":{
"as in revising , rewriting":{
"examples":[],
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"redrafting",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"amending",
"correcting",
"debugging",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"red-penciling",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
"regulating",
"altering",
"changing",
"modifying"
],
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"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reemploys":{
"as in rehires , reengages":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"reengages",
"rehires",
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reweigh":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new study is leading doctors and nutritionists to reweigh the benefits of some dietary supplements"
],
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"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit"
],
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"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reheat":{
"as in rewarm":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"rewarm",
"overheat",
"superheat",
"thaw",
"heat",
"hot (up)",
"toast",
"warm",
"bake",
"cook",
"roast",
"burn",
"char",
"fire",
"parch",
"scald",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"cool",
"refrigerate",
"freeze",
"frost",
"ice",
"supercool"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminding":{
"to make (someone) think about something again":{
"examples":[
"She'll forget to call the doctor if you don't remind her.",
"Remind me to buy some groceries after work.",
"I constantly have to be reminded how to pronounce her name.",
"I had to remind him that we were supposed to leave early."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"recollecting",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)",
"calling up",
"jogging",
"rousing",
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)",
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recopying":{
"as in engrossing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engrossing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"fact-checking",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reediting",
"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reunion":{
"the act or an instance of bringing people together again":{
"examples":[
"They rented a tent for a huge family reunion at the park."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"congress",
"convention",
"convocation",
"council",
"gathering",
"get-together",
"huddle",
"meeting",
"clinic",
"workshop",
"cabinet",
"caucus",
"conclave",
"synod",
"demonstration",
"rally",
"confab",
"conversation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discourse",
"discussion",
"palaver",
"talk",
"negotiation",
"parley",
"summit",
"conference",
"forum",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium",
"audience",
"interview",
"session",
"reunification",
"agglomeration",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"coalescence",
"commingling",
"compounding",
"fusion",
"intermingling",
"intermixture",
"mingling",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis",
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"unification",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachment",
"divorcement",
"separation",
"severance",
"breakup",
"disconnection",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebelliousness":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"her habitual rebelliousness eventually landed her in the principal's office"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"re-creation":{
"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
"examples":[
"decided to take a bike tour of the island for recreation and relaxation"
],
"synonyms":[
"dalliance",
"frolic",
"frolicking",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"play",
"relaxation",
"rollicking",
"sport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pastime",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasance",
"pleasure",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"wantonness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hanky-panky",
"hob",
"impishness",
"jinks",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"binge",
"fling",
"kick",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree",
"hilarity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"buffoonery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudgery",
"labor",
"work",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
"examples":[
"bowling is great recreation on a rainy afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"divertissement",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"pleasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"pastime",
"time killer",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"frolicking",
"rollicking",
"carousing",
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"hilarity",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"picnic",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"activity",
"game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
]
},
"the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{
"examples":[
"water parks have become a significant part of the recreation business"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nightlife",
"show business",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"mirth",
"gratification",
"relaxation",
"relief",
"satisfaction",
"exhibition",
"performance",
"presentation",
"presentment",
"production",
"show",
"spectacle",
"escapism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"as with other men of his class and income, his principal recreations were polo and yachting"
],
"synonyms":[
"avocation",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pursuit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"pastime",
"relaxation",
"sport"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in renovation , reconstruction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoral",
"restoration",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remedied":{
"as in fixed , corrected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrected",
"fixed",
"repaired",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring about recovery from":{
"examples":[
"a little extra studying should remedy your poor performance in history thus far this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"mended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"palliated",
"salved",
"soothed",
"eased",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"tempered",
"doctored",
"nursed",
"medicated",
"treated",
"diagnosed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"misdiagnosed",
"overdiagnosed",
"underdiagnosed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"needed to wear glasses to remedy her bad vision"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"red-penciled",
"reformed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recording":{
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"putting down",
"registering",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"taking down",
"writing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaffirming":{
"to formally state (something) again in order to emphasize that it is true":{
"examples":[
"The President reaffirmed his commitment to cutting taxes.",
"She reaffirmed her stance on the issue."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reasserting",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"protesting",
"purporting",
"warranting",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"proclaiming",
"arguing",
"rationalizing",
"reasoning",
"confirming",
"justifying",
"vindicating",
"defending",
"persevering",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"challenging",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"countering",
"denying",
"gainsaying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrofitting":{
"to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built":{
"examples":[
"The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations.",
"We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"redeveloping",
"reedifying",
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"researched":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"researched the public record for more information about her great-grandparents"
],
"synonyms":[
"delved (into)",
"dug (into)",
"examined",
"explored",
"inquired (into)",
"investigated",
"looked (into)",
"probed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspected",
"sifted",
"studied",
"viewed",
"browsed",
"cruised",
"perused",
"scanned",
"skimmed (through)",
"surfed",
"thumbed (through)",
"reinvestigated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relentless":{
"showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"the team's offense was relentless in trying to score a touchdown"
],
"synonyms":[
"determined",
"dogged",
"grim",
"implacable",
"unappeasable",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"persevering",
"persistent",
"tenacious",
"hard",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"uncooperative",
"willful",
"wilful",
"merciless",
"ruthless",
"unforgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slackening",
"softening",
"yielding",
"impotent",
"invertebrate",
"slack",
"spineless",
"weak",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"retooled":{
"as in rejiggered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rejiggered",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinvestigate":{
"as in reassess , reappraise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"restudy",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise",
"rehear",
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in investigate , examine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delve (into)",
"dig (into)",
"examine",
"explore",
"inquire (into)",
"investigate",
"look (into)",
"probe",
"research",
"browse",
"cruise",
"peruse",
"scan",
"skim (through)",
"surf",
"thumb (through)",
"inspect",
"sift",
"study",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repellency":{
"as in atrocity , repulsiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"lechery",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
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"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
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"noun"
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"easeful",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"cushy",
"easy",
"snug",
"soft",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"homelike",
"homely",
"homey",
"homy",
"intimate"
],
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"uncomfortable",
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"inhospitable",
"uninviting",
"unpleasant"
],
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},
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"adjective"
]
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"as in impenitence":{
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"impenitence"
],
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"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame",
"compunction",
"misgiving",
"prick",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews"
],
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"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"withhold"
],
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"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto",
"rebuff",
"repel",
"spurn",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hold",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"balk (at)",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
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"afford",
"furnish",
"give",
"provide",
"supply",
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"warrant",
"accord",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe"
],
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"allow",
"concede",
"grant",
"let",
"OK",
"okay",
"permit"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did"
],
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"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down"
],
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"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
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"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
]
},
"discarded or useless material":{
"examples":[
"refuse had littered the playground until our volunteer group cleaned it up"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crud",
"sewage",
"slop",
"swill",
"wash",
"detritus",
"remains",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"dump",
"scrap heap",
"lumber",
"odds and ends",
"trumpery",
"flotsam",
"jetsam",
"wreckage",
"castoff",
"cull",
"discard",
"hand-me-down",
"reject",
"throwaway",
"nothing",
"straw",
"two bits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"gem",
"goody",
"goodie",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"prize",
"treasure",
"treasure trove",
"trove",
"valuable",
"booty",
"find",
"salvage"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in discarded , waste":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"waste",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuild":{
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resumes":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"continues",
"picks up",
"proceeds (with)",
"renews",
"reopens",
"restarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"recrudesces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"consummates",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"belays",
"breaks",
"cans",
"ceases",
"checks",
"cuts",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"leaves off",
"quits",
"scuttles",
"shuts off",
"stays",
"stops",
"terminates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"a book on the assassination that is in effect a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of all of the evidence that points to a conspiracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retirement":{
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"military historians have blamed the defeat on that battalion's retirement from the front lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullback",
"pullout",
"recession",
"retreat",
"withdrawal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rout",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reformulate":{
"as in reframe , redraft":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"reframe",
"assemble",
"compound",
"piece (together)",
"build",
"construct",
"make",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"devise",
"author",
"indite",
"pen",
"write",
"couch",
"express",
"phrase",
"state",
"verbalize",
"word",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"mold",
"sculpture",
"shape",
"cast",
"compose",
"craft",
"draft",
"draw up",
"formulate",
"frame",
"prepare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recovering (from)":{
"as in rallying , rebounding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"shaking (off)",
"coming back",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting",
"getting",
"going down (with)",
"sickening (with)",
"taking",
"breaking out (with)",
"dying (from)",
"succumbing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasons (with)":{
"as in gets , talks (into)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argues",
"brings",
"brings around",
"converts",
"convinces",
"gains",
"gets",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)",
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"entreats",
"exhorts",
"fast-talks",
"urges",
"wheedles",
"chews over",
"converses",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"allures",
"beguiles",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"snows",
"tempts",
"inclines",
"influences",
"prompts",
"sells",
"sways",
"attracts",
"draws",
"entices",
"interests",
"brainwashes",
"overpersuades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"unsells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommendation":{
"something (such as a course of action) suggested as proper or favorable":{
"examples":[
"By following their accountant's recommendations , the couple was able to save a tidy sum for retirement."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"suggestion",
"adjuration",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"input",
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answer",
"solution",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"thought",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"expostulation",
"forewarning",
"remonstrance",
"remonstration",
"urging",
"warning",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"observation",
"verdict",
"assistance",
"briefing",
"coaching",
"direction",
"instruction",
"mentoring",
"priming",
"prompting",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"interference",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"meddling",
"moralizing",
"pontificating",
"preaching",
"exhortation",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"sermon",
"speech"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resupplied":{
"as in replenished , refilled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refilled",
"replenished",
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"modernized",
"updated",
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recaptured":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repacks":{
"as in replenishes , refreshes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refills",
"refreshes",
"reloads",
"replenishes",
"brims",
"charges",
"crams",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"loads",
"packs",
"stuffs",
"drenches",
"floods",
"gluts",
"swamps",
"bloats",
"bulks",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"mats",
"presses",
"rams",
"shoves",
"squashes",
"squeezes",
"overcharges",
"overfills",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"honeycombs",
"penetrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightens",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps",
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectification":{
"as in reform , amendment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"reform",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reweighed":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new study is leading doctors and nutritionists to reweigh the benefits of some dietary supplements"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reexamines":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reanimations":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"a call for the reanimation of curfew ordinances that were discarded decades ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"restorals",
"restorations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repute":{
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"that's a repair shop of good repute"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"fame",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"odor",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credit",
"honor",
"celebrity",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"image",
"persona",
"admiration",
"regard",
"reverence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repressions":{
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"examples":[
"psychologists talking about the repression of anger and how it affects one's health"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reediting":{
"as in revising , redacting":{
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"near synonyms":[
"editing",
"recompiling",
"redacting",
"redrafting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repasses":{
"as in reenacts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacts",
"constitutes",
"enacts",
"lays down",
"legislates",
"makes",
"ordains",
"passes",
"brings about",
"effects",
"allows",
"authorizes",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"proclaims",
"administers",
"executes",
"approves",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abolishes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"cancels",
"invalidates",
"kills",
"nullifies",
"overturns",
"reverses",
"voids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reoutfits":{
"as in refits , refurnishes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reequips",
"refits",
"refurnishes",
"arms",
"fortifies",
"prepares",
"allocates",
"allots",
"assigns",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"stocks",
"stores",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"equips",
"fits (out)",
"furnishes",
"girds",
"kits (up or out)",
"outfits",
"provisions",
"rigs",
"supplies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"registry":{
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"examples":[
"got a copy of the couple's bridal registry from the store's computer and scanned it for items we could afford"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the number of individuals registered":{
"examples":[
"has the registry for the professional development seminar reached its limit yet?"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"registration"
],
"near synonyms":[
"class",
"roster",
"count",
"membership"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconvenes":{
"as in reassembles , regathers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembles",
"regathers",
"remeets",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reparation(s)":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government instituted a program of reparations to the descendants of Native Americans who were driven from their land"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprimand":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"while reviewing the troops, the officer delivered a curt reprimand to one of the soldiers"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"riot act",
"stricture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"reprimanded the summer intern for her constant tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"reprimanded the student for using the lax grammar and punctuation of text messaging in a term paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"tick off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berate",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"the president was forced to reprimand the general for publicly voicing his disagreements with the nation's foreign policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"objurgate",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"reprove"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chastise",
"castigate",
"punish",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"chew out",
"cut up",
"dress down",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"tell off",
"upbraid",
"belittle",
"criticize",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"hail",
"honor",
"eulogize",
"laud",
"praise",
"approve",
"bless",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"cite",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"restrengthened":{
"as in reinforced , augmented":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augmented",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supplemented",
"emphasized",
"pointed (up)",
"sharpened",
"stressed",
"maximized",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)",
"broadened",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"aggravated",
"exacerbated",
"accentuated",
"amped (up)",
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"redoubled",
"stepped up",
"strengthened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"moderated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revived":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the farmers felt revived as they headed back to the fields after a hearty lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"an effort to revive the once-common custom of celebrating May 1 as a springtime festival of games and dances"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"around mid-morning, I usually need to revive myself with a cup of strong coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gain consciousness again":{
"examples":[
"the patient eventually revived and was able to give us her name and address"
],
"synonyms":[
"came around",
"came round",
"came to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pulled through",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"woke up",
"waked up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacked out",
"fainted",
"passed out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"representations":{
"a visual design intended to look like someone or something":{
"examples":[
"The cave was painted with representations of horses and bison."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delineations",
"depictions",
"resemblances",
"views",
"icons",
"ikons",
"illustrations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"pictures",
"portraits",
"daubs",
"drawings",
"finger paintings",
"etchings",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"watercolors",
"caricatures",
"cartoons",
"doodles",
"collages",
"montages",
"photographs",
"hieroglyphics",
"hieroglyphs",
"ideograms",
"ideographs",
"pictographs",
"diagrams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repaying":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me"
],
"synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giving back",
"reciprocating",
"rendering (to)",
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"remunerating",
"liquidating",
"paying down",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"satisfying",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"how can we ever repay your kindness?"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocating",
"recompensing",
"requiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanging",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"restituting",
"avenging",
"getting back (at)",
"retaliating",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinitiated":{
"as in reinstituted , relaunched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refounded",
"reinstituted",
"relaunched",
"arranged",
"organized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"subsidized",
"developed",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"constructed",
"put up",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"created",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"produced",
"thought (up)",
"authored",
"fathered",
"originated",
"began",
"constituted",
"established",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"planted",
"set up",
"started"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closed (down)",
"phased out",
"shut (up)",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"annulled",
"nullified",
"ended",
"finished",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"rounded (off or out)",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalculate":{
"as in refigure , recompute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recompute",
"refigure",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"rate",
"value",
"calibrate",
"gauge",
"gage",
"measure",
"scale",
"count",
"itemize",
"number",
"figure out",
"solve (for)",
"allow (for)",
"deduct",
"factor (in or into or out)",
"figure in",
"add",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"add up",
"average",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"totalize",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"work out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"responders":{
"as in answerers , repliers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answerers",
"repliers",
"interviewees",
"pollees",
"respondents",
"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"testifiers",
"witnesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollers",
"pollsters",
"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retiringness":{
"as in diffidence , timidity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"mousiness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"sheepishness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"acquiescence",
"compliance",
"deference",
"passivity",
"resignedness",
"submission",
"submissiveness",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"timorousness",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"wariness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"gutlessness",
"poltroonery",
"pusillanimity",
"spinelessness",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"attitude",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"cocksureness",
"forwardness",
"overconfidence",
"swagger",
"swash",
"temerity",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"nerve",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"chest-thumping",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"vaingloriousness",
"vanity",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"flamboyance",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"showiness",
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regulators":{
"a mechanism for adjusting the operation of a device, machine, or system":{
"examples":[
"the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity"
],
"synonyms":[
"controllers",
"controls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actuators",
"buttons",
"dials",
"keys",
"knobs",
"levers",
"push buttons",
"selectors",
"switches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retributory":{
"as in retaliatory , retributive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"revengeful",
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpunitive",
"compensatory",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"commuting",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rearrests":{
"as in arrests , incarcerations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"remands",
"raids",
"house arrests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in incarcerates , imprisons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rechartered":{
"as in recertified , reapproved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"recertified",
"revalidated",
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejiggering":{
"as in reengineering , reinventing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rental libraries":{
"as in libraries , archives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archives",
"libraries",
"stacks",
"bibliothecas",
"bibliothecae"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"registration":{
"the number of individuals registered":{
"examples":[
"there was a large registration for the popular swim classes at the community center"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"registry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"class",
"roster",
"count",
"membership"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommend":{
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confer",
"grant",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"furnish",
"supply",
"recommit",
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
"synonyms":[
"advise",
"counsel",
"suggest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"espouse",
"favor",
"support",
"exhort",
"urge",
"advance",
"offer",
"propose",
"submit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminded":{
"to make (someone) think about something again":{
"examples":[
"She'll forget to call the doctor if you don't remind her.",
"Remind me to buy some groceries after work.",
"I constantly have to be reminded how to pronounce her name.",
"I had to remind him that we were supposed to leave early."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"extracted",
"raised",
"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recalled",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"reproduced",
"thought (of)",
"called up",
"jogged",
"roused",
"recaptured",
"recurred",
"relived",
"represented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)",
"disremembered",
"forgot",
"unlearned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reequipping":{
"as in refitting , refurnishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"stocking",
"storing",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retractions":{
"as in denials , repudiations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"recantations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"bait and switches",
"switcheroos",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"about-faces",
"about-turns",
"flip-flops",
"reversals",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recapture":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"the recapture of the territory may take longer than expected"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclamation",
"recoupment",
"recovery",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"resonating":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the deep sounds of the bassoon resonated through the concert hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"resounding",
"reverberating",
"sounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ringing",
"rolling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrogress":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"regress",
"return",
"revert"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"throw back",
"ebb",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"drop",
"fall",
"retrograde",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"develop",
"evolve",
"progress"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revealer":{
"as in teller , gossiper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabber",
"discloser",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"prattler",
"quidnunc",
"teller",
"gaper",
"gawker",
"gawper",
"gazer",
"peeper",
"peeping Tom",
"prier",
"pryer",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"betrayer",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"busybody",
"buttinsky",
"buttinski",
"interferer",
"interloper",
"intermeddler",
"intruder",
"kibitzer",
"kibbitzer",
"meddler",
"nosey parker",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reverie":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late"
],
"synonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"study",
"trance",
"woolgathering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"preoccupation",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"released":{
"as in delivered , freed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"freed",
"liberated",
"disencumbered",
"free",
"quit",
"shut (of)",
"unburdened",
"unhampered",
"unimpeded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encumbered",
"handicapped",
"hindered",
"hobbled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
"examples":[
"the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"loosened",
"uncorked",
"unleashed",
"unlocked",
"unloosed",
"unloosened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unmoored",
"unshackled",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"haltered",
"hampered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"held",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed"
]
},
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"release the prisoners immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"paroled",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained"
]
},
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"disembarrassed",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"untangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disburdened",
"disencumbered",
"unburdened",
"unraveled",
"unsnarled",
"untied",
"untwined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"loaded",
"weighed"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroiled",
"entangled"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharged",
"emanated",
"emitted",
"evolved",
"exhaled",
"expelled",
"expired",
"gave out",
"irradiated",
"issued",
"radiated",
"sent (out)",
"shot",
"threw out",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminated",
"evacuated",
"excreted",
"exuded",
"oozed",
"secreted",
"ejected",
"erupted",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"outpoured",
"poured",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"sprayed",
"spurted",
"squirted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbed",
"inhaled",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)",
"took up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology"
],
"synonyms":[
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"restroom":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"I wasn't feeling well and had to make a number of trips to the restroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"bath",
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reexamining":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regal":{
"fit for or worthy of a royal ruler":{
"examples":[
"the actress's regal bearing makes her a perfect choice to play royalty on the screen"
],
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"kingly",
"monarchal",
"monarchial",
"monarchical",
"monarchic",
"princely",
"queenly",
"royal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"baronial",
"imperial",
"lordly",
"noble",
"patrician",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"monumental",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"examples":[
"envisioned a regal wedding with hundreds of guests, a full choir, and a reception at the fanciest hotel in town"
],
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"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
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"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
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"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rewetting":{
"as in rehydrating , rewashing":{
"examples":[],
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"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"splashing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing",
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repassing":{
"as in reenacting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacting",
"constituting",
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"making",
"ordaining",
"passing",
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"allowing",
"authorizing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"decreeing",
"dictating",
"proclaiming",
"administering",
"executing",
"approving",
"confirming",
"ratifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"invalidating",
"killing",
"nullifying",
"overturning",
"reversing",
"voiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repeals":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the company called the furniture store to repeal the order for six new desks"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"cancels",
"cries off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"scraps",
"scrubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws",
"countermands",
"reverses",
"rolls back",
"breaks off",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"holds back",
"interrupts",
"suspends",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engages",
"pledges",
"promises",
"begins",
"commences",
"initiates",
"starts",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"keeps"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"abolishes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"avoids",
"cancels",
"disannuls",
"dissolves",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"nulls",
"quashes",
"rescinds",
"rolls back",
"strikes down",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overrules",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"retracts",
"reverses",
"revokes",
"suspends",
"withdraws",
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"disallows",
"dismisses",
"rejects",
"annihilates",
"breaks down",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"throws out",
"writes off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacts",
"lays down",
"legislates",
"establishes",
"founds",
"institutes",
"formalizes",
"legalizes",
"legitimates",
"legitimizes",
"validates",
"passes",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"commands",
"decrees",
"mandates",
"orders",
"prescribes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"if I find that you have been lying about this, I'll instantly repeal every promise I made to you"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"the long overdue repeal of laws prohibiting interracial marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"abortions",
"callings",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"droppings",
"recalls",
"recisions",
"rescissions",
"revocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulments",
"invalidations",
"neutralizations",
"nullifications",
"voidances",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"endings",
"terminations",
"relinquishments",
"surrenders",
"reversals",
"rollbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"engagements",
"undertakings"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuations"
]
},
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the repeal of Prohibition during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatements",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"rescindments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regius professors":{
"as in professors , doctors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deans",
"docents",
"doctors",
"dons",
"professors",
"profs",
"educationists",
"educators",
"instructors",
"pedagogues",
"pedagogs",
"preceptors",
"schoolteachers",
"headmasters",
"masters",
"rectors",
"schoolmasters",
"headmistresses",
"instructresses",
"mistresses",
"schoolmarms",
"schoolma'ams",
"schoolmistresses",
"coaches",
"guides",
"gurus",
"preparers",
"trainers",
"mentors",
"tutoresses",
"tutors",
"drillmasters",
"inculcators",
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants",
"governesses",
"homeschoolers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recategorizes":{
"as in reclassifies , regroups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"subcategorizes",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relying (on)":{
"as in depending (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depending (on)",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"consulting",
"going (to)",
"referring (to)",
"resorting (to)",
"turning (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reposed":{
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"a little-explored region beneath which vast mineral reserves are said to repose"
],
"synonyms":[
"hid",
"holed up",
"lay",
"lurked",
"skulked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slunk",
"slinked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"reposed in the Caribbean sun, enjoying her break from the world of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"relaxed",
"rested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummed",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"hung around",
"idled",
"loafed",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"exercised",
"worked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"the Constitution reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over",
"vested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferred",
"granted",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"recommitted",
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respiring":{
"to inhale and exhale air":{
"examples":[
"though unconscious, the patient is still respiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing (out)",
"drawing",
"expiring",
"inbreathing",
"inspiring",
"gasping",
"huffing",
"panting",
"puffing",
"suspiring",
"wheezing",
"sniffing",
"snoring",
"snorting",
"snuffing",
"snuffling",
"whiffing",
"yawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiating",
"choking",
"gagging",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"garroting",
"garotting",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarriage":{
"as in intermarriage , miscegenation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"bigamy",
"polyamory",
"polyandry",
"polygamy",
"polygyny",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refines":{
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"worked on refining her backhand before the big tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"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"
]
},
"relaxant":{
"as in sedative , depressant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depressant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stimulant",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"resident":{
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
"examples":[
"a resident of Atlanta"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"inhabiter",
"occupant",
"resider",
"tenant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cohabitant",
"coresident",
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"national",
"subject",
"colonist",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"migrant",
"newcomer",
"settler",
"burgher",
"local",
"localite",
"townee",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"villager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"nonresident",
"guest",
"tourist",
"visitor",
"defector",
"emigrant",
"escaper",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"antonyms":[
"transient"
]
},
"as in nonmigratory , nonmigrant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonmigrant",
"nonmigratory",
"immobile",
"stationary",
"established",
"fast",
"fixed",
"rooted",
"sedentary",
"set",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"migrant",
"migratory",
"mobile",
"errant",
"fugitive",
"itinerant",
"nomadic",
"peregrine",
"peripatetic",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"tramp",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"wandering",
"wayfaring",
"ambulant",
"ambulatory",
"drifting",
"fiddle-footed",
"footloose",
"gadabout",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"traipsing",
"walking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"react":{
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"examples":[
"it was my first touchdown, and I didn't know how to react to the cheers of the crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"reply",
"respond"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answer",
"return",
"retaliate",
"construe",
"interpret",
"read",
"take",
"understand",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"grapple (with)",
"handle",
"manage",
"negotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act",
"behave",
"affect",
"cause",
"draw",
"effect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescissions":{
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"abortions",
"callings",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"droppings",
"recalls",
"recisions",
"repeals",
"revocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulments",
"invalidations",
"neutralizations",
"nullifications",
"voidances",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"endings",
"terminations",
"relinquishments",
"surrenders",
"reversals",
"rollbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"engagements",
"undertakings"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repeaters":{
"as in recidivists , relapsers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backsliders",
"recidivists",
"relapsers",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders",
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in assault weapons , machine guns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"AK-47s",
"assault rifles",
"assault weapons",
"automatics",
"carbines",
"machine guns",
"machine pistols",
"submachine guns",
"tommy guns",
"blunderbusses",
"breechloaders",
"culverins",
"fieldpieces",
"firelocks",
"flintlocks",
"harquebuses",
"arquebuses",
"matchlocks",
"muskets",
"rifles",
"shotguns",
"smoothbores",
"twenty-twos",
".22s",
"spearguns",
"self-loaders",
"semiautomatics",
"derringers",
"forty-fives",
".45s",
"gats",
"handguns",
"pistols",
"revolvers",
"rods",
"roscoes",
"sidearms",
"six-guns",
"six-shooters",
"zip guns",
"arms",
"firearms",
"guns",
"heat",
"pieces",
"small arms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebukes":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"delivered a stinging rebuke to the Congress, calling for an end to backstabbing and arguing"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"castigates",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"harangues",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"upbraids",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"knocks",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"derides",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"in a rare move, the state's supreme court rebuked the governor for trying to circumvent one of its recent rulings"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"objurgates",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chastises",
"castigates",
"punishes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"chews out",
"cuts up",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tells off",
"upbraids",
"belittles",
"criticizes",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"hails",
"honors",
"eulogizes",
"lauds",
"praises",
"approves",
"blesses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"cites",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rejiggers":{
"as in reengineers , reinvents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebury":{
"as in reinter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinter",
"cloak",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"shroud",
"coffin",
"obscure",
"shade",
"shield",
"conceal",
"cover",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"enshrine",
"immure",
"inurn",
"bury",
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"put away",
"tomb"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth",
"burn",
"cremate",
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncoffin"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revelers":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"partyers",
"partiers",
"partygoers",
"roisterers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanals",
"bingers",
"carousers",
"party animals",
"wassailers",
"cutups",
"skylarkers",
"noisemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reneges":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"my so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backs out",
"cops out",
"finks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickens (out)",
"wimps out",
"backpedals",
"backtracks",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disavows",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recalls",
"recants",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"begs off",
"cries off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"follows through (with)",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"honors",
"keeps",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"refused to renege the principles by which she had always lived her life, even if it resulted in losing her business"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehashes":{
"as in recaps , recapitulations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"reappraisals",
"reconsiderations",
"reexaminations",
"re-examinations",
"retrospections",
"retrospects",
"reviews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"previews"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in argues , suggests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argues",
"bandies",
"bats (around)",
"chews over",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"kicks around",
"moots",
"palavers",
"talks",
"talks over",
"ventilates",
"advises",
"confabs",
"confabulates",
"confers",
"consults",
"counsels",
"parleys",
"treats",
"recommends",
"suggests",
"directs",
"refers (to)",
"coaches",
"guides",
"tutors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"remarrying":{
"as in pairing off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pairing off",
"coupling",
"mating",
"marrying",
"wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorcing",
"separating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regenerate":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the neighborhood was regenerated thanks to a government grant for restoring all the old buildings and creating studio spaces for artists"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"dairy farming in the area was regenerated when new arrivals bought the old creamery"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the ex-convict credits his newfound faith with regenerating him beyond anything that he could have imagined"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitate",
"reclaim",
"redeem",
"reform",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recruit , convert":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"recruit",
"convert",
"neophyte",
"proselyte",
"catechumen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repass":{
"as in reenact":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenact",
"constitute",
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"make",
"ordain",
"pass",
"bring about",
"effect",
"allow",
"authorize",
"permit",
"sanction",
"decree",
"dictate",
"proclaim",
"administer",
"execute",
"approve",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"cancel",
"invalidate",
"kill",
"nullify",
"overturn",
"reverse",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reformed":{
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"volunteers at a sanctuary that tries to reform dogs with behavior problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitated",
"reclaimed",
"redeemed",
"regenerated",
"rehabilitated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducated",
"amended",
"improved",
"refined",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"restored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abased",
"cankered",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"lowered",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"examples":[
"a man who's been trying to reform ever since he got fired for missing too many days of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"mended",
"shaped up",
"straightened (up or out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"regenerated",
"bettered",
"improved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslid",
"regressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"red-penciled",
"remedied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resoundingly":{
"as in loudly , vociferously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blatantly",
"bloody murder",
"boisterously",
"clamorously",
"loudly",
"lustily",
"mightily",
"noisily",
"resonantly",
"stridently",
"thunderously",
"uproariously",
"vociferously",
"clearly",
"discernibly",
"distinctly",
"distinguishably",
"perceptibly",
"plainly",
"verbally",
"vocally",
"aloud",
"audibly",
"out",
"out loud"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaudibly",
"silently",
"soundlessly",
"voicelessly",
"faintly",
"feebly",
"low",
"noiselessly",
"quietly",
"softly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"recaps":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"after a recap of this morning's meeting, we can discuss the issues that were raised"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
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"abbreviations",
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"abridgements",
"compendiums",
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"simplifications",
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"reprises",
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"prolongs",
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"verb"
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"hearkened back (to)",
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"educed",
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"relived",
"represented"
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"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)"
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]
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"verb"
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"making or concerned with making official rules about what is acceptable in a particular business, activity, etc.":{
"examples":[
"a regulatory agency",
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"governmental",
"ministerial",
"official",
"parliamentary",
"administrative",
"directorial",
"executive",
"managerial",
"supervisory",
"authoritarian",
"despotic",
"dictatorial"
],
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"nonmanagerial",
"nonsupervisory"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in reattach , refix":{
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"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"recombine",
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
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"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
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"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"facelift",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"rehabilitations",
"rehabs",
"restorals",
"restorations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"fixings",
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations"
],
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"improvements",
"adjustments",
"alterations",
"modifications",
"revisions",
"clarifications",
"explanations",
"explications",
"additions",
"amplifications",
"supplements",
"cuts",
"deletions",
"amendments",
"corrections",
"emendations"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in retrain , reteach":{
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"reeducate",
"reteach",
"retrain",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"show",
"brief",
"familiarize",
"impart (to)",
"inform",
"verse",
"edify",
"enlighten",
"homeschool",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"instill",
"instil",
"catechize",
"lecture",
"moralize",
"preach",
"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"rear",
"drill",
"fit",
"ground",
"habilitate",
"prepare",
"prime",
"qualify"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"recoils",
"rebounds",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses",
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"responses",
"takes"
],
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"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reflex":{
"as in natural , unconscious":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"conditioned",
"natural",
"Pavlovian",
"reactive",
"simple",
"subconscious",
"subliminal",
"unconscious",
"unforced",
"visceral",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"instinctual",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"mechanic",
"mechanical",
"robotic",
"spontaneous",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"subtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"definitive",
"explicit",
"express",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"recoil",
"rebound",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"backlash",
"kickback",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse",
"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"response",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"even highly decaffeinated coffee contains a tiny residuum of caffeine"
],
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"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remains",
"remnant",
"residue",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reflection":{
"a briefly expressed opinion":{
"examples":[
"does anyone want to share their reflections on the passage we just read?"
],
"synonyms":[
"comment",
"note",
"remark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"commentary",
"exposition",
"aside",
"obiter dictum",
"annotation",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"advice",
"input"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a cause of shame":{
"examples":[
"your constant lying is a serious reflection on your character"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"scandal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"brand",
"slur",
"smirch",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma",
"taint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boast",
"glory",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure"
],
"antonyms":[
"credit",
"honor"
]
},
"a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something":{
"examples":[
"after reflection , they decided to refuse the offer on the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"study",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogitation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"pondering",
"rumination",
"introspection",
"agonizing",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"premeditation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reteaching":{
"as in retraining , reeducating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"reschooling",
"retraining",
"initiating",
"introducing",
"showing",
"briefing",
"familiarizing",
"imparting (to)",
"informing",
"versing",
"edifying",
"enlightening",
"homeschooling",
"implanting",
"inculcating",
"instilling",
"catechizing",
"lecturing",
"moralizing",
"preaching",
"directing",
"guiding",
"leading",
"rearing",
"drilling",
"fitting",
"grounding",
"habilitating",
"preparing",
"priming",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recorder":{
"as in reporter , transcriptionist":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"archivist",
"bookkeeper",
"reporter",
"transcriptionist",
"clerk",
"register",
"registrar",
"scribe",
"secretary",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"documenter",
"historian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebounds":{
"as in responses , rises":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"responses",
"takes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
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"bounces (back)",
"comes back",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"snaps back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"fails",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"glances",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes",
"grazes",
"nudges",
"rakes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bumps",
"contacts",
"hits",
"kisses",
"touches",
"sideswipes",
"reflects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recamier":{
"as in lounger , love seat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lounger",
"love seat",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"lounge",
"settee",
"sofa",
"squab",
"daybed",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"banquette",
"bench",
"ottoman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolt":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"soon the revolt had spread to every corner of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"rebellion",
"revolution",
"rising",
"uprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coup",
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
"coup d'etat",
"overthrow",
"misprision",
"sedition",
"treachery",
"treason",
"sabotage",
"subversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgency",
"counterrevolution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"gross out",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutiny",
"rebel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock",
"revolutionize",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"submit",
"attend",
"serve"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retransferred":{
"as in recommitted , retransmitted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommitted",
"redelivered",
"retransmitted",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"conferred",
"granted",
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over",
"vested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained",
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-examinations":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"the safety board's reexamination of the accident to see if it could have been prevented"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisals",
"reconsiderations",
"retrospections",
"retrospects",
"reviews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"rehashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"previews"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprisals":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"a peace agreement that was rejected because it contained no provisions for reprisals"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repasting":{
"as in feasting , banqueting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueting",
"feasting",
"dining",
"eating",
"faring",
"feeding",
"partaking",
"refreshing",
"victualing",
"victualling",
"chowing (down)",
"digging in",
"glutting",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"overeating",
"overfeeding",
"pigging out",
"grazing",
"nibbling",
"noshing",
"picking",
"snacking",
"boarding",
"dining out",
"messing",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"picnicking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieting",
"fasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprocessing":{
"as in processing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"processing",
"reusing",
"reclaiming",
"recovering",
"recycling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminiscences":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"his reminiscences about the war were painful to hear"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamneses",
"memories",
"recalls",
"recollections",
"remembrances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprinting":{
"as in republishing , reissuing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reissuing",
"republishing",
"copublishing",
"co-publishing",
"serializing",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"putting out",
"contributing",
"editing",
"syndicating",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"distributing",
"marketing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconcentrated":{
"as in recondensed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recondensed",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"richened",
"strengthened",
"evaporated",
"extracted",
"removed",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"compacted",
"hardened",
"solidified",
"boiled down",
"decocted",
"reduced",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"distilled",
"flushed",
"leached",
"purged",
"purified",
"refined",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diluted",
"watered (down)",
"adulterated",
"cut",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remain":{
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"examples":[
"one of the three bridges known as \"the London Bridge,\" it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"await",
"hang on",
"hold on",
"wait",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"linger",
"loiter",
"outstay",
"overstay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abscond",
"book",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"exit",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"leave",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fact remains : it's still impossible to be in two places at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"bide",
"continue",
"endure",
"hold on",
"hold up",
"keep up",
"last",
"perdure",
"persist",
"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"
]
},
"refrigerated":{
"as in frozen , iced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frore",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"unheated",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"arctic",
"cold",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"snappy",
"bitter",
"bleak",
"chill",
"chilling",
"chilly",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"raw",
"sharp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"warm",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"warmed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to lose heat":{
"examples":[
"refrigerate the cake after you frost it so that the frosting doesn't melt"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilled",
"cooled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air-conditioned",
"frosted",
"froze",
"iced",
"quick-froze",
"supercooled",
"ventilated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baked",
"boiled",
"broiled",
"steamed",
"heat-treated",
"tempered",
"microwaved"
],
"antonyms":[
"heated",
"toasted",
"warmed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"relapsing":{
"to return to a usually worse state or condition":{
"examples":[
"After a few good months of keeping their rooms clean, the kids relapsed into their old untidy habits."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"returning",
"reverting",
"throwing back",
"ebbing",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"dropping",
"falling",
"retrograding",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"evolving",
"progressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refeeds":{
"as in reprovisions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reprovisions",
"hand-feeds",
"spoon-feeds",
"underfeeds",
"force-feeds",
"overfeeds",
"surfeits",
"battens",
"fattens",
"fills",
"messes",
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"regales",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"sustains",
"serves",
"waits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reimaging":{
"as in redescribing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redescribing",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"touching off",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"tracing",
"vignetting",
"hinting",
"suggesting",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"showing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling",
"demonstrating",
"illustrating",
"characterizing",
"defining",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"qualifying",
"representing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"describing",
"drawing",
"imaging",
"limning",
"painting",
"picturing",
"portraying",
"rendering",
"setting out",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coloring",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"misdescribing",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoicings":{
"having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"the rejoicing parents of the bride"
],
"synonyms":[
"cock-a-hoop",
"crank",
"crowing",
"exultant",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"jubilant",
"prideful",
"proud",
"triumphant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"arrogant",
"boastful",
"cocky",
"conquering",
"victorious",
"winning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crestfallen",
"defeated",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"there was great rejoicing at the launch party for the book"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exuberating",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"jubilating",
"kvelling",
"triumphing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloating",
"preening",
"swelling",
"boasting",
"bragging",
"flaunting",
"parading",
"showing off",
"strutting",
"swaggering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"grieving",
"lamenting",
"regretting",
"weeping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (with)",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"feasting",
"gassing",
"gladdening",
"gladding",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"satisfying",
"suiting",
"warming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"exciting",
"tickling",
"titillating",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"treating",
"captivating",
"charming",
"galvanizing",
"thrilling",
"calming",
"comforting",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"agitating",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retching":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the smell of rotten cabbage makes me retch"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfing",
"gagging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"puking",
"spewing",
"spitting up",
"throwing up",
"upchucking",
"vomiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorging",
"regurgitating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"nauseating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recruited":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reports":{
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"startled by the report of a gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"pops",
"slams",
"smashes",
"snaps",
"thunderclaps",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whomps",
"whumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunks",
"whams",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"knocks",
"raps",
"taps",
"blares",
"clamors",
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"gave a full report of their trip to London"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"chronicles",
"chronologies",
"commentaries",
"histories",
"narrations",
"narratives",
"records",
"stories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"versions",
"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"witnesses",
"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
"logbooks",
"logs",
"memoirs",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"tales",
"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances",
"recitals",
"recitations",
"case histories",
"case studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"he's a player of good report in golfing circles"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"fames",
"marks",
"names",
"notes",
"odors",
"reps",
"reputations",
"reputes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credits",
"honors",
"celebrities",
"notorieties",
"renowns",
"images",
"personae",
"personas",
"admirations",
"regards",
"reverences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"will report the progress of the war effort before a congressional committee on Monday"
],
"synonyms":[
"charts",
"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"reported the lawyer's closing statement"
],
"synonyms":[
"jots (down)",
"logs",
"marks",
"notes",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"sets down",
"takes down",
"writes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"minutes",
"transcribes",
"enregisters",
"enters",
"inscribes",
"chalks (up)",
"notches",
"scores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refusing":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"withholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"repelling",
"spurning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"balking (at)",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affording",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"providing",
"supplying",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"warranting",
"according",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"conceding",
"granting",
"letting",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"permitting"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retaliatory":{
"as in retributive , revengeful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliative",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpunitive",
"compensatory",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"commuting",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rectifiable":{
"as in fixable , salvageable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correctable",
"fixable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"salvable",
"salvageable",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"encouraging",
"promising",
"reversible",
"curable",
"reclaimable",
"recoverable",
"redeemable",
"reformable",
"remediable",
"retrievable",
"savable",
"saveable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"incorrigible",
"incurable",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irreformable",
"irremediable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable",
"irreparable",
"irreversible",
"uncorrectable",
"unencouraging",
"unpromising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redraw":{
"as in revise , rewrite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reengaged":{
"as in rehired , reemployed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reflects (on or upon)":{
"as in reminisces , muses (upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reminisces",
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)",
"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":[]
},
"rethinking":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"since my efforts to solve this problem aren't working, I need to rethink my approach"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenroll":{
"as in rejoin , reenter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlist",
"reenter",
"rejoin",
"re-up",
"enlist (in)",
"enroll (in)",
"enter",
"join",
"sign on (for)",
"sign up (for)",
"get in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demit",
"drop out",
"quit",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recharter":{
"as in recertify , reapprove":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"revalidate",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarkets":{
"as in resells":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resells",
"presells",
"wholesales",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"puts up",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends",
"barters",
"distributes",
"exchanges",
"exports",
"handles",
"trades",
"traffics (in)",
"advertises",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"touts",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"auctions",
"provides",
"supplies",
"carries",
"keeps",
"stocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buys",
"purchases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recovery":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"the recovery of the sunken boat took over a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recoupment",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"examples":[
"his recovery from the flu was remarkably quick"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restate":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"though I couldn't remember the exact words he used, I restated his message as accurately as I could"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"rephrase",
"reword",
"translate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boil down",
"recapitulate",
"reiterate",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echo",
"repeat",
"copy",
"reproduce",
"transcribe"
],
"antonyms":[
"quote"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejuvenation":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"Hollywood was seeing the rejuvenation of kung fu movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reigniting":{
"as in rekindling , relighting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rekindling",
"relighting",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"searing",
"banking",
"stoking",
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"radiating",
"setting off",
"ashing",
"cremating",
"incinerating",
"kilning",
"baking",
"broiling",
"cooking",
"charring",
"frizzling",
"scorching",
"deflagrating",
"immolating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)",
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"stamping (out)",
"blackening",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprocess":{
"as in process":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"process",
"reuse",
"reclaim",
"recover",
"recycle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redelivering":{
"as in recommitting , retransmitting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommitting",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"conferring",
"granting",
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"residua":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"even highly decaffeinated coffee contains a tiny residuum of caffeine"
],
"synonyms":[
"balances",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainders",
"remains",
"remnants",
"residues",
"rests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragments",
"scraps",
"vestiges",
"butts",
"oddments",
"scrapings",
"stubs",
"stumps",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodies",
"bulks",
"mains",
"masses",
"mosts",
"weights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrieve":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewash":{
"as in rehydrate , rewet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rehydrate",
"rewet",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"splash",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"waterlog",
"water-soak",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear",
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reputed":{
"appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed":{
"examples":[
"this treatment is a reputed cure for colon cancer, but studies haven't confirmed that claim"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
"ostensive",
"presumed",
"prima facie",
"putative",
"seeming",
"supposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrable",
"external",
"outward",
"superficial",
"visible",
"conceivable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"supposable",
"likely",
"probable",
"clear",
"distinct",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"plain",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"illusive",
"illusory",
"imaginary",
"misleading",
"specious",
"fake",
"faked",
"feigned",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"alleged",
"claimed",
"professed",
"purported",
"so-called"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hidden",
"inapparent",
"implausible",
"impossible",
"improbable",
"inconceivable",
"unlikely",
"actual",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"established",
"genuine",
"real",
"substantiated",
"sure",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge":{
"examples":[
"a reputed oceanographer whose excellent work is known internationally"
],
"synonyms":[
"esteemed",
"estimable",
"name",
"prestigious",
"recognized",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"respected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"creditable",
"good",
"praiseworthy",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"famed",
"famous",
"honored",
"illustrious",
"notable",
"prominent",
"redoubtable",
"renowned",
"well-known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"seedy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"no-name",
"obscure",
"undistinguished",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"disreputable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redoubts":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"a massive stone redoubt at the entrance of the bay guarded the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"strongholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rephrases":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"I don't understand what you're asking\u2014could you rephrase your question?"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrases",
"restates",
"rewords",
"translates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boils down",
"recapitulates",
"reiterates",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoes",
"repeats",
"copies",
"reproduces",
"transcribes"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebukers":{
"as in scolds , haranguers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"ranters",
"reproachers",
"reprovers",
"scolds",
"upbraiders",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"grumblers",
"whiners",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"crucifiers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refound":{
"as in relaunch , reinstitute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinitiate",
"reinstitute",
"relaunch",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"construct",
"put up",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"author",
"father",
"originate",
"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"set up",
"start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"residencies":{
"the act or fact of residing in a place":{
"examples":[
"as much as I've enjoyed my residency in this state, it may be time to move on"
],
"synonyms":[
"habitations",
"occupancies",
"occupations",
"possessions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tenancies",
"tenantries",
"ownerships",
"proprietorships",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossessions",
"ejections",
"ejectments",
"vacancies",
"vacations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recitations":{
"as in litanies , recitals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumerations",
"litanies",
"recitals",
"iterations",
"repetitions",
"accounts",
"narrations",
"reports",
"stories",
"catalogs",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrograde":{
"directed, turned, or done toward the back":{
"examples":[
"retrograde pedaling will engage the brakes on that bike"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"rearward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reverse",
"reversed",
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"posterior",
"rear",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time":{
"examples":[
"the loft's retrograde decor seeks to capture the look and feel of the swinging '60s"
],
"synonyms":[
"antique",
"old-fashioned",
"old-school",
"old-time",
"old-timey",
"old-world",
"oldfangled",
"quaint",
"retro",
"vintage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"moldy",
"obsolete",
"rinky-dink",
"historic",
"historical",
"olden",
"traditional",
"old hat",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"superannuated",
"dated",
"fusty",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"stodgy",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"atavistic",
"fossilized",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"late",
"past",
"forgotten",
"remote",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"timeless",
"anachronistic",
"anachronic",
"anachronous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"chic",
"designer",
"fashionable",
"smart",
"stylish",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"updated",
"last",
"latest",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"latter-day",
"nontraditional",
"recent"
],
"antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernist",
"modernistic",
"new age",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date"
]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the Dark Ages, the period following the fall of the Roman Empire when Western civilization seriously retrograded"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophy",
"crumble",
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"devolve",
"ebb",
"regress",
"rot",
"sink",
"worsen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"wane",
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decompose",
"degrade",
"dilapidate",
"disintegrate",
"molder",
"putrefy",
"sour",
"spoil",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"debilitate",
"undermine",
"droop",
"fail",
"fall",
"flag",
"lag",
"languish",
"run down",
"sag",
"slip",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt"
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"upgrade",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"strengthen",
"advance",
"develop",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
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"ameliorate",
"improve",
"meliorate"
]
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"anticlockwise",
"counterclockwise",
"left-handed",
"left-handedly",
"reversely",
"widdershins",
"withershins",
"back",
"backward",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
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"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
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"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"schedule",
"slate",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note"
],
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"delete"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"polyhistors",
"polymaths",
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
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"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in unimpressive , unemotional":{
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"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
],
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"cathartic",
"cleansing",
"purificatory",
"purifying",
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refilling":{
"as in replenishing , refreshing":{
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"refreshing",
"reloading",
"repacking",
"replenishing",
"brimming",
"charging",
"cramming",
"heaping",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"loading",
"packing",
"stuffing",
"drenching",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"swamping",
"bloating",
"bulking",
"crowding",
"crushing",
"matting",
"pressing",
"ramming",
"shoving",
"squashing",
"squeezing",
"overcharging",
"overfilling",
"overflowing",
"saturating",
"honeycombing",
"penetrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightening",
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"exhausting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"cleaning",
"flushing",
"purging",
"scouring",
"sweeping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"evacuating",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repairable":{
"capable of being corrected":{
"examples":[
"the damage to her career from this scandal may not be repairable"
],
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"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"reparable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refuge":{
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"examples":[
"hunting is strictly forbidden in the wildlife refuge"
],
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"asylum",
"bolt-hole",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"retreat",
"sanctuary",
"sanctum",
"shelter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oasis",
"anchorage",
"mooring",
"port",
"cover",
"screen",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"house",
"housing",
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"rest",
"roof",
"cloister",
"closet",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"lair",
"castle",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"lean-to",
"lee",
"shed",
"windbreak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be or provide a shelter for":{
"examples":[
"a nation with a long, honorable history of refuging political asylum seekers"
],
"synonyms":[
"harbor",
"shelter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield",
"ward",
"domicile",
"house",
"place",
"quarter",
"shade",
"shadow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reverses":{
"to change (as an opinion) to the contrary":{
"examples":[
"the appeals court reversed the district court's decision"
],
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"switches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"overturns",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"strikes down",
"about-faces",
"backtracks",
"countermands",
"reverts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it",
"you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look"
],
"synonyms":[
"flips",
"inverts",
"turns over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposes",
"exchanges",
"interchanges",
"shifts",
"switches",
"overturns",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the party has suffered some major reverses as a result of the corruption scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knocks",
"lapses",
"reversals",
"setbacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointments",
"frustrations",
"letdowns",
"comedowns",
"declines",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"recessions",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"relapses",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quos"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
"examples":[
"how could you think I don't like pizza, when it's just the reverse : I love pizza"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodes",
"antitheses",
"contraries",
"counters",
"negatives",
"obverses",
"opposites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"negations",
"antonyms",
"counterpoints",
"converses",
"inverses",
"mirror images"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonyms",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"counterparts",
"carbon copies",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"replicas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"on the reverse of the ticket you'll find the notice that it's nontransferable"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"rears",
"tails"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"faces",
"foreheads",
"foreparts",
"fronts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retrieves":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconsecrating":{
"as in consecrating , sanctifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sacralizing",
"sanctifying",
"chastening",
"cleansing",
"lustrating",
"purifying",
"committing",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"canonizing",
"spiritualizing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"expurgating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrating",
"desacralizing",
"desanctifying",
"defiling",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"polluting",
"soiling",
"tainting",
"violating",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"cussing",
"damning",
"execrating",
"casting out",
"condemning",
"damning",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaffirmations":{
"as in confirmations , vindications":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmations",
"reconfirmations",
"vindications",
"arguments",
"justifications",
"rationalizations",
"reasons",
"announcements",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"allegations",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"asseverations",
"avouchments",
"avowals",
"claims",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"protestations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"disclaimers",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutations",
"disproofs",
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"contradictions",
"denials",
"negations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"renaissances":{
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
"examples":[
"the 19th-century literary renaissance that prompted people to refer to Boston as the Athens of America"
],
"synonyms":[
"belle epoques",
"belles \u00e9poques",
"golden ages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"silver ages",
"millennia",
"millenniums",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flowers",
"flushes",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"salad days",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"dark ages"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refits":{
"as in transformations , modifications":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"revisions",
"transformations",
"attunements",
"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"readaptations",
"readjustments",
"acclimations",
"acclimatizations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adaptions",
"adjustments",
"conformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in revamps , remodels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in refurnishes , reequips":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reequips",
"refurnishes",
"reoutfits",
"arms",
"fortifies",
"prepares",
"allocates",
"allots",
"assigns",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"stocks",
"stores",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"equips",
"fits (out)",
"furnishes",
"girds",
"kits (up or out)",
"outfits",
"provisions",
"rigs",
"supplies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reconstructs":{
"to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-creates",
"recreates",
"re-enacts",
"pieces together",
"reduplicates",
"repeats",
"reinvents",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"rehears",
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs",
"answers",
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"puzzles (out)",
"resolves",
"riddles (out)",
"solves",
"unravels",
"unriddles",
"works",
"works out",
"concludes",
"decides",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"reasons",
"clears (up)",
"irons out",
"straightens (out)",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revelings":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rearwards":{
"as in backs , rears":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backs",
"rears",
"reverses",
"innards",
"insides",
"interiors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"foreheads",
"foreparts",
"fronts",
"outsides",
"skins",
"surfaces",
"veneers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reduplicate":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
"antonyms":[
"originate"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renounce":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"in wake of the corruption scandal, the congressman was forced to renounce his seat in the House"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicate",
"abnegate",
"cede",
"relinquish",
"resign",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)",
"surrender"
],
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"abjure",
"demit",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"waive",
"forsake",
"give up",
"hand over",
"yield",
"abandon",
"desert",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"assume",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp",
"wrest",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"secure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"after another failed romance he vowed that he was renouncing the world and becoming a monk"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renege",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"responded (to)":{
"as in engaged (with) , reacted (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged (with)",
"reacted (to)",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"viewed",
"acted (toward)",
"dealt (with)",
"handled",
"served",
"treated",
"used",
"was (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebought":{
"as in swapped , exchanged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctioned",
"exchanged",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"resold",
"swapped",
"bargained",
"bartered",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated",
"transacted",
"bought",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took",
"dealt",
"traded",
"trafficked",
"distributed",
"fair-traded",
"marketed",
"peddled",
"retailed",
"sold",
"supplied",
"vended",
"wholesaled",
"black-marketed",
"bootlegged",
"fenced",
"smuggled",
"cornered",
"engrossed",
"monopolized",
"undersold",
"day-traded",
"invested",
"speculated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacked",
"boycotted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reimposing":{
"as in reapplying , relaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapplying",
"relaying",
"setting",
"inflicting",
"wreaking",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"bleeding",
"fleecing",
"gouging",
"milking",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"extorting",
"shaking down",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"docking",
"excising",
"mulcting",
"penalizing",
"taxing",
"assessing",
"charging",
"exacting",
"fining",
"imposing",
"laying",
"levying",
"putting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remitting",
"abating",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"forgiving",
"releasing",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"pardoning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutions":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"examples":[
"revved the engine to 3000 revolutions per minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrations",
"pirouettes",
"reels",
"rolls",
"rotations",
"spins",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuits",
"circulations",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"spirals",
"twists",
"whorls",
"circles",
"orbits",
"eddies",
"swirls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"the revolution by which the American colonies gained their independence from Great Britain necessitated going up against the world's most powerful army"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgences",
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"outbreaks",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"risings",
"uprisings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coups",
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
"coups d'etat",
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
"coup d'etats",
"overthrows",
"misprisions",
"seditions",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"sabotages",
"subversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgencies",
"counterrevolutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprisal":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"a peace agreement that was rejected because it contained no provisions for reprisals"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"after defeating them last year in the finals, our team nervously awaited the expected reprisal by our archrivals in this year's tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"payback",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reigned (over)":{
"as in dominated , lorded (it over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dictated",
"dominated",
"domineered",
"lorded (it over)",
"mastered",
"oppressed",
"tyrannized",
"administered",
"managed",
"micromanaged",
"oversaw",
"regulated",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"conquered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"conducted",
"directed",
"headed",
"led",
"bossed",
"captained",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"governed",
"presided (over)",
"ruled",
"swayed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechristens":{
"as in renames , relabels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relabels",
"renames",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"surnames",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"clepes",
"denominates",
"designates",
"dubs",
"entitles",
"labels",
"names",
"nominates",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrofitted":{
"to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built":{
"examples":[
"The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations.",
"We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"redeveloped",
"reedified",
"assembled",
"built",
"confected",
"constructed",
"erected",
"fabricated",
"made",
"made up",
"pieced",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"took down",
"tore down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repetitions":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"the repetition of the honor society's oath at the initiation ceremonies got old really quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red hots":{
"one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{
"examples":[
"the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue"
],
"synonyms":[
"crusaders",
"fanatics",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"true believers",
"zealots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"activists",
"dreamers",
"idealists",
"visionaries",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"idolizers",
"votaries",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"maniacs",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts",
"suckers",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"stalwarts",
"supporters",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"faddists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmilitants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reservists":{
"as in veterans , guardsmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"conscripts",
"draftees",
"enrollees",
"recruits",
"lifers",
"veterans",
"warhorses",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"combatants",
"noncombatants",
"diggers",
"gallowglasses",
"gendarmes",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"champions",
"knights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"real estates":{
"the largest number or amount that something can hold":{
"examples":[
"the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition"
],
"synonyms":[
"capacities",
"complements",
"cubages",
"volumes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdens",
"fills",
"loads",
"measures",
"areas",
"room",
"spaces",
"stowages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refusal":{
"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
"examples":[
"his flat refusal of our reasonable request was rather startling"
],
"synonyms":[
"declination",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"nay",
"no",
"nonacceptance",
"rejection",
"turndown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuff",
"repudiation",
"repulse",
"spurn",
"negative",
"ban",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowance",
"approval",
"grant",
"OK",
"okay"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reenacts":{
"to act out a past event; to enact again":{
"examples":[
"The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reduplicates",
"repeats",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
"puts through",
"recreates",
"reinvents",
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"replicates",
"reprises",
"depicts",
"dramatizes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"represents",
"role-plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoices (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"gets off (on)",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"enjoys",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"retains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeps",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"bears",
"carries",
"boasts",
"shows off",
"sports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"needs",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacks",
"wants"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"reanalyzes":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"you need to reanalyze the data, because the numbers don't tally"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red meats":{
"as in games , variety meats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"games",
"poultries",
"variety meats",
"flesh",
"meats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rescue":{
"the saving from danger or evil":{
"examples":[
"stranded people hoping for rescue from the rising floodwaters"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliverance",
"salvation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransom",
"recovery",
"redemption",
"extrication",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safeguarding",
"security",
"conservation",
"guardianship",
"preservation",
"safekeeping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail out",
"bring off",
"deliver",
"save"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salvage",
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"recover"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopardize",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"restrainedly":{
"as in reasonably , sensibly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conservatively",
"moderately",
"prudently",
"reasonably",
"sensibly",
"temperately",
"cheaply",
"economically",
"frugally",
"inexpensively",
"meagerly",
"poorly",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"sparingly",
"thriftily",
"unpretentiously",
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"richly",
"sumptuously",
"imposingly",
"impressively",
"magnificently",
"splendidly",
"grandiosely",
"ostentatiously",
"pompously",
"pretentiously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"refresh":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"brought out some iced tea to refresh the spirits of the folks working out in the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"we were looking for a family-friendly restaurant where we could sit down and refresh before continuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"dine",
"eat",
"fare",
"feed",
"partake",
"victual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquet",
"feast",
"repast",
"chow (down)",
"dig in",
"glut",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"overeat",
"overfeed",
"pig out",
"graze",
"nibble",
"nosh",
"pick",
"snack",
"board",
"mess",
"dine out",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"picnic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diet",
"fast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revelry":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refreshing":{
"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
"examples":[
"the cool wind off the ocean is refreshing on such a hot day"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracing",
"cordial",
"invigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulating",
"stimulative",
"tonic",
"vital",
"vitalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"life-giving",
"conditioning",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"quickening",
"sharp",
"corrective",
"curative",
"curing",
"medicinal",
"rectifying",
"recuperative",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"rehabilitative",
"remedial",
"remedying",
"reparative",
"therapeutic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadening",
"debilitating",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"numbing",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"wearying",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"brought out some iced tea to refresh the spirits of the folks working out in the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"we were looking for a family-friendly restaurant where we could sit down and refresh before continuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"dining",
"eating",
"faring",
"feeding",
"partaking",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueting",
"feasting",
"repasting",
"chowing (down)",
"digging in",
"glutting",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"overeating",
"overfeeding",
"pigging out",
"grazing",
"nibbling",
"noshing",
"picking",
"snacking",
"boarding",
"dining out",
"messing",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"picnicking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieting",
"fasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reek":{
"a strong unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"a terrible reek coming from the garbage can"
],
"synonyms":[
"funk",
"stench",
"stink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acridness",
"fetidness",
"foulness",
"fustiness",
"malodorousness",
"mustiness",
"odoriferousness",
"odorousness",
"rancidity",
"rankness",
"staleness",
"badness",
"vileness",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"nastiness",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"emission",
"odor",
"redolence",
"scent",
"sniff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floweriness",
"lusciousness",
"savoriness",
"spiciness",
"sweetness",
"bouquet",
"ambrosia"
],
"antonyms":[
"aroma",
"fragrance",
"perfume"
]
},
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"examples":[
"couldn't see through the reek of smog and smoke surrounding the steel plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"brume",
"fog",
"gauze",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"smog",
"soup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank",
"cloud",
"fume",
"miasma",
"smoke",
"smother",
"steam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"those old sneakers reek something awful"
],
"synonyms":[
"stink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exhale",
"savor",
"savour",
"smell",
"decay",
"decompose",
"rot",
"spoil",
"disgust",
"offend",
"repulse",
"revolt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"remonstrations":{
"as in warnings , alerts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alarms",
"alarums",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"expostulations",
"forewarnings",
"remonstrances",
"urgings",
"warnings",
"advisements",
"considerations",
"thoughts",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"observations",
"verdicts",
"answers",
"solutions",
"assistances",
"briefings",
"directions",
"instructions",
"primings",
"promptings",
"teachings",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"interferences",
"hints",
"pointers",
"tips",
"exhortations",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"sermons",
"speeches",
"recommendations",
"suggestions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconfirmations":{
"as in confirmations , reaffirmations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmations",
"reaffirmations",
"vindications",
"arguments",
"justifications",
"rationalizations",
"reasons",
"announcements",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"allegations",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"asseverations",
"avouchments",
"avowals",
"claims",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"protestations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"disclaimers",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutations",
"disproofs",
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"contradictions",
"denials",
"negations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retools":{
"as in rejiggers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rejiggers",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewaked":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviewer":{
"a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"many reviewers were unhappy with the movie's cryptic ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"critic",
"pundit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyst",
"annotator",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"observer",
"appraiser",
"evaluator",
"judge",
"referee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redolences":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"breathed in the redolence of the apple orchard"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"attars",
"ottos",
"balms",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"incenses",
"perfumes",
"scents",
"spices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essences",
"odors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetors",
"malodors",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks"
]
},
"the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"the redolence of fir trees always reminds me of Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"odors",
"scents",
"smells",
"sniffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"whiffs",
"attars",
"ottos",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"perfumes",
"ambrosias",
"savors",
"savours",
"spices",
"tangs",
"fetors",
"funks",
"malodors",
"rancidities",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks",
"aromaticities",
"incenses",
"musks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprised":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the prosecutor's closing statement effectively reprised the case against the defendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"recapped",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"let us not reprise the stupid mistakes we made last time"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reduplicated",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"repeated",
"replicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respectableness":{
"as in decorousness , suitableness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repellant":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"your snobbish behavior towards my friends is so repellent I can't stand to be around you anymore"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redevelops":{
"as in revamps , revises":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recasts",
"redesigns",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"contemporizes",
"modernizes",
"streamlines",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuilds , reconstructs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembles",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprimands":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"while reviewing the troops, the officer delivered a curt reprimand to one of the soldiers"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"rebukes",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"reprimanded the summer intern for her constant tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"reprimanded the student for using the lax grammar and punctuation of text messaging in a term paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"castigates",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"harangues",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"upbraids",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"knocks",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"derides",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"the president was forced to reprimand the general for publicly voicing his disagreements with the nation's foreign policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"objurgates",
"rebukes",
"reproaches",
"reproves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chastises",
"castigates",
"punishes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"chews out",
"cuts up",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tells off",
"upbraids",
"belittles",
"criticizes",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"hails",
"honors",
"eulogizes",
"lauds",
"praises",
"approves",
"blesses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"cites",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reprises":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"his second marriage turned out to be a reprise of the first one: equally disastrous, simply shorter"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the prosecutor's closing statement effectively reprised the case against the defendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"boils down",
"briefs",
"digests",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"outlines",
"recapitulates",
"recaps",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"synopsizes",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridges",
"condenses",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"shortens",
"downsizes",
"shrinks",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"decocts",
"essentializes",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"amplifies",
"elaborates (on or upon)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"let us not reprise the stupid mistakes we made last time"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"repeats",
"replicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"readdress":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the Senate will readdress pending gun control legislation in their next session"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restore":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"restore an old car"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
"restored the trophy to its proper place at the center of the shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"replace",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconvey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redacts":{
"to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information":{
"examples":[
"Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.",
"The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"cleans (up)",
"expurgates",
"launders",
"red-pencils",
"blue-pencils",
"cancels",
"crosses (out)",
"deles",
"deletes",
"edits (out)",
"elides",
"kills",
"scratches (out)",
"strikes (out)",
"strokes (out)",
"x's (out)",
"blots out",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"wipes out",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"clips",
"cuts",
"excises",
"removes",
"abbreviates",
"crops",
"shortens",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasserts":{
"as in reaffirms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffirms",
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"insists",
"maintains",
"professes",
"protests",
"purports",
"warrants",
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"proclaims",
"argues",
"rationalizes",
"reasons",
"confirms",
"justifies",
"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
"supports",
"upholds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters",
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requiter":{
"as in castigator , chastiser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avenger",
"castigator",
"chastiser",
"nemesis",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante",
"redresser",
"righter",
"revenger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reserve":{
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk showed great reserve in dealing with the unreasonable demands of the angry customer"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
]
},
"a collection of things kept available for future use or need":{
"examples":[
"our fuel reserves are low"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"deposit",
"hoard",
"store"
],
"near synonyms":[
"budget",
"fund",
"nest egg",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"bank",
"pool",
"reservoir",
"stock",
"stockpile",
"supply",
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"when the first brigade fell back in retreat, the commander sent out the reserves to try to hold the line of battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original":{
"examples":[
"don't throw that extra bike chain away, as I want to keep it as a reserve in case the current one breaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"extra",
"spare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"substitute",
"stock",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"double",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"replacement",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
"examples":[
"we made sure to reserve a kennel for our dog several months before the start of the family vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeak",
"book"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earmark",
"contract",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"I'm reserving the right to work by myself if you don't do your share of the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserve",
"guard",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"boast",
"enjoy",
"have",
"own",
"possess",
"command",
"control",
"detain",
"direct",
"manage",
"rule",
"bear",
"harbor",
"cherish",
"cling (to)",
"hug",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"cede",
"drop",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand out",
"discard",
"dump",
"decline",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[
"give up",
"hand over",
"release",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
]
},
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"we must reserve this cup for ceremonial use only"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"save",
"set by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebounded":{
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced (back)",
"came back",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"snapped back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"failed",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"glanced",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"grazed",
"nudged",
"raked",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bumped",
"contacted",
"hit",
"kissed",
"touched",
"sideswiped",
"reflected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoicer":{
"as in reveler , celebrant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carouser",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer",
"cutup",
"jester",
"live wire",
"libertine",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"rake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drag",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"wet blanket",
"fuddy-duddy",
"goody-goody",
"Goody Two-shoes",
"old maid",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"defeatist",
"Jeremiah",
"knocker",
"pessimist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regurgitate":{
"to discharge (something) previously consumed":{
"examples":[
"The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorge",
"eject",
"expel",
"barf",
"gag",
"heave",
"hurl",
"puke",
"retch",
"spew",
"spit up",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit",
"nauseate",
"disgust",
"gross out",
"put off",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off",
"turn one's stomach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuys":{
"as in swaps , exchanges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctions",
"exchanges",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"resells",
"swaps",
"bargains",
"barters",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates",
"transacts",
"buys",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes",
"deals",
"trades",
"traffics",
"distributes",
"fair-trades",
"markets",
"peddles",
"retails",
"sells",
"supplies",
"vends",
"wholesales",
"black-markets",
"bootlegs",
"fences",
"smuggles",
"corners",
"engrosses",
"monopolizes",
"undersells",
"day-trades",
"invests",
"speculates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacks",
"boycotts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refurbished":{
"as in renewed , remodeled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"modernized",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"fresh",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated",
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make improvements or repairs to (something, such as a building)":{
"examples":[
"They are refurbishing the old house.",
"They sell refurbished computers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"regions":{
"a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{
"examples":[
"if you look in the upper left region of the sky, you can see the constellation Orion"
],
"synonyms":[
"areas",
"demesnes",
"fields",
"zones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corners",
"sections",
"locales",
"localities",
"locations",
"loci",
"places",
"points",
"positions",
"sites",
"spaces",
"spots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"corn is mostly grown in the central regions of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts",
"corridors",
"lands",
"necks",
"parts",
"tracts",
"zones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"districts",
"domains",
"latitudes",
"ranges",
"realms",
"terrains",
"territories",
"neighborhoods",
"vicinities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reiterating":{
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"the pianist's valedictory concert will reiterate the program he played on the national tour"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"I want to reiterate that under no circumstances are you to leave the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"chiming",
"dinning",
"iterating",
"rehearsing",
"repeating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrasing",
"rewording",
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"mouthing",
"parroting",
"abstracting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapitulating",
"recapping",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relapsers":{
"as in repeaters , recidivists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backsliders",
"recidivists",
"repeaters",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders",
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redescribing":{
"as in reimaging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reimaging",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"touching off",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"tracing",
"vignetting",
"hinting",
"suggesting",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"showing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling",
"demonstrating",
"illustrating",
"characterizing",
"defining",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"qualifying",
"representing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"describing",
"drawing",
"imaging",
"limning",
"painting",
"picturing",
"portraying",
"rendering",
"setting out",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coloring",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"misdescribing",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restudy":{
"as in reassess , reappraise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise",
"rehear",
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in research":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"research",
"con",
"learn",
"memorize",
"read",
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"grasp",
"know",
"understand",
"analyze",
"deduce",
"find out",
"absorb",
"digest",
"grind",
"swot",
"cram",
"bone (up)",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recoup":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"recompense",
"remunerate",
"requite",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"redress",
"remedy",
"repair",
"discharge",
"pay",
"quit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retaliating":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"retaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenging",
"redressing",
"requiting",
"revenging",
"venging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigating",
"fixing",
"getting",
"penalizing",
"punishing",
"scourging",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"righting",
"compensating",
"paying (back)",
"recompensing",
"repaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolving",
"condoning",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reimbursing":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"make sure you keep your receipts so we can reimburse you for your expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"refunding",
"repaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giving back",
"reciprocating",
"rendering (to)",
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"remunerating",
"liquidating",
"paying down",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"satisfying",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalculates":{
"as in refigures , recomputes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputes",
"refigures",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"rates",
"values",
"calibrates",
"gauges",
"gages",
"measures",
"scales",
"counts",
"itemizes",
"numbers",
"figures out",
"solves (for)",
"allows (for)",
"deducts",
"factors (in or into or out)",
"figures in",
"adds",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"adds up",
"averages",
"sums",
"tallies",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"works out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoices in":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"gets off (on)",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"enjoys",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"retains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeps",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"bears",
"carries",
"boasts",
"shows off",
"sports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"needs",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacks",
"wants"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"religionless":{
"lacking religious emotions, principles, or practices":{
"examples":[
"some people of faith had misgivings about electing a religionless politician"
],
"synonyms":[
"godless",
"irreligious",
"nonreligious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchless",
"unchurched",
"heathen",
"pagan",
"paganish",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"blasphemous",
"impious",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"sacrilegious",
"agnostic",
"atheistic",
"atheistical",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devout",
"God-fearing",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"sanctimonious",
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"devotional",
"spiritual"
],
"antonyms":[
"religious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rejoicingly":{
"as in gleefully , cheerfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"sunnily",
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly",
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reunited":{
"as in rejoined , reconnected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recombined",
"reconnected",
"rejoined",
"reunified",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refresher":{
"something that helps you to remember something you have forgotten; a reminder about something \u2014 usually singular \u2014 usually + on":{
"examples":[
"Before we play, I need a refresher on the rules.",
"Some people need a refresher on how to be polite."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushup",
"review",
"drill",
"exercise",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"training",
"workout",
"assignment",
"homework",
"lesson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaccept":{
"as in reassume":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassume",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"stand by",
"support",
"uphold",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take up",
"accept",
"assume",
"bear",
"shoulder",
"take over",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate",
"abjure",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"abandon",
"abnegate",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relabels":{
"as in renames , rechristens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rechristens",
"renames",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"surnames",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"clepes",
"denominates",
"designates",
"dubs",
"entitles",
"labels",
"names",
"nominates",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repertoires":{
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"examples":[
"the chef's repertoire of specialties seems to be limited, with several of the dishes appearing over and over again in slightly varied guises"
],
"synonyms":[
"budgets",
"forces",
"funds",
"inventories",
"pools",
"reservoirs",
"stocks",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"refills",
"renewals",
"replacements",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recurved":{
"as in cupped , alveolar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant",
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"resettles":{
"to move from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"The couple grew tired of the harsh winters and ultimately decided to resettle down South in their retirement."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"migrates",
"relocates",
"transfers",
"journeys",
"peregrinates",
"pilgrimages",
"tours",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips",
"voyages",
"defects",
"emigrates",
"road-trips",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"knocks (about)",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reintegrating":{
"as in integrating , desegregating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"desegregating",
"integrating",
"assimilating",
"associating",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting",
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosing",
"releasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"separating",
"sequestering",
"quarantining",
"confining",
"immuring",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"restraining",
"restricting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refusenik":{
"as in refuser , recusant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recusant",
"refuser",
"discontent",
"malcontent",
"defier",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"revolutionizer",
"abandoner",
"come-outer",
"dropout",
"leaver",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"quisling",
"traitor",
"traitress",
"traitoress",
"turnabout",
"turncoat",
"apostate",
"defector",
"deserter",
"recreant",
"renegade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"supporter",
"fanatic",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restitutes":{
"as in reimburses , refunds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gives back",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"pays",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"satisfies",
"avenges",
"gets back (at)",
"retaliates",
"revenges",
"exchanges",
"reciprocates",
"recompenses",
"repays",
"requites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassessments":{
"as in transvaluations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"transvaluations",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"overestimations",
"overevaluations",
"calculations",
"computations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"underestimations",
"appraisals",
"appraisements",
"assessments",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"reckonings",
"valuations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recanting":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"reneging",
"renouncing",
"repealing",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"abandoning",
"bolting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"stating",
"vouching",
"vowing",
"backing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhering (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescind":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the library refused to rescind its decision to include the controversial book in its collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"revoke",
"scrap",
"scrub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the new mayor vowed not to seek to rescind existing laws prohibiting smoking in the city's public places"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"avoid",
"cancel",
"disannul",
"dissolve",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"null",
"nullify",
"quash",
"repeal",
"roll back",
"strike down",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermand",
"override",
"overrule",
"overturn",
"veto",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"retract",
"reverse",
"revoke",
"suspend",
"withdraw",
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"disallow",
"dismiss",
"reject",
"annihilate",
"break down",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"throw out",
"write off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"establish",
"found",
"institute",
"formalize",
"legalize",
"legitimate",
"legitimize",
"validate",
"pass",
"ratify",
"allow",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"permit",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"command",
"decree",
"mandate",
"order",
"prescribe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"responsibility":{
"the state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right":{
"examples":[
"responsibility for the accident lies with the driver who was speeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"fault",
"liability"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accountability",
"answerability"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"I had the responsibility of closing up the shop at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"duty",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"office"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"the newspaper publisher should hire kids of greater responsibility to deliver its papers"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recrimination":{
"an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you":{
"examples":[
"The discussion turned into a heated debate with recriminations flying back and forth."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incrimination",
"charge",
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment",
"rap",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"plea",
"crimination",
"counteraccusation",
"countercharge",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"implication",
"imputation",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regressing":{
"as in receding , retrogressing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"receding",
"retrogressing",
"arrested",
"ended",
"halted",
"stalled",
"stopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afoot",
"ongoing",
"proceeding",
"functioning",
"happening",
"operating",
"working",
"afloat",
"alive",
"going"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"in extreme circumstances, people sometimes regress to the behavior they exhibited in childhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"retrogressing",
"returning",
"reverting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"relapsing",
"throwing back",
"ebbing",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"dropping",
"falling",
"retrograding",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"developing",
"evolving",
"progressing"
]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the annual celebration has regressed to the point where it's nothing more than an excuse to get drunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophying",
"crumbling",
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"devolving",
"ebbing",
"retrograding",
"rotting",
"sinking",
"worsening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"waning",
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decomposing",
"degrading",
"dilapidating",
"disintegrating",
"moldering",
"putrefying",
"souring",
"spoiling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"debilitating",
"undermining",
"drooping",
"failing",
"falling",
"flagging",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"running down",
"sagging",
"slipping",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettering",
"upgrading",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"strengthening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"improving",
"meliorating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"resounds":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"folk songs that resound the noble deeds of the nation's heroes of yore"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"carols",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"hymns",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"belauds",
"deifies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"renowns",
"salutes",
"chants",
"cheers",
"eulogizes",
"rhapsodizes",
"cites",
"flatters",
"cracks up",
"recommends",
"touts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"criticizes",
"reproves",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"keelhauls",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"castigates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder resounded across the plain"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoes",
"reechos",
"resonates",
"reverberates",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rings",
"rolls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"religionist":{
"one who professes a religious faith":{
"examples":[
"makes the case that one need not be a religionist to have basic moral values"
],
"synonyms":[
"believer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fundamentalist",
"cultist",
"pietist",
"zealot",
"deist",
"monotheist",
"polytheist",
"theist",
"churchgoer",
"communicant",
"congregant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reloaded":{
"as in refreshed , replenished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refilled",
"refreshed",
"repacked",
"replenished",
"brimmed",
"charged",
"crammed",
"heaped",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed",
"drenched",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"swamped",
"bloated",
"bulked",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"matted",
"pressed",
"rammed",
"shoved",
"squashed",
"squeezed",
"overcharged",
"overfilled",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"honeycombed",
"penetrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightened",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"cleaned",
"flushed",
"purged",
"scoured",
"swept",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"evacuated",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relegates":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishes",
"deports",
"displaces",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casts out",
"dismisses",
"ejects",
"eliminates",
"evicts",
"excludes",
"expels",
"expulses",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"runs out",
"throws out",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"dispossesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalizes",
"repatriates",
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes in",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"houses",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reneging":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"my so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backing out",
"copping out",
"finking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickening (out)",
"wimping out",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"disavowing",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"begging off",
"crying off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhering (to)",
"following through (with)",
"complying (with)",
"fulfilling",
"honoring",
"keeping",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"refused to renege the principles by which she had always lived her life, even if it resulted in losing her business"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"repealing",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"abandoning",
"bolting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"stating",
"vouching",
"vowing",
"backing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhering (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remains":{
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
"examples":[
"the remains of the house ripped apart by the tornado littered the block for weeks afterward"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashes",
"debris",
"detritus",
"flotsam",
"residue",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"wreck",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jetsam",
"leavings",
"remnant",
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dead body":{
"examples":[
"archaeologists discovered the remains of an Incan woman and carefully excavated her burial site, which promised to yield important clues about her status"
],
"synonyms":[
"bones",
"cadaver",
"carcass",
"corpse",
"corpus",
"corse",
"relics",
"stiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mummy",
"carnage",
"carrion",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"gathered up the remains of the buffet and delivered them to a local homeless shelter"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"residue",
"residuum",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"examples":[
"one of the three bridges known as \"the London Bridge,\" it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awaits",
"hangs on",
"holds on",
"waits",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"outstays",
"overstays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absconds",
"books",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates"
],
"antonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"exits",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"leaves",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fact remains : it's still impossible to be in two places at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"bides",
"continues",
"endures",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps up",
"lasts",
"perdures",
"persists",
"runs on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingers",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"carries through",
"prevails",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"desists",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebelling (against)":{
"to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{
"examples":[
"experts tell parents that if their once-compliant children rebel against them, then they should take it as a sign the kids are growing up and becoming their own persons"
],
"synonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobliging",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"brushing (off)",
"dismissing",
"flouting",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulating (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"serving",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"cooperating (with)",
"keeping",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"obliging",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
],
"antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repository":{
"a building for storing goods":{
"examples":[
"nurses going back and forth to the medication repository"
],
"synonyms":[
"depository",
"depot",
"magazine",
"storage",
"storehouse",
"warehouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cache",
"stockroom",
"storeroom",
"bank",
"bin",
"container",
"locker",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"arsenal",
"dump",
"stowage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redesigned":{
"to change the design of (something)":{
"examples":[
"The book's cover has been redesigned for the new edition.",
"We're redesigning our kitchen.",
"a newly redesigned website"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"seasoned",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respecting":{
"having to do with":{
"examples":[
"respecting your earlier question, I'd like to make an additional comment"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"apropos",
"apropos of",
"as far as",
"as for",
"as regards",
"as respects",
"as to",
"concerning",
"of",
"on",
"regarding",
"touching",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in upholding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"upholding",
"noninfringement",
"observance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breach",
"contravention",
"infraction",
"infringement",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"misprision",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"wrong",
"disregard",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"nonobservance",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"an upstanding senator who is respected by political allies and foes alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"regarding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"praising",
"delighting (in)",
"drinking (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"digging",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"doting (on)",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"deploring",
"disapproving",
"discountenancing",
"discounting",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"dismissing",
"disregarding",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"kissing off",
"scorning",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"repatriations":{
"as in returns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"returns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banishments",
"deportations",
"displacements",
"exiles",
"expatriations",
"expulsions",
"relegations",
"ostracisms",
"extraditions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relied (on or upon)":{
"as in waited (for) , counted (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banked on",
"counted (on or upon)",
"depended (on or upon)",
"waited (for)",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"hoped (for)",
"watched (for)",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"foresaw",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"prophesied",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"contemplated",
"eyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubted",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resented":{
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"a public prosecutor who resents the nice clothes, fancy car, and big house that his old law school classmate has",
"always resented her baby brother, whom her parents doted on"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudged",
"envied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)",
"salivated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoitered":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scouted",
"explored",
"hunted",
"probed",
"prospected",
"searched",
"skirred",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"revealed",
"unearthed",
"fathomed",
"plumbed",
"sounded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resuming":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuing",
"picking up",
"proceeding (with)",
"renewing",
"reopening",
"restarting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"recrudescing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"consummating",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"belaying",
"breaking",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"checking",
"cutting",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"scuttling",
"shutting off",
"staying",
"stopping",
"terminating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionizer":{
"as in rebel , revolter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defier",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"abandoner",
"come-outer",
"dropout",
"leaver",
"discontent",
"malcontent",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"quisling",
"traitor",
"traitress",
"traitoress",
"turnabout",
"turncoat",
"recusant",
"refusenik",
"refusnik",
"refuser",
"apostate",
"defector",
"deserter",
"recreant",
"renegade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"supporter",
"fanatic",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rejudging":{
"as in reevaluating , reassessing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"revaluing",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"guesstimating",
"rating",
"setting",
"valuating",
"valuing",
"adjudging",
"deeming",
"judging",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"discovering",
"learning",
"pricing",
"prizing",
"deciding",
"settling",
"analyzing",
"assaying",
"surveying",
"testing",
"transvaluating",
"transvaluing",
"misesteeming",
"misjudging",
"misprizing",
"underestimating",
"undervaluing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reengaging":{
"as in rehiring , reemploying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaping":{
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
"examples":[
"my great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe"
],
"synonyms":[
"gathering",
"harvesting",
"picking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamming",
"fishing",
"sealing",
"shrimping",
"whaling",
"accumulating",
"foraging",
"garnering",
"gleaning",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"hunting",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"cropping",
"growing",
"raising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"planting",
"seeding",
"sowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regretted":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"we regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaned",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"repented",
"rued"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"bewailed",
"grieved (for)",
"mourned",
"sorrowed (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted (in)",
"enjoyed",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"residences":{
"the place where one lives":{
"examples":[
"police stopped by his residence to question him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"roofs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"countryseats",
"estates",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"mansions",
"McMansions",
"palaces",
"villas",
"farmhouses",
"granges",
"haciendas",
"homesteads",
"double-wides",
"houseboats",
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"motor homes",
"recreational vehicles",
"RVs",
"trailers",
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"rectories",
"vicarages",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relies (on or upon)":{
"as in waits (for) , counts (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banks on",
"counts (on or upon)",
"depends (on or upon)",
"waits (for)",
"anticipates",
"awaits",
"expects",
"hopes (for)",
"watches (for)",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foresees",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"prophesies",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"contemplates",
"eyes",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubts",
"questions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"republishing":{
"as in reprinting , reissuing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reissuing",
"reprinting",
"copublishing",
"co-publishing",
"serializing",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"putting out",
"contributing",
"editing",
"syndicating",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"distributing",
"marketing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repentances":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"preached that repentance was the first step on the path of redemption"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"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"
]
},
"recantation":{
"as in denial , disavowal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"about-face",
"about-turn",
"flip-flop",
"reversal",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remembered":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I remember very clearly the fun we had that long-ago summer, but I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recalled",
"recollected",
"reminisced (about)",
"reproduced",
"thought (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptured",
"recurred",
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"extracted",
"raised",
"reminded",
"relived",
"represented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembered",
"forgot",
"unlearned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reveries":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late"
],
"synonyms":[
"studies",
"trances",
"woolgatherings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"musings",
"absorptions",
"abstractions",
"preoccupations",
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reasoned (with)":{
"as in got , talked (into)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argued",
"brought",
"brought around",
"converted",
"convinced",
"gained",
"got",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"satisfied",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)",
"blandished",
"blarneyed",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"entreated",
"exhorted",
"fast-talked",
"urged",
"wheedled",
"chewed over",
"conversed",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"allured",
"beguiled",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"snowed",
"tempted",
"inclined",
"influenced",
"prompted",
"sold",
"swayed",
"attracted",
"drew",
"enticed",
"interested",
"brainwashed",
"overpersuaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"unsold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redirects":{
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"upon hearing the noise, he redirected his gaze to the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflects",
"diverts",
"swings",
"turns",
"veers",
"wheels",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averts",
"deviates",
"moves",
"rechannels",
"shifts",
"shunts",
"sidetracks",
"swerves",
"switches",
"transfers",
"swivels",
"twists",
"whirls",
"zigzags",
"bends",
"curves",
"sways",
"reverses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolters":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"Spartacus, who led a slave revolt in ancient Rome, has served as an inspiration for a number of other revolters over the centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinvestigated":{
"as in reassessed , reappraised":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"restudied",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in investigated , examined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delved (into)",
"dug (into)",
"examined",
"explored",
"inquired (into)",
"investigated",
"looked (into)",
"probed",
"researched",
"browsed",
"cruised",
"perused",
"scanned",
"skimmed (through)",
"surfed",
"thumbed (through)",
"inspected",
"sifted",
"studied",
"viewed"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in refuser , recusant":{
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"recusant",
"refuser",
"discontent",
"malcontent",
"defier",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"revolutionizer",
"abandoner",
"come-outer",
"dropout",
"leaver",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"quisling",
"traitor",
"traitress",
"traitoress",
"turnabout",
"turncoat",
"apostate",
"defector",
"deserter",
"recreant",
"renegade"
],
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"loyalist",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"supporter",
"fanatic",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regathered":{
"as in reassembled , reconvened":{
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"reassembled",
"reconvened",
"remet",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"caucused",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"federated",
"ganged up",
"joined",
"merged",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
"convened",
"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met",
"rendezvoused"
],
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"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"departed",
"left",
"took off",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"despite the risks involved, she was resolute in her decision to undergo the experimental operation"
],
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"bent (on or upon)",
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded"
],
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"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
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"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rescripts":{
"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
"examples":[
"even though there was never an official rescript ordering mass genocide, that was indeed the intent and effect of the government's policy"
],
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"bulls",
"decrees",
"diktats",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rulings",
"ukases"
],
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"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"verdicts",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"manifestos",
"manifestoes",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"canons",
"encyclicals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remeet":{
"as in reconvene , reassemble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassemble",
"reconvene",
"regather",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet",
"rendezvous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repacking":{
"as in replenishing , refreshing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refilling",
"refreshing",
"reloading",
"replenishing",
"brimming",
"charging",
"cramming",
"heaping",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"loading",
"packing",
"stuffing",
"drenching",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"swamping",
"bloating",
"bulking",
"crowding",
"crushing",
"matting",
"pressing",
"ramming",
"shoving",
"squashing",
"squeezing",
"overcharging",
"overfilling",
"overflowing",
"saturating",
"honeycombing",
"penetrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightening",
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"exhausting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"cleaning",
"flushing",
"purging",
"scouring",
"sweeping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"evacuating",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolts (against)":{
"as in mutinies (against)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mutinies (against)",
"disobliges",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"defies",
"disobeys",
"mocks",
"rebels (against)",
"brushes (off)",
"dismisses",
"flouts",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"winks (at)",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"capitulates (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"defers (to)",
"goose-steps (to)",
"serves",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"cooperates (with)",
"keeps",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"obliges",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabilitative":{
"as in corrective , remedial":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"recuperative",
"refreshing",
"rejuvenating",
"rejuvenescent",
"remedial",
"good",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"medicinal",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"sanative",
"tonic",
"wholesome",
"advantageous",
"useful",
"antiseptic",
"aseptic",
"clean",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"nourishing",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rebound":{
"as in response , rise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"response",
"take",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"backlash",
"kickback",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce (back)",
"come back",
"rally",
"recover",
"snap back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"fail",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"glance",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brush",
"graze",
"nudge",
"rake",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bump",
"contact",
"hit",
"kiss",
"touch",
"sideswipe",
"reflect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retrenchments":{
"as in cuts , curtailments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"shortenings",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"deductions",
"subtractions",
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"depressions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"upticks",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repartition":{
"as in redistribution , reallocation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocation",
"reapportionment",
"redistribution",
"redivision",
"admeasurement",
"allocation",
"allotment",
"apportionment",
"disbursement",
"dispensation",
"distribution",
"division",
"issuance",
"partition",
"separation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rents":{
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"getting her skirt caught on a nail resulted in a four-inch rent that she couldn't possibly repair"
],
"synonyms":[
"gashes",
"incisions",
"lacerations",
"rips",
"slashes",
"slits",
"tears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasions",
"scores",
"scrapes",
"scratches",
"injuries",
"wounds",
"cracks",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
"examples":[
"peered through the rent in the old garden wall for a glimpse of her mysterious new neighbor"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"gulfs",
"hiatuses",
"holes",
"interstices",
"intervals",
"openings",
"rifts",
"separations",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"notches",
"slits",
"slots",
"splits",
"interspaces",
"pores",
"abysses",
"apertures",
"cavities",
"chasms",
"gapes",
"orifices",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"severances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
"examples":[
"we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"leases",
"lets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charters",
"engages",
"hires",
"lodges",
"subleases",
"sublets",
"rack-rents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
"examples":[
"will need to rent a car while we're in Europe"
],
"synonyms":[
"charters",
"engages",
"hires",
"leases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subleases",
"sublets",
"checks out",
"arranges (for)",
"bespeaks",
"books",
"contracts (for)",
"orders",
"reserves",
"signs up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"residuals":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"They tested for chemical residuals in the water."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dregs",
"leavings",
"remains",
"residua",
"residues",
"rests",
"leftovers",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"remembrances",
"reminders",
"artifacts",
"afterimages",
"aftertastes",
"balances",
"butts",
"corpses",
"hangovers",
"leftovers",
"oddments",
"remainders",
"remnants",
"scraps",
"odds and ends",
"pickings",
"refuses",
"scrapings",
"stumps",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"pieces",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"ribbons",
"shreds",
"tatters",
"ends",
"fag ends",
"stubs",
"echoes",
"echos",
"ghosts",
"relics",
"shadows",
"traces",
"vestiges",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodies",
"bulks",
"mains",
"masses",
"mosts",
"weights",
"wholes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a lingering indication of something from the past":{
"examples":[
"Some modern traditions are residuals of ancient beliefs and rituals."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artifacts",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"remembrances",
"reminders",
"afterimages",
"aftertastes",
"balances",
"corpses",
"hangovers",
"leftovers",
"oddments",
"remainders",
"remnants",
"scraps",
"dregs",
"leavings",
"remains",
"residues",
"rests",
"echoes",
"echos",
"ghosts",
"relics",
"shadows",
"traces",
"vestiges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinforces":{
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"bolsters",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"shores (up)",
"substantiates",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"verifies",
"affirms",
"avouches",
"validates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reechos":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder reechoing through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoes",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"reverberates",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rings",
"rolls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"she reechoed an earlier speaker's points, only with a slightly different emphasis"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittos",
"echoes",
"parrots",
"quotes",
"repeats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouths",
"apes",
"copies",
"copycats",
"emulates",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassigned":{
"as in reallocated , redistributed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocated",
"reapportioned",
"redistributed",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"earmarked",
"reserved",
"accorded",
"awarded",
"gave",
"granted",
"admeasured",
"administered",
"dealt",
"dispensed",
"divided",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"measured",
"meted (out)",
"metered",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"parted",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"apportioned",
"assigned",
"distributed",
"lotted",
"rationed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudged",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"kept",
"retained",
"stinted",
"withheld",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"confiscated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regimens":{
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"examples":[
"with the start of the new year, a new party will have regimen over the nation and, hopefully, bring some much-needed change"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrations",
"authorities",
"governances",
"governments",
"jurisdictions",
"regimes",
"r\u00e9gimes",
"rules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reigns",
"dominions",
"powers",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"sways",
"commands",
"leaderships",
"directions",
"managements",
"regulations",
"superintendences",
"supervisions",
"autocracies",
"dictatorships",
"dominations",
"hegemonies",
"masteries",
"oppressions",
"subjugations",
"tyrannies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaccepts":{
"as in reassumes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassumes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"stands by",
"supports",
"upholds",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes up",
"accepts",
"assumes",
"bears",
"shoulders",
"takes over",
"undertakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"repudiates",
"abjures",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"abandons",
"abnegates",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remorseful":{
"feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done":{
"examples":[
"was remorseful about all the trouble that he had caused in the family"
],
"synonyms":[
"apologetic",
"compunctious",
"contrite",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"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"
]
},
"reinventions":{
"as in rebirths , revivals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"restorals",
"restorations",
"reactivations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deaths",
"expirations",
"extinctions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recrudesced":{
"as in continued , picked up":{
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"continued",
"picked up",
"proceeded (with)",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"restarted",
"resumed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"consummated",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"belayed",
"broke",
"canned",
"ceased",
"checked",
"cut",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"left off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"scuttled",
"shut off",
"stayed",
"stopped",
"terminated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reimposed":{
"as in reapplied , relaid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapplied",
"relaid",
"set",
"inflicted",
"wreaked",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"forced",
"bled",
"fleeced",
"gouged",
"milked",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"extorted",
"shook down",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"docked",
"excised",
"mulcted",
"penalized",
"taxed",
"assessed",
"charged",
"exacted",
"fined",
"imposed",
"laid",
"levied",
"put"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remitted",
"abated",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"forgave",
"released",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"pardoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repelling":{
"as in repulsive , repugnant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring",
"boring",
"irksome",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"wearisome",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"distasteful",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"odious",
"offensive",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive",
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"galvanic",
"gripping",
"hypnotic",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"riveting",
"spellbinding",
"enticing",
"tantalizing",
"tempting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"the defenders repelled the attacking army after several hours of fierce fighting"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating off",
"fending (off)",
"rebutting",
"repulsing",
"staving off",
"turning away",
"turning back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defying",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"standing off",
"withstanding",
"deflecting",
"warding (off)",
"rebuffing",
"snubbing",
"spurning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embracing",
"hailing",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the idea of chocolate-covered grasshoppers repels me"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusting",
"grossing out",
"nauseating",
"putting off",
"repulsing",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeasing",
"distressing",
"appalling",
"disquieting",
"horrifying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"drawing",
"enchanting",
"enticing",
"fascinating",
"luring",
"pulling",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rejoicing",
"tickling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"appealing (to)",
"interesting",
"intriguing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"repelled the temptation to stay out late and call in sick the next day"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"checking",
"countering",
"hindering",
"obstructing",
"stemming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"knuckling under (to)",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoitring":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"exploring",
"hunting",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"searching",
"skirring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"unearthing",
"fathoming",
"plumbing",
"sounding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reengages":{
"as in rehires , reemploys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remixes":{
"as in covers , medleys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"covers",
"medleys",
"torch songs",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"songs",
"vocals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"realistically":{
"as in certainly , absolutely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"certainly",
"indisputably",
"indubitably",
"positively",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably",
"veritably",
"actually",
"admittedly",
"forsooth",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"indeed",
"really",
"truly",
"truthfully",
"verily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"recharters":{
"as in recertifies , reapproves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"revalidates",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoinder":{
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"comeback",
"replication",
"reply",
"response",
"retort",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talk",
"banter",
"persiflage",
"repartee",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"comment",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"feedback",
"non sequitur",
"observation",
"reaction",
"remark",
"defense",
"explanation",
"justification",
"plea",
"rebuttal",
"refutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"charge",
"cross-examination",
"grilling",
"interrogation",
"interrogatory",
"quiz",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"requital":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the judge ordered the landlord to pay his former tenants $100,000 each as requital for goods lost or damaged in the apartment fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the electrician's requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealer's house"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"\"an eye for an eye\" is a form of requital that is still legal in some countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"payback",
"reprisal",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recon":{
"military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnaissance",
"scout",
"hunt",
"quest",
"search",
"shakedown",
"sweep",
"chase",
"pursuit",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"census",
"exploration",
"probe",
"forage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relegation":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"the relegation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishment",
"deportation",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expatriation",
"expulsion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracism",
"extradition",
"diaspora",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"emigration",
"migration",
"evacuation",
"ethnic cleansing",
"transportation",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ouster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriation",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relights":{
"as in reignites , rekindles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reignites",
"rekindles",
"scalds",
"scathes",
"sears",
"banks",
"stokes",
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"irradiates",
"lightens",
"radiates",
"sets off",
"ashes",
"cremates",
"incinerates",
"kilns",
"bakes",
"broils",
"cooks",
"chars",
"frizzles",
"scorches",
"deflagrates",
"immolates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)",
"chokes",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"stamps (out)",
"blackens",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dulls",
"obscures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reversible":{
"as in undoable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"undoable",
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"retributions":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"the neighborhood is being torn apart by an endless cycle of gang violence and retribution"
],
"synonyms":[
"paybacks",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"retaliations",
"revenges",
"vengeances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counters",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"nemeses",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"wraths",
"amends",
"compensations",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"restitutions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemencies",
"graces",
"leniencies",
"lenities",
"mercies",
"pardons",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repatriation":{
"as in return":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"return"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banishment",
"deportation",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expatriation",
"expulsion",
"relegation",
"ostracism",
"extradition"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relaunched":{
"as in reinstituted , reinitiated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refounded",
"reinitiated",
"reinstituted",
"arranged",
"organized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"subsidized",
"developed",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"constructed",
"put up",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"created",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"produced",
"thought (up)",
"authored",
"fathered",
"originated",
"began",
"constituted",
"established",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"planted",
"set up",
"started"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closed (down)",
"phased out",
"shut (up)",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"annulled",
"nullified",
"ended",
"finished",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"rounded (off or out)",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resigning":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicating",
"abnegating",
"ceding",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)",
"surrendering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"demitting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"waiving",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"yielding",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"assuming",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"wresting",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"securing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reattaches":{
"as in resecures , refixes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixes",
"refastens",
"refixes",
"resecures",
"recombines",
"reconnects",
"rejoins",
"reunifies",
"reunites",
"associates",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"fuses",
"interfuses",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"marries",
"unifies",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"convenes",
"gathers",
"meets",
"allies",
"confederates",
"leagues",
"mates",
"yokes",
"chains",
"compounds",
"hitches",
"hooks",
"splices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disaffiliates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"fractionates",
"isolates",
"resolves",
"uncouples",
"unyokes",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"dissevers",
"parts",
"sections",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"unlinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reckonings":{
"the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"that old chest isn't worth much by my reckoning , but an antiques dealer might think otherwise"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisals",
"appraisements",
"assessments",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"valuations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculations",
"computations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"reassessments",
"transvaluations",
"overestimations",
"overevaluations",
"underestimations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{
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"you forgot about the decimal point, so your reckoning was way off"
],
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"calculations",
"calculi",
"calculuses",
"computations",
"figures",
"mathematics",
"maths",
"number crunchings",
"numbers"
],
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"additions",
"divisions",
"multiplications",
"subtractions",
"calibrations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"appraisals",
"assessments",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"valuations"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"religionists":{
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"examples":[
"makes the case that one need not be a religionist to have basic moral values"
],
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"believers"
],
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"fundamentalists",
"cultists",
"pietists",
"zealots",
"deists",
"monotheists",
"polytheists",
"theist",
"churchgoers",
"communicants",
"congregants"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconceptualizing":{
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"near synonyms":[
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in redundantly":{
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"near synonyms":[
"redundantly",
"diffusely",
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily"
],
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"briefly",
"compactly",
"concisely",
"crisply",
"curtly",
"elliptically",
"laconically",
"pithily",
"shortly",
"succinctly",
"summarily",
"tersely",
"aphoristically",
"sententiously",
"exactly",
"precisely"
],
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"repartitions":{
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"reallocations",
"reapportionments",
"redistributions",
"redivisions",
"admeasurements",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"apportionments",
"disbursements",
"dispensations",
"distributions",
"divisions",
"issuances",
"partitions",
"separations"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinstitute":{
"as in relaunch , reinitiate":{
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"refound",
"reinitiate",
"relaunch",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"construct",
"put up",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"author",
"father",
"originate",
"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"set up",
"start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalcitrance":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges"
],
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"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rewords":{
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"examples":[
"I'll reword the question for you so you can better understand it"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrases",
"rephrases",
"restates",
"translates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boils down",
"recapitulates",
"reiterates",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoes",
"repeats",
"copies",
"reproduces",
"transcribes"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacquires":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year"
],
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"gets back",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replaceable":{
"as in terminable , terminate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"terminable",
"terminate",
"conditional",
"contingent",
"limited",
"qualified",
"short-range",
"tentative",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"fugitive",
"short-lived",
"transitory",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"transitional",
"expedient",
"improvised",
"makeshift",
"alternate",
"proxy",
"substitute",
"acting",
"ad interim",
"impermanent",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"short-term",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-term",
"permanent",
"final",
"fixed",
"set",
"settled",
"unconditional",
"unlimited",
"unqualified",
"extended",
"lasting",
"long-range",
"standing",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in interchangeable , exchangeable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commutable",
"exchangeable",
"fungible",
"interchangeable",
"substitutable",
"switchable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noninterchangeable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reprobating":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"withholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"repelling",
"spurning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"balking (at)",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affording",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"providing",
"supplying",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"warranting",
"according",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"conceding",
"granting",
"letting",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"permitting"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"decrying",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacking",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"criticizing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"convicting",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reproving",
"berating",
"lambasting",
"raking",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"vituperating",
"cursing",
"imprecating",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"reviling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"touting",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"honoring",
"revering",
"venerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebuilt":{
"as in repaired , fixed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"unbroken",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rejoicing in":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
"synonyms":[
"commanding",
"enjoying",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"retaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"boasting",
"showing off",
"sporting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"needing",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacking",
"wanting"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"reconciles (to)":{
"as in sweats out , agrees (with or to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)",
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relies":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"counts",
"depends",
"leans",
"reckons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confides",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restitutions":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"sought restitution from the other driver's insurance company for lost wages"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recitals":{
"as in litanies , recitations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumerations",
"litanies",
"recitations",
"iterations",
"repetitions",
"accounts",
"narrations",
"reports",
"stories",
"catalogs",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in symphonies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"symphonies",
"performances",
"presentations",
"ceilidhs",
"ceilis",
"hootenannies",
"jams",
"jam sessions",
"sings",
"songfests",
"concerts",
"musicales",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"shindigs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reality":{
"something that actually exists":{
"examples":[
"the ambition to make his dreams a reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"case",
"fact",
"materiality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"circumstance",
"event",
"occurrence",
"phenomenon",
"element",
"item",
"particular",
"thing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eventuality",
"possibility",
"potentiality",
"probability"
],
"antonyms":[
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"illusion"
]
},
"the fact of being or of being real":{
"examples":[
"no one denies the reality of electricity, though few people understand it fully"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"corporality",
"corporeality",
"existence",
"subsistence",
"thingness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"genuineness",
"realness",
"activity",
"animation",
"life",
"currency",
"presence",
"prevalence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"want",
"potentiality",
"virtuality"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexistence",
"nonbeing",
"nonexistence",
"nothingness",
"unreality"
]
},
"the quality of being actual":{
"examples":[
"the reality of the situation finally dawned on her and she sat down in stunned silence"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"factuality",
"materiality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authenticity",
"genuineness",
"truth",
"verity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"fictitiousness",
"dreaminess",
"surreality"
],
"antonyms":[
"irreality",
"unreality"
]
},
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to cope with a whole new set of realities once you've become a parent"
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"commodity",
"entity",
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"individual",
"individuality",
"integer",
"object",
"something",
"substance",
"thing"
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"body",
"subject",
"material",
"matter",
"quantity",
"stuff"
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"nonentity"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"receipts":{
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"If you'd like to return those pants, you'll need to provide a receipt ."
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"slips",
"checks",
"coupons",
"passes",
"pasteboards",
"tickets",
"certificates",
"notes",
"tokens",
"vouchers",
"accounts",
"reckonings",
"records",
"statements",
"bills",
"tabs",
"charges",
"costs",
"damages",
"expenses",
"fees",
"figures",
"scores",
"tallies",
"documents",
"ledgers"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"sourcing",
"bearing out",
"corroborating",
"documenting",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"adverting (to)",
"illustrating",
"naming",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
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"representing",
"adducing",
"citing",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"quoting"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"being very far from the center of public opinion":{
"examples":[
"his revolutionist ideas won't get him elected"
],
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"extreme",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"ultra"
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"subversive",
"violent",
"wild",
"reactionary"
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"conservative",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"conventional",
"orthodox",
"traditional",
"liberal",
"progressive"
],
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"middle-of-the-road",
"nonrevolutionary",
"unrevolutionary"
]
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"after a long series of weak leaders, the people were ready for a revolutionist who promised to bring sweeping change to the nation"
],
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"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary"
],
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"young Turk",
"leftist",
"lefty",
"red",
"progressive",
"reformer",
"reformist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"subversive",
"agitator",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"rebel",
"secessionist",
"separationist",
"separatist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"fuddy-duddy",
"reactionary",
"rightist",
"standpatter",
"Tory",
"traditionalist"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-roader",
"moderate"
]
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"examples":[
"historically, revolutionists have generally been young men willing to risk everything, even their lives, in the pursuit of their cause"
],
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"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary"
],
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"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"reeling":{
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"examples":[
"the blood donor experienced a reeling sensation after standing up too quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"aswoon",
"dizzy",
"giddy",
"light-headed",
"swimmy",
"vertiginous",
"whirling",
"woozy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faint",
"weak",
"addled",
"befuddled",
"confused",
"dazed",
"groggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"stable",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"examples":[
"his mind reeled upon hearing the news that his employer had been indicted for fraud"
],
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"spinning",
"swimming",
"turning",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swirling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"collecting",
"settling",
"steadying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"examples":[
"got off the amusement park ride reeling and barely able to stand"
],
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"careening",
"doddering",
"lurching",
"staggering",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"waddling"
],
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"rocking",
"rolling",
"seesawing",
"swagging",
"swaying",
"wavering",
"weaving",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"barging",
"blundering",
"clomping",
"clumping",
"floundering",
"galumphing",
"lumbering",
"lumping",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"scuffling",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"stumbling",
"tramping",
"tromping"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reparation":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government instituted a program of reparations to the descendants of Native Americans who were driven from their land"
],
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"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reg":{
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"according to army regs , dress uniforms must be starched and boots polished at all times"
],
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"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"regulation",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"code",
"constitution",
"decalogue",
"directory",
"act",
"law",
"ordinance",
"statute",
"behest",
"charge",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direction",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"instruction",
"order",
"axiom",
"fundamental",
"maxim",
"precept",
"moral",
"principle",
"value",
"ban",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"tradition",
"way",
"blueprint",
"canon",
"formula",
"guide",
"guideline",
"standard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relaxing":{
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
"examples":[
"a relaxing cup of chamomile tea"
],
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"calming",
"comforting",
"dreamy",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"sedative",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypnotic",
"opiate",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"deadening",
"depressant",
"numbing",
"antianxiety",
"antidepressant",
"antidepression",
"antistress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unsettling",
"worrisome",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulant",
"stimulating",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"grating",
"harassing",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"she took deep breaths to relax before going on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilling",
"chilling out",
"decompressing",
"de-stressing",
"loosening up",
"mellowing (out)",
"unwinding",
"winding down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbending",
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"reposing",
"resting",
"bumming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"vegetating",
"vegging out",
"zoning out",
"alleviating",
"comforting",
"easing",
"relieving",
"calming",
"composing",
"cooling",
"quieting",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensing (up)"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"relax the rope a bit so I can pick up the slack and tie this knot"
],
"synonyms":[
"easing",
"loosening",
"slackening",
"slacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaching",
"freeing",
"unbinding",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaching",
"binding",
"fastening",
"tying",
"tieing",
"constraining",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"straining",
"stretching",
"tensing",
"tensioning",
"tightening"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"I just want to kick back and relax after mowing that huge lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"reposing",
"resting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumming",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"hanging around",
"idling",
"loafing",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"exercising",
"working out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reel off":{
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing"
],
"synonyms":[
"recite",
"repeat",
"say"
],
"near synonyms":[
"con",
"learn",
"memorize",
"study",
"declaim",
"mouth",
"orate",
"speak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"read"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"list",
"numerate",
"recite",
"rehearse",
"tick (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outline",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"inventory",
"chart",
"diagram",
"graph",
"calculate",
"compute",
"estimate",
"figure",
"reckon",
"cite",
"mention",
"name"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"responds":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
"examples":[
"doctors studying how the brain responds to pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacts",
"replies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answers",
"returns",
"retaliates",
"construes",
"interprets",
"reads",
"takes",
"understands",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"grapples (with)",
"handles",
"manages",
"negotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"behaves",
"affects",
"causes",
"draws",
"effects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"the students energetically participated in the discussion, responding to the teacher's questions and comments with alacrity and enthusiasm"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comes back",
"rejoins",
"replies",
"retorts",
"returns",
"ripostes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recitalists":{
"as in soloists , accompanists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckon with":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill."
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"reburial":{
"as in reinterment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinterment",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"burial",
"burying",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing",
"cremation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rectories":{
"as in parsonages , manses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"vicarages",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"roofs",
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remorsefulness":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"he was gnawed by an unrelenting remorsefulness for the pain that he had caused people"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"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"
]
},
"restituted":{
"as in reimbursed , refunded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gave back",
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"compensated",
"indemnified",
"paid",
"recouped",
"remunerated",
"satisfied",
"avenged",
"got back (at)",
"retaliated",
"revenged",
"exchanged",
"reciprocated",
"recompensed",
"repaid",
"requited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"representing":{
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats"
],
"synonyms":[
"charactering",
"characterizing",
"defining",
"depicting",
"describing",
"portraying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"pigeonholing",
"typing",
"coloring",
"identifying",
"indicating",
"naming",
"specifying",
"distinguishing",
"individualizing",
"marking",
"particularizing",
"stamping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"a painting representing the ocean at sunrise"
],
"synonyms":[
"depicting",
"imaging",
"picturing",
"portraying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineating",
"describing",
"documenting",
"rendering",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"sketching",
"illustrating",
"showing",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"caricaturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblematizing",
"symbolizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"incarnating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"objectifying",
"personalizing",
"personifying",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refractory":{
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"examples":[
"refractory players will be ejected from the game"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
]
},
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
"examples":[
"believing that rules are only for other people, he's been refractory virtually his entire life"
],
"synonyms":[
"froward",
"headstrong",
"incontrollable",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bullheaded",
"contrary",
"difficult",
"hardheaded",
"incorrigible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"undisciplined",
"unpunished",
"uncontrolled",
"wild",
"boisterous",
"irrepressible",
"rambunctious",
"rowdy",
"disobedient",
"indocile",
"insubordinate",
"rebellious",
"misbehaving",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"well-behaved",
"compliant",
"placable",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"trainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"tractable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"retirements":{
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"military historians have blamed the defeat on that battalion's retirement from the front lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullbacks",
"pullouts",
"recessions",
"retreats",
"withdrawals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"routs",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"revulsions",
"disengagements",
"disentanglements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recalled":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I don't recall meeting you before"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"reproduced",
"thought (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptured",
"recurred",
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"extracted",
"raised",
"reminded",
"relived",
"represented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembered",
"forgot",
"unlearned"
]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reticent":{
"given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
"examples":[
"the panel decided to investigate the fraud charges against the company, which has always been reticent about its internal operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"closemouthed",
"dark",
"secretive",
"tight-mouthed",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quiet",
"reserved",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"discreet",
"prudent",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"frank",
"honest",
"out-front",
"up-front",
"blunt",
"outspoken",
"tactless"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"open"
]
},
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"examples":[
"her husband is by nature a reticent person, and she resigned herself to that fact long ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"dumb",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
]
},
"slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"understandably, she's reticent about becoming involved with another evangelical religious sect"
],
"synonyms":[
"cagey",
"cagy",
"disinclined",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"averse",
"unwilling",
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"doubtful",
"faltering",
"halting",
"indecisive",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"questioning",
"skeptical",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"unsure",
"vacillating",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"fainthearted",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"glad",
"happy",
"keen",
"ready",
"willing",
"certain",
"decided",
"determined",
"resolute",
"sure",
"unquestioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disposed",
"inclined"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reemployment":{
"as in rehire , rehiring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"rehire",
"rehiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"redundancy",
"pink slip",
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recognitions":{
"the state of being publicly acknowledged or known for something (such as an achievement)":{
"examples":[
"The group was pleased to finally receive recognition for their groundbreaking work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"homages",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"praises",
"infamies",
"characters",
"marks",
"names",
"reports",
"reputabilities",
"reputations",
"reputes",
"cachets",
"places",
"positions",
"prestiges",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"megastardoms",
"popularities",
"stardoms",
"superstardoms",
"distinctions",
"eminences",
"glories",
"honors",
"notes",
"preeminences",
"prominences",
"visibilities",
"adorations",
"idolizations",
"celebrities",
"fames",
"notorieties",
"renowns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"shames",
"invisibilities",
"unpopularity",
"anonymities",
"oblivions",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"requesting":{
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"ordering",
"putting in (for)",
"requisitioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissioning",
"soliciting",
"chartering",
"hiring",
"licensing",
"licencing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"request extra ketchup for my fries"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"bespeaking",
"calling (for)",
"desiring",
"pleading (for)",
"questing",
"seeking",
"soliciting",
"speaking (for)",
"suing (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (for)",
"begging (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"importuning",
"urging",
"wishing (for)",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"petitioning (for)",
"pressing (for)",
"requiring",
"requisitioning",
"inviting",
"invoking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"hitting (up)",
"soliciting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"inviting",
"invoking",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"supplicating",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"pressing",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"forcing",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refounds":{
"as in relaunches , reinstitutes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinitiates",
"reinstitutes",
"relaunches",
"arranges",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"subsidizes",
"develops",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"constructs",
"puts up",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"creates",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"thinks (up)",
"authors",
"fathers",
"originates",
"begins",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"plants",
"sets up",
"starts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closes (down)",
"phases out",
"shuts (up)",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"annuls",
"nullifies",
"ends",
"finishes",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redos":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"as a way of celebrating our silver wedding anniversary, we're planning a redo of the trip we took on our honeymoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repined":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"there is no use repining over a love that's been long lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regroups":{
"as in regathers , re-collects":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"balls",
"batches",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"archives",
"arranges",
"collates",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retailed":{
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"examples":[
"the textile manufacturer doesn't retail its fabrics to consumers, offering them only to wholesalers and garment makers"
],
"synonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"put up",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"presold",
"wholesaled",
"remarketed",
"resold",
"hawked",
"peddled",
"bartered",
"distributed",
"exchanged",
"exported",
"handled",
"traded",
"trafficked (in)",
"advertised",
"ballyhooed",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"touted",
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered",
"auctioned",
"provided",
"supplied",
"carried",
"kept",
"stocked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recur":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reoccur",
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"replicate",
"reprise",
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redoubtable":{
"causing fear":{
"examples":[
"his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"a surprising discovery by one of the most redoubtable figures in Egyptian archaeology"
],
"synonyms":[
"astral",
"bright",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"luminous",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"superior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrated",
"exalted",
"famed",
"famous",
"glorious",
"honored",
"renowned",
"reputable",
"infamous",
"notorious",
"dominant",
"paramount",
"predominant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificant",
"minor",
"unimportant",
"average",
"inferior",
"mediocre",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unsung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"regained":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recital":{
"as in litany , recitation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumeration",
"litany",
"recitation",
"iteration",
"repetition",
"account",
"narration",
"report",
"story",
"catalog",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"index",
"inventory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in symphony":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"symphony",
"performance",
"presentation",
"ceilidh",
"ceili",
"hootenanny",
"jam",
"jam session",
"sing",
"songfest",
"concert",
"musicale",
"festival",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"shindig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reachable":{
"situated within easy reach":{
"examples":[
"placed the book at a reachable distance from the bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"approachable",
"attainable",
"getatable",
"obtainable",
"ultraconvenient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote",
"removed",
"unapproachable",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable"
],
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"inaccessible",
"inconvenient",
"unhandy",
"unreachable",
"untouchable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"examples":[
"made a flat rejection of the charges against him"
],
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"contradictions",
"denegations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disavowals",
"disclaimers",
"disconfirmations",
"negations",
"repudiations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disproofs",
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"negatives"
],
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"concessions",
"confessions",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"declarations",
"attestations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonies",
"validations"
],
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"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"confirmations"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the judge's swift rejection of the lawyer's request for a recess"
],
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"declinations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"nays",
"noes",
"nos",
"nonacceptances",
"refusals",
"turndowns"
],
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"rebuffs",
"repudiations",
"repulses",
"spurns",
"negatives",
"bans",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowances",
"approvals",
"grants",
"OKs",
"okays"
]
},
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"examples":[
"that pile is for rejections , and this one is for applications we'll be accepting"
],
"synonyms":[
"culls",
"discards",
"rejects",
"seconds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castaways",
"throwaways",
"hand-me-downs",
"white elephants",
"rubbish",
"scraps",
"trash",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resisting":{
"as in opposing , countering":{
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"competing",
"conflicting",
"counteracting",
"countering",
"opposing",
"resistant",
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"reluctant",
"unwilling",
"against",
"opposed",
"hard",
"inflexible",
"relentless",
"stern",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"adverse",
"counter",
"disadvantageous",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"negative",
"prejudicial",
"unfavorable",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"untoward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unresistant",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"benignant",
"complying",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"advantageous",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"positive",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"well-disposed"
],
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"examples":[
"it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems"
],
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"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"withstanding"
],
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"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"checking",
"countering",
"hindering",
"obstructing",
"stemming"
],
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"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"knuckling under (to)",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recombines":{
"as in reunites , rejoins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"reconnects",
"rejoins",
"reunifies",
"reunites",
"reaffixes",
"reattaches",
"refastens",
"refixes",
"resecures",
"associates",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"fuses",
"interfuses",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"marries",
"unifies",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"convenes",
"gathers",
"meets",
"allies",
"confederates",
"leagues",
"mates",
"yokes",
"chains",
"compounds",
"hitches",
"hooks",
"splices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disaffiliates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"fractionates",
"isolates",
"resolves",
"uncouples",
"unyokes",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"dissevers",
"parts",
"sections",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"unlinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reputations":{
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"the college's athletic department has a good reputation , but the school's science facilities are a bit lacking"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"fames",
"marks",
"names",
"notes",
"odors",
"reports",
"reps",
"reputes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credits",
"honors",
"celebrities",
"notorieties",
"renowns",
"images",
"personae",
"personas",
"admirations",
"regards",
"reverences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regain":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reflecting":{
"to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would":{
"examples":[
"her face was reflected in the waters of the still pond"
],
"synonyms":[
"imaging",
"mirroring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloning",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"reflected on the huge influence that the electronic media have on our national elections"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"commenting",
"editorializing",
"noting",
"observing",
"opining",
"remarking",
"weighing in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentating",
"articulating",
"expressing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relocatees":{
"as in refugees , exiles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defectors",
"deportees",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees",
"repatriates",
"emigrants",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"immigrants",
"incomers",
"in-migrants",
"migrants",
"out-migrants",
"settlers",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"noncitizens",
"nonnatives",
"colonists",
"newcomers",
"squatters",
"migrators",
"pilgrims",
"pioneers",
"trekkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonimmigrants",
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"residents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinterment":{
"as in reburial":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reburial",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"burial",
"burying",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing",
"cremation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resecured":{
"as in reattached , refixed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"recombined",
"reconnected",
"rejoined",
"reunified",
"reunited",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repairer":{
"as in doctor , mender":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doctor",
"mender",
"renovator",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"mechanic",
"repairman",
"serviceman",
"troubleshooter",
"handyman",
"handyperson",
"tinkerer",
"do-it-yourselfer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"receding":{
"as in regressing , retrogressing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"arrested",
"ended",
"halted",
"stalled",
"stopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afoot",
"ongoing",
"proceeding",
"functioning",
"happening",
"operating",
"working",
"afloat",
"alive",
"going"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fall , decline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"slant",
"slope",
"upgrade",
"ascent",
"bank",
"climb",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"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)",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing away",
"dropping back",
"falling back",
"pulling out",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fleeing",
"flying",
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"chickening (out)",
"bowing out",
"backing down",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"climbing down",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"pulling away",
"abandoning",
"departing",
"evacuating",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revise":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revise the article and add more up-to-date information so we can reprint it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edit",
"redraft",
"revamp",
"rework"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"that paper needs one more revise , and then I think it's ready to turn in"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"referring":{
"as in allusive , alluding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluding",
"allusive",
"denotative",
"denoting",
"indicative",
"reflective",
"significant",
"signifying",
"telltale",
"characteristic",
"symptomatic",
"demonstrative",
"exhibiting",
"expressive",
"symbolic",
"symbolical",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"suggestive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertaining",
"applying",
"bearing",
"pertaining",
"relating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"interesting",
"involving",
"touching",
"associating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"interrelating",
"linking",
"tying in",
"tieing in",
"dealing (with)",
"treating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"retouched":{
"as in touched up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"touched up",
"fined",
"honed",
"polished",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"fortified",
"intensified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"edited",
"fine-tuned",
"redrafted",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remediated",
"remedied",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined",
"upgraded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"worsened",
"damaged",
"endamaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"tarnished",
"vitiated",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"marred",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recategorized":{
"as in reclassified , regrouped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"subcategorized",
"identified",
"recognized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinspected":{
"as in resurveyed , rereviewed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"resurveyed",
"picked over",
"categorized",
"classified",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refeed":{
"as in reprovision":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reprovision",
"hand-feed",
"spoon-feed",
"underfeed",
"force-feed",
"overfeed",
"surfeit",
"batten",
"fatten",
"fill",
"mess",
"banquet",
"dine",
"feast",
"regale",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"sustain",
"serve",
"wait"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resecures":{
"as in reattaches , refixes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixes",
"reattaches",
"refastens",
"refixes",
"recombines",
"reconnects",
"rejoins",
"reunifies",
"reunites",
"associates",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"fuses",
"interfuses",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"marries",
"unifies",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"convenes",
"gathers",
"meets",
"allies",
"confederates",
"leagues",
"mates",
"yokes",
"chains",
"compounds",
"hitches",
"hooks",
"splices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disaffiliates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"fractionates",
"isolates",
"resolves",
"uncouples",
"unyokes",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"dissevers",
"parts",
"sections",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"unlinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"republican":{
"of, relating to, or favoring political democracy":{
"examples":[
"a small but well-organized republican movement working quietly to overthrow the military dictatorship"
],
"synonyms":[
"democratic",
"popular",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"representative",
"libertarian",
"nontotalitarian"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monarchal",
"monarchial",
"monarchical",
"monarchic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondemocratic",
"undemocratic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refunds":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"will refund you your money"
],
"synonyms":[
"reimburses",
"repays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gives back",
"reciprocates",
"renders (to)",
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"liquidates",
"pays down",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"satisfies",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reimbursements , repayments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"punishments",
"retaliations",
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retrogression":{
"the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior":{
"examples":[
"social instability that has led to a retrogression of moral values and standards of decent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"regression",
"reversion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"atavism",
"return",
"nondevelopment",
"decline",
"degeneration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gestation",
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"progression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resilient":{
"able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted":{
"examples":[
"after being dipped in liquid nitrogen, the rubber ball's normally resilient surface is as brittle as ceramic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncy",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"rubberlike",
"rubbery",
"springy",
"stretch",
"stretchable",
"stretchy",
"supple",
"whippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"ductile",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"moldable",
"plastic",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"willowy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"unyielding",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crumbly",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"nonelastic",
"rigid",
"stiff"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"revitalizes":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new cream that claims to revitalize sun-damaged skin"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the bowling alley, eager to revitalize interest in the sport for a younger crowd, started offering \"disco bowling\" every Friday night with disco music and free soda"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resemble":{
"to look or be like (someone or something)":{
"examples":[
"He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament.",
"Terrier dogs closely resemble each other."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recall",
"suggest",
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"look",
"make",
"seem",
"sound",
"approach",
"near",
"approximate",
"compare (with)",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"mirror"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectory":{
"as in parsonage , manse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hermitage",
"manse",
"parsonage",
"vicarage",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"lodging",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof",
"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter",
"bungalow",
"cabin",
"casita",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"duplex",
"ranch",
"ranch house",
"saltbox",
"semi",
"split level",
"townhome",
"town house",
"tract house",
"triplex",
"apartment",
"apartment house",
"condo",
"condominium",
"flat",
"tenement",
"tenement house",
"walk-up",
"barracks",
"billet",
"boardinghouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"flophouse",
"lodging house",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"room(s)",
"rooming house",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recalculating":{
"as in refiguring , recomputing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputing",
"refiguring",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"rating",
"valuing",
"calibrating",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"measuring",
"scaling",
"counting",
"itemizing",
"numbering",
"figuring out",
"solving (for)",
"allowing (for)",
"deducting",
"factoring (in or into or out)",
"figuring in",
"adding",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"adding up",
"averaging",
"summing",
"tallying",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"calculating",
"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"working out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reservation":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"despite my reservations , we hired the young teen as a babysitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubitation",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"query",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"paranoia",
"wariness",
"compunction",
"niggle",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"tremor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credence",
"faith"
],
"antonyms":[
"assurance",
"belief",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"sureness",
"surety",
"trust"
]
},
"something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends":{
"examples":[
"gave us his approval without any reservations"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"contingency",
"if",
"provision",
"proviso",
"qualification",
"stipulation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strings",
"terms",
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"limitation",
"modification",
"restriction",
"exception",
"exemption",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"necessity",
"need"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revivifying":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprobates":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"a program for rehabilitating hard-core reprobates and turning them into hard-working, law-abiding citizens"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddies",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"meanies",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the board will most likely reprobate the request for parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"withholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes",
"rebuffs",
"repels",
"spurns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"holds",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"balks (at)",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affords",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"provides",
"supplies",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"warrants",
"accords",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"concedes",
"grants",
"lets",
"OKs",
"okays",
"permits"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"without hesitation she reprobated such an indecent idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"spent much of her talk reprobating the callous indifference of a materialistic society to the suffering of people in the third world"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"decries",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacks",
"blames",
"blasts",
"criticizes",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"dooms",
"sentences",
"convicts",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reproves",
"berates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"rakes",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"vituperates",
"curses",
"imprecates",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"reviles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"eulogizes",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"hails",
"salutes",
"touts",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"honors",
"reveres",
"venerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"blesses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"restuffs":{
"as in repacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"repacks",
"caulks",
"calks",
"chinks",
"seals",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"closes (off)",
"clots",
"congests",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"blocks",
"bungs",
"dams",
"fills",
"packs",
"plugs",
"stops",
"stuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"shovels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recertifies":{
"as in revalidates , reapproves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recharters",
"revalidates",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reorder":{
"as in move , rearrange":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"shift",
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regimentals":{
"as in full dress , fatigues":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fatigues",
"full dress",
"livery",
"outfit",
"uniform",
"costume",
"finery",
"regalia"
],
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},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"rebates":{
"as in kickbacks , givebacks":{
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"givebacks",
"kickbacks",
"abatements",
"deductions",
"discounts",
"reductions",
"dents",
"depreciations",
"declines",
"decrements",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"forfeits",
"forfeitures",
"penalties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessions",
"additions",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"appreciations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in refunds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refunds",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehydrates":{
"as in refreshes , remoistens":{
"examples":[],
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"refreshes",
"remoistens",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"rinses",
"sluices",
"dips",
"dunks",
"immerges",
"immerses",
"humidifies",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"souses",
"steeps",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"bathes",
"laves",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"moistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dries",
"dehumidifies",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repulsed":{
"filled with disgust":{
"examples":[
"I am repulsed that you think it's OK to cheat on your taxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"revolted",
"shocked",
"sick",
"sickened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fed up",
"weary",
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"cheesed off",
"displeased",
"enraged",
"fuming",
"furious",
"horn-mad",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"upset",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"fascinated",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the smell of that town's paper mill totally repulses me"
],
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"disgusted",
"grossed out",
"nauseated",
"put off",
"repelled",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeased",
"distressed",
"appalled",
"disquieted",
"horrified",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"shocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"drew",
"enchanted",
"enticed",
"fascinated",
"lured",
"pulled",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"appealed (to)",
"interested",
"intrigued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"the defense repeatedly repulsed all of the offense's attempts to move the ball forward, keeping them firmly planted on the 20-yard line"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fended (off)",
"rebutted",
"repelled",
"staved off",
"turned away",
"turned back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"fought",
"held off",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"stood off",
"withstood",
"deflected",
"warded (off)",
"rebuffed",
"snubbed",
"spurned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraced",
"hailed",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"resounded":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"folk songs that resound the noble deeds of the nation's heroes of yore"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"caroled",
"carolled",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"hymned",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"belauded",
"deified",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"renowned",
"saluted",
"chanted",
"cheered",
"eulogized",
"rhapsodized",
"cited",
"flattered",
"cracked up",
"recommended",
"touted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"criticized",
"reproved",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"keelhauled",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"castigated",
"lambasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder resounded across the plain"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resonated",
"reverberated",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restrengthen":{
"as in reinforce , augment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augment",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"supplement",
"emphasize",
"point (up)",
"sharpen",
"stress",
"maximize",
"accelerate",
"hasten",
"quicken",
"enliven",
"jazz (up)",
"broaden",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"aggravate",
"exacerbate",
"accentuate",
"amp (up)",
"amplify",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"moderate",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retreated":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"we retreated to the safety of the cellar at the first sign of the tornado"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed away",
"dropped back",
"fell back",
"pulled out",
"receded",
"retired",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fled",
"flew",
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"chickened (out)",
"bowed out",
"backed down",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"climbed down",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"pulled away",
"abandoned",
"departed",
"evacuated",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated",
"went"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the untried soldiers retreated in humiliating disarray almost as soon as the enemy's onslaught began"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reattained":{
"as in regained , recaptured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"caught",
"picked up",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost",
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respondents":{
"as in interviewees , pollees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interviewees",
"pollees",
"answerers",
"repliers",
"responders",
"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"testifiers",
"witnesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollers",
"pollsters",
"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrospects":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"in retrospect , we should have saved more money for college"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisals",
"reconsiderations",
"reexaminations",
"re-examinations",
"retrospections",
"reviews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"rehashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"previews"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconsecrates":{
"as in consecrates , sanctifies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sacralizes",
"sanctifies",
"chastens",
"cleanses",
"lustrates",
"purifies",
"commits",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"baptizes",
"canonizes",
"spiritualizes",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"expurgates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrates",
"desacralizes",
"desanctifies",
"defiles",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"taints",
"violates",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"cusses",
"damns",
"execrates",
"casts out",
"condemns",
"damns",
"punishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regaled":{
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"regaled his grandchildren with stories of his time in Morocco"
],
"synonyms":[
"amused",
"disported",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"solaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"busied",
"distracted",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"immersed",
"interested",
"involved",
"occupied",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"delighted",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"intrigued",
"mesmerized",
"coddled",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"appeased",
"comforted",
"conciliated",
"consoled",
"contented",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"soothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"drained",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"tired",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"perturbed",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"an inn that nightly regales its guests with five-course meals prepared by a master chef"
],
"synonyms":[
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"junketed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boarded",
"catered",
"fed",
"provisioned",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"honored",
"recognized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reschedules":{
"as in schedules , enters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"schedules",
"slates",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"books",
"cards",
"files",
"notes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repast":{
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"examples":[
"monks taking their evening repast in silence"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"table"
],
"near synonyms":[
"board",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in feast , banquet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banquet",
"feast",
"dine",
"eat",
"fare",
"feed",
"partake",
"refresh",
"victual",
"chow (down)",
"dig in",
"glut",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"overeat",
"overfeed",
"pig out",
"graze",
"nibble",
"nosh",
"pick",
"snack",
"board",
"dine out",
"mess",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"picnic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diet",
"fast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regrets":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"we regret any inconvenience that we may have caused you"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"deplores",
"laments",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"bewails",
"grieves (for)",
"mourns",
"sorrows (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revilement":{
"as in denunciation , censure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"denunciation",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"aspersion",
"innuendo",
"belittlement",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"defamation",
"libel",
"maligning",
"slander",
"smearing",
"vilification",
"character assassination",
"mudslinging",
"name-calling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reformulates":{
"as in reframes , redrafts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"reframes",
"assembles",
"compounds",
"pieces (together)",
"builds",
"constructs",
"makes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"devises",
"authors",
"indites",
"pens",
"writes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"phrases",
"states",
"verbalizes",
"words",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"molds",
"sculptures",
"shapes",
"casts",
"composes",
"crafts",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"formulates",
"frames",
"prepares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reunions":{
"the act or an instance of bringing people together again":{
"examples":[
"They rented a tent for a huge family reunion at the park."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"congresses",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"councils",
"gatherings",
"get-togethers",
"huddles",
"meetings",
"clinics",
"workshops",
"cabinets",
"caucuses",
"conclaves",
"synods",
"demonstrations",
"rallies",
"confabs",
"conversations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discourses",
"discussions",
"palavers",
"talks",
"negotiations",
"parleys",
"summits",
"conferences",
"forums",
"fora",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"audiences",
"interviews",
"sessions",
"reunifications",
"agglomerations",
"amalgamations",
"blends",
"coalescences",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"syntheses",
"combinations",
"connections",
"consolidations",
"couplings",
"junctions",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachments",
"divorcements",
"separations",
"severances",
"breakups",
"disconnections",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"splits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retailers":{
"a person or business that sells things directly to customers for their own use":{
"examples":[
"The company is a leading retailer of women's clothing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discounters",
"distributors",
"e-tailers",
"exporters",
"jobbers",
"resellers",
"wholesalers",
"brokers",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"auctioneers",
"concessionaires",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"bootleggers",
"fencers",
"fences",
"hustlers",
"scalpers",
"smugglers",
"traffickers",
"chapmen",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"salesclerks",
"salesmen",
"salespeople",
"saleswomen",
"shopgirls",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"horse traders",
"palterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"buyers",
"purchasers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconnected":{
"to put, bring, or come together again":{
"examples":[
"They reconnected with an old friend over the weekend.",
"She reassembled the unit and reconnected the cables."
],
"synonyms":[],
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"recombined",
"rejoined",
"reunified",
"reunited",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
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"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapportioning":{
"as in reallocating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"reallocating",
"administering",
"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"admeasuring",
"allotting",
"allowing",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"dishing out",
"dividing",
"divvying (up)",
"dolloping (out)",
"lotting",
"measuring (out)",
"parting",
"proportioning",
"rationing",
"redistributing",
"setting",
"sharing (out)",
"splitting",
"bestowing",
"disbursing",
"furnishing",
"issuing",
"providing",
"sharing",
"supplying",
"circulating",
"dispersing",
"disseminating",
"scattering",
"spreading",
"chipping in",
"contributing",
"donating",
"pledging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudging",
"declining",
"denying",
"depriving (of)",
"disallowing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"withholding",
"niggling (out)",
"pinching",
"skimping",
"stinting",
"misallocating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refection":{
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"examples":[
"refections at the monastery are as spartan as the surroundings"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"repast",
"table"
],
"near synonyms":[
"board",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remanufactures":{
"as in remakes , refashions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refashions",
"remakes",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"pictures",
"visualizes",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"creates",
"invents",
"mints",
"originates",
"prefabricates",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"knocks out",
"patches (together)",
"throws up",
"forges",
"molds",
"shapes",
"hews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"takes apart",
"breaks up",
"dismembers",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"flattens",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminisces":{
"as in remembers , recalls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recalls",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"comes (to)",
"crosses",
"dawns (on)",
"occurs (to)",
"strikes",
"cons",
"learns",
"memorizes",
"appears",
"arrives",
"emerges",
"materializes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in muses (upon) , reflects (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)",
"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"
]
},
"respected":{
"having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge":{
"examples":[
"a respected oncologist whose reputation brought her patients from all over the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"esteemed",
"estimable",
"name",
"prestigious",
"recognized",
"reputable",
"reputed",
"respectable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"creditable",
"good",
"praiseworthy",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"famed",
"famous",
"honored",
"illustrious",
"notable",
"prominent",
"redoubtable",
"renowned",
"well-known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"seedy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"no-name",
"obscure",
"undistinguished",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"disreputable"
]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"an upstanding senator who is respected by political allies and foes alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"regarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"accredited",
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"complimented",
"credited",
"praised",
"delighted (in)",
"drank (in)",
"enjoyed",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured",
"dug",
"fancied",
"favored",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"adored",
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"doted (on)",
"hallowed",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"cherished",
"loved",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"decried",
"deplored",
"disapproved",
"discounted",
"discountenanced",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"dismissed",
"disregarded",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"kissed off",
"scorned",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"resisters":{
"as in challengers , refusers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reactivating":{
"as in restarting , reinventing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinventing",
"restarting",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking",
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repositioned":{
"to change the place or position of":{
"examples":[
"she repositioned the wood before taking another swing with the ax"
],
"synonyms":[
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"relocated",
"removed",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"carted",
"conveyed",
"drove",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"toted",
"transmitted",
"transplanted",
"transported",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"altered",
"made over",
"modified",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchored",
"fixed",
"froze",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"stabilized",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rename":{
"as in rechristen , relabel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rechristen",
"relabel",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"surname",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"denote",
"specify",
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retired":{
"screened or sequestered from view":{
"examples":[
"hiked out to a retired beach and fished in the surf"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloistered",
"covert",
"hidden",
"isolated",
"quiet",
"remote",
"secluded",
"secret",
"sheltered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"reclusive",
"solitary",
"private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"visible",
"exposed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to one's bed in order to sleep":{
"examples":[
"I'm exhausted, so I think I'll retire for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedded",
"crashed",
"dossed (down)",
"turned in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunked",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"napped",
"nodded",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"couched",
"lay (down)",
"reclined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"roused",
"wakened",
"woke",
"waked",
"bestirred",
"stirred",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"shifted",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rose",
"uprose"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"as a part of its restructuring, the company has begun to retire its older employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"the insurgents have retired to the outskirts of the city, but appear to be readying themselves for another offensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed away",
"dropped back",
"fell back",
"pulled out",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fled",
"flew",
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"chickened (out)",
"bowed out",
"backed down",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"climbed down",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"pulled away",
"abandoned",
"departed",
"evacuated",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated",
"went"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"refigure":{
"as in rejigger , reengineer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recompute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recompute",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"table",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"add",
"cast (up)",
"foot (up)",
"sum",
"summate",
"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redescribe":{
"as in reimage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reimage",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"touch off",
"draft",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"trace",
"vignette",
"hint",
"suggest",
"display",
"exhibit",
"show",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell",
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"characterize",
"define",
"label",
"qualify",
"represent",
"delineate",
"depict",
"describe",
"draw",
"image",
"limn",
"paint",
"picture",
"portray",
"render",
"set out",
"sketch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"misdescribe",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reawakens":{
"as in rewakes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rewakes",
"raises",
"revives",
"agitates",
"bestirs",
"disturbs",
"excites",
"provokes",
"stimulates",
"stirs",
"rousts",
"routs",
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"knocks up",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lulls",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resign":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicate",
"abnegate",
"cede",
"relinquish",
"renounce",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjure",
"demit",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"waive",
"forsake",
"give up",
"hand over",
"yield",
"abandon",
"desert",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"assume",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp",
"wrest",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"secure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resistant":{
"opposed to something or refusing to agree or obey":{
"examples":[
"The toddler was resistant to trying vegetables.",
"His parents were set in their ways and resistant to the changes brought about by technology."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"competing",
"conflicting",
"counteracting",
"countering",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"reluctant",
"unwilling",
"against",
"opposed",
"hard",
"inflexible",
"relentless",
"stern",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"adverse",
"counter",
"disadvantageous",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"negative",
"prejudicial",
"unfavorable",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"untoward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unresistant",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"benignant",
"complying",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"advantageous",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"positive",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"well-disposed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing determination to do or continue something":{
"examples":[
"The resistant athletes did not give up even when they were losing the game.",
"He was quite resistant , able to bounce back after even large setbacks in his career."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"dogged",
"insistent",
"patient",
"persevering",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"tenacious",
"assured",
"certain",
"dedicated",
"determined",
"firm",
"hell-bent",
"intent",
"positive",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"sure",
"adamant",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"indurate",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unregenerate",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"good",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"hard",
"inflexible",
"relentless",
"stern",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quitting",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"irresolute",
"vacillating",
"wavering"
],
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},
"as in challenger , resister":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resister",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"replacements":{
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"seeing that the starting quarterback was unable to play, the coach immediately called in his replacement"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refunded":{
"to make a return payment to":{
"examples":[
"will refund you your money"
],
"synonyms":[
"reimbursed",
"repaid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave back",
"reciprocated",
"rendered (to)",
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"remunerated",
"liquidated",
"paid down",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"satisfied",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebel (against)":{
"to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{
"examples":[
"experts tell parents that if their once-compliant children rebel against them, then they should take it as a sign the kids are growing up and becoming their own persons"
],
"synonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disoblige",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"brush (off)",
"dismiss",
"flout",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulate (to)",
"concede (to)",
"defer (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"serve",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"cooperate (with)",
"keep",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"oblige",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch"
],
"antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reed":{
"a person without strength of character":{
"examples":[
"the congresswoman is but a reed who bends whichever way the political winds are blowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"doormat",
"jellyfish",
"namby-pamby",
"pushover",
"weakling",
"wimp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coward",
"milquetoast",
"mouse",
"nebbish",
"nervous Nellie",
"nervous Nelly",
"pussy",
"wuss",
"wussy",
"sheep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mensch"
],
"antonyms":[
"stalwart"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rephotograph":{
"as in picture , image":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"image",
"picture",
"retake",
"mug",
"photo",
"photograph",
"shoot",
"snap",
"film",
"videotape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reds":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin"
],
"synonyms":[
"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"socialists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinkos",
"pinkoes",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"Bolsheviks",
"Bolsheviki",
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recent":{
"happening or beginning not long ago":{
"examples":[
"Recent events have brought attention to the problem.",
"I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.",
"Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"cutting-edge",
"latest",
"leading-edge",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newest",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"novel",
"now",
"present-day",
"space-age",
"supermodern",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"forward",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"late",
"progressive",
"refined",
"precocious",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"full-scale",
"aged",
"grown",
"mature",
"matured",
"perfected",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"civilized",
"educated",
"enhanced",
"enlightened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"immature",
"underdeveloped",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"underweight",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"savage",
"uncivilized",
"uneducated",
"early",
"embryonic",
"germinal",
"primeval",
"primordial",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dated",
"fusty",
"hoary",
"musty",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"obsolete",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"past",
"backward",
"low",
"lower",
"nonprogressive",
"primitive",
"retarded",
"rude",
"rudimentary",
"undeveloped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reconcilable":{
"as in congruous , congruent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting",
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"irreconcilable",
"opposing",
"opposite",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recycles":{
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaims",
"recovers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reuses",
"processes",
"reprocesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renewing":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the trip to New York renewed our enthusiasm for travel"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"with daybreak, the rescue team will renew its efforts to reach the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuing",
"picking up",
"proceeding (with)",
"reopening",
"restarting",
"resuming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"recrudescing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"consummating",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"belaying",
"breaking",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"checking",
"cutting",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"scuttling",
"shutting off",
"staying",
"stopping",
"terminating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"I can only renew my offer to help\u2014it's up to them to accept it"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repulsing":{
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the smell of that town's paper mill totally repulses me"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusting",
"grossing out",
"nauseating",
"putting off",
"repelling",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeasing",
"distressing",
"appalling",
"disquieting",
"horrifying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"drawing",
"enchanting",
"enticing",
"fascinating",
"luring",
"pulling",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rejoicing",
"tickling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"appealing (to)",
"interesting",
"intriguing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"the defense repeatedly repulsed all of the offense's attempts to move the ball forward, keeping them firmly planted on the 20-yard line"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating off",
"fending (off)",
"rebutting",
"repelling",
"staving off",
"turning away",
"turning back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defying",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"standing off",
"withstanding",
"deflecting",
"warding (off)",
"rebuffing",
"snubbing",
"spurning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embracing",
"hailing",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabbing":{
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"rehabbing the torture victim's battered body will be easier than restoring his emotional well-being"
],
"synonyms":[
"curing",
"fixing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabilitating",
"setting up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending (to)",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"physicking",
"treating",
"fortifying",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"alleviating",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"repairing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippling",
"damaging",
"disabling",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"lacerating",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"wounding",
"afflicting",
"ailing",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"laying up",
"sapping",
"sickening",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"returns":{
"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
"when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from"
],
"synonyms":[
"replaces",
"restores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce as revenue":{
"examples":[
"this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"gives",
"pays",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings in",
"nets",
"affords",
"furnishes",
"provides",
"supplies",
"pays off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comes back",
"rejoins",
"replies",
"responds",
"retorts",
"ripostes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
]
},
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways"
],
"synonyms":[
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"throws back",
"ebbs",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"drops",
"falls",
"retrogrades",
"worsens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"develops",
"evolves",
"progresses"
]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"I was moved by my grandfather's lengthy return to my casual question about his experiences in the Vietnam War"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comebacks",
"rejoinders",
"replications",
"replies",
"responses",
"retorts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
]
},
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
"examples":[
"the return on each unit sold has increased since we streamlined the production process"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gains",
"lucre",
"nets",
"payoffs",
"proceeds",
"profits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanups",
"killings",
"windfalls",
"bottom lines",
"grosses",
"sales",
"compensations",
"emoluments",
"incomes",
"payments",
"pays",
"remittals",
"requitals",
"salaries",
"wages",
"interests",
"revenues",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"costs",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"losses",
"outgoes",
"outlays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"restitute":{
"as in reimburse , refund":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"give back",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"pay",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy",
"avenge",
"get back (at)",
"retaliate",
"revenge",
"exchange",
"reciprocate",
"recompense",
"repay",
"requite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red in tooth and claw":{
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-hearted",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"unfeeling",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"bloodthirsty",
"cutthroat",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vindictive",
"draconian",
"draconic",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"renouncing":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"in wake of the corruption scandal, the congressman was forced to renounce his seat in the House"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicating",
"abnegating",
"ceding",
"relinquishing",
"resigning",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)",
"surrendering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"demitting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"waiving",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"yielding",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"assuming",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"wresting",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"securing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"after another failed romance he vowed that he was renouncing the world and becoming a monk"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"reneging",
"repealing",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing"
],
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"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"abandoning",
"bolting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"revoking"
],
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"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"stating",
"vouching",
"vowing",
"backing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing"
],
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"adhering (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"I removed my coat as soon as I got inside"
],
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"doffing",
"dousing",
"peeling (off)",
"putting off",
"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 take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf"
],
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"clearing",
"drawing",
"taking out",
"withdrawing"
],
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"demounting",
"dislodging",
"abstracting",
"cutting",
"drawing off",
"drawing out",
"extracting",
"pulling",
"budging",
"dislocating",
"displacing",
"disturbing",
"moving",
"shifting",
"transferring",
"transposing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounting",
"anchoring",
"clamping",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"setting up",
"siting",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"antonyms":[
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting"
]
},
"to change the place or position of":{
"examples":[
"please remove that chair to the other room"
],
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"budging",
"dislocating",
"displacing",
"disturbing",
"moving",
"relocating",
"repositioning",
"shifting",
"transferring",
"transposing"
],
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"bearing",
"carrying",
"carting",
"conveying",
"driving",
"hauling",
"lugging",
"toting",
"transmitting",
"transplanting",
"transporting",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting",
"altering",
"making over",
"modifying",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchoring",
"fixing",
"freezing",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting",
"stabilizing",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restiveness":{
"a disturbed or uneasy state":{
"examples":[
"the nighttime tornado warnings were the likely source of the restiveness that could be felt all over town"
],
"synonyms":[
"disquiet",
"ferment",
"fermentation",
"restlessness",
"Sturm und Drang",
"turmoil",
"uneasiness",
"unquietness",
"unrest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fidgets",
"agitation",
"commotion",
"confusion",
"excitement",
"hubbub",
"moil",
"stir",
"storm",
"trouble",
"tumult",
"tumultuousness",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"unsettlement",
"disruption",
"perturbation",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"disquietude",
"inquietude",
"queasiness",
"tension",
"unease",
"anarchy",
"chaos",
"disorder",
"welter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"ease",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"quiet",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
]
},
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
"examples":[
"I sensed that his restiveness at breakfast probably had something to do with the big presentation he would be making at the sales conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"edginess",
"fidgetiness",
"fidgets",
"flightiness",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"skittishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"disquiet",
"feverishness",
"franticness",
"freneticism",
"hand-wringing",
"perturbation",
"restlessness",
"trepidation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"worry",
"nerves",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"willies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"control",
"self-control",
"aplomb",
"calm",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"ease",
"easiness",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"poise",
"repose",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reexamine":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer"
],
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"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redescribed":{
"as in reimaged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reimaged",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"touched off",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"traced",
"vignetted",
"hinted",
"suggested",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"showed",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"characterized",
"defined",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"qualified",
"represented",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"described",
"drew",
"imaged",
"limned",
"painted",
"pictured",
"portrayed",
"rendered",
"set out",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"misdescribed",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renovators":{
"as in repairers , doctors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doctors",
"menders",
"repairers",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"mechanics",
"repairmen",
"servicemen",
"troubleshooters",
"handymen",
"handypeople",
"tinkerers",
"do-it-yourselfers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reuses":{
"to put (something) to use again":{
"examples":[
"I can reuse that empty container for another purpose."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"cannibalizes",
"recycles",
"applies",
"employs",
"exercises",
"exploits",
"harnesses",
"operates",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"handles",
"manipulates",
"wields",
"directs",
"runs",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chucks",
"dumps",
"junks",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in uses , usages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"applications",
"employments",
"exercises",
"operations",
"plays",
"usages",
"uses",
"exertions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuses",
"nonuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redact":{
"to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information":{
"examples":[
"Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.",
"The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"clean (up)",
"expurgate",
"launder",
"red-pencil",
"blue-pencil",
"cancel",
"cross (out)",
"dele",
"delete",
"edit (out)",
"elide",
"kill",
"scratch (out)",
"strike (out)",
"stroke (out)",
"x (out)",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"wipe out",
"bleep",
"blip",
"clip",
"cut",
"excise",
"remove",
"abbreviate",
"crop",
"shorten",
"black out",
"repress",
"silence",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconveys":{
"as in returns , replaces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replaces",
"restores",
"returns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recidivists":{
"a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backsliders",
"relapsers",
"repeaters",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders",
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs",
"enforcers",
"gunmen",
"guns",
"gunsels",
"hit men",
"triggermen",
"accused",
"arrestees",
"defendants",
"detainees",
"fish",
"fishes",
"suspects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redrafts":{
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"if you redraft that paper and include more recent data, I think we could publish it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edits",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"copyedits",
"reads",
"subedits",
"subs",
"reedits",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"fact-checks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"engrosses",
"recopies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remunerations":{
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"customers who are tardy in their remuneration will be subject to extra charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"disbursements",
"payments",
"remitments",
"remittances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renderings",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayments"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpayments"
]
},
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the vandals were ordered to pay the property owners thousands of dollars in remuneration"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"we can't accept your remuneration for services provided until we officially bill you"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"requitals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments",
"rentals",
"rents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rekindling":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconciles":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"attunes",
"conciliates",
"conforms",
"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"keys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapts",
"tunes",
"blends",
"combines",
"connects",
"correlates",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"fuses",
"integrates",
"joins",
"matches",
"merges",
"orchestrates",
"pairs",
"squares",
"suits",
"synchronizes",
"synthesizes",
"unifies",
"unites",
"aligns",
"alines",
"arranges",
"arrays",
"balances",
"equalizes",
"evens",
"orders",
"proportions",
"regularizes",
"standardizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"skews",
"upsets",
"alienates",
"estranges"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-pencil":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"clean (up)",
"expurgate",
"launder"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify",
"abbreviate",
"blue-pencil",
"edit",
"shorten",
"bleep",
"blip",
"cut (out)",
"delete",
"excise",
"expunge",
"gut",
"x (out)",
"black out",
"repress",
"silence",
"suppress",
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"examine",
"review",
"screen",
"scrutinize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"authorize",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refixed":{
"as in reattached , resecured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"resecured",
"recombined",
"reconnected",
"rejoined",
"reunified",
"reunited",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"records":{
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"the town paper published a record of the debate, as well as a synopsis of each candidate's stance on the major questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"chronicles",
"chronologies",
"commentaries",
"histories",
"narrations",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"versions",
"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"witnesses",
"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
"logbooks",
"logs",
"memoirs",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"tales",
"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances",
"recitals",
"recitations",
"case histories",
"case studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an account of important events in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"historical records on the rise of the Roman Empire are plentiful"
],
"synonyms":[
"annals",
"chronicles",
"histories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blogs",
"commentaries",
"diaries",
"journals",
"memoirs",
"reminiscences",
"autobiographies",
"biographies",
"lives",
"epics",
"legends",
"narratives",
"sagas",
"stories",
"tales",
"archives",
"documentations",
"logs",
"registers",
"reports",
"chronologies",
"genealogies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference"
],
"synonyms":[
"jots (down)",
"logs",
"marks",
"notes",
"puts down",
"registers",
"reports",
"sets down",
"takes down",
"writes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"minutes",
"transcribes",
"enregisters",
"enters",
"inscribes",
"chalks (up)",
"notches",
"scores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"puts down",
"registers",
"schedules",
"slates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"books",
"cards",
"files",
"notes",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"reschedules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"resistants":{
"as in challengers , resisters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resisters",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red meat":{
"as in game , variety meat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"game",
"poultry",
"variety meat",
"flesh",
"meat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recherch\u00e9":{
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
"examples":[
"a high-end restaurant with a particularly recherch\u00e9 selection of wines"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"select"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijou",
"jewellike",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"elite",
"exclusive",
"classic",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"noble",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"ultrarare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"gross",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"tasteless",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"commercial",
"mass-produced",
"popular",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"lesser",
"mediocre",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"remarking":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"her date awkwardly remarked on the attractiveness of the background music in the restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"commenting",
"editorializing",
"noting",
"observing",
"opining",
"reflecting",
"weighing in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentating",
"articulating",
"expressing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I remarked the change in her hair color but didn't think it would be polite to say anything other than she was looking good"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reliability":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"we never had reason to question the reliability of the park rangers in the event of an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restrictedly":{
"as in literally , strictly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"literally",
"narrowly",
"strictly",
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"solitarily",
"specifically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"overall",
"together",
"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"recessional":{
"as in processional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"processional",
"mass",
"oratorio",
"Gloria Patri",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"psalm",
"spiritual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reedy":{
"as in wiry , weedy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"racy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refiner":{
"as in filter , purifier":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clarifier",
"filter",
"purifier",
"cleanliness",
"immaculateness",
"purity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"impurity",
"pollutant",
"blot",
"blotch",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scum",
"sludge",
"smut",
"soil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reunified":{
"as in reunited , rejoined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recombined",
"reconnected",
"rejoined",
"reunited",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassembled":{
"as in rebuilt , reconstructed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"redeveloped",
"reedified",
"retrofitted",
"retrofit",
"assembled",
"built",
"confected",
"constructed",
"erected",
"fabricated",
"made",
"made up",
"pieced",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"took down",
"tore down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refraining (from)":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"couldn't refrain from ruffling her nephew's neatly combed hair whenever she saw him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"forgoing",
"foregoing",
"keeping (from)",
"withholding (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescing (to)",
"capitulating",
"conceding (to)",
"knuckling under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relocate":{
"to change the place or position of":{
"examples":[
"those volumes have been relocated to the second floor of the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"remove",
"reposition",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"cart",
"convey",
"drive",
"haul",
"lug",
"tote",
"transmit",
"transplant",
"transport",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"alter",
"make over",
"modify",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchor",
"fix",
"freeze",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"stabilize",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recombine":{
"as in reunite , rejoin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renewal":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"a campaign season that witnessed the endless renewal of the same stupid charges and countercharges"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"reiteration",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"roller-skating experienced a major renewal after the introduction of in-line skates"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"readjust":{
"as in readapt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reservations":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"despite my reservations , we hired the young teen as a babysitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubts",
"dubieties",
"dubitations",
"incertitudes",
"misdoubts",
"misgivings",
"mistrust",
"queries",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"incredulities",
"anxieties",
"concerns",
"paranoias",
"compunctions",
"niggles",
"qualms",
"scruples",
"tremors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credences",
"faiths"
],
"antonyms":[
"assurances",
"beliefs",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions",
"sureties",
"trusts"
]
},
"something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends":{
"examples":[
"gave us his approval without any reservations"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"contingencies",
"ifs",
"provisions",
"provisos",
"provisoes",
"qualifications",
"stipulations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strings",
"terms",
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"limitations",
"modifications",
"restrictions",
"exceptions",
"exemptions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"musts",
"necessities",
"needs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reloading":{
"as in refreshing , replenishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refilling",
"refreshing",
"repacking",
"replenishing",
"brimming",
"charging",
"cramming",
"heaping",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"loading",
"packing",
"stuffing",
"drenching",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"swamping",
"bloating",
"bulking",
"crowding",
"crushing",
"matting",
"pressing",
"ramming",
"shoving",
"squashing",
"squeezing",
"overcharging",
"overfilling",
"overflowing",
"saturating",
"honeycombing",
"penetrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightening",
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"exhausting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"cleaning",
"flushing",
"purging",
"scouring",
"sweeping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"evacuating",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refocusing":{
"as in reinventing , transforming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in focusing , aiming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aiming",
"directing",
"homing (in on)",
"honing in (on)",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"nailing",
"pointing",
"setting",
"zeroing (in on)",
"centering",
"concentrating",
"fastening",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"riveting",
"training",
"attending",
"heeding",
"minding",
"fixating (on)",
"obsessing (over)"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"requirements":{
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"this science course is a requirement for graduation"
],
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"conditions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"must-haves",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needfuls",
"needs",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
],
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"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
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"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
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"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resistible":{
"as in manageable , controllable":{
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"controllable",
"manageable",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
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"besetting",
"compulsive",
"driven",
"impulsive",
"obsessional",
"obsessive",
"irrepressible",
"uncontrollable",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"reflex",
"spontaneous"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"repasts":{
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
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"monks taking their evening repast in silence"
],
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"chow",
"feeds",
"meals",
"menus",
"messes",
"refections",
"tables"
],
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"boards",
"breakfasts",
"buffets",
"collations",
"dinners",
"luncheons",
"lunches",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbords",
"snacks",
"suppers",
"teas",
"bites",
"gulps",
"morsels",
"servings",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"regales",
"spreads",
"bakes",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"fry-ups",
"luaus",
"picnics",
"potlucks",
"roasts"
],
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"as in feasts , banquets":{
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"banquets",
"feasts",
"dines",
"eats",
"fares",
"feeds",
"partakes",
"refreshes",
"victuals",
"chows (down)",
"digs in",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"overeats",
"overfeeds",
"pigs out",
"grazes",
"nibbles",
"noshes",
"picks",
"snacks",
"boards",
"dines out",
"messes",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"picnics"
],
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"diets",
"fasts"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reactions":{
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"examples":[
"we were startled by her extreme reaction to being jilted by her boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"replies",
"responses",
"takes"
],
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"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replicated":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"replicated the famous painting in our art class"
],
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"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"reduplicated",
"rendered",
"reproduced"
],
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"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself"
],
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"duplicated",
"redid",
"reduplicated",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"repeated",
"reprised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
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"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"discouraged her from remonstrating with her father, whose mind was obviously made up"
],
"synonyms":[
"demurred",
"excepted",
"expostulated",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
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"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"fought",
"conflicted",
"debated",
"disputed",
"hassled",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"squabbled",
"wrangled",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"keened",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"balked",
"gagged",
"stuck",
"censured",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"withstood",
"demonstrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"sanctioned",
"accepted",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"adhered",
"complied",
"conformed",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"maintained",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrofit":{
"to provide (something) with new parts that were not available when it was originally built":{
"examples":[
"The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations.",
"We can retrofit your car with the new fuel system."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retentive":{
"as in careful , vigilant":{
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"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"thoughtful",
"wary",
"alert",
"attentive",
"awake",
"keen",
"open-eyed",
"sharp",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absentminded",
"forgetful",
"absent",
"abstracted",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"unmindful",
"amnesiac",
"amnesic",
"senile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rehabilitating":{
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society"
],
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"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"redeeming",
"reforming",
"regenerating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"curing",
"fixing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabbing",
"setting up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending (to)",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"physicking",
"treating",
"fortifying",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"alleviating",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"repairing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippling",
"damaging",
"disabling",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"lacerating",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"wounding",
"afflicting",
"ailing",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"laying up",
"sapping",
"sickening",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reversal":{
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knock",
"lapse",
"reverse",
"setback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointment",
"frustration",
"letdown",
"comedown",
"decline",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"recession",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"relapse",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quo"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"parents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-face",
"about-turn",
"flip-flop",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"recantation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"represented":{
"as in drawn , painted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drawn",
"painted",
"photographic",
"video",
"illustrational",
"illustrative",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"imaginal",
"pictorial",
"visual",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"iconographic",
"iconographical",
"ideogramic",
"ideogrammic",
"ideogrammatic",
"ideographic",
"pictographic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats"
],
"synonyms":[
"charactered",
"characterized",
"defined",
"depicted",
"described",
"portrayed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorized",
"classified",
"pigeonholed",
"typed",
"colored",
"identified",
"indicated",
"named",
"specified",
"distinguished",
"individualized",
"marked",
"particularized",
"stamped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"a painting representing the ocean at sunrise"
],
"synonyms":[
"depicted",
"imaged",
"pictured",
"portrayed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineated",
"described",
"documented",
"rendered",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"sketched",
"illustrated",
"showed",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"caricatured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblematized",
"symbolized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodied",
"embodied",
"epitomized",
"incarnated",
"manifested",
"materialized",
"objectified",
"personalized",
"personified",
"exemplified",
"illustrated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"requitals":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the judge ordered the landlord to pay his former tenants $100,000 each as requital for goods lost or damaged in the apartment fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the electrician's requital for the used car was in the form of work on the dealer's house"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"pays",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments",
"rentals",
"rents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"\"an eye for an eye\" is a form of requital that is still legal in some countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"paybacks",
"reprisals",
"retaliations",
"retributions",
"revenges",
"vengeances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counters",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"nemeses",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"wraths",
"amends",
"compensations",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"restitutions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemencies",
"graces",
"leniencies",
"lenities",
"mercies",
"pardons",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resolvable":{
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
"examples":[
"I have no doubt that this mystery will turn out to be resolvable"
],
"synonyms":[
"answerable",
"explainable",
"explicable",
"soluble",
"solvable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyzable",
"decipherable",
"feasible",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difficult",
"inextricable",
"knotty",
"impossible",
"insuperable",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"inexplicable",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unexplainable",
"unresolvable",
"unsolvable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"retrains":{
"as in reteaches , reeducates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducates",
"reschools",
"reteaches",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"shows",
"briefs",
"familiarizes",
"imparts (to)",
"informs",
"verses",
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"homeschools",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"instills",
"instils",
"catechizes",
"lectures",
"moralizes",
"preaches",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"rears",
"drills",
"fits",
"grounds",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"primes",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnecting":{
"to put, bring, or come together again":{
"examples":[
"They reconnected with an old friend over the weekend.",
"She reassembled the unit and reconnected the cables."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recombining",
"rejoining",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repudiations":{
"a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement":{
"examples":[
"voters seemed satisfied by the candidate's public repudiation of the beliefs of an organization to which he had briefly belonged as a youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradictions",
"denegations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disavowals",
"disclaimers",
"disconfirmations",
"negations",
"rejections"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disproofs",
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"negatives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concessions",
"confessions",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"declarations",
"attestations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonies",
"validations"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"confirmations"
]
},
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
"examples":[
"New Year's resolutions typically include the repudiation of chocolate and other indulgences and the promise to resume working out at the gym"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegations",
"renouncements",
"renunciations",
"self-denials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"relinquishments",
"resignations",
"surrenders",
"self-abnegations",
"self-renunciations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"adoptions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"espousals"
],
"antonyms":[
"indulgences",
"self-indulgences"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retarding":{
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
"examples":[
"an herbicide to retard the growth of weeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"braking",
"decelerating",
"slackening",
"slowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halting",
"stopping",
"encumbering",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"setting back",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"bottlenecking",
"arresting",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"driving",
"encouraging",
"goading",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring",
"urging",
"advancing",
"aiding",
"dispatching",
"easing",
"expediting",
"facilitating",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"helping"
],
"antonyms":[
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"hurrying",
"quickening",
"rushing",
"speeding (up)",
"stepping up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrievals":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"a law firm that has been involved in the retrieval of artworks that were plundered during the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoupments",
"recoveries",
"repossessions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitments",
"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resourcefulness":{
"as in capableness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capableness",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"productiveness",
"productivity",
"prolificacy",
"prolificity",
"prolificness",
"genius",
"giftedness",
"talent",
"cleverness",
"creativeness",
"creativity",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"innovativeness",
"invention",
"inventiveness",
"originality",
"fire",
"inspiration",
"muse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dryness",
"dullness",
"dulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reappearing":{
"to appear again after not being seen, felt, etc., for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"We watched the fireflies in the field vanish and then reappear .",
"Call the doctor if the symptoms reappear ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rematerializing",
"appearing",
"coming out",
"materializing",
"showing",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"unfolding",
"resurfacing",
"bulking",
"looming",
"arriving",
"coming",
"dawning",
"debuting",
"arising",
"blossoming",
"bobbing (up)",
"breaking",
"breaking out",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"erupting",
"issuing",
"outcropping",
"rising",
"shooting (up)",
"springing (up)",
"surfacing",
"happening",
"occurring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"leaving",
"retiring",
"withdrawing",
"clearing",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evanescing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"going (away)",
"melting (away)",
"vanishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reputabilities":{
"as in reputations , reputes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"characters",
"marks",
"names",
"reports",
"reputations",
"reputes",
"infamies",
"cachets",
"places",
"positions",
"prestiges",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"celebrities",
"fames",
"notorieties",
"renowns",
"megastardoms",
"popularities",
"stardoms",
"superstardoms",
"distinctions",
"eminences",
"glories",
"honors",
"notes",
"preeminences",
"prominences",
"visibilities",
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"homages",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"praises",
"recognitions",
"adorations",
"idolizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anonymities",
"oblivions",
"obscurities",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"shames",
"invisibilities",
"unpopularity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revelatory":{
"clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)":{
"examples":[
"ended his tall tale with a revelatory wink that indicated that it had all been an elaborate put-on"
],
"synonyms":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaning",
"meaningful",
"pregnant",
"revealing",
"significant",
"suggestive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graphic",
"graphical",
"pictorial",
"vivid",
"evocative",
"redolent",
"reminiscent",
"sententious",
"weighty",
"flavorful",
"full-bodied",
"rich"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"relives":{
"to experience (something) again in your imagination":{
"examples":[
"an athlete trying to relive his glory days",
"He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-creates",
"reflects",
"remembers",
"reminisces",
"conceits",
"conceives",
"conjures (up)",
"dreams",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"fantasizes",
"features",
"ideates",
"images",
"imagines",
"pictures",
"reimagines",
"sees",
"visions",
"visualizes",
"daydreams",
"stargazes",
"hallucinates",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"muses",
"ponders",
"ruminates",
"concocts",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"plans",
"projects",
"foresees",
"prefigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rented":{
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
"examples":[
"we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"leased",
"let"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chartered",
"engaged",
"hired",
"lodged",
"subleased",
"sublet",
"rack-rented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
"examples":[
"will need to rent a car while we're in Europe"
],
"synonyms":[
"chartered",
"engaged",
"hired",
"leased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subleased",
"sublet",
"checked out",
"arranged (for)",
"bespoke",
"booked",
"contracted (for)",
"ordered",
"reserved",
"signed up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redrafted":{
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"if you redraft that paper and include more recent data, I think we could publish it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edited",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"reedited",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recondensing":{
"as in reconcentrating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconcentrating",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"richening",
"strengthening",
"evaporating",
"extracting",
"removing",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"compacting",
"hardening",
"solidifying",
"boiling down",
"decocting",
"reducing",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"distilling",
"flushing",
"leaching",
"purging",
"purifying",
"refining",
"concentrating",
"condensing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diluting",
"watering (down)",
"adulterating",
"cutting",
"thinning",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respects":{
"best wishes":{
"examples":[
"give your mother my respects"
],
"synonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliment",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"benediction",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"citation",
"commendation",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"praise",
"well-wishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dig",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"insult",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"an upstanding senator who is respected by political allies and foes alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"considers",
"esteems",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"accredits",
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"compliments",
"credits",
"praises",
"delights (in)",
"drinks (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours",
"digs",
"fancies",
"favors",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"adores",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"dotes (on)",
"hallows",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"decries",
"deplores",
"disapproves",
"discountenances",
"discounts",
"disdains",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismisses",
"disregards",
"frowns (on or upon)",
"kisses off",
"scorns",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"restrains":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"the victim's family members were unable to restrain their emotions upon hearing the verdict"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"keeps",
"measures",
"pulls in",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"rules",
"tames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"minces",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suppresses",
"swallows",
"arrests",
"interrupts",
"stops",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"unleashes",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the suspect was restrained and taken to an undisclosed location"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"runs in",
"seizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifies":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"emends",
"red-pencils",
"reforms",
"remedies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reluctances":{
"a lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something":{
"examples":[
"the mice showed an odd reluctance to eat the cheese we had put out for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"disinclination",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"reticence",
"unwillingness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety"
],
"antonyms":[
"inclination",
"willingness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resistless":{
"as in vulnerable , unresistant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonhardy",
"perishable",
"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"
]
},
"rekindle":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurred":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reoccurred",
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reduplicated",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"replicated",
"reprised",
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repealed":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the company called the furniture store to repeal the order for six new desks"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"avoided",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"disannulled",
"dissolved",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nulled",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"rescinded",
"rolled back",
"struck down",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanded",
"overrode",
"overruled",
"overturned",
"vetoed",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"retracted",
"reversed",
"revoked",
"suspended",
"withdrew",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"disallowed",
"dismissed",
"rejected",
"annihilated",
"broke down",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"threw out",
"wrote off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"established",
"founded",
"instituted",
"formalized",
"legalized",
"legitimated",
"legitimized",
"validated",
"passed",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"mandated",
"ordered",
"prescribed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"if I find that you have been lying about this, I'll instantly repeal every promise I made to you"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repellants":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"your snobbish behavior towards my friends is so repellent I can't stand to be around you anymore"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
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"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redrawn":{
"as in revised , rewritten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafted",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewritten",
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"red-penciled",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorates":{
"as in redoes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redoes",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"bosses",
"chases",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"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":[
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils",
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retainers":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"knights being dressed for battle by their retainers"
],
"synonyms":[
"dailies",
"domestics",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"lackeys",
"menials",
"servants",
"stewards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butlers",
"footmen",
"grooms",
"houseboys",
"housemen",
"majordomos",
"men",
"menservants",
"servitors",
"valets",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"housekeepers",
"housemaids",
"ladies-in-waiting",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"wenches",
"women",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"companions",
"factotums",
"followers",
"dogsbodies",
"drudges",
"gofers",
"gophers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"taskmasters"
],
"antonyms":[
"masters",
"mistresses"
]
},
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
"examples":[
"lifelong civil service retainers"
],
"synonyms":[
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"hirelings",
"jobholders",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assistants",
"cogs",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"yes-men",
"drudges",
"gandy dancers",
"grubs",
"hacks",
"jobbers",
"laborers",
"navvies",
"toilers",
"nine-to-fivers",
"wage earners",
"wage slaves",
"wageworkers",
"workingmen",
"workingwomen",
"workmen",
"workwomen",
"associates",
"colleagues",
"coworkers",
"co-workers",
"temporaries",
"temps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"superiors",
"supervisors"
],
"antonyms":[
"employers",
"gaffers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reservoirs":{
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"examples":[
"the area boasts a large reservoir of college-educated people for companies to draw on"
],
"synonyms":[
"budgets",
"forces",
"funds",
"inventories",
"pools",
"repertoires",
"stocks",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"refills",
"renewals",
"replacements",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refreshment":{
"as in revitalization , rejuvenation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"revitalization",
"bounce",
"dash",
"drive",
"energy",
"ginger",
"go",
"liveliness",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"strength",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burnout",
"collapse",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"lassitude",
"prostration",
"tiredness",
"weariness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"disablement",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"infirmity",
"weakness",
"overfatigue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reclined":{
"as in tilted , inclined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upswept",
"upturned",
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couched , lay (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couched",
"lay (down)",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"napped",
"nodded",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"bunked",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"bedded",
"crashed",
"dossed (down)",
"retired",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rose",
"uprose",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"roused",
"wakened",
"woke",
"waked",
"bestirred",
"stirred",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"shifted",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remedies":{
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
"examples":[
"preferred to treat colds with a homemade remedy made from garlic"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"specifics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"botanicals",
"patent medicines",
"prescription drugs",
"prescriptions",
"cordials",
"potions",
"tonics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"injections",
"shots",
"embrocations",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"poultices",
"salves",
"syrups",
"sirups",
"tinctures",
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"sera",
"serums",
"cathartics",
"purgatives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"the mayor was desperately searching for a remedy to the recent surge in crime the city had been experiencing"
],
"synonyms":[
"antidotes",
"correctives",
"curatives",
"cures",
"rectifiers",
"therapeutics",
"therapies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"panaceas",
"answers",
"solutions",
"aids",
"help",
"reliefs",
"succors",
"balms",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"palliatives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring about recovery from":{
"examples":[
"a little extra studying should remedy your poor performance in history thus far this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"mends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"palliates",
"salves",
"soothes",
"eases",
"lightens",
"moderates",
"tempers",
"doctors",
"nurses",
"medicates",
"treats",
"diagnoses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"misdiagnoses",
"overdiagnoses",
"underdiagnoses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"needed to wear glasses to remedy her bad vision"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"red-pencils",
"reforms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reveal":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confide",
"share",
"debunk",
"show up",
"unclothe",
"undrape",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"bring out",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"betray",
"blab",
"give away",
"leak",
"inform",
"squeal",
"talk",
"communicate",
"impart",
"relate",
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"avow",
"concede",
"confess",
"own",
"disinter",
"rake up",
"smoke out",
"unearth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeak",
"betray",
"communicate",
"declare",
"demonstrate",
"display",
"evince",
"expose",
"give away",
"manifest",
"show"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"placard",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"project"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belie",
"misrepresent",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"twist",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"conceal",
"counterfeit",
"cover",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"removal":{
"the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless":{
"examples":[
"a product for the removal of warts"
],
"synonyms":[
"discarding",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"dumping",
"jettison",
"junking",
"riddance",
"scrapping",
"throwing away"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"clearing",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"destruction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulation",
"acquirement",
"acquisition",
"collection",
"deposit",
"gathering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reamed":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reporters":{
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
"examples":[
"the reporter was careful to ask as many questions as possible without annoying anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"pressmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors",
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restaurant":{
"a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises":{
"examples":[
"when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"beanery",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"caff",
"diner",
"eatery",
"grill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cafeteria",
"lunch counter",
"luncheonette",
"lunchroom",
"snack bar",
"greasy spoon",
"hash house",
"chophouse",
"steak house",
"pizzeria",
"coffeehouse",
"coffee shop",
"estaminet",
"teahouse",
"tearoom",
"tea shop",
"bar",
"barroom",
"inn",
"tavern"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconnaissance":{
"military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy":{
"examples":[
"There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance .",
"reconnaissance missions"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"observation",
"surveillance",
"espionage",
"spying",
"counterespionage",
"counterintelligence",
"intelligence",
"cloak-and-dagger",
"tradecraft",
"bugging",
"eavesdropping",
"wiretapping",
"dope",
"goods",
"lowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reacts":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
"examples":[
"it was my first touchdown, and I didn't know how to react to the cheers of the crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"replies",
"responds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answers",
"returns",
"retaliates",
"construes",
"interprets",
"reads",
"takes",
"understands",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"grapples (with)",
"handles",
"manages",
"negotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"behaves",
"affects",
"causes",
"draws",
"effects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reappear":{
"to appear again after not being seen, felt, etc., for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"We watched the fireflies in the field vanish and then reappear .",
"Call the doctor if the symptoms reappear ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rematerialize",
"appear",
"come out",
"materialize",
"show",
"show up",
"turn up",
"unfold",
"resurface",
"bulk",
"loom",
"arrive",
"come",
"dawn",
"debut",
"arise",
"blossom",
"bob (up)",
"break",
"break out",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"erupt",
"issue",
"outcrop",
"rise",
"shoot (up)",
"spring (up)",
"surface",
"happen",
"occur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"retire",
"withdraw",
"clear",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"go (away)",
"melt (away)",
"vanish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprise":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"his second marriage turned out to be a reprise of the first one: equally disastrous, simply shorter"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the prosecutor's closing statement effectively reprised the case against the defendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"let us not reprise the stupid mistakes we made last time"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"repeat",
"replicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"renegotiate":{
"to discuss the details of (a formal agreement) again especially in order to change them":{
"examples":[
"They want to renegotiate the lease on their apartment."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"settle (on or upon)",
"arrange",
"bargain",
"concert",
"conclude",
"negotiate",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"agree",
"contract",
"covenant",
"argue",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hammer out",
"hash (over)",
"reason",
"talk",
"talk over",
"work out"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehab":{
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"examples":[
"the accident victim had to undergo months of rehab before she could walk again"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"rehabbing the torture victim's battered body will be easier than restoring his emotional well-being"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehabilitate",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"physic",
"treat",
"fortify",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"alleviate",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"repair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripple",
"damage",
"disable",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"lacerate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"wound",
"afflict",
"ail",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"lay up",
"sap",
"sicken",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reaffirm":{
"to formally state (something) again in order to emphasize that it is true":{
"examples":[
"The President reaffirmed his commitment to cutting taxes.",
"She reaffirmed her stance on the issue."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassert",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"insist",
"maintain",
"profess",
"protest",
"purport",
"warrant",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"proclaim",
"argue",
"rationalize",
"reason",
"confirm",
"justify",
"vindicate",
"defend",
"persevere",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"negate",
"negative",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"challenge",
"dispute",
"question",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"counter",
"deny",
"gainsay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberant":{
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"the pastor's reverberant voice could be heard all over the cemetery as he read the final prayers for the deceased"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"resellers":{
"as in retailers , distributors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discounters",
"distributors",
"e-tailers",
"exporters",
"jobbers",
"retailers",
"wholesalers",
"brokers",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"auctioneers",
"concessionaires",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"bootleggers",
"fencers",
"fences",
"hustlers",
"scalpers",
"smugglers",
"traffickers",
"chapmen",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"salesclerks",
"salesmen",
"salespeople",
"saleswomen",
"shopgirls",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"horse traders",
"palterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"buyers",
"purchasers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revoking":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"crying off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"scrapping",
"scrubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"countermanding",
"reversing",
"rolling back",
"breaking off",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"holding back",
"interrupting",
"suspending",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaging",
"pledging",
"promising",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"initiating",
"starting",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"keeping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reposition":{
"to change the place or position of":{
"examples":[
"she repositioned the wood before taking another swing with the ax"
],
"synonyms":[
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"relocate",
"remove",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"cart",
"convey",
"drive",
"haul",
"lug",
"tote",
"transmit",
"transplant",
"transport",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"alter",
"make over",
"modify",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchor",
"fix",
"freeze",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"stabilize",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreational vehicles":{
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"campers",
"caravans",
"motor homes",
"RVs",
"trailers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"coaches",
"vans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"requesters":{
"as in askers , suers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"askers",
"suers",
"cadgers",
"moochers",
"schnorrers",
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"solicitors",
"suitors",
"suppliants",
"supplicants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rewrite":{
"to write (something) again especially in a different way in order to improve it or to include new information":{
"examples":[
"The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay.",
"I had to rewrite the computer program."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remonstrates":{
"as in expostulates , protests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excepts",
"expostulates",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"sanctions",
"accepts",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"adheres",
"complies",
"conforms",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"maintains",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"residue":{
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
"examples":[
"the detective noticed an ashy residue in the sink and deduced that a piece of paper had been burned there"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashes",
"debris",
"detritus",
"flotsam",
"remains",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"wreck",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jetsam",
"leavings",
"remnant",
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remains",
"remnant",
"residuum",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reassessed":{
"to think about (something) again in order to decide whether to change your opinion or judgment of it":{
"examples":[
"The doctor reassessed the injury.",
"She convinced him to reassess the issue."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraised",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"rejudged",
"revalued",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"guesstimated",
"rated",
"set",
"valuated",
"valued",
"adjudged",
"deemed",
"judged",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"discovered",
"learned",
"priced",
"prized",
"decided",
"settled",
"analyzed",
"assayed",
"surveyed",
"tested",
"transvaluated",
"transvalued",
"misesteemed",
"misjudged",
"misprized",
"underestimated",
"undervalued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reheard":{
"as in reexamined , reconsidered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reschools":{
"as in retrains , reteaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducates",
"reteaches",
"retrains",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"shows",
"briefs",
"familiarizes",
"imparts (to)",
"informs",
"verses",
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"homeschools",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"instills",
"instils",
"catechizes",
"lectures",
"moralizes",
"preaches",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"rears",
"drills",
"fits",
"grounds",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"primes",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reptiles":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"the actor plays a total reptile who's somehow still a hit with the ladies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regularly":{
"in a frequent or repeated manner":{
"examples":[
"She walks her dogs regularly to keep them healthy."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"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",
"intermittently",
"periodically",
"recurrently",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reckons":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"calls",
"conjectures",
"estimates",
"figures",
"gauges",
"gages",
"guesses",
"judges",
"makes",
"places",
"puts",
"supposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"extrapolates",
"gathers",
"infers",
"reasons",
"understands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrates",
"measures",
"scales",
"computes",
"works out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"I reckon you must be new to these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"believes",
"conceives",
"considers",
"deems",
"esteems",
"feels",
"figures",
"guesses",
"holds",
"imagines",
"judges",
"supposes",
"thinks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regards",
"views",
"accepts",
"perceives",
"depends",
"relies",
"trusts",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"surmises",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
"examples":[
"reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"works out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adds up",
"averages",
"sums",
"tallies",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"adds",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"allows (for)",
"deducts",
"factors (in or into or out)",
"figures in",
"figures out",
"solves (for)",
"counts",
"itemizes",
"numbers",
"calibrates",
"gauges",
"gages",
"measures",
"scales",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"rates",
"values",
"recalculates",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"counts",
"depends",
"leans",
"relies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confides",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"regards",
"sets down",
"views"
],
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"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repel":{
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"the defenders repelled the attacking army after several hours of fierce fighting"
],
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"beat off",
"fend (off)",
"rebut",
"repulse",
"stave off",
"turn away",
"turn back"
],
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"defy",
"fight",
"hold off",
"oppose",
"resist",
"stand off",
"withstand",
"deflect",
"ward (off)",
"rebuff",
"snub",
"spurn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embrace",
"hail",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the idea of chocolate-covered grasshoppers repels me"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"gross out",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"repelled the temptation to stay out late and call in sick the next day"
],
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"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
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"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"challenge",
"contest",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"baffle",
"balk",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"check",
"counter",
"hinder",
"obstruct",
"stem"
],
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"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"knuckle under (to)",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restatement":{
"an instance of expressing something in different words":{
"examples":[
"the press release provides no new details\u2014it is merely a restatement of information we already have"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"rephrasing",
"restating",
"rewording",
"translating",
"translation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehash",
"abstract",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"reiteration",
"summary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"copy",
"transcript",
"transcription"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotation",
"quote"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"religion":{
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"the Jewish religion has followers in many parts of the globe"
],
"synonyms":[
"credo",
"creed",
"cult",
"faith",
"persuasion"
],
"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":[]
},
"belief and trust in and loyalty to God":{
"examples":[
"without his religion , he would not have been able to survive all the difficulties he has faced over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"devotion",
"faith",
"piety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"devoutness",
"piousness",
"religiousness",
"adoration",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"profession",
"protestation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disbelief",
"doubt",
"unbelief",
"unfaith",
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"apostasy",
"lapse",
"tergiversation"
],
"antonyms":[
"atheism",
"godlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recessions":{
"a period of decreased economic activity":{
"examples":[
"the country is just coming out of a recession , so expect to see fewer layoffs and more new jobs in the coming year"
],
"synonyms":[
"depressions",
"slumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"busts",
"crashes",
"panics",
"stagnations",
"downbeats",
"downdrafts",
"downswings",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"slowdowns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"developments",
"growths",
"advancements",
"progresses",
"rallies",
"recoveries"
],
"antonyms":[
"booms"
]
},
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"a retiring CEO making a gradual recession from the daily rigors of running a major corporation"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullbacks",
"pullouts",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"routs",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"revulsions",
"disengagements",
"disentanglements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replenishments":{
"as in recruitments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitments",
"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoupments",
"recoveries",
"repossessions",
"retrievals",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repairman":{
"as in mechanic , serviceman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanic",
"serviceman",
"troubleshooter",
"doctor",
"mender",
"renovator",
"repairer",
"tinkerer",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"do-it-yourselfer",
"handyman",
"handyperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinvention":{
"as in rebirth , revival":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"restoral",
"restoration",
"reactivation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"re-reviewing":{
"as in reinspecting , resurveying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinspecting",
"resurveying",
"picking over",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"delving (into)",
"exploring",
"investigating",
"plumbing",
"probing",
"researching",
"studying",
"analyzing",
"dissecting",
"parsing",
"combing",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"noticing",
"observing",
"watching",
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"conning",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"viewing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimming",
"missing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"render (to)":{
"as in give back , reciprocate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"give back",
"reciprocate",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"compensate",
"recompense",
"remunerate",
"liquidate",
"pay down",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"satisfy",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relocated":{
"to change the place or position of":{
"examples":[
"those volumes have been relocated to the second floor of the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"removed",
"repositioned",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"carted",
"conveyed",
"drove",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"toted",
"transmitted",
"transplanted",
"transported",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"altered",
"made over",
"modified",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchored",
"fixed",
"froze",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"stabilized",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refluxes":{
"as in ebbs , reflows":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ebbs",
"reflows",
"drains",
"flows",
"rushes",
"stampedes",
"exoduses",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"outpours",
"diasporas",
"emigrations",
"flights",
"discharges",
"effluences",
"emanations",
"emissions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"inrushes",
"deluges",
"floods",
"inundations",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ready-witted":{
"as in smart , clever":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apt",
"clever",
"quick-witted",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"eager",
"keen",
"sharp",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"hit-and-run",
"lightning",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"immediate",
"instant",
"instantaneous",
"summary",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"alacritous",
"alert",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"quick",
"ready",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unresponsive",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"lazy",
"lazyish",
"leisurely",
"logy",
"loggy",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slothful",
"slow",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"tardy",
"unhurried",
"dormant",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"renditions":{
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"jazzy renditions of some familiar pop standards"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"interpretations",
"performances",
"readings",
"versions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptations",
"variations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the rendition of the prisoner to the country where the crime was committed"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulations",
"cessions",
"handovers",
"relinquishments",
"submissions",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"compromises",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"captures",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprocesses":{
"as in processes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"processes",
"reuses",
"reclaims",
"recovers",
"recycles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprieve":{
"a temporary halt in an activity or condition":{
"examples":[
"The pool offered a welcome reprieve from the heat."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"breath",
"breather",
"interruption",
"lull",
"pause",
"recess",
"respite",
"time-out",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interval",
"rest",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"downtime",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finishing",
"hitch",
"lapse",
"stoppage",
"stopping",
"termination",
"abeyance",
"moratorium",
"surcease",
"suspension",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus",
"deferment",
"deferral",
"postponement",
"foot-dragging",
"hesitation",
"lag",
"setback",
"slowdown",
"delay",
"detainment",
"detention",
"holdback",
"holding pattern",
"holdup",
"wait"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"progress",
"progression",
"extension",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a temporary release from the obligation to serve punishment for a crime":{
"examples":[
"The judge ordered a reprieve of the execution so the accused would have time to appeal the decision."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commutation",
"commuting",
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"condonation",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"indemnity",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercy",
"absolution",
"amnesty",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission",
"remittal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conviction",
"sentence",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"imposition",
"levying",
"castigation",
"chastening",
"chastisement",
"condemnation",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"retribution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pardon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pardon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemn",
"damn",
"doom",
"sentence",
"adjudge",
"judge",
"castigate",
"censure",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"penalize",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in release , deliver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"remediates":{
"to stop or reverse the damage of":{
"examples":[
"Cleanup crews are working to remediate the site of the chemical spill.",
"Remediating the pollution of the river will take some effort."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines",
"upgrades",
"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",
"worsens",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"mars",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relates (to)":{
"as in refers (to) , applies (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appertains (to)",
"applies (to)",
"bears (on)",
"pertains (to)",
"refers (to)",
"affects",
"concerns",
"involves",
"touches",
"embroils",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"implicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifier":{
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a tropical vacation is a surefire rectifier of the midwinter blues"
],
"synonyms":[
"antidote",
"corrective",
"curative",
"cure",
"remedy",
"therapeutic",
"therapy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"panacea",
"answer",
"solution",
"aid",
"help",
"relief",
"succor",
"balm",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"palliative"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refastened":{
"as in reattached , reaffixed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"recombined",
"reconnected",
"rejoined",
"reunified",
"reunited",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repair":{
"a state of being or fitness":{
"examples":[
"the dining table is in good repair , so you won't need to refinish it"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"fettle",
"form",
"health",
"keeping",
"kilter",
"nick",
"order",
"shape",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"practice",
"practise",
"pass",
"phase",
"stage",
"footing",
"picture",
"posture",
"scene",
"situation",
"status",
"rank",
"standing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disorder",
"disrepair"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"it will take some time to repair your energy after a bout with the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"having trouble finding someone who repairs audio components"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"revamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
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"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"responded":{
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"doctors studying how the brain responds to pain"
],
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"reacted",
"replied"
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"answered",
"returned",
"retaliated",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"read",
"took",
"understood",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"grappled (with)",
"handled",
"managed",
"negotiated"
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"acted",
"behaved",
"affected",
"caused",
"drew",
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"the students energetically participated in the discussion, responding to the teacher's questions and comments with alacrity and enthusiasm"
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"came back",
"rejoined",
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"retorted",
"returned",
"riposted"
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"commented",
"communicated",
"corresponded",
"reacted",
"remarked",
"countered",
"defended",
"denied",
"explained",
"fielded",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
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"challenged",
"cross-examined",
"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"quizzed",
"polled",
"queried",
"surveyed"
],
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"asked",
"inquired",
"questioned"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport"
],
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"repays",
"requites"
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"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"pays",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"satisfies",
"gives back",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"restitutes",
"avenges",
"gets back (at)",
"retaliates",
"revenges"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red giants":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
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"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reportedly":{
"according to what has been said \u2014 used to indicate what has been said or reported":{
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"The medication's side effects are reportedly few and mild.",
"They reportedly stole one million dollars."
],
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"allegedly",
"purportedly",
"reputedly",
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"rectitudinous":{
"as in self-righteous , pious":{
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"canting",
"goody-goody",
"holier-than-thou",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous",
"simon-pure",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"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"
],
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"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recover (from)":{
"as in rally , rebound":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"rally",
"rebound",
"shake (off)",
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"get",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)",
"take",
"break out (with)",
"die (from)",
"succumb (to)"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reedifying":{
"as in rebuilding , reconstructing":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"redeveloping",
"retrofitting",
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinvestigating":{
"as in reassessing , reappraising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"restudying",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in investigating , examining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delving (into)",
"digging (into)",
"examining",
"exploring",
"inquiring (into)",
"investigating",
"looking (into)",
"probing",
"researching",
"browsing",
"cruising",
"perusing",
"scanning",
"skimming (through)",
"surfing",
"thumbing (through)",
"inspecting",
"sifting",
"studying",
"viewing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red":{
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"examples":[
"the merry, red , smiling face of Santa Claus"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
]
},
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin"
],
"synonyms":[
"commie",
"communist",
"comrade",
"socialist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leftist",
"lefty",
"pink",
"pinko",
"social democrat",
"Bolshevik",
"Leninist",
"Leninite",
"Maoist",
"Marxist",
"Stalinist",
"Trotskyist",
"Trotskyite",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalist"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"reequipped":{
"as in refitted , refurnished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"stocked",
"stored",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged",
"supplied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revellings":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the reveling was too much for her, so she went to bed early even though the party was still going strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"carousing",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rentals":{
"as in rents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rents",
"overpayments",
"prepayments",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"deposits",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retouching":{
"as in touching up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"touching up",
"fining",
"honing",
"polishing",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"fortifying",
"intensifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"editing",
"fine-tuning",
"redrafting",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remediating",
"remedying",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"upgrading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"worsening",
"damaging",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"spoiling",
"tarnishing",
"vitiating",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"marring",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"representatives":{
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"a representative from the car dealership called to ask how we were enjoying the new car"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"reps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadors",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"alternates",
"backups",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"surrogates",
"understudies",
"informers",
"operatives",
"spies",
"brokers",
"distributors",
"managers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"compradors",
"compradores",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"interposers",
"liaisons",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"mouthpieces",
"point men",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"I speak on this matter as a representative of the people of the U.S."
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"ambassadors",
"delegates",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"ministers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadresses",
"attach\u00e9s",
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
"consuls",
"deputies",
"diplomats",
"foreign ministers",
"nuncios",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"apostles",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"deputations",
"detachments",
"legations",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"mouthpieces",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"this song is a fairly good representative of the other songs on the album"
],
"synonyms":[
"cases",
"examples",
"exemplars",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"instances",
"prototypes",
"samples",
"specimens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetypes",
"classics",
"loci classici",
"paradigms",
"cross sections",
"microcosms",
"evidences",
"indications",
"manifestations",
"signs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refinancing":{
"as in cofinancing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"grubstaking",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"bankrolling",
"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restraining":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"the victim's family members were unable to restrain their emotions upon hearing the verdict"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"keeping",
"measuring",
"pulling in",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"ruling",
"taming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"mincing",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"arresting",
"interrupting",
"stopping",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unleashing",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the suspect was restrained and taken to an undisclosed location"
],
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"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"running in",
"seizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolting":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"the revolting sight of animals being slaughtered for no good reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the jury appeared to be revolted by the grisly details of the murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusting",
"grossing out",
"nauseating",
"putting off",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeasing",
"distressing",
"appalling",
"disquieting",
"horrifying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"drawing",
"enchanting",
"enticing",
"fascinating",
"luring",
"pulling",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rejoicing",
"tickling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"appealing (to)",
"interesting",
"intriguing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the students practically revolted when the school cancelled the championship football game"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinying",
"rebelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"revolutionizing",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"submitting",
"attending",
"serving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"react (to)":{
"as in respond (to) , engage (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engage (with)",
"respond (to)",
"consider",
"esteem",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"view",
"act (toward)",
"be (to)",
"deal (with)",
"handle",
"serve",
"treat",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recons":{
"military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnaissances",
"scouts",
"hunts",
"quests",
"searches",
"shakedowns",
"sweeps",
"chases",
"pursuits",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"censuses",
"explorations",
"probes",
"forages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"receipt":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the amount paid":{
"examples":[
"If you'd like to return those pants, you'll need to provide a receipt ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"invoice",
"slip",
"check",
"coupon",
"pass",
"pasteboard",
"ticket",
"certificate",
"note",
"token",
"voucher",
"account",
"reckoning",
"record",
"statement",
"bill",
"tab",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"expense",
"fee",
"figure",
"score",
"tally",
"document",
"ledger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"real-world":{
"as in real-life , authentic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-life",
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"resider":{
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
"examples":[
"was born in the U.S. but is now a resider of Dresden, Germany"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"inhabiter",
"occupant",
"resident",
"tenant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cohabitant",
"coresident",
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"national",
"subject",
"colonist",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"migrant",
"newcomer",
"settler",
"burgher",
"local",
"localite",
"townee",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"villager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"nonresident",
"guest",
"tourist",
"visitor",
"defector",
"emigrant",
"escaper",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"antonyms":[
"transient"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"requisitioned":{
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"ordered",
"put in (for)",
"requested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissioned",
"solicited",
"chartered",
"hired",
"licensed",
"licenced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejects":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"rejected his request for time off"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"refuses",
"reprobates",
"withholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes",
"rebuffs",
"repels",
"spurns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"holds",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"balks (at)",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affords",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"provides",
"supplies",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"warrants",
"accords",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"concedes",
"grants",
"lets",
"OKs",
"okays",
"permits"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disaffirms",
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disconfirms",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"refutes",
"repudiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traverses",
"challenges",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disputes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"affirms",
"announces",
"asserts",
"avers",
"claims",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"submits",
"authenticates",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"allows",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confirms",
"owns"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiers",
"casts (off)",
"chucks",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"rejected his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
]
},
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"was the school reject as a child and has low self-esteem even today"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaways",
"castoffs",
"lepers",
"offscourings",
"outcasts",
"pariahs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchables",
"outsiders",
"deportees",
"exiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insiders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others":{
"examples":[
"that apple has a mushy spot on it, so it's a reject"
],
"synonyms":[
"culls",
"discards",
"rejections",
"seconds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castaways",
"throwaways",
"hand-me-downs",
"white elephants",
"rubbish",
"scraps",
"trash",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rentable":{
"as in purchasable , appropriable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriable",
"purchasable",
"getatable",
"reachable",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"attainable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable",
"common",
"omnipresent",
"prevalent",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"free",
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"limited",
"off-limits",
"restricted",
"deficient",
"lacking",
"missing",
"rare",
"scarce",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"repercussions":{
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
"examples":[
"your decision not to go to college will have repercussions you'll feel for years to come"
],
"synonyms":[
"effects",
"impacts",
"influences",
"marks",
"sways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clouts",
"prestiges",
"pulls",
"weights",
"commands",
"dominations",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"consequences",
"importances",
"significances",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relapser":{
"as in repeater , recidivist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backslider",
"recidivist",
"repeater",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender",
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recondense":{
"as in reconcentrate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconcentrate",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"richen",
"strengthen",
"evaporate",
"extract",
"remove",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"compact",
"harden",
"solidify",
"boil down",
"decoct",
"reduce",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"distill",
"distil",
"flush",
"leach",
"purge",
"purify",
"refine",
"concentrate",
"condense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilute",
"water (down)",
"adulterate",
"cut",
"thin",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reedman":{
"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",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"residers":{
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
"examples":[
"was born in the U.S. but is now a resider of Dresden, Germany"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"inhabiters",
"occupants",
"residents",
"tenants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cohabitants",
"coresidents",
"co-residents",
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"nationals",
"subjects",
"colonists",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"migrants",
"newcomers",
"settlers",
"burghers",
"localites",
"locals",
"townees",
"townies",
"townsmen",
"villagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"nonresidents",
"guests",
"tourists",
"visitors",
"defectors",
"emigrants",
"escapers",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees"
],
"antonyms":[
"transients"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"realism":{
"realistic depiction in art and literature":{
"examples":[
"using ordinary people as models, even when depicting the greatest of saints, Caravaggio brought an unforgiving realism to painting that was unprecedented"
],
"synonyms":[
"literalism",
"naturalism",
"representationalism",
"verisimilitude",
"verismo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"photo-realism",
"authenticity",
"grittiness"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"read":{
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast"
],
"synonyms":[
"peruse",
"pore (over)"
],
"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"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to tell of or describe beforehand":{
"examples":[
"the psychic claimed to be able to read his future"
],
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"augur",
"call",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"vaticinate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarn",
"warn",
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"portend",
"promise",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"announce",
"declare",
"herald",
"proclaim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repulsive":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"a repulsive display of shameless flattery that made the embarrassed actor wrinkle his nose in disgust"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
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"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
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"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rein":{
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"examples":[
"after the president resigned, the vice president stepped in and took the reins of the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"chair",
"driver's seat",
"head",
"headship",
"helm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chieftainship",
"commandership",
"directorship",
"forefront",
"lead",
"vanguard",
"captainship",
"chairmanship",
"deanship",
"dictatorship",
"generalship",
"governorship",
"kingship",
"mastership",
"mastery",
"premiership",
"presidency",
"presidentship",
"superintendency",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"jurisdiction",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"sway",
"upper hand",
"eminence",
"height",
"pedestal",
"pinnacle",
"seat",
"throne",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ranks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries":{
"examples":[
"the oversight committee called on the state to keep a much tighter rein on the activities of its contractors"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumscription",
"confinement",
"limitation",
"restriction",
"stint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constraint",
"restraint",
"containment",
"isolation",
"segregation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"a peaceful transfer of the reins of government has always been a hallmark of our nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"death grip",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"power",
"reign",
"sway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clout",
"influence",
"leverage",
"pull",
"voice",
"weight",
"jurisdiction",
"direction",
"management",
"dominance",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
]
},
"as in restrain , curb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"restrain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help",
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relievers":{
"as in assistants , seconds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assistants",
"seconds",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"successors",
"superseders",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"alternates",
"understudies",
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resignation":{
"the action or condition of enduring hardship or discomfort without resisting or attempting to improve it":{
"examples":[
"They had reached a state of resignation to being broke."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"submission",
"submissiveness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"cynicism",
"defeatism",
"pessimism",
"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",
"despair",
"desperation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"forlornness",
"hopelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"sunniness",
"optimism",
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"defiance",
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or practice of giving up something (such as a job or position)":{
"examples":[
"The senator abruptly announced his resignation following news of the scandal."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abdication",
"departing",
"departure",
"exit",
"exiting",
"leave",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"retirement",
"stepping down",
"relinquishment",
"renouncement",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"adoption",
"embrace",
"embracement",
"espousal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reimagined":{
"to think about again especially in order to change or improve":{
"examples":[
"The director reimagined the classic movie for a new generation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoiced in":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"The family rejoiced in the good news."
],
"synonyms":[
"commanded",
"enjoyed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"retained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kept",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"bore",
"carried",
"boasted",
"showed off",
"sported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"ceded",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"needed",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacked",
"wanted"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"reconsidering":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompiling":{
"as in revising , editing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"editing",
"redacting",
"redrafting",
"reediting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remeasuring":{
"as in replumbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replumbing",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"scaling",
"spanning",
"fathoming",
"plumbing",
"sounding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revealers":{
"as in tellers , gossipers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbers",
"disclosers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"prattlers",
"quidnuncs",
"tellers",
"gapers",
"gawkers",
"gawpers",
"gazers",
"peepers",
"peeping Toms",
"priers",
"pryers",
"rubberneckers",
"rubbernecks",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"betrayers",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales",
"busybodies",
"buttinskies",
"interferers",
"interlopers",
"intermeddlers",
"intruders",
"kibitzers",
"kibbitzers",
"meddlers",
"nosey parkers",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reapportions":{
"as in reallocates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocates",
"administers",
"allocates",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"admeasures",
"allots",
"allows",
"appropriates",
"assigns",
"dishes out",
"divides",
"divvies (up)",
"dollops (out)",
"lots",
"measures (out)",
"parts",
"proportions",
"rations",
"redistributes",
"sets",
"shares (out)",
"splits",
"bestows",
"disburses",
"furnishes",
"issues",
"provides",
"shares",
"supplies",
"circulates",
"disperses",
"disseminates",
"scatters",
"spreads",
"chips in",
"contributes",
"donates",
"pledges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudges",
"declines",
"denies",
"deprives (of)",
"disallows",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"withholds",
"niggles (out)",
"pinches",
"skimps",
"stints",
"misallocates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remembering":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I remember very clearly the fun we had that long-ago summer, but I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"recollecting",
"reminiscing (about)",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-enrolled":{
"as in rejoined , reentered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlisted",
"re-enlisted",
"reentered",
"rejoined",
"re-upped",
"enlisted (in)",
"enrolled (in)",
"entered",
"joined",
"signed on (for)",
"signed up (for)",
"got in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitted",
"dropped out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclamations":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"pumped water out of the field as part of the land reclamation program designed to provide farmers with more farmland"
],
"synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"recoupments",
"recoveries",
"repossessions",
"retrievals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitments",
"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recollect":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"collect",
"compose",
"contain",
"control",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hold back",
"restrain",
"rally",
"recover",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resurvey":{
"as in recheck , reinspection":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"analysis",
"assay",
"close-up",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"view"
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"reinspect",
"rereview",
"pick over",
"categorize",
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"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"view"
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"skim",
"miss"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refitted":{
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"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in refurnished , reequipped":{
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"near synonyms":[
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"stocked",
"stored",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged",
"supplied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rear guards":{
"as in patrols , firing squads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"firing squads",
"outposts",
"paratroops",
"patrols",
"pickets",
"sentries",
"watches",
"detachments",
"details",
"battalions",
"commands",
"companies",
"corps",
"divisions",
"platoons",
"regiments",
"squadrons",
"squads",
"troops",
"wings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redefine":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity"
],
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"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receives":{
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"admits",
"enters",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertains",
"welcomes",
"fellowships",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprieved":{
"as in pardoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pardoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemned",
"damned",
"doomed",
"sentenced",
"adjudged",
"judged",
"castigated",
"censured",
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"penalized",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in released , delivered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afflicted",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bedeviled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"cursed",
"excruciated",
"harrowed",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"rode",
"rid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reappeared":{
"to appear again after not being seen, felt, etc., for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"We watched the fireflies in the field vanish and then reappear .",
"Call the doctor if the symptoms reappear ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rematerialized",
"appeared",
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"unfolded",
"resurfaced",
"bulked",
"loomed",
"arrived",
"came",
"dawned",
"debuted",
"arose",
"blossomed",
"bobbed (up)",
"broke",
"broke out",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"erupted",
"issued",
"outcropped",
"rose",
"shot (up)",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"surfaced",
"happened",
"occurred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"left",
"retired",
"withdrew",
"cleared",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"melted (away)",
"vanished",
"went (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifications":{
"as in reforms , amendments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendments",
"corrections",
"reforms",
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"reviews",
"revises",
"revisions",
"variations",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reexplore":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the article reexplores the role of women during the American Revolution"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reputes":{
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"that's a repair shop of good repute"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"fames",
"marks",
"names",
"notes",
"odors",
"reports",
"reps",
"reputations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credits",
"honors",
"celebrities",
"notorieties",
"renowns",
"images",
"personae",
"personas",
"admirations",
"regards",
"reverences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Reverend Mother":{
"as in mother superior , anchoress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbess",
"anchoress",
"ancress",
"cloistress",
"conventual",
"mother superior",
"novice",
"prioress",
"religious",
"votary",
"nun",
"sister",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"high priestess",
"priestess",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"high priest",
"minister",
"preacher",
"reverend",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revivify":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverently":{
"as in worshipfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"worshipfully",
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"respectfully",
"admiringly",
"appreciatively",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"favorably",
"positively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably",
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reschooled":{
"as in retrained , retaught":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducated",
"retaught",
"retrained",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"showed",
"briefed",
"familiarized",
"imparted (to)",
"informed",
"versed",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"homeschooled",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"catechized",
"lectured",
"moralized",
"preached",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"reared",
"drilled",
"fitted",
"fit",
"grounded",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"primed",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recites":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met"
],
"synonyms":[
"charts",
"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"reels off",
"repeats",
"says"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cons",
"learns",
"memorizes",
"studies",
"declaims",
"mouths",
"orates",
"speaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III"
],
"synonyms":[
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"lists",
"numerates",
"reels off",
"rehearses",
"ticks (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlines",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"inventories",
"charts",
"diagrams",
"graphs",
"calculates",
"computes",
"estimates",
"figures",
"reckons",
"cites",
"mentions",
"names"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"republics":{
"government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation":{
"examples":[
"when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, \"A republic , if you can keep it\""
],
"synonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-government",
"self-rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pure democracy",
"home rule",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resorting (to)":{
"to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage":{
"examples":[
"unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence"
],
"synonyms":[
"consulting",
"going (to)",
"referring (to)",
"turning (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"depending (on)",
"relying (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to or spend time in often":{
"examples":[
"resorted to the library whenever he felt the need for a little peace and quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"frequenting",
"habituating",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patronizing",
"attending",
"taking in",
"infesting",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"swarming",
"calling (on or upon)",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"running (in)",
"camping (out in)",
"sojourning (at)",
"staying (at)",
"stopping (over)",
"tarrying (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"shaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"shunning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relationships":{
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
"examples":[
"the street's shopkeepers have a good business relationship"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliations",
"alliances",
"associations",
"collaborations",
"confederations",
"connections",
"cooperations",
"hookups",
"liaisons",
"linkups",
"partnerships",
"relations",
"tie-ups",
"unions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"businesses",
"dealings",
"interactions",
"exchanges",
"interconnections",
"interrelations",
"mutualisms",
"reciprocities",
"symbioses",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"affinities",
"attachments",
"intimacies",
"rapports",
"sympathies",
"kinships",
"solidarities",
"unities",
"colleagueships",
"companies",
"companionships",
"fellowships",
"beds",
"cahoots",
"leagues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakups",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"separations",
"severances",
"splits",
"alienations",
"divorces",
"estrangements"
],
"antonyms":[
"disaffiliations",
"dissociations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"republic":{
"government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation":{
"examples":[
"when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, \"A republic , if you can keep it\""
],
"synonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-government",
"self-rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pure democracy",
"home rule",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"readdressed":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the Senate will readdress pending gun control legislation in their next session"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reunify":{
"as in reunite , rejoin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recombine",
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunite",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehashed":{
"as in argued , suggested":{
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"near synonyms":[
"argued",
"bandied",
"batted (around)",
"chewed over",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"kicked around",
"mooted",
"palavered",
"talked",
"talked over",
"ventilated",
"advised",
"confabbed",
"confabulated",
"conferred",
"consulted",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"parleyed",
"treated",
"recommended",
"suggested",
"directed",
"referred (to)",
"coached",
"guided",
"tutored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"researching":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"researched the public record for more information about her great-grandparents"
],
"synonyms":[
"delving (into)",
"digging (into)",
"examining",
"exploring",
"inquiring (into)",
"investigating",
"looking (into)",
"probing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspecting",
"sifting",
"studying",
"viewing",
"browsing",
"cruising",
"perusing",
"scanning",
"skimming (through)",
"surfing",
"thumbing (through)",
"reinvestigating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"responds (to)":{
"as in engages (with) , reacts (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engages (with)",
"reacts (to)",
"considers",
"esteems",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"views",
"acts (toward)",
"deals (with)",
"handles",
"is (to)",
"serves",
"treats",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrain":{
"a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often":{
"examples":[
"I didn't know the verses of the song, so I only sang on the refrain"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"chorus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repeat",
"response"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprehension":{
"as in censure , opprobrium":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"dispraise",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"reprobation",
"rejection",
"thumbs-down",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"hostility",
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"objection",
"opposition",
"deprecation",
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"displeasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approbation",
"approval",
"favor",
"acclaim",
"commendation",
"praise",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction",
"thumbs-up",
"empathy",
"sympathy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restates":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"though I couldn't remember the exact words he used, I restated his message as accurately as I could"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrases",
"rephrases",
"rewords",
"translates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boils down",
"recapitulates",
"reiterates",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoes",
"repeats",
"copies",
"reproduces",
"transcribes"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repairs":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"it will take some time to repair your energy after a bout with the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"having trouble finding someone who repairs audio components"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"revamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retort":{
"a quick witty response":{
"examples":[
"she responded to the heckler with a scathing but hilarious retort that instantly won over the audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"repartee",
"riposte"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squelch",
"back talk",
"crack",
"quip",
"sally",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"zinger",
"cut",
"insult",
"put-down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk responded to my query about the price with a brusque retort"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"replication",
"reply",
"response",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talk",
"banter",
"persiflage",
"repartee",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"comment",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"feedback",
"non sequitur",
"observation",
"reaction",
"remark",
"defense",
"explanation",
"justification",
"plea",
"rebuttal",
"refutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"charge",
"cross-examination",
"grilling",
"interrogation",
"interrogatory",
"quiz",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when told she couldn't have it, she retorted , \"Fine, I didn't want it anyway!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"come back",
"rejoin",
"reply",
"respond",
"return",
"riposte"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"comment",
"communicate",
"correspond",
"react",
"remark",
"counter",
"defend",
"deny",
"explain",
"field",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"cross-examine",
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"quiz",
"poll",
"query",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"ask",
"inquire",
"question"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relocated (to)":{
"as in moved (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moved (to)",
"inhabited",
"colonized",
"peopled",
"populated",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depopulated",
"unpeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regarded":{
"as in recognized , esteemed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"credited",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"prized",
"recognized",
"rewarded",
"valued",
"appreciated",
"creditable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"thankless",
"unappreciated",
"ungrateful",
"uncredited",
"underappreciated",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"unnoticed",
"unrecognized",
"unrewarded",
"unsung",
"unvalued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she regarded him with astonishment when he announced he had gotten engaged"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"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 take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"as a traveler, you should regard the laws and customs of whatever country you are visiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"followed",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"minded",
"noted",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"contemplated",
"mulled",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"kept",
"obeyed",
"respected",
"attended (to)",
"harked (to)",
"heard",
"hearkened (to)",
"harkened (to)",
"marked",
"noticed",
"saw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"neglected",
"passed over",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"defied",
"flouted",
"slighted",
"snubbed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"tuned out"
]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't regard that offhand comment as a serious threat to your personal safety"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounted",
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"held",
"looked (on or upon)",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"set down",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believed",
"deemed",
"felt",
"sensed",
"thought",
"conceived",
"fancied",
"imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"an astronomer who is highly regarded by his peers"
],
"synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"respected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"accredited",
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"complimented",
"credited",
"praised",
"delighted (in)",
"drank (in)",
"enjoyed",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured",
"dug",
"fancied",
"favored",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"adored",
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"doted (on)",
"hallowed",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"cherished",
"loved",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"decried",
"deplored",
"disapproved",
"discounted",
"discountenanced",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"dismissed",
"disregarded",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"kissed off",
"scorned",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"the judges regard the amount of effort and energy you put into the project in evaluating it"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed (for)",
"considered",
"factored (in or into)",
"provided (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"anticipated",
"contemplated",
"envisaged",
"expected",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"planned",
"calculated",
"faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factored (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recasts":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarkably":{
"as in notably , exceptionally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"passingly",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"superbly",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly",
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"renewed":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"I was a renewed reader after that short nap"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the trip to New York renewed our enthusiasm for travel"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"with daybreak, the rescue team will renew its efforts to reach the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"continued",
"picked up",
"proceeded (with)",
"reopened",
"restarted",
"resumed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"recrudesced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"consummated",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"belayed",
"broke",
"canned",
"ceased",
"checked",
"cut",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"left off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"scuttled",
"shut off",
"stayed",
"stopped",
"terminated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"I can only renew my offer to help\u2014it's up to them to accept it"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reduplicated",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"repeated",
"replicated",
"reprised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"red stars":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recriminated":{
"as in retaliated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliated",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restlessness":{
"a disturbed or uneasy state":{
"examples":[
"the restlessness of the crowd was apparent as it waited to learn whether the football player was seriously injured"
],
"synonyms":[
"disquiet",
"ferment",
"fermentation",
"restiveness",
"Sturm und Drang",
"turmoil",
"uneasiness",
"unquietness",
"unrest"
],
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"fidgets",
"agitation",
"commotion",
"confusion",
"excitement",
"hubbub",
"moil",
"stir",
"storm",
"trouble",
"tumult",
"tumultuousness",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"unsettlement",
"disruption",
"perturbation",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"disquietude",
"inquietude",
"queasiness",
"tension",
"unease",
"anarchy",
"chaos",
"disorder",
"welter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"ease",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"quiet",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
]
},
"the state of being bored":{
"examples":[
"she began to pick at the grass near her hammock out of sheer restlessness"
],
"synonyms":[
"blahs",
"boredom",
"doldrums",
"ennui",
"listlessness",
"tedium",
"weariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheerlessness",
"dispiritedness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"languidness",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"lifelessness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"monotonousness",
"monotony",
"sameness",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beguilement",
"bewitchment",
"captivation",
"enchantment",
"fascination",
"absorption",
"engagement",
"engrossment",
"immersion",
"involvement",
"animation",
"enlivenment",
"excitement",
"invigoration",
"stimulation",
"amusement",
"entertainment",
"diversion",
"relief"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repertoire":{
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
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"the chef's repertoire of specialties seems to be limited, with several of the dishes appearing over and over again in slightly varied guises"
],
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"budget",
"force",
"fund",
"inventory",
"pool",
"reservoir",
"stock",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserve",
"resource",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stockpile",
"refill",
"renewal",
"replacement",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"pot",
"purse",
"fountain",
"mine",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repayment":{
"as in reimbursement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reimbursement",
"rendering",
"tendering",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepayment",
"compensation",
"disbursement",
"giving",
"paying",
"payment",
"remitment",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"overpayment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpayment",
"underpayment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rearrange":{
"as in move , reorder":{
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"near synonyms":[
"move",
"reorder",
"shift",
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclusion":{
"as in introversion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"introversion",
"bashfulness",
"coyness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"modesty",
"retiringness",
"unsociability",
"unsociableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conviviality",
"gregariousness",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"cordiality",
"folksiness",
"friendliness",
"neighborliness",
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"fellowship"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resorts":{
"a place for spending time or for socializing":{
"examples":[
"the island port was once the resort of smugglers, pirates, and other unsavory characters"
],
"synonyms":[
"hangouts",
"haunts",
"purlieus",
"rendezvous",
"stamping grounds",
"stomping grounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"camps",
"canteens",
"clubhouses",
"clubs",
"country clubs",
"key clubs",
"service clubs",
"unions",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"nests",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"sanctuaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available":{
"examples":[
"use this money only as a last resort"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedients",
"recourses",
"resources"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hopes",
"opportunities",
"possibilities",
"reliefs",
"makeshifts",
"replacements",
"stopgaps",
"substitutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reassigning":{
"as in reallocating , redistributing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocating",
"reapportioning",
"redistributing",
"chipping in",
"contributing",
"donating",
"earmarking",
"reserving",
"according",
"awarding",
"giving",
"granting",
"admeasuring",
"administering",
"dealing",
"dispensing",
"dividing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"measuring",
"metering",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"parting",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"sharing (out)",
"splitting",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"allowing",
"apportioning",
"assigning",
"distributing",
"lotting",
"rationing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudging",
"denying",
"depriving (of)",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"stinting",
"withholding",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"confiscating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reschooling":{
"as in retraining , reteaching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"reteaching",
"retraining",
"initiating",
"introducing",
"showing",
"briefing",
"familiarizing",
"imparting (to)",
"informing",
"versing",
"edifying",
"enlightening",
"homeschooling",
"implanting",
"inculcating",
"instilling",
"catechizing",
"lecturing",
"moralizing",
"preaching",
"directing",
"guiding",
"leading",
"rearing",
"drilling",
"fitting",
"grounding",
"habilitating",
"preparing",
"priming",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurs":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reoccurs",
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"replicates",
"reprises",
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recamiers":{
"as in loungers , love seats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"loungers",
"love seats",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
"chesterfields",
"couches",
"davenports",
"divans",
"lounges",
"settees",
"sofas",
"squabs",
"daybeds",
"sofa beds",
"studio couches",
"banquettes",
"benches",
"ottomans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reedify":{
"as in rebuild , reconstruct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"retrofit",
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refasten":{
"as in reattach , reaffix":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refix",
"resecure",
"recombine",
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remittance":{
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"she always mails in her remittance on time so she won't ever be charged a late fee on her electric bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"recompense",
"remuneration",
"requital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the remittance of your outstanding balance is required before you can make more purchases"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"disbursement",
"giving",
"paying",
"payment",
"remitment",
"remuneration"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rendering",
"tendering",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepayment",
"overpayment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayment"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpayment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehabilitant":{
"as in patient , case":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"case",
"patient",
"inpatient",
"outpatient",
"sufferer",
"victim",
"convalescent",
"nursling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reminiscing (about)":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"two friends reminiscing about those proverbial good old days"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"recollecting",
"remembering",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconditioned":{
"as in restored , rehabilitated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"repeopled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reduced":{
"as in discounted , lowered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"wholesale",
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable",
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in diminished , compressed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant",
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"degraded",
"demoted",
"disrated",
"downgraded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canned",
"cashiered",
"dismissed",
"downsized",
"fired",
"laid off",
"sacked",
"abased",
"debased",
"demeaned",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hired"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"elevated",
"promoted",
"raised"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"dented",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"downscaled",
"downsized",
"dropped",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"nicked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled",
"deflated",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"minimized",
"moderated",
"modified",
"modulated",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"raised"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"revved (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroused",
"encouraged",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"impassioned",
"incited",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motivated",
"motived",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset",
"jeered",
"taunted",
"teased",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasonably":{
"with good reason or courtesy":{
"examples":[
"I expect to be treated reasonably by the clerks when I shop at a store"
],
"synonyms":[
"considerately",
"courteously",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"thoughtfully",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pleasantly",
"excusably",
"fairly",
"justifiably",
"validly",
"discreetly",
"judiciously",
"prudently",
"sensibly",
"wisely",
"chivalrously",
"decorously",
"deferentially",
"gallantly",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"solicitously",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"sweetly",
"sympathetically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impolitely",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"snootily",
"cruelly",
"heartlessly",
"nastily",
"viciously",
"shabbily",
"unfairly"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteously",
"inconsiderately",
"thoughtlessly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"regularized":{
"as in standardized , structured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ordered",
"standardized",
"structured",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"detailed",
"specific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic",
"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
"examples":[
"the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten"
],
"synonyms":[
"formalized",
"homogenized",
"normalized",
"standardized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codified",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"methodized",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"averaged",
"equalized",
"evened",
"squared",
"accredited",
"certified",
"controlled",
"governed",
"regulated",
"ruled",
"conciliated",
"conformed",
"coordinated",
"harmonized",
"integrated",
"reconciled",
"synthesized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"customized",
"individualized",
"tailored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"redeem":{
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"the Little League coach redeemed his promise to take the players out for ice cream if they improved their fielding over the season"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"complete",
"comply (with)",
"fill",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"keep",
"meet",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"perfect",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring about",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect",
"commit",
"compass",
"discharge",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"make",
"perform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"default (on)",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
]
},
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the government has consistently refused to redeem hostages captured by terrorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"ransom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"emancipate",
"liberate",
"get back",
"recover",
"regain",
"retrieve",
"release",
"buy",
"salvage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
"examples":[
"the belief that sinners are redeemed by their faith in God"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliver",
"save"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reclaim",
"reform",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"bless",
"hallow",
"consecrate",
"purify",
"sanctify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the unfaithful husband made a determined effort to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and children"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitate",
"reclaim",
"reform",
"regenerate",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"quickly redeemed the offending remark with a sincere and unconditional apology"
],
"synonyms":[
"atone (for)",
"expiate",
"mend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensate",
"recompense",
"reimburse",
"remunerate",
"repay",
"amend",
"correct",
"rectify",
"redress",
"propitiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasoning":{
"having the ability to reason":{
"examples":[
"judged by the courts not to be a reasoning being who could be held accountable for his crimes"
],
"synonyms":[
"intelligent",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"thinking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"brainy",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"cognitional",
"cognitive",
"mental",
"levelheaded",
"practical",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainless",
"dense",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"half-witted",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"senseless",
"slow",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"fallacious",
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"nonsensical"
],
"antonyms":[
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonthinking",
"unintelligent",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unthinking"
]
},
"the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems":{
"examples":[
"your reasoning here is faulty, for although all wives are spouses, not all spouses are wives"
],
"synonyms":[
"intellection",
"logic",
"ratiocination",
"reason",
"sense"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cogency",
"coherence",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"convincingness",
"persuasiveness",
"syllogism",
"synthesis",
"analysis",
"dissection",
"deduction",
"induction",
"argumentation",
"disputation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illogic",
"incoherence",
"absurdity",
"brainlessness",
"insanity",
"irrationality",
"nonsensicalness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
"examples":[
"she reasoned that since all of the cakes were on sale for the same price, she might as well pick the biggest one"
],
"synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"deriving",
"extrapolating",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"making out",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assuming",
"supposing",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"speculating",
"surmising",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"reading",
"contemplating",
"philosophizing",
"rationalizing",
"thinking",
"ascertaining",
"doping (out)",
"finding out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"he tried to reason that no one in their right mind would buy his brother's old video games, but they were put on the online auction anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"asserting",
"contending",
"maintaining",
"pleading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adducing",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"claiming",
"insisting",
"affirming",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"advancing",
"giving",
"offering",
"proposing",
"submitting",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"recommending",
"suggesting",
"urging",
"convincing",
"persuading",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"enforcing",
"espousing",
"supporting",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"confuting",
"countering",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refreshened":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"refreshened the wilting flowers by cutting the stems again and putting them in a vase with water"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaccredits":{
"as in recertifies , reapproves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"recharters",
"revalidates",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabilitate":{
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitate",
"reclaim",
"redeem",
"reform",
"regenerate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehab",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"physic",
"treat",
"fortify",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"alleviate",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"repair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripple",
"damage",
"disable",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"lacerate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"wound",
"afflict",
"ail",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"lay up",
"sap",
"sicken",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recover":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"re-collect",
"recoup",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce (back)",
"come back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"snap back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"fail",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"I see you're recovering well from the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"the process of recovering aluminum from old cans"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaim",
"recycle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reuse",
"process",
"reprocess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"researcher":{
"one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry":{
"examples":[
"medical researchers reported some eye-opening findings on the effectiveness of statins in the reduction of LDL in the bloodstream"
],
"synonyms":[
"experimenter",
"investigator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monitor",
"observer",
"empiric",
"empiricist",
"fact finder",
"field-worker",
"examiner",
"inspector"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reiteration":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"there's no need for the reiteration of the rules, as I know them already"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"respectful":{
"marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status":{
"examples":[
"the children were remarkably respectful while in the president's office"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferent",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reverent",
"reverential",
"venerating",
"worshipful",
"fawning",
"genuflecting",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"subservient",
"sycophantic",
"toadying",
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"polite",
"kid-glove",
"kid-gloved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abusive",
"insulting",
"offensive",
"belittling",
"demeaning",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disparaging",
"contemptuous",
"impudent",
"irreverent",
"scornful",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disrespectful",
"undutiful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redounds":{
"to have a particular result \u2014 used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something \u2014 + to":{
"examples":[
"It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pans out",
"results",
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"takes",
"works",
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompensed":{
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensated",
"paid",
"remunerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"requited",
"remitted",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"prepaid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month"
],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensated",
"indemnified",
"recouped",
"remunerated",
"requited",
"satisfied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"redressed",
"remedied",
"repaired",
"discharged",
"paid",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocated",
"repaid",
"requited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanged",
"compensated",
"indemnified",
"paid",
"recouped",
"remunerated",
"satisfied",
"gave back",
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"restituted",
"avenged",
"got back (at)",
"retaliated",
"revenged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-upping":{
"as in rejoining , reenrolling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlisting",
"re-enlisting",
"reenrolling",
"re-enrolling",
"reentering",
"rejoining",
"enlisting (in)",
"enrolling (in)",
"entering",
"joining",
"signing on (for)",
"signing up (for)",
"getting in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitting",
"dropping out",
"quitting",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recoveries":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"the recovery of the sunken boat took over a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoupments",
"repossessions",
"retrievals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitments",
"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rechristen":{
"as in rename , relabel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relabel",
"rename",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"surname",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"denote",
"specify",
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regards":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"she regarded him with astonishment when he announced he had gotten engaged"
],
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"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"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 take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"as a traveler, you should regard the laws and customs of whatever country you are visiting"
],
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"follows",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
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"considers",
"contemplates",
"mulls",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"respects",
"attends (to)",
"harks (to)",
"hearkens (to)",
"hears",
"marks",
"notices",
"sees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"neglects",
"passes over",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"defies",
"flouts",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"tunes out"
]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't regard that offhand comment as a serious threat to your personal safety"
],
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"accounts",
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"reckons",
"sets down",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"an astronomer who is highly regarded by his peers"
],
"synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"considers",
"esteems",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"accredits",
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"compliments",
"credits",
"praises",
"delights (in)",
"drinks (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours",
"digs",
"fancies",
"favors",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"adores",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"dotes (on)",
"hallows",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"decries",
"deplores",
"disapproves",
"discountenances",
"discounts",
"disdains",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismisses",
"disregards",
"frowns (on or upon)",
"kisses off",
"scorns",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"the judges regard the amount of effort and energy you put into the project in evaluating it"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows (for)",
"considers",
"factors (in or into)",
"provides (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"anticipates",
"contemplates",
"envisages",
"expects",
"foresees",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"plans",
"calculates",
"faces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factors (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards"
]
},
"best wishes":{
"examples":[
"give your parents my regards"
],
"synonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliment",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"benediction",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"citation",
"commendation",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"praise",
"well-wishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dig",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"insult",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reclassifying":{
"as in regrouping , recategorizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recategorizing",
"regrouping",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"subcategorizing",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reissuing":{
"as in reprinting , republishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reprinting",
"republishing",
"copublishing",
"co-publishing",
"serializing",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"putting out",
"contributing",
"editing",
"syndicating",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"distributing",
"marketing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewarms":{
"as in reheats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reheats",
"overheats",
"superheats",
"thaws",
"heats",
"hots (up)",
"toasts",
"warms",
"bakes",
"cooks",
"roasts",
"burns",
"chars",
"fires",
"parches",
"scalds",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills",
"cools",
"refrigerates",
"freezes",
"frosts",
"ices",
"supercools"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapprove":{
"as in recertify , reaccredit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredit",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"revalidate",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retreating (from)":{
"as in withdrawing (from) , escaping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaping",
"taking off (from)",
"vacating",
"withdrawing (from)",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"abjuring",
"cutting off",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"separating (from)",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"sacrificing",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"marooning",
"quitting",
"stranding",
"distancing",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"harboring",
"having",
"holding",
"keeping",
"owning",
"possessing",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprehensibleness":{
"as in cursedness , deplorableness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"cursedness",
"deplorableness",
"despicableness",
"detestableness",
"execrableness",
"hatefulness",
"loathsomeness",
"badness",
"baseness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"evil",
"evilness",
"foulness",
"heinousness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"invidiousness",
"sinfulness",
"ungodliness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"creepiness",
"eeriness",
"fearfulness",
"fearsomeness",
"ghostliness",
"ghoulishness",
"scariness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"awfulness",
"dreadfulness",
"frightfulness",
"ghastliness",
"grisliness",
"gruesomeness",
"hideousness",
"horridness",
"horror",
"monstrosity",
"repulsiveness",
"agony",
"anguish",
"hellishness",
"misery",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"delightfulness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasurableness",
"allurement",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"attractiveness",
"desirability",
"desirableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revival":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"there was a revival of interest in the author's classic horror stories after a film version of his best-known tale was released"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retarded":{
"as in low , rude":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backward",
"low",
"lower",
"nonprogressive",
"primitive",
"rude",
"rudimentary",
"undeveloped",
"green",
"immature",
"underdeveloped",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"underweight",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"savage",
"uncivilized",
"uneducated",
"early",
"embryonic",
"germinal",
"primeval",
"primordial",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dated",
"fusty",
"hoary",
"musty",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"obsolete",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"forward",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"late",
"progressive",
"refined",
"precocious",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"full-scale"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
"examples":[
"an herbicide to retard the growth of weeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"braked",
"decelerated",
"slackened",
"slowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halted",
"stopped",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"set back",
"tied up",
"bottlenecked",
"arrested",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drove",
"encouraged",
"goaded",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred",
"urged",
"advanced",
"aided",
"dispatched",
"eased",
"expedited",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"helped"
],
"antonyms":[
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"stepped up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rehears":{
"as in reexamines , reconsiders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconciling":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"attuning",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"keying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapting",
"tuning",
"blending",
"combining",
"connecting",
"correlating",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"fusing",
"integrating",
"joining",
"matching",
"merging",
"orchestrating",
"pairing",
"squaring",
"suiting",
"synchronizing",
"synthesizing",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"aligning",
"alining",
"arranging",
"arraying",
"balancing",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"ordering",
"proportioning",
"regularizing",
"standardizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"skewing",
"upsetting",
"alienating",
"estranging"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reigning":{
"as in managing , overseeing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"high-level",
"senior",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"supreme",
"top",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ruling , governing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"governing",
"ruling",
"monitoring",
"presiding (over)",
"administering",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"directing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"ordering",
"running",
"shepherding",
"showing",
"steering",
"bossing",
"captaining",
"handling",
"heading",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"quarterbacking",
"superintending",
"supervising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"redding (up or out)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"neatening",
"picking up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up or out)",
"tidying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reveling (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrospect":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"in retrospect , we should have saved more money for college"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisal",
"reconsideration",
"reexamination",
"retrospection",
"review"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"rehash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preview"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rested":{
"as in untired , unwearied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"untired",
"unwearied",
"resurrected",
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened",
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"relaxed",
"reposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummed",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"hung around",
"idled",
"loafed",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"exercised",
"worked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the patient is currently resting , but as soon as he awakes, I'll tell him you called"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"napped",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropped off",
"drowsed (off)",
"nodded off",
"overslept",
"slept in",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hibernated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"aroused",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"rose",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find a basis":{
"examples":[
"you're resting your argument on a faulty premise"
],
"synonyms":[
"based",
"grounded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"predicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"established",
"founded",
"assumed",
"postulated",
"premised",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"supposed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reliefs":{
"a feeling of ease from grief or trouble":{
"examples":[
"my coworkers' kind words gave me some relief from the grief that I was feeling upon the death of my partner"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragements",
"inspirations",
"uplifts",
"assurances",
"reassurances",
"alleviations",
"assuagements",
"mitigations",
"contentments",
"commiserations",
"empathies",
"sympathies",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anguishes",
"distresses",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"I can't go home from my nursing shift until my relief shows up to take over"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
"examples":[
"the aspirin gave him some relief from the headache"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviations",
"comforts",
"eases",
"releases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasements",
"assuagements",
"decreases",
"diminishments",
"mitigations",
"moderations",
"mollifications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomforts",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reteaches":{
"as in retrains , reeducates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducates",
"reschools",
"retrains",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"shows",
"briefs",
"familiarizes",
"imparts (to)",
"informs",
"verses",
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"homeschools",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"instills",
"instils",
"catechizes",
"lectures",
"moralizes",
"preaches",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"rears",
"drills",
"fits",
"grounds",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"primes",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproducing":{
"to bring forth offspring":{
"examples":[
"mice reproduce at a much faster rate than humans do"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"multiplying",
"procreating",
"propagating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing",
"begetting",
"engendering",
"gendering",
"generating",
"getting",
"having",
"mothering",
"parenting",
"producing",
"siring",
"hatching",
"spawning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reproduce that design on every tile in the bathroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"rendering",
"replicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can almost reproduce the information in my head, but not quite"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"recollecting",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requiting":{
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"recompensing",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"redressing",
"remedying",
"repairing",
"discharging",
"paying",
"quitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenging",
"redressing",
"retaliating",
"revenging",
"venging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigating",
"fixing",
"getting",
"penalizing",
"punishing",
"scourging",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"righting",
"compensating",
"paying (back)",
"recompensing",
"repaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolving",
"condoning",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"I fear my love for her will never be requited"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocating",
"recompensing",
"repaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanging",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"restituting",
"avenging",
"getting back (at)",
"retaliating",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reusing":{
"to put (something) to use again":{
"examples":[
"I can reuse that empty container for another purpose."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cannibalizing",
"recycling",
"applying",
"employing",
"exercising",
"exploiting",
"harnessing",
"operating",
"using",
"utilizing",
"handling",
"manipulating",
"wielding",
"directing",
"running",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chucking",
"dumping",
"junking",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreant":{
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
"examples":[
"the victors had only contempt for the recreant enemy soldiers who surrendered without firing a shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"timid",
"timorous",
"afraid",
"frightened",
"scared",
"careful",
"cautious",
"wary",
"bashful",
"coy",
"shy",
"feeble",
"soft",
"unmanly",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacious",
"bold",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"nervy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
"examples":[
"recreant campaign workers who walked out as soon as their candidate began dropping in the polls"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"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"
]
},
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
"examples":[
"traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants , with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"quisling",
"traitor",
"traitress",
"traitoress",
"turnabout",
"turncoat",
"abandoner",
"come-outer",
"dropout",
"leaver",
"defier",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"revolutionizer",
"discontent",
"malcontent",
"recusant",
"refusenik",
"refusnik",
"refuser"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"supporter",
"fanatic",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot"
],
"antonyms":[
"loyalist"
]
},
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"coward",
"craven",
"cur",
"dastard",
"funk",
"poltroon",
"sissy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"quitter",
"cream puff",
"milquetoast",
"pushover",
"pussy",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"caitiff",
"snake",
"sneak",
"ostrich",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hero",
"stalwart",
"valiant"
]
},
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"a spy and recreant to his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostate",
"backstabber",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subversive",
"subverter",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"gossipmonger",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rumormonger",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"talker",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"recognizes":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost"
],
"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",
"perceives",
"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"
]
},
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
"examples":[
"an awards banquet to recognize local heroes"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"credits",
"thanks",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"touts",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"hails",
"laureates",
"salutes",
"celebrates",
"commemorates",
"memorializes",
"observes",
"congratulates",
"felicitates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"boos",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"reprobates",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapitulate":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reins (in)":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"keeps",
"measures",
"pulls in",
"regulates",
"restrains",
"rules",
"tames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"minces",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suppresses",
"swallows",
"arrests",
"interrupts",
"stops",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"unleashes",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restuffing":{
"as in repacking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"repacking",
"caulking",
"calking",
"chinking",
"sealing",
"choking",
"clogging",
"closing (off)",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"blocking",
"bunging",
"damming",
"filling",
"packing",
"plugging",
"stopping",
"stuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"shoveling",
"shovelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebelling":{
"as in rebellion , defiance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness",
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordination",
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinying",
"revolting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"revolutionizing",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"submitting",
"attending",
"serving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reiterate":{
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"the pianist's valedictory concert will reiterate the program he played on the national tour"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"remake",
"renew",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"I want to reiterate that under no circumstances are you to leave the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"chime",
"din",
"iterate",
"rehearse",
"repeat"
],
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"paraphrase",
"reword",
"echo",
"reecho",
"mouth",
"parrot",
"abstract",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreants":{
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
"examples":[
"traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants , with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"revolutionizers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"recusants",
"refuseniks",
"refusniks",
"refusers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[
"loyalists"
]
},
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chickens",
"cowards",
"cravens",
"curs",
"dastards",
"funks",
"poltroons",
"sissies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatists",
"quitters",
"cream puffs",
"milquetoasts",
"pushovers",
"pussies",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"caitiffs",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"ostriches",
"scaramouches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevils"
],
"antonyms":[
"heroes",
"stalwarts",
"valiants"
]
},
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"a spy and recreant to his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subversives",
"subverters",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"blabbermouths",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"informants",
"informers",
"rats",
"rumormongers",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"talkers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retouches":{
"as in touches up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"touches up",
"fines",
"hones",
"polishes",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"fortifies",
"intensifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"edits",
"fine-tunes",
"redrafts",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remediates",
"remedies",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines",
"upgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"worsens",
"damages",
"endamages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"spoils",
"tarnishes",
"vitiates",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"mars",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reappraisals":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"teachers are undertaking a reappraisal of the current grading system, as the consensus is that A's have been given out too easily of late"
],
"synonyms":[
"reconsiderations",
"reexaminations",
"re-examinations",
"retrospections",
"retrospects",
"reviews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"rehashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"previews"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reenforces":{
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"letters of recommendation that reinforced the committee's opinion of the candidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"bolsters",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"shores (up)",
"substantiates",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"verifies",
"affirms",
"avouches",
"validates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refastens":{
"as in reattaches , reaffixes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixes",
"reattaches",
"refixes",
"resecures",
"recombines",
"reconnects",
"rejoins",
"reunifies",
"reunites",
"associates",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"fuses",
"interfuses",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"marries",
"unifies",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"convenes",
"gathers",
"meets",
"allies",
"confederates",
"leagues",
"mates",
"yokes",
"chains",
"compounds",
"hitches",
"hooks",
"splices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disaffiliates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"fractionates",
"isolates",
"resolves",
"uncouples",
"unyokes",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"dissevers",
"parts",
"sections",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"unlinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retreats":{
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"we made a strategic retreat when we realized that we were outnumbered"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullbacks",
"pullouts",
"recessions",
"retirements",
"withdrawals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"routs",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"revulsions",
"disengagements",
"disentanglements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances"
]
},
"something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{
"examples":[
"her bedroom served as a retreat from the frequent arguing between her parents",
"the abandoned cabin was a welcome retreat from the storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"asylums",
"bolt-holes",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"sanctuaries",
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shelters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oases",
"anchorages",
"moorings",
"ports",
"covers",
"screens",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"houses",
"housings",
"lodgings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"rests",
"roofs",
"cloisters",
"closets",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"castles",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"lean-tos",
"lees",
"sheds",
"windbreaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"we retreated to the safety of the cellar at the first sign of the tornado"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs away",
"drops back",
"falls back",
"pulls out",
"recedes",
"retires",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flees",
"flies",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"chickens (out)",
"bows out",
"backpedals",
"backs down",
"backtracks",
"climbs down",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"pulls away",
"abandons",
"departs",
"evacuates",
"goes",
"leaves",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the untried soldiers retreated in humiliating disarray almost as soon as the enemy's onslaught began"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"breaks",
"bugs out",
"flees",
"flies",
"hightails (it)",
"runs",
"runs away",
"runs off",
"skedaddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconds",
"clears out",
"decamps",
"elopes",
"escapes",
"gets (away)",
"gets out",
"lams",
"lights out",
"makes off",
"mizzles",
"scarpers",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips (out)",
"skirrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reproof":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"even in church we were not free from Mother's familiar reproof of our ingrained tendency to fidget in our seats"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"riot act",
"stricture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replacing":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"the old street lights were replaced by more energy-efficient models"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting out",
"displacing",
"displanting",
"relieving",
"substituting",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempting",
"usurping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
"took the fragile vase down to look at it and then gently replaced it on the shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"restoring",
"returning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompiles":{
"as in revises , edits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"edits",
"redacts",
"redrafts",
"reedits",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collates",
"gathers",
"groups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repenting":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"after hearing what a great time you guys had at the party, I am repenting my decision to stay home"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"regretting",
"ruing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"bewailing",
"grieving (for)",
"mourning",
"sorrowing (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighting (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reported":{
"as in reputed , rumored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reputed",
"rumored",
"communal",
"shared",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"heralded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"spotlighted",
"nonclassified",
"unclassified",
"well-known",
"general",
"popular",
"open",
"public"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidential",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"classified",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"intimate",
"personal",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"reserved",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"will report the progress of the war effort before a congressional committee on Monday"
],
"synonyms":[
"charted",
"chronicled",
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"gave",
"reeled off",
"stated",
"uttered",
"voiced",
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"particularized",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"expressed",
"rendered",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"reported the lawyer's closing statement"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotted (down)",
"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"set down",
"took down",
"wrote down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicled",
"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recharged":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recriminate":{
"as in retaliate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliate",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repulsion":{
"a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{
"examples":[
"we giggled at my father, who was overcome with repulsion when he realized he was eating octopus"
],
"synonyms":[
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"revulsion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"displeasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"bent",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"preference",
"propensity",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"renovating":{
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"will have to renovate the house extensively before we can move in"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-up":{
"as in rejoin , reenroll":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlist",
"reenroll",
"reenter",
"rejoin",
"enlist (in)",
"enroll (in)",
"enter",
"join",
"sign on (for)",
"sign up (for)",
"get in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demit",
"drop out",
"quit",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconceived":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrigerates":{
"to cause to lose heat":{
"examples":[
"refrigerate the cake after you frost it so that the frosting doesn't melt"
],
"synonyms":[
"chills",
"cools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air-conditions",
"freezes",
"frosts",
"ices",
"quick-freezes",
"supercools",
"ventilates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bakes",
"boils",
"broils",
"steams",
"heat-treats",
"tempers",
"microwaves"
],
"antonyms":[
"heats",
"toasts",
"warms"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remembrance":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"a happy couple with many fond remembrances of when they were dating in college"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashback",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{
"examples":[
"she gave her boyfriend on the eve of his military service one of her lockets as a remembrance of their abiding affection"
],
"synonyms":[
"commemorative",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"memorial",
"monument",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token"
],
"near synonyms":[
"memorabilia",
"relic",
"vestige",
"cairn",
"landmark",
"marker",
"testimonial",
"tribute",
"cenotaph"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced":{
"examples":[
"remembrance will wane with age"
],
"synonyms":[
"memory",
"mind",
"recollection",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypermnesia",
"total recall",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"reflection",
"retrospection",
"thinking",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"perception",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesia",
"repression",
"forgetfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regiment":{
"a military unit that is usually made of several large groups of soldiers (called battalions)":{
"examples":[
"infantry/cavalry regiments"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"battalion",
"command",
"company",
"corps",
"division",
"platoon",
"squad",
"squadron",
"troop",
"wing",
"detachment",
"detail",
"commando",
"firing squad",
"outpost",
"paratroops",
"patrol",
"picket",
"rear guard",
"sentry",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remodels":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"we completely remodeled the house right after we moved in"
],
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"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"registered mail":{
"as in special delivery , certified mail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airmail",
"airpost",
"certified mail",
"rural delivery",
"rural free delivery",
"special delivery",
"special handling",
"correspondence",
"mail",
"matter",
"parcel post",
"post",
"snail mail",
"direct mail",
"junk mail",
"mailer",
"card",
"dispatch",
"epistle",
"letter",
"message",
"missive",
"note",
"postal card",
"postcard",
"printed matter",
"bundle",
"package",
"shipment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refer":{
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertain",
"apply",
"bear",
"pertain",
"relate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affect",
"concern",
"interest",
"involve",
"touch",
"associate",
"connect",
"couple",
"interrelate",
"link",
"tie in",
"deal (with)",
"treat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoitre":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"explore",
"hunt",
"probe",
"prospect",
"search",
"skirr",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal",
"unearth",
"fathom",
"plumb",
"sound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolvers":{
"as in handguns , pistols":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"derringers",
"forty-fives",
".45s",
"gats",
"handguns",
"pistols",
"rods",
"roscoes",
"sidearms",
"six-guns",
"six-shooters",
"zip guns",
"arms",
"firearms",
"guns",
"heat",
"pieces",
"small arms",
"self-loaders",
"semiautomatics",
"blunderbusses",
"breechloaders",
"culverins",
"fieldpieces",
"firelocks",
"flintlocks",
"harquebuses",
"arquebuses",
"matchlocks",
"muskets",
"rifles",
"shotguns",
"smoothbores",
"twenty-twos",
".22s",
"AK-47s",
"assault rifles",
"assault weapons",
"automatics",
"carbines",
"machine guns",
"machine pistols",
"repeaters",
"submachine guns",
"tommy guns",
"spearguns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rework":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the sculptor reworked the clay into another shape"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"the magazine will publish your poem if you rework it so that it's a little shorter"
],
"synonyms":[
"edit",
"redraft",
"revamp",
"revise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reservist":{
"as in veteran , guardsman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"digger",
"gallowglass",
"gendarme",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"champion",
"knight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehearses":{
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductor's satisfaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"runs over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooves",
"perfects",
"refines",
"points (for)",
"prepares (for)",
"trains (with)",
"drills",
"repeats",
"works (at or on)",
"reviews",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"charts",
"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimes",
"dins",
"iterates",
"reiterates",
"repeats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrases",
"rewords",
"echoes",
"reechos",
"mouths",
"parrots",
"abstracts",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"outlines",
"recapitulates",
"recaps",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"lists",
"numerates",
"recites",
"reels off",
"ticks (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlines",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"inventories",
"charts",
"diagrams",
"graphs",
"calculates",
"computes",
"estimates",
"figures",
"reckons",
"cites",
"mentions",
"names"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restitution":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"sought restitution from the other driver's insurance company for lost wages"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retreated (from)":{
"as in withdrew (from) , escaped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaped",
"took off (from)",
"vacated",
"withdrew (from)",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"abjured",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"separated (from)",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"sacrificed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"left",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stranded",
"distanced",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"kept",
"owned",
"possessed",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repartees":{
"a quick witty response":{
"examples":[
"that repartee to the reporter's question drew laughs from the bystanders"
],
"synonyms":[
"comebacks",
"retorts",
"ripostes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squelches",
"back talks",
"cracks",
"quips",
"sallies",
"wisecracks",
"witticisms",
"zingers",
"cuts",
"insults",
"put-downs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebuffs":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"cold shoulders",
"repulses",
"silent treatments",
"snubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissals",
"kiss-offs",
"rejections",
"banishments",
"blackballs",
"ostracisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"embraces",
"welcomes",
"glad hands",
"welcome mats"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"as in scorns , disdains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves",
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rent":{
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"getting her skirt caught on a nail resulted in a four-inch rent that she couldn't possibly repair"
],
"synonyms":[
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"rip",
"slash",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasion",
"score",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"injury",
"wound",
"crack",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"snag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
"examples":[
"peered through the rent in the old garden wall for a glimpse of her mysterious new neighbor"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"gulf",
"hiatus",
"hole",
"interstice",
"interval",
"opening",
"rift",
"separation",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"notch",
"slit",
"slot",
"split",
"interspace",
"pore",
"abyss",
"aperture",
"cavity",
"chasm",
"gape",
"orifice",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"severance",
"sundering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
"examples":[
"we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"lease",
"let"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charter",
"engage",
"hire",
"lodge",
"sublease",
"sublet",
"rack-rent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
"examples":[
"will need to rent a car while we're in Europe"
],
"synonyms":[
"charter",
"engage",
"hire",
"lease"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sublease",
"sublet",
"check out",
"arrange (for)",
"bespeak",
"book",
"contract (for)",
"order",
"reserve",
"sign up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reanalyzing":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"you need to reanalyze the data, because the numbers don't tally"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reengineers":{
"as in revamps , revises":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recasts",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"contemporizes",
"modernizes",
"streamlines",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabs":{
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"rehabbing the torture victim's battered body will be easier than restoring his emotional well-being"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"rehabilitates",
"sets up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"physics",
"treats",
"fortifies",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"alleviates",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"repairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripples",
"damages",
"disables",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"lacerates",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"wounds",
"afflicts",
"ails",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"lays up",
"saps",
"sickens",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regulation":{
"a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity":{
"examples":[
"it's against community regulations to leave your trash on the curb for more than two days"
],
"synonyms":[
"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"reg",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"code",
"constitution",
"decalogue",
"directory",
"act",
"law",
"ordinance",
"statute",
"behest",
"charge",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direction",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"instruction",
"order",
"axiom",
"fundamental",
"maxim",
"precept",
"moral",
"principle",
"value",
"ban",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"tradition",
"way",
"blueprint",
"canon",
"formula",
"guide",
"guideline",
"standard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
"examples":[
"the owner seldom visited the plant and did not take an active part in the regulation of the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"administration",
"care",
"charge",
"conduct",
"control",
"direction",
"governance",
"government",
"guidance",
"handling",
"intendance",
"management",
"operation",
"oversight",
"presidency",
"running",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"supervision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generalship",
"leadership",
"rulership",
"agency",
"aegis",
"egis",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"lap",
"protection",
"safekeeping",
"trust",
"tutelage",
"ward",
"engineering",
"logistics",
"machination",
"manipulation",
"coadministration",
"codirection",
"comanagement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
"examples":[
"the regulation of the soccer team was left entirely to the head coach and her assistants"
],
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"care",
"charge",
"guidance",
"headship",
"oversight",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"supervision",
"surveillance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monitoring",
"observance",
"observation",
"observing",
"policing",
"administration",
"control",
"direction",
"generalship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"running",
"leadership",
"piloting",
"shepherding",
"steering",
"government",
"reign",
"rule",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspices",
"guardianship",
"protection",
"trusteeship",
"tutelage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in legal , legitimate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit",
"permissible",
"authorized",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"certified",
"licensed",
"authoritative",
"canonical",
"ex officio",
"semiofficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonofficial",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"unsanctioned",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"impermissible",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"unapproved",
"unlicensed",
"verboten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"reburials":{
"as in reinterments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinterments",
"immurements",
"inurnments",
"embalmments",
"funerals",
"burials",
"entombments",
"inhumations",
"interments",
"obsequies",
"sepultures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterments",
"exhumations",
"cremations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reengineered":{
"as in revamped , revised":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recast",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"contemporized",
"modernized",
"streamlined",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"real estate":{
"the largest number or amount that something can hold":{
"examples":[
"the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition"
],
"synonyms":[
"capacity",
"complement",
"cubage",
"volume"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"fill",
"fullness",
"load",
"measure",
"area",
"room",
"space",
"stowage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repairmen":{
"as in mechanics , servicemen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanics",
"servicemen",
"troubleshooters",
"doctors",
"menders",
"renovators",
"repairers",
"tinkerers",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"do-it-yourselfers",
"handymen",
"handypeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recovering":{
"as in recuperating , better":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"cured",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving",
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"poorly",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing (back)",
"coming back",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"failing",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"I see you're recovering well from the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming back",
"convalescing",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"pulling round",
"rallying",
"recouping",
"recuperating",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to",
"improving",
"picking up",
"reviving",
"cheering (up)",
"perking (up)",
"pulling through",
"surviving",
"recruiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"collapsing",
"coming down",
"sickening",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regressing",
"relapsing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"the process of recovering aluminum from old cans"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"recycling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reusing",
"processing",
"reprocessing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reproductions":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"walked through a reproduction of the interior of the Parthenon as it must have looked when it was first built"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reediness":{
"as in thinness , slimness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"leanness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness",
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight",
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolter":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"Spartacus, who led a slave revolt in ancient Rome, has served as an inspiration for a number of other revolters over the centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reformists":{
"as in supporters , reformers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"exponents",
"persuaders",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"reformers",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"readies":{
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
"examples":[
"this advanced course should ready him for college"
],
"synonyms":[
"equips",
"fits",
"prepares",
"qualifies",
"seasons",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accustoms",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"grooms",
"habituates",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"empowers",
"enables",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"examples":[
"we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance"
],
"synonyms":[
"fits",
"fixes",
"grooms",
"lays",
"prepares",
"preps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braces",
"fortifies",
"girds",
"steels",
"battens",
"gathers",
"gears up",
"mounts",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"tutors",
"boots (up)",
"primes",
"arranges",
"sets",
"spreads",
"arms",
"equips",
"forearms",
"furnishes",
"outfits",
"provides",
"supplies",
"inclines",
"predisposes",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"frames",
"warms (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season"
],
"synonyms":[
"braces",
"forearms",
"fortifies",
"nerves",
"poises",
"psyches (up)",
"steels",
"strengthens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"buttresses",
"enforces",
"props (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"supports",
"sustains",
"cheers (up)",
"comforts",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"rallies",
"rouses",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"psychs (out)",
"shakes",
"unnerves",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"prostrates",
"saps",
"softens",
"tires",
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclining":{
"as in reposing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reposing",
"flat",
"recumbent",
"horizontal",
"prone",
"prostrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"supine",
"erect",
"raised",
"standing",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tilting , inclining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping",
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling",
"plunging",
"sinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"mounting",
"rising",
"uprising",
"upsweeping",
"upturning",
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothing",
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couching , lying (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"bedding",
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"relied (on)":{
"as in depended (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depended (on)",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"consulted",
"referred (to)",
"resorted (to)",
"turned (to)",
"went (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectify":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replying":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
"examples":[
"replied to the news that she had won the scholarship by jumping around the room and cheering"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacting",
"responding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answering",
"returning",
"retaliating",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"reading",
"taking",
"understanding",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"grappling (with)",
"handling",
"managing",
"negotiating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"behaving",
"affecting",
"causing",
"drawing",
"effecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"please reply to my question at your earliest convenience"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"coming back",
"rejoining",
"responding",
"retorting",
"returning",
"riposting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"commenting",
"communicating",
"corresponding",
"reacting",
"remarking",
"countering",
"defending",
"denying",
"explaining",
"fielding",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"cross-examining",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"quizzing",
"polling",
"querying",
"surveying"
],
"antonyms":[
"asking",
"inquiring",
"questioning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reheats":{
"as in rewarms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rewarms",
"overheats",
"superheats",
"thaws",
"heats",
"hots (up)",
"toasts",
"warms",
"bakes",
"cooks",
"roasts",
"burns",
"chars",
"fires",
"parches",
"scalds",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills",
"cools",
"refrigerates",
"freezes",
"frosts",
"ices",
"supercools"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaffix":{
"as in reattach , refasten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"recombine",
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repellents":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"your snobbish behavior towards my friends is so repellent I can't stand to be around you anymore"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
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"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
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"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"repositions":{
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"she repositioned the wood before taking another swing with the ax"
],
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"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"moves",
"relocates",
"removes",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bears",
"carries",
"carts",
"conveys",
"drives",
"hauls",
"lugs",
"totes",
"transmits",
"transplants",
"transports",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants",
"alters",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchors",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets",
"stabilizes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reactionaryism":{
"attitudes or opinions tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
"examples":[
"the region's entrenched reactionaryism made it one of the major battlegrounds for the civil rights movement in the 1960s"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservatism",
"conservativeness",
"die-hardism",
"traditionalism",
"ultraconservatism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"neoconservatism",
"Toryism",
"bigotry",
"illiberalism",
"conventionalism",
"conventionality",
"fogyism",
"fogeyism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"neoliberalism",
"extremism",
"radicalism",
"nonconformism",
"nonconformity",
"unconventionalism",
"unorthodoxy"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"liberalism",
"liberalness",
"open-mindedness",
"progressivism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in recondenses":{
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"recondenses",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"richens",
"strengthens",
"evaporates",
"extracts",
"removes",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"compacts",
"hardens",
"solidifies",
"boils down",
"decocts",
"reduces",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"distills",
"distils",
"flushes",
"leaches",
"purges",
"purifies",
"refines",
"concentrates",
"condenses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilutes",
"waters (down)",
"adulterates",
"cuts",
"thins",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"return":{
"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
"when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from"
],
"synonyms":[
"replace",
"restore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconvey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce as revenue":{
"examples":[
"this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"give",
"pay",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring in",
"net",
"afford",
"furnish",
"provide",
"supply",
"pay off"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready"
],
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"answer",
"come back",
"rejoin",
"reply",
"respond",
"retort",
"riposte"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"comment",
"communicate",
"correspond",
"react",
"remark",
"counter",
"defend",
"deny",
"explain",
"field",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"cross-examine",
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"quiz",
"poll",
"query",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"ask",
"inquire",
"question"
]
},
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways"
],
"synonyms":[
"regress",
"retrogress",
"revert"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"throw back",
"ebb",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"drop",
"fall",
"retrograde",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"develop",
"evolve",
"progress"
]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"I was moved by my grandfather's lengthy return to my casual question about his experiences in the Vietnam War"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"replication",
"reply",
"response",
"retort"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talk",
"banter",
"persiflage",
"repartee",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"comment",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"feedback",
"non sequitur",
"observation",
"reaction",
"remark",
"defense",
"explanation",
"justification",
"plea",
"rebuttal",
"refutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"charge",
"cross-examination",
"grilling",
"interrogation",
"interrogatory",
"quiz",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
"examples":[
"if we buy better equipment, we'll be able to make the product faster, thus getting a better return on our investment"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"income",
"incoming(s)",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
"examples":[
"the return on each unit sold has increased since we streamlined the production process"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain",
"lucre",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanup",
"killing",
"windfall",
"bottom line",
"gross",
"sales",
"compensation",
"emolument",
"income",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittal",
"requital",
"salary",
"wages",
"interest",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"expense",
"loss",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rereading":{
"as in proofreading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"proofreading",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"deciphering",
"reviewing",
"studying",
"browsing",
"dipping (into)",
"leafing (through)",
"scanning",
"skimming",
"speed-reading",
"thumbing (through)",
"turning over",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up)",
"slogging (through)",
"wading (through)",
"apprehending",
"comprehending",
"getting",
"grasping",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"reading",
"seeing",
"tumbling (to)",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"referring (to)":{
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
"examples":[
"try not to refer to the recent death of her aunt"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverting (to)",
"citing",
"dropping",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"noticing",
"noting",
"quoting",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluding (to)",
"hinting (at)",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"intending",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"pointing (out)",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signifying",
"denominating",
"designating",
"indicating",
"bringing up",
"broaching",
"interjecting",
"interpolating",
"interposing",
"introducing",
"infiltrating",
"insinuating",
"worming",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"spelling out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage":{
"examples":[
"she studied so she wouldn't have to refer to the book during the exam"
],
"synonyms":[
"consulting",
"going (to)",
"resorting (to)",
"turning (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"depending (on)",
"relying (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realities":{
"something that actually exists":{
"examples":[
"the ambition to make his dreams a reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualities",
"cases",
"facts",
"materialities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainties",
"inevitabilities",
"circumstances",
"events",
"occurrences",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"elements",
"items",
"particulars",
"things"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eventualities",
"possibilities",
"potentialities",
"probabilities"
],
"antonyms":[
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"fictions",
"illusions"
]
},
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to cope with a whole new set of realities once you've become a parent"
],
"synonyms":[
"beings",
"commodities",
"entities",
"existents",
"individualities",
"individuals",
"integers",
"objects",
"substances",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"subjects",
"materials",
"matters",
"quantities",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonentities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retaking":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"after some fierce fighting, government forces have retaken the capital"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rephotographing":{
"as in picturing , imaging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imaging",
"picturing",
"retaking",
"mugging",
"photographing",
"photoing",
"shooting",
"snapping",
"filming",
"videotaping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompensing":{
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"paying",
"remunerating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"requiting",
"remitting",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"requiting",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"redressing",
"remedying",
"repairing",
"discharging",
"paying",
"quitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocating",
"repaying",
"requiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanging",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"restituting",
"avenging",
"getting back (at)",
"retaliating",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reemployed":{
"as in rehired , reengaged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relate (to)":{
"as in refer (to) , apply (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appertain (to)",
"apply (to)",
"bear (on)",
"pertain (to)",
"refer (to)",
"affect",
"concern",
"involve",
"touch",
"embroil",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"implicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revisited":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"this idea isn't practical now, but we probably should revisit it at a later time"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreational vehicle":{
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"camper",
"caravan",
"motor home",
"RV",
"trailer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailer",
"mobile home",
"coach",
"van"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"revolving door":{
"as in double door , storm door":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double door",
"Dutch door",
"French door",
"lattice",
"portcullis",
"postern",
"storm door",
"trapdoor",
"wicket",
"door",
"gate",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reservedness":{
"as in diffidence , timidness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"mousiness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"retiringness",
"sheepishness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"acquiescence",
"compliance",
"deference",
"passivity",
"resignedness",
"submission",
"submissiveness",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"timorousness",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"wariness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"gutlessness",
"poltroonery",
"pusillanimity",
"spinelessness",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"attitude",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"cocksureness",
"forwardness",
"overconfidence",
"swagger",
"swash",
"temerity",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"nerve",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"chest-thumping",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"vaingloriousness",
"vanity",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"flamboyance",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"showiness",
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"received":{
"held by or applicable to a majority of the people":{
"examples":[
"traditionally the received opinion was that, in the event of a divorce, the mother should get custody of the children"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"general",
"majority",
"overall",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"public",
"ruling",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unanimous",
"universal",
"pop",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"household",
"usual",
"well-known",
"contemporary",
"current",
"present",
"dominant",
"predominant",
"preponderant",
"characteristic",
"typical",
"pandemic",
"pervasive",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rare",
"strange",
"unknown",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"idiosyncratic",
"peculiar",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"separate",
"singular",
"nonpublic",
"personal",
"private"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unpopular"
]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted",
"entered",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertained",
"welcomed",
"fellowshipped",
"fellowshiped",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out"
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"banned",
"barred"
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"verb"
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"as in recommitted , retransmitted":{
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"retransmitted",
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"loaned",
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"handed down",
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"handed in",
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"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
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"held",
"kept",
"retained",
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
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"verb"
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},
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"to act out a past event; to enact again":{
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],
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"reduplicates",
"repeats",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
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"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
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"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
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"recreates",
"reinvents",
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"replicates",
"reprises",
"depicts",
"dramatizes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"represents",
"role-plays"
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"as in rehiring , reengaging":{
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"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
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"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redoubling":{
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
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"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
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"accentuating",
"amping (up)",
"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadening",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"quickening",
"emphasizing",
"pointing (up)",
"sharpening",
"stressing",
"augmenting",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"restrengthening",
"supplementing",
"maximizing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)",
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"moderating"
]
},
"to make twice as great or as many":{
"examples":[
"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubling",
"duplicating"
],
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"compounding",
"multiplying",
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building (up)",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retested":{
"as in resampled":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resampled",
"checked (out)",
"examined",
"experimented (with)",
"explored",
"felt (out)",
"investigated",
"researched",
"studied",
"sampled",
"tested",
"tried (out)"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassures":{
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall"
],
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"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
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"commiserates",
"condoles",
"empathizes",
"sympathizes",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"calms",
"quiets",
"relaxes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"frets",
"upsets",
"worries",
"aggravates",
"intensifies",
"worsens",
"annoys",
"irks",
"irritates",
"harasses",
"pesters"
],
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"distresses",
"torments",
"tortures",
"troubles"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"relied":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"counted",
"depended",
"leaned",
"reckoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"confided",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"trusted"
],
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"distrusted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclassifies":{
"as in regroups , recategorizes":{
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"recategorizes",
"regroups",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"subcategorizes",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reliabilities":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"we never had reason to question the reliability of the park rangers in the event of an emergency"
],
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"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rescuers":{
"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
"examples":[
"rescuers went out immediately in search of the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliverers",
"redeemers",
"savers",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"custodians",
"defenders",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"protectors",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen",
"ransomers",
"salvagers",
"salvors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regrettable":{
"of a kind to cause great distress":{
"examples":[
"the explorers forged ahead despite the regrettable loss of some of their companions"
],
"synonyms":[
"deplorable",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"grievous",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"lamentable",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"woeful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"affecting",
"doleful",
"moving",
"piteous",
"poignant",
"ruthful",
"touching",
"awful",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"severe",
"terrible",
"alarming",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"traumatic",
"unsettling",
"crushing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intolerable",
"overwhelming",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"unbearable",
"miserable",
"pitiful",
"sad",
"wretched",
"calamitous",
"disastrous",
"painful",
"raging",
"sharp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rewarding",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"cheering",
"heartwarming",
"inspiring",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reapportion":{
"as in reallocate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocate",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint",
"misallocate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrigerating":{
"to cause to lose heat":{
"examples":[
"refrigerate the cake after you frost it so that the frosting doesn't melt"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilling",
"cooling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air-conditioning",
"freezing",
"frosting",
"icing",
"quick-freezing",
"supercooling",
"ventilating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baking",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"steaming",
"heat-treating",
"tempering",
"microwaving"
],
"antonyms":[
"heating",
"toasting",
"warming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverent":{
"showing a lot of respect":{
"examples":[
"a reverent crowd of worshippers",
"They used a reverent tone of voice when speaking about their father."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reverential",
"worshipful",
"devout",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"spiritual",
"deferent",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"pietistic",
"religiose",
"beatified",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"venerable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"chaste",
"moral",
"pure",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"disrespectful",
"undutiful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reusable":{
"as in usable , available":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"available",
"employable",
"exploitable",
"fit",
"functional",
"operable",
"practicable",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"doable",
"feasible",
"viable",
"workable",
"applicable",
"relevant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impracticable",
"inoperable",
"nonfunctional",
"unavailable",
"unemployable",
"unusable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reseeds":{
"as in overseeds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overseeds",
"pots",
"broadcasts",
"scatters",
"replants",
"transplants",
"beds",
"drills",
"plants",
"puts in",
"seeds",
"sows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathers",
"harvests",
"reaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarry":{
"as in pair off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pair off",
"couple",
"mate",
"marry",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorce",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reach(es)":{
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"would you reach me the potatoes, please?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"transfers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relays",
"bears",
"carries",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives",
"gives up",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"surrenders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"you can reach me by phone after 3:00 p.m. most days"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"gets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gets through (to)",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the movie adaptation just didn't reach me the way the novel did"
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"influences",
"moves",
"strikes",
"sways",
"tells (on)",
"touches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries away",
"dazzles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"ravishes",
"transports",
"biases",
"biasses",
"colors",
"inspires",
"stirs",
"engages",
"interests",
"involves",
"penetrates",
"pierces",
"afflicts",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flusters",
"harasses",
"harries",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"smites",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"wrings",
"allures",
"attracts",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies",
"underwhelms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"there are still only a few women in the upper reaches of the profession"
],
"synonyms":[
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"ranking",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"resemblances":{
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
"examples":[
"I see a family resemblance between you and your brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonalities",
"common denominators",
"congruities",
"correspondences",
"parallels",
"similarities",
"similitudes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogies",
"homologies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differences",
"discrepancies",
"deviances",
"divergences",
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"changes",
"modifications",
"variations"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissimilarities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repasted":{
"as in feasted , banqueted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"ate",
"dined",
"fared",
"fed",
"partook",
"refreshed",
"victualed",
"victualled",
"chowed (down)",
"dug in",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overate",
"overfed",
"pigged out",
"grazed",
"nibbled",
"noshed",
"picked",
"snacked",
"boarded",
"dined out",
"messed",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"picnicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recentness":{
"as in currentness , up-to-dateness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"currentness",
"up-to-dateness",
"progressiveness",
"departure",
"divergence",
"innovation",
"offshoot",
"shoot",
"bizarreness",
"strangeness",
"unfamiliarity",
"unusualness",
"hipness",
"trendiness",
"freshness",
"newness",
"novelty",
"originality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banality",
"commonness",
"familiarity",
"outdatedness",
"staleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinstituted":{
"as in relaunched , reinitiated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refounded",
"reinitiated",
"relaunched",
"arranged",
"organized",
"systematized",
"systemized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"subsidized",
"developed",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"constructed",
"put up",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"created",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"produced",
"thought (up)",
"authored",
"fathered",
"originated",
"began",
"constituted",
"established",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"planted",
"set up",
"started"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closed (down)",
"phased out",
"shut (up)",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"annulled",
"nullified",
"ended",
"finished",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"rounded (off or out)",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restoring":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"restore an old car"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place":{
"examples":[
"restored the trophy to its proper place at the center of the shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"replacing",
"returning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renouncement":{
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
"examples":[
"her renouncement of chocolate had a lot to do with the fact that it was causing her skin to break out"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegation",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"self-denial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"relinquishment",
"resignation",
"surrender",
"self-abnegation",
"self-renunciation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"adoption",
"embrace",
"embracement",
"espousal"
],
"antonyms":[
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrogrades":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the Dark Ages, the period following the fall of the Roman Empire when Western civilization seriously retrograded"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophies",
"crumbles",
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"devolves",
"ebbs",
"regresses",
"rots",
"sinks",
"worsens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"wanes",
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decomposes",
"degrades",
"dilapidates",
"disintegrates",
"molders",
"putrefies",
"sours",
"spoils",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"debilitates",
"undermines",
"droops",
"fails",
"falls",
"flags",
"lags",
"languishes",
"runs down",
"sags",
"slips",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"betters",
"upgrades",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"strengthens",
"advances",
"develops",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"improves",
"meliorates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabilitants":{
"as in patients , cases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cases",
"patients",
"inpatients",
"outpatients",
"sufferers",
"victims",
"convalescents",
"nurslings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relented":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"bowed",
"budged",
"capitulated",
"conceded",
"gave in",
"knuckled under",
"quit",
"quitted",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"deferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contended",
"fought",
"held off",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisted"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the fury of the storm relented , and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreating":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"dallying",
"disporting",
"frolicking",
"playing",
"rollicking",
"skylarking",
"sporting",
"toying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavorting",
"frisking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"dabbling",
"trifling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"delighting",
"pleasing",
"dabbling",
"fiddling (around)",
"messing around",
"puttering (around)",
"bumming (around)",
"dawdling",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging (around or about)",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"screwing around",
"slacking (off)",
"jesting",
"joking",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"laboring",
"plodding",
"plugging (away)",
"slaving",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstructing",
"re-enacting",
"reduplicating",
"repeating",
"reinventing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"piecing together",
"answering",
"breaking",
"cracking",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"puzzling (out)",
"resolving",
"riddling (out)",
"solving",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"reasoning",
"clearing (up)",
"ironing out",
"straightening (out)",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"divining",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rematerialize":{
"as in reappear":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappear",
"appear",
"come out",
"materialize",
"show",
"show up",
"turn up",
"unfold",
"resurface",
"bulk",
"loom",
"arrive",
"come",
"dawn",
"debut",
"arise",
"blossom",
"bob (up)",
"break",
"break out",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"erupt",
"issue",
"outcrop",
"rise",
"shoot (up)",
"spring (up)",
"surface",
"happen",
"occur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"retire",
"withdraw",
"clear",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"go (away)",
"melt (away)",
"vanish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resolutely":{
"with great effort or determination":{
"examples":[
"resolutely championed the unpopular causes for most of his political career"
],
"synonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"relocate (to)":{
"as in move (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"move (to)",
"inhabit",
"colonize",
"people",
"populate",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depopulate",
"unpeople"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebellion":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"the rebellion would have failed if not for the aid sent by other countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"rising",
"uprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coup",
"coup d'\u00e9tat",
"coup d'etat",
"overthrow",
"misprision",
"sedition",
"treachery",
"treason",
"sabotage",
"subversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterinsurgency",
"counterrevolution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"the period of rebellion that teenagers typically go through"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repose":{
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"examples":[
"typically the wealthy socialite spends most of the morning in repose , is served lunch, and then embarks on an exhaustive afternoon of shopping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"rest",
"resting",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"enjoyed the repose of a serene summer evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"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"
]
},
"freedom from activity or labor":{
"examples":[
"the doctor ordered a period of repose for the patient recovering from pneumonia"
],
"synonyms":[
"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"relaxation",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"lazing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness",
"calm",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"respite",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"dolce far niente",
"idleness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pressure",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension"
],
"antonyms":[
"exertion",
"labor",
"toil",
"work"
]
},
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"her repose in the face of the screaming demonstrators was impressive"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"a little-explored region beneath which vast mineral reserves are said to repose"
],
"synonyms":[
"hide",
"hole up",
"lie",
"lurk",
"skulk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slink",
"sneak",
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come out",
"materialize",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appear"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"reposed in the Caribbean sun, enjoying her break from the world of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"relax",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"hang around",
"idle",
"loaf",
"slack (off)",
"veg out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"exercise",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"the Constitution reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confer",
"grant",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"furnish",
"supply",
"recommit",
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redundancies":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyfuls",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
},
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
"examples":[
"several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"furloughs",
"layoffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pink slips",
"birds",
"boots",
"bum's rushes",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks",
"closings",
"shutdowns",
"shakeouts",
"shake-ups"
],
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"callbacks",
"recalls",
"reemployments",
"re-employments",
"rehires"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red dwarf":{
"as in neutron star , white dwarf":{
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"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red giant",
"red star",
"subdwarf",
"supercluster",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rephrase":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"I don't understand what you're asking\u2014could you rephrase your question?"
],
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"paraphrase",
"restate",
"reword",
"translate"
],
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"boil down",
"recapitulate",
"reiterate",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echo",
"repeat",
"copy",
"reproduce",
"transcribe"
],
"antonyms":[
"quote"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the state of having a relation to or connection with or being necessarily reliant upon something else":{
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"reciprocities",
"dependences",
"dependencies",
"reliances",
"confidences",
"credences",
"faiths",
"stocks",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomies",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"independences",
"independencies",
"self-reliances",
"self-sufficiencies",
"self-supports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resound":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"folk songs that resound the noble deeds of the nation's heroes of yore"
],
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"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"hymn",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
],
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"adore",
"belaud",
"deify",
"idolize",
"worship",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"renown",
"salute",
"chant",
"cheer",
"eulogize",
"rhapsodize",
"cite",
"flatter",
"crack up",
"recommend",
"tout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"castigate",
"lambaste",
"lambast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"thunder resounded across the plain"
],
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"echo",
"reecho",
"resonate",
"reverberate",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ring",
"roll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refeeding":{
"as in reprovisioning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reprovisioning",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"underfeeding",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"battening",
"fattening",
"filling",
"messing",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"serving",
"waiting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repatriate":{
"as in refugee , exile":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defector",
"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee",
"relocatee",
"emigrant",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"immigrant",
"incomer",
"in-migrant",
"migrant",
"out-migrant",
"settler",
"alien",
"foreigner",
"noncitizen",
"nonnative",
"colonist",
"newcomer",
"squatter",
"migrator",
"pilgrim",
"pioneer",
"trekker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonimmigrant",
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"resident"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in naturalize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"naturalize",
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"banish",
"deport",
"displace",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport",
"cast out",
"dismiss",
"eject",
"eliminate",
"evict",
"exclude",
"expel",
"expulse",
"kick out",
"oust",
"run out",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rendition":{
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
"examples":[
"jazzy renditions of some familiar pop standards"
],
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"account",
"interpretation",
"performance",
"reading",
"version"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptation",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the rendition of the prisoner to the country where the crime was committed"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"submission",
"submitting",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rematerializing":{
"as in reappearing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappearing",
"appearing",
"coming out",
"materializing",
"showing",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"unfolding",
"resurfacing",
"bulking",
"looming",
"arriving",
"coming",
"dawning",
"debuting",
"arising",
"blossoming",
"bobbing (up)",
"breaking",
"breaking out",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"erupting",
"issuing",
"outcropping",
"rising",
"shooting (up)",
"springing (up)",
"surfacing",
"happening",
"occurring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"leaving",
"retiring",
"withdrawing",
"clearing",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evanescing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"going (away)",
"melting (away)",
"vanishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinvigorating":{
"as in reviving , revitalizing":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"restimulating",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"infusing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"rallying",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"enkindling",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"whipping (up)",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"activating",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"raising",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"waking (up)",
"amping (up)",
"animating",
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"filliping",
"firing",
"gingering (up)",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"juicing up",
"jump-starting",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"spiking",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying",
"zipping (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"killing",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recounted":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan"
],
"synonyms":[
"charted",
"chronicled",
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"gave",
"reeled off",
"stated",
"uttered",
"voiced",
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"particularized",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"expressed",
"rendered",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reckoned":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"called",
"conjectured",
"estimated",
"figured",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"guessed",
"judged",
"made",
"placed",
"put",
"supposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"deduced",
"extrapolated",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"reasoned",
"understood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrated",
"measured",
"scaled",
"computed",
"worked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"I reckon you must be new to these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"believed",
"conceived",
"considered",
"deemed",
"esteemed",
"felt",
"figured",
"guessed",
"held",
"imagined",
"judged",
"supposed",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regarded",
"viewed",
"accepted",
"perceived",
"depended",
"relied",
"trusted",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"surmised",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
"examples":[
"reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"added up",
"averaged",
"summed",
"tallied",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"added",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"allowed (for)",
"deducted",
"factored (in or into or out)",
"figured in",
"figured out",
"solved (for)",
"counted",
"itemized",
"numbered",
"calibrated",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"measured",
"scaled",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"rated",
"valued",
"recalculated",
"recomputed",
"refigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"counted",
"depended",
"leaned",
"relied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"confided",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"trusted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounted",
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"held",
"looked (on or upon)",
"rated",
"regarded",
"set down",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believed",
"deemed",
"felt",
"sensed",
"thought",
"conceived",
"fancied",
"imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-encountered":{
"as in remet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remet",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (upon)",
"lighted (upon)",
"tumbled (to)",
"crisscrossed",
"crossed",
"passed",
"collided (with)",
"crashed (into)",
"faced",
"greeted",
"saluted",
"accosted",
"confronted",
"caught",
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"happened (upon)",
"met",
"stumbled (upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"shunned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"realist":{
"as in pragmatist , hardnose":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"cynic",
"fatalist",
"nihilist",
"anti-utopian",
"Cassandra",
"Jeremiah",
"knocker",
"naysayer",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"sentimentalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reboils":{
"as in simmers , boils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boils",
"coddles",
"parboils",
"poaches",
"simmers",
"stews",
"braises",
"fricassees",
"pressure-cooks",
"smothers",
"steams",
"scalds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rethought":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"since my efforts to solve this problem aren't working, I need to rethink my approach"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regius professor":{
"as in professor , doctor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dean",
"docent",
"doctor",
"don",
"prof",
"professor",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"headmaster",
"master",
"rector",
"schoolmaster",
"headmistress",
"instructress",
"mistress",
"schoolmarm",
"schoolma'am",
"schoolmistress",
"coach",
"guide",
"guru",
"preparer",
"trainer",
"mentor",
"tutor",
"tutoress",
"drillmaster",
"inculcator",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"governess",
"homeschooler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replicas":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"filled with the usual chain stores, the new mall is a too-familiar replica of hundreds of other malls"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"assembled a small-scale replica of the Queen Mary ocean liner"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retest":{
"as in pretest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pretest",
"aptitude test",
"intelligence test",
"placement test",
"board(s)",
"midterm",
"midyear",
"exam",
"examination",
"quiz",
"test",
"catechism",
"audition",
"final",
"checkup",
"inspection",
"review",
"inquiry",
"interrogation",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in resample":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resample",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"experiment (with)",
"explore",
"feel (out)",
"investigate",
"research",
"study",
"sample",
"test",
"try (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retro":{
"pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time":{
"examples":[
"retro fashions that seek to capture the lost glamour of Hollywood in the 1930s"
],
"synonyms":[
"antique",
"old-fashioned",
"old-school",
"old-time",
"old-timey",
"old-world",
"oldfangled",
"quaint",
"retrograde",
"vintage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"moldy",
"obsolete",
"rinky-dink",
"historic",
"historical",
"olden",
"traditional",
"old hat",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"superannuated",
"dated",
"fusty",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"stodgy",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"atavistic",
"fossilized",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"late",
"past",
"forgotten",
"remote",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"timeless",
"anachronistic",
"anachronic",
"anachronous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"chic",
"designer",
"fashionable",
"smart",
"stylish",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"updated",
"last",
"latest",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"latter-day",
"nontraditional",
"recent"
],
"antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernist",
"modernistic",
"new age",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refreshments":{
"as in meal , feast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feast",
"meal",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"board",
"mess",
"pap",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"finger food",
"natural food",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provision",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"rechannels":{
"as in swerves , moves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"averts",
"deviates",
"moves",
"shifts",
"shunts",
"sidetracks",
"swerves",
"switches",
"transfers",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"redirects",
"swings",
"turns",
"veers",
"wheels",
"whips",
"swivels",
"twists",
"whirls",
"zigzags",
"bends",
"curves",
"sways",
"reverses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restituting":{
"as in reimbursing , refunding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"avenging",
"getting back (at)",
"retaliating",
"revenging",
"exchanging",
"reciprocating",
"recompensing",
"repaying",
"requiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relighting":{
"as in reigniting , rekindling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reigniting",
"rekindling",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"searing",
"banking",
"stoking",
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"radiating",
"setting off",
"ashing",
"cremating",
"incinerating",
"kilning",
"baking",
"broiling",
"cooking",
"charring",
"frizzling",
"scorching",
"deflagrating",
"immolating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)",
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"stamping (out)",
"blackening",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remodeled":{
"as in refurbished , renewed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"renewed",
"fresh",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated",
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"we completely remodeled the house right after we moved in"
],
"synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"retrograding":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the Dark Ages, the period following the fall of the Roman Empire when Western civilization seriously retrograded"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophying",
"crumbling",
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"devolving",
"ebbing",
"regressing",
"rotting",
"sinking",
"worsening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"waning",
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decomposing",
"degrading",
"dilapidating",
"disintegrating",
"moldering",
"putrefying",
"souring",
"spoiling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"debilitating",
"undermining",
"drooping",
"failing",
"falling",
"flagging",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"running down",
"sagging",
"slipping",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettering",
"upgrading",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"strengthening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"improving",
"meliorating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconstructing":{
"to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-creating",
"recreating",
"re-enacting",
"piecing together",
"reduplicating",
"repeating",
"reinventing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"answering",
"breaking",
"cracking",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"puzzling (out)",
"resolving",
"riddling (out)",
"solving",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"reasoning",
"clearing (up)",
"ironing out",
"straightening (out)",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"divining",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remark":{
"a briefly expressed opinion":{
"examples":[
"the director made some short remarks about the new museum before officially opening the doors to visitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"comment",
"note",
"reflection"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"commentary",
"exposition",
"aside",
"obiter dictum",
"annotation",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"advice",
"input"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"her date awkwardly remarked on the attractiveness of the background music in the restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"comment",
"editorialize",
"note",
"observe",
"opine",
"reflect",
"weigh in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentate",
"articulate",
"express",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I remarked the change in her hair color but didn't think it would be polite to say anything other than she was looking good"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repels":{
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"the defenders repelled the attacking army after several hours of fierce fighting"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats off",
"fends (off)",
"rebuts",
"repulses",
"staves off",
"turns away",
"turns back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defies",
"fights",
"holds off",
"opposes",
"resists",
"stands off",
"withstands",
"deflects",
"wards (off)",
"rebuffs",
"snubs",
"spurns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraces",
"hails",
"welcomes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the idea of chocolate-covered grasshoppers repels me"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusts",
"grosses out",
"nauseates",
"puts off",
"repulses",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeases",
"distresses",
"appalls",
"appals",
"disquiets",
"horrifies",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"shocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"draws",
"enchants",
"entices",
"fascinates",
"lures",
"pulls",
"seduces",
"tempts",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"rejoices",
"tickles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"appeals (to)",
"interests",
"intrigues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"repelled the temptation to stay out late and call in sick the next day"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"challenges",
"contests",
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"baffles",
"balks",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"checks",
"counters",
"hinders",
"obstructs",
"stems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"knuckles under (to)",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relaxes":{
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"she took deep breaths to relax before going on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"chills",
"chills out",
"decompresses",
"de-stresses",
"loosens up",
"mellows (out)",
"unwinds",
"winds down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbends",
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"reposes",
"rests",
"bums",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"vegetates",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"zones out",
"alleviates",
"comforts",
"eases",
"relieves",
"calms",
"composes",
"cools",
"quiets",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tenses (up)"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"relax the rope a bit so I can pick up the slack and tie this knot"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"loosens",
"slackens",
"slacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"frees",
"unbinds",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaches",
"binds",
"fastens",
"ties",
"constrains",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"tenses",
"tensions",
"tightens"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"I just want to kick back and relax after mowing that huge lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"reposes",
"rests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bums",
"goldbricks",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"hangs around",
"idles",
"loafs",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"exercises",
"works out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redwares":{
"as in porcelains , chinas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinas",
"ironstone chinas",
"porcelains",
"ceramics",
"crockeries",
"earthenwares",
"potteries",
"stonewares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rechecks":{
"as in reinspections , resurveys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"analyses",
"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resilience":{
"the ability to withstand or adjust to challenges":{
"examples":[
"Her resilience shined in her willingness to accept the failure as a valuable learning experience.",
"We were impressed by his resilience and optimism throughout his battle with cancer."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"potency",
"power",
"strength",
"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand",
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-subsistence",
"self-sufficiency",
"self-support"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the ability of something to return to its original shape after it has been stretched, pressed, bent, etc.":{
"examples":[
"Rubber is a favorite material for dog toys thanks to its strong resilience .",
"Palm trees have evolved to show strong resilience in the face of tropical storms."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elasticity",
"flexibility",
"limberness",
"workability",
"workableness",
"adaptability",
"ductility",
"plasticity",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"suppleness",
"malleability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflexibility",
"rigidity",
"stiffness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relies (on)":{
"as in depends (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depends (on)",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"consults",
"goes (to)",
"refers (to)",
"resorts (to)",
"turns (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restored":{
"as in rehabilitated , rehabbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"repeopled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"restore an old car"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
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"modernized",
"updated"
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],
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"replaced",
"returned"
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"reconveyed"
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"removed",
"took"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"as in kickback , giveback":{
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"giveback",
"kickback",
"abatement",
"deduction",
"discount",
"reduction",
"dent",
"depreciation",
"decline",
"decrement",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty"
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"accession",
"addition",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"appreciation"
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"as in refund":{
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"refund",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"retests",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"experiments (with)",
"explores",
"feels (out)",
"investigates",
"researches",
"studies",
"samples",
"tests",
"tries (out)"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reward":{
"something offered or given in return for a service performed":{
"examples":[
"there was a reward of $50 for the return of the missing cat"
],
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"bounty",
"price"
],
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"bonus",
"lagniappe",
"premium",
"bonanza",
"jackpot",
"treasure trove",
"award",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"plume",
"prize",
"trophy",
"gratuity",
"tip",
"desert(s)",
"wages"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement":{
"examples":[
"the firefighters were rewarded by the city for their heroic actions"
],
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"award"
],
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"cite",
"decorate",
"honor",
"remember",
"compensate",
"pay",
"recompense",
"requite",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"praise",
"salute"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rectangles":{
"as in blocks , squares":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocks",
"cubes",
"squares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balls",
"globes",
"orbs",
"spheres",
"beads",
"globules",
"eggs",
"ellipses",
"loops",
"ovals",
"spheroids"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reframes":{
"as in reformulates , redrafts":{
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"redrafts",
"reformulates",
"assembles",
"compounds",
"pieces (together)",
"builds",
"constructs",
"makes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"devises",
"authors",
"indites",
"pens",
"writes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"phrases",
"states",
"verbalizes",
"words",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"molds",
"sculptures",
"shapes",
"casts",
"composes",
"crafts",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"formulates",
"frames",
"prepares"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
"examples":[
"what do people in this jerkwater town do for relaxation ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"dalliance",
"frolic",
"frolicking",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"play",
"recreation",
"rollicking",
"sport"
],
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"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pastime",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasance",
"pleasure",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"wantonness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hanky-panky",
"hob",
"impishness",
"jinks",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"binge",
"fling",
"kick",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree",
"hilarity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"buffoonery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudgery",
"labor",
"work",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"meditating in a state of total relaxation"
],
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"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"repose",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"lazing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness",
"calm",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"respite",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"dolce far niente",
"idleness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pressure",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension"
],
"antonyms":[
"exertion",
"labor",
"toil",
"work"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rechanneling":{
"as in swerving , moving":{
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"averting",
"deviating",
"moving",
"shifting",
"shunting",
"sidetracking",
"swerving",
"switching",
"transferring",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"redirecting",
"swinging",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"whipping",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"twisting",
"whirling",
"zigzagging",
"bending",
"curving",
"swaying",
"reversing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reappears":{
"to appear again after not being seen, felt, etc., for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"We watched the fireflies in the field vanish and then reappear .",
"Call the doctor if the symptoms reappear ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"rematerializes",
"appears",
"comes out",
"materializes",
"shows",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"unfolds",
"resurfaces",
"bulks",
"looms",
"arrives",
"comes",
"dawns",
"debuts",
"arises",
"blossoms",
"bobs (up)",
"breaks",
"breaks out",
"crops (up)",
"emerges",
"erupts",
"issues",
"outcrops",
"rises",
"shoots (up)",
"springs (up)",
"surfaces",
"happens",
"occurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"retires",
"withdraws",
"clears",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evanesces",
"evaporates",
"fades",
"goes (away)",
"melts (away)",
"vanishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"research":{
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
"examples":[
"I'll have to do some research for this project"
],
"synonyms":[
"delving",
"disquisition",
"examen",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquiry",
"inquisition",
"investigation",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"study"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quest",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"diagnosis",
"inspection",
"hearing",
"interrogation",
"trial",
"feeler",
"query",
"question",
"poll",
"questionary",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"challenge",
"cross-examination",
"going-over",
"grilling",
"quiz",
"rehearing",
"reinvestigation",
"self-examination",
"self-exploration",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"soul-searching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"researched the public record for more information about her great-grandparents"
],
"synonyms":[
"delve (into)",
"dig (into)",
"examine",
"explore",
"inquire (into)",
"investigate",
"look (into)",
"probe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspect",
"sift",
"study",
"view",
"browse",
"cruise",
"peruse",
"scan",
"skim (through)",
"surf",
"thumb (through)",
"reinvestigate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reaction":{
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"examples":[
"we were startled by her extreme reaction to being jilted by her boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"reply",
"response",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backlash",
"kickback",
"rebound",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regurgitating":{
"to discharge (something) previously consumed":{
"examples":[
"The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorging",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"barfing",
"gagging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"puking",
"retching",
"spewing",
"spitting up",
"throwing up",
"upchucking",
"vomiting",
"disgusting",
"grossing out",
"nauseating",
"putting off",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"turning off",
"turning one's stomach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaccredit":{
"as in recertify , reapprove":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"revalidate",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revering":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"deifying",
"glorifying",
"reverencing",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"honoring",
"loving",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"apotheosizing",
"canonizing",
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"lionizing",
"magnifying",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheming",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"violating",
"affronting",
"dishonoring",
"disrespecting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"piquing",
"ridiculing",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"displeasing",
"defaming",
"disparaging",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"smearing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehydrating":{
"as in refreshing , remoistening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refreshing",
"remoistening",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"rinsing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"dunking",
"immerging",
"immersing",
"humidifying",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"sousing",
"steeping",
"washing",
"watering",
"wetting",
"bathing",
"laving",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"moistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drying",
"dehumidifying",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reselling":{
"as in exchanging , swapping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctioning",
"exchanging",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"rebuying",
"swapping",
"bargaining",
"bartering",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating",
"transacting",
"buying",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"dealing",
"trading",
"trafficking",
"distributing",
"fair-trading",
"marketing",
"peddling",
"retailing",
"selling",
"supplying",
"vending",
"wholesaling",
"black-marketing",
"bootlegging",
"fencing",
"smuggling",
"cornering",
"engrossing",
"monopolizing",
"underselling",
"day-trading",
"investing",
"speculating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballing",
"blacking",
"boycotting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewarded":{
"as in recognized , honored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"credited",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"prized",
"recognized",
"regarded",
"valued",
"appreciated",
"creditable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"thankless",
"unappreciated",
"ungrateful",
"uncredited",
"underappreciated",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"unnoticed",
"unrecognized",
"unrewarded",
"unsung",
"unvalued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement":{
"examples":[
"the firefighters were rewarded by the city for their heroic actions"
],
"synonyms":[
"awarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cited",
"decorated",
"honored",
"remembered",
"compensated",
"paid",
"recompensed",
"requited",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"praised",
"saluted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reconvene":{
"as in reassemble , regather":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassemble",
"regather",
"remeet",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet",
"rendezvous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revere":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"deify",
"glorify",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"honor",
"love",
"regard",
"respect",
"apotheosize",
"canonize",
"dignify",
"exalt",
"lionize",
"magnify",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheme",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"violate",
"affront",
"dishonor",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"pique",
"ridicule",
"scorn",
"slight",
"displease",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaffixing":{
"as in reattaching , refastening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"recombining",
"reconnecting",
"rejoining",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"responses":{
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"examples":[
"my response to my first boxing defeat was to train even harder"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"the real estate office's unhelpful response to my question about what houses in the area are renting for"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comebacks",
"rejoinders",
"replications",
"replies",
"retorts",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rescindments":{
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the university's controversial rescindment of an invitation to speak at commencement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatements",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"requests":{
"an act or instance of asking for information":{
"examples":[
"the medical columnist is unable to answer individual requests for specific information on various disorders"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interrogatories",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"questionings",
"examinations",
"explorations",
"inquests",
"investigations",
"probes",
"probings",
"researches",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answers",
"replies",
"responses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being sought after especially for purchase":{
"examples":[
"reliable babysitters are much in request , especially on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"demands",
"markets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bear markets",
"bull markets",
"buyer's markets",
"seller's markets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"orders",
"puts in (for)",
"requisitions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissions",
"solicits",
"charters",
"hires",
"licenses",
"licences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"request extra ketchup for my fries"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"bespeaks",
"calls (for)",
"desires",
"pleads (for)",
"quests",
"seeks",
"solicits",
"speaks (for)",
"sues (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (for)",
"begs (for)",
"claims",
"clamors (for)",
"importunes",
"urges",
"wishes (for)",
"demands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists (on)",
"petitions (for)",
"presses (for)",
"requires",
"requisitions",
"invites",
"invokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks",
"hits (up)",
"solicits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"implores",
"importunes",
"invites",
"invokes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"supplicates",
"demands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"presses",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"forces",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recondite":{
"difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand":{
"examples":[
"geochemistry is a recondite subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"arcane",
"deep",
"esoteric",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"profound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"scholarly",
"academic",
"academical",
"pedantic",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"darkling",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"mystical",
"orphic",
"uncanny",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"facile",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"superficial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reveler":{
"one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{
"examples":[
"wedding revelers whooping it up until dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"partyer",
"partier",
"partygoer",
"roisterer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanal",
"binger",
"carouser",
"party animal",
"wassailer",
"cutup",
"skylarker",
"noisemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconsecrate":{
"as in consecrate , sanctify":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sacralize",
"sanctify",
"chasten",
"cleanse",
"lustrate",
"purify",
"commit",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"baptize",
"canonize",
"spiritualize",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"expurgate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrate",
"desacralize",
"desanctify",
"defile",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"dirty",
"foul",
"pollute",
"soil",
"taint",
"violate",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"cuss",
"damn",
"execrate",
"cast out",
"condemn",
"damn",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproduce":{
"to bring forth offspring":{
"examples":[
"mice reproduce at a much faster rate than humans do"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"multiply",
"procreate",
"propagate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bear",
"beget",
"engender",
"gender",
"generate",
"get",
"have",
"mother",
"parent",
"produce",
"sire",
"hatch",
"spawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reproduce that design on every tile in the bathroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"replicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
"antonyms":[
"originate"
]
},
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can almost reproduce the information in my head, but not quite"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remotely":{
"as in ever , somehow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anywise",
"at all",
"ever",
"half",
"somehow",
"someway",
"someways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"refractoriness":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"I wish that new hire would grow up\u2014she still displays the refractoriness of a two-year-old"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resistances":{
"the inclination to resist":{
"examples":[
"after some initial resistance , the city council warmed up to the proposed development plan"
],
"synonyms":[
"defiances",
"oppositions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demurs",
"objections",
"protests",
"remonstrances",
"compunctions",
"misgivings",
"reservations",
"disobediences",
"noncompliances",
"recalcitrances"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliances",
"obediences",
"acceptances",
"approvals"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescences"
]
},
"a secret organization in a conquered country fighting against enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"soldiers from the resistance were captured after a skirmish outside the foreign ministry"
],
"synonyms":[
"undergrounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabals",
"conspiracies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reeling off":{
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciting",
"repeating",
"saying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conning",
"learning",
"memorizing",
"studying",
"declaiming",
"mouthing",
"orating",
"speaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"listing",
"numerating",
"reciting",
"rehearsing",
"ticking (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlining",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"inventorying",
"charting",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"graphing",
"calculating",
"computing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"naming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relaxedly":{
"as in informally , unceremoniously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"informally",
"unceremoniously",
"casually",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"nonchalantly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"matter-of-factly",
"freely",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"genuinely",
"honestly",
"simply",
"truly",
"artlessly",
"guilelessly",
"ingenuously",
"innocently",
"naively",
"na\u00efvely",
"naturally",
"sincerely",
"unaffectedly",
"unfeignedly",
"unpretentiously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedly",
"artificially",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"pretentiously",
"unnaturally",
"artfully",
"cannily",
"deceitfully",
"deceptively",
"deviously",
"dishonestly",
"falsely",
"archly",
"calculatingly",
"craftily",
"cunningly",
"furtively",
"insidiously",
"sharply",
"shiftily",
"slickly",
"slyly",
"slily",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"flatteringly",
"sycophantically",
"unctuously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reenlisted":{
"as in rejoined , reentered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenrolled",
"re-enrolled",
"reentered",
"rejoined",
"re-upped",
"enlisted (in)",
"enrolled (in)",
"entered",
"joined",
"signed on (for)",
"signed up (for)",
"got in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitted",
"dropped out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclaim":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"a program to reclaim juvenile offenders by requiring them to do community service"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitate",
"redeem",
"reform",
"regenerate",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"after reclaiming the glycerin from used vegetable oil, you can use the oil to create a fuel that burns cleaner than regular gasoline"
],
"synonyms":[
"recover",
"recycle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reuse",
"process",
"reprocess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reeking":{
"having an unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"I would rather not be the one to wash your reeking gym clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"fusty",
"malodorous",
"musty",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeky",
"ripe",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"putrid",
"rancid",
"skunky",
"stale",
"bad",
"disgusting",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"vile",
"decayed",
"decaying",
"decomposed",
"decomposing",
"rotted",
"rotten",
"rotting",
"spoiled",
"spoiling",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"odiferous",
"odoriferous",
"odorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"woodsy"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
]
},
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"those old sneakers reek something awful"
],
"synonyms":[
"stinking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exhaling",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"smelling",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"disgusting",
"offending",
"repulsing",
"revolting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"re-create":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"dally",
"disport",
"frolic",
"play",
"rollick",
"skylark",
"sport",
"toy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavort",
"frisk",
"gambol",
"romp",
"dabble",
"trifle",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"delight",
"please",
"dabble",
"fiddle (around)",
"mess around",
"putter (around)",
"bum (around)",
"dawdle",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"idle",
"loaf",
"lounge (around or about)",
"relax",
"rest",
"screw around",
"slack (off)",
"jest",
"joke",
"tease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"labor",
"plod",
"plug (away)",
"slave",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstruct",
"re-enact",
"reduplicate",
"repeat",
"reinvent",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"rehear",
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"piece together",
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out",
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenters":{
"as in rejoins , reenlists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlists",
"reenrolls",
"rejoins",
"re-ups",
"enlists (in)",
"enrolls (in)",
"enters",
"joins",
"signs on (for)",
"signs up (for)",
"gets in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demits",
"drops out",
"quits",
"withdraws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reduces":{
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"busts",
"degrades",
"demotes",
"disrates",
"downgrades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cans",
"cashiers",
"dismisses",
"downsizes",
"fires",
"lays off",
"sacks",
"abases",
"debases",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hires"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"elevates",
"promotes",
"raises"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"depletes",
"diminishes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
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"redoubles"
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"devalues",
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"sinks",
"writes down",
"writes off"
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"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
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"ups"
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"upgrades"
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"distance"
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"adjacency",
"closeness",
"contiguity",
"immediacy",
"nearness",
"propinquity",
"proximity",
"vicinity",
"abutment",
"juxtaposition"
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"absence",
"absentmindedness",
"abstractedness",
"abstraction",
"detachment",
"distraction",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"withdrawal",
"inattention",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"mindlessness",
"unconcern",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderment",
"confusion"
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"absorption",
"attention",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"fixation",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"alertness",
"application",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"consideration",
"heedfulness",
"intentness",
"raptness",
"regard"
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"noun"
]
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],
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"clones",
"copies",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"reduplicates",
"renders",
"reproduces"
],
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"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"knocks off",
"rips off",
"mimics",
"simulates",
"reconstructs",
"re-creates"
],
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"creates",
"imagines",
"initiates",
"invents"
],
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"originates"
]
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"I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself"
],
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"redoes",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"repeats",
"reprises"
],
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"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
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"verb"
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},
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"examples":[
"the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison"
],
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"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
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"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"recreating",
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"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"reinvigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"restimulating",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"infusing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"rallying",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"enkindling",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"whipping (up)",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"activating",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"raising",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"waking (up)",
"amping (up)",
"animating",
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"filliping",
"firing",
"gingering (up)",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"juicing up",
"jump-starting",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"spiking",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying",
"zipping (up)"
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"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"killing",
"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"
],
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"verb"
]
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"reapplies",
"relays",
"sets",
"inflicts",
"wreaks",
"coerces",
"compels",
"forces",
"bleeds",
"fleeces",
"gouges",
"milks",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"extorts",
"shakes down",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"docks",
"excises",
"mulcts",
"penalizes",
"taxes",
"assesses",
"charges",
"exacts",
"fines",
"imposes",
"lays",
"levies",
"puts"
],
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"remits",
"abates",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"forgives",
"releases",
"condones",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"pardons"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in reimagines , reenvisions":{
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"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"rehears",
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"reallocation",
"redistribution",
"redivision",
"repartition",
"admeasurement",
"allocation",
"allotment",
"apportionment",
"disbursement",
"dispensation",
"distribution",
"division",
"issuance",
"partition",
"separation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"reimages",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"touches off",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"traces",
"vignettes",
"hints",
"suggests",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"shows",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells",
"demonstrates",
"illustrates",
"characterizes",
"defines",
"labels",
"qualifies",
"represents",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"describes",
"draws",
"images",
"limns",
"paints",
"pictures",
"portrays",
"renders",
"sets out",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colors",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"misdescribes",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resignations":{
"the act or practice of giving up something (such as a job or position)":{
"examples":[
"The senator abruptly announced his resignation following news of the scandal."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abdications",
"departures",
"exits",
"leaves",
"retirements",
"relinquishments",
"renouncements",
"surrenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"adoptions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"espousals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remeeting":{
"as in reconvening , reassembling":{
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"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"reconvening",
"regathering",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remain(s)":{
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
"examples":[
"the remains of the house ripped apart by the tornado littered the block for weeks afterward"
],
"synonyms":[
"ashes",
"debris",
"detritus",
"flotsam",
"residue",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"wreck",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jetsam",
"leavings",
"remnant",
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dead body":{
"examples":[
"archaeologists discovered the remains of an Incan woman and carefully excavated her burial site, which promised to yield important clues about her status"
],
"synonyms":[
"bones",
"cadaver",
"carcass",
"corpse",
"corpus",
"corse",
"relics",
"stiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mummy",
"carnage",
"carrion",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"gathered up the remains of the buffet and delivered them to a local homeless shelter"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"residue",
"residuum",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
"examples":[
"one of the three bridges known as \"the London Bridge,\" it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awaits",
"hangs on",
"holds on",
"waits",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"outstays",
"overstays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absconds",
"books",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates"
],
"antonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"exits",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"leaves",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fact remains : it's still impossible to be in two places at once"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"bides",
"continues",
"endures",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps up",
"lasts",
"perdures",
"persists",
"runs on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingers",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"carries through",
"prevails",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"desists",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reams (out)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"you are so going to get reamed out when the boss learns that you wrecked the company car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-collecting":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calming",
"collecting",
"composing",
"containing",
"controlling",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"holding back",
"restraining",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repatriates":{
"as in refugees , exiles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defectors",
"deportees",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees",
"relocatees",
"emigrants",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"immigrants",
"incomers",
"in-migrants",
"migrants",
"out-migrants",
"settlers",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"noncitizens",
"nonnatives",
"colonists",
"newcomers",
"squatters",
"migrators",
"pilgrims",
"pioneers",
"trekkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonimmigrants",
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"residents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in naturalizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"naturalizes",
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"banishes",
"deports",
"displaces",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"relegates",
"transports",
"casts out",
"dismisses",
"ejects",
"eliminates",
"evicts",
"excludes",
"expels",
"expulses",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"runs out",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reliances":{
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"he's been the family's foremost reliance in times of trouble many times"
],
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"dependances",
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"standbys"
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"sinews",
"spines",
"right hands",
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"handmaidens",
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"dependances",
"dependencies"
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"confidences",
"credences",
"faiths",
"stocks",
"trusts"
],
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"autonomies",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
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"independencies",
"self-reliances",
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"self-supports"
]
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"noun"
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"reimagined",
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"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
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"reheard",
"readdressed",
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"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
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"rethought",
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"maintained",
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"learned",
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"read",
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"comprehended",
"grasped",
"knew",
"understood",
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"found out",
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"verb"
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"vindication",
"argument",
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"reason",
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"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"allegation",
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"assertion",
"asseveration",
"avouchment",
"avowal",
"claim",
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"insistence",
"profession",
"protestation"
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"disavowal",
"disclaimer",
"challenge",
"dispute",
"question",
"confutation",
"disproof",
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"contradiction",
"denial",
"negation"
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"noun"
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"dressy clothing":{
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],
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"best",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"finery",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags"
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"apparel",
"attire",
"costume",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vesture",
"wear"
],
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"tatters",
"disarray",
"dishabille"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
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"decided to take a bike tour of the island for recreation and relaxation"
],
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"dalliance",
"frolic",
"frolicking",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"play",
"relaxation",
"rollicking",
"sport"
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"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pastime",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasance",
"pleasure",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"wantonness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hanky-panky",
"hob",
"impishness",
"jinks",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"binge",
"fling",
"kick",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree",
"hilarity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"buffoonery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"tomfoolery"
],
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"drudgery",
"labor",
"work",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
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},
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"bowling is great recreation on a rainy afternoon"
],
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"delight",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"divertissement",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"pleasure"
],
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"escape",
"pastime",
"time killer",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"frolicking",
"rollicking",
"carousing",
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"hilarity",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"picnic",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"activity",
"game"
],
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"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
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"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
]
},
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"examples":[
"water parks have become a significant part of the recreation business"
],
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"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment"
],
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"nightlife",
"show business",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"mirth",
"gratification",
"relaxation",
"relief",
"satisfaction",
"exhibition",
"performance",
"presentation",
"presentment",
"production",
"show",
"spectacle",
"escapism"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"examples":[
"as with other men of his class and income, his principal recreations were polo and yachting"
],
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"avocation",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pursuit"
],
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"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"pastime",
"relaxation",
"sport"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoral",
"restoration",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproachable":{
"deserving reproach or blame":{
"examples":[
"there are only a few reproachable lapses in a generally well-researched book"
],
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"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"reprehensible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"guilty",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"foolish",
"irresponsible",
"reckless",
"amerciable",
"chargeable",
"disciplinable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"criminal",
"illegal",
"illicit",
"unlawful",
"illegitimate",
"improper",
"wrongful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flawless",
"perfect",
"pure",
"guiltless",
"innocent"
],
"antonyms":[
"blameless",
"faultless",
"impeccable",
"irreproachable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"regime":{
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"examples":[
"the regime of the dictator collapsed with surprising abruptness"
],
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"administration",
"authority",
"governance",
"government",
"jurisdiction",
"regimen",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reign",
"dominion",
"power",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"sway",
"command",
"leadership",
"direction",
"management",
"regulation",
"superintendence",
"supervision",
"autocracy",
"dictatorship",
"domination",
"hegemony",
"mastery",
"oppression",
"subjugation",
"tyranny"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reboiled":{
"as in simmered , boiled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boiled",
"coddled",
"parboiled",
"poached",
"simmered",
"stewed",
"braised",
"fricasseed",
"pressure-cooked",
"smothered",
"steamed",
"scalded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renegotiates":{
"to discuss the details of (a formal agreement) again especially in order to change them":{
"examples":[
"They want to renegotiate the lease on their apartment."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"settles (on or upon)",
"arranges",
"bargains",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"negotiates",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"agrees",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"argues",
"debates",
"discusses",
"hammers out",
"hashes (over)",
"reasons",
"talks",
"talks over",
"works out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restrengthens":{
"as in reinforces , augments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augments",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"supplements",
"emphasizes",
"points (up)",
"sharpens",
"stresses",
"maximizes",
"accelerates",
"hastens",
"quickens",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)",
"broadens",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"aggravates",
"exacerbates",
"accentuates",
"amplifies",
"amps (up)",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"moderates",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reattaching":{
"as in resecuring , refixing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixing",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"recombining",
"reconnecting",
"rejoining",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resum\u00e9s":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"continues",
"picks up",
"proceeds (with)",
"renews",
"reopens",
"restarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"recrudesces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"consummates",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"belays",
"breaks",
"cans",
"ceases",
"checks",
"cuts",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"leaves off",
"quits",
"scuttles",
"shuts off",
"stays",
"stops",
"terminates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"a book on the assassination that is in effect a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of all of the evidence that points to a conspiracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"retire (from)":{
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"at the age of 72, she finally retired from the job she had held at the shoe factory for over 50 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"chuck",
"leave",
"quit",
"resign (from)",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"vacate",
"drop out (of)",
"throw up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stay (at)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reparable":{
"capable of being corrected":{
"examples":[
"whether the harm your lying has done to our friendship is reparable or irreparable depends a lot on you"
],
"synonyms":[
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"retaliation":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"police believe that the murder was in retaliation for an earlier gangland execution"
],
"synonyms":[
"payback",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinspections":{
"as in rechecks , resurveys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rechecks",
"resurveys",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"analyses",
"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconstructions":{
"as in overhauls , revisions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhauls",
"reconversions",
"redesigns",
"redos",
"reformations",
"revisions",
"variations",
"shifts",
"transitions",
"adjustments",
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"tweaks",
"deformations",
"disfigurements",
"distortions",
"mutations",
"transmutations",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"supplantations",
"changeovers",
"conversions",
"metamorphoses",
"transfigurations",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in renovations , rehabilitations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamations",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"rehabilitations",
"rehabs",
"renovations",
"restorals",
"restorations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"fixings",
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproachfully":{
"as in disapprovingly , disparagingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captiously",
"critically",
"cynically",
"deprecatingly",
"disapprovingly",
"disparagingly",
"negatively",
"reproachingly",
"reprovingly",
"unfavorably",
"charily",
"guardedly",
"warily",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"uncomfortably",
"uneasily",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"incredulously",
"questioningly",
"quizzically",
"unbelievingly",
"askance",
"askant",
"distrustfully",
"doubtfully",
"doubtingly",
"dubiously",
"mistrustfully",
"sideways",
"skeptically",
"suspiciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trustfully",
"trustingly",
"approvingly",
"favorably",
"positively",
"confidently",
"sanguinely",
"credulously",
"uncritically",
"unquestioningly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"refectory tables":{
"as in coffee tables , tea tables":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coffee tables",
"tea tables",
"boards",
"tables",
"bars",
"counters",
"buffets",
"sideboards",
"side tables",
"bed tables",
"card tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"requiescat":{
"as in grace , litany":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collect",
"grace",
"invocation",
"litany",
"thanksgiving",
"orison",
"prayer",
"evensong",
"matins",
"vespers",
"appeal",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreaty",
"imploring",
"petition",
"pleading",
"request",
"soliciting",
"suit",
"supplication"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"renting":{
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
"examples":[
"we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"leasing",
"letting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chartering",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"lodging",
"subleasing",
"subletting",
"rack-renting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
"examples":[
"will need to rent a car while we're in Europe"
],
"synonyms":[
"chartering",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"leasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subleasing",
"subletting",
"checking out",
"arranging (for)",
"bespeaking",
"booking",
"contracting (for)",
"ordering",
"reserving",
"signing up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacquire":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reunification":{
"as in reunion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reunion",
"agglomeration",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"coalescence",
"commingling",
"compounding",
"fusion",
"intermingling",
"intermixture",
"mingling",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis",
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"unification",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakup",
"disconnection",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split",
"detachment",
"divorcement",
"separation",
"severance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckoned with":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed (for)",
"considered",
"factored (in or into)",
"provided (for)",
"regarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"anticipated",
"contemplated",
"envisaged",
"expected",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"planned",
"calculated",
"faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factored (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"reminder":{
"something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{
"examples":[
"the peach tree in our front yard is a living reminder of my late grandfather, who owned an orchard"
],
"synonyms":[
"commemorative",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"memorial",
"monument",
"remembrance",
"souvenir",
"token"
],
"near synonyms":[
"memorabilia",
"relic",
"vestige",
"cairn",
"landmark",
"marker",
"testimonial",
"tribute",
"cenotaph"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redeemable":{
"capable of being corrected":{
"examples":[
"you made several mistakes in your report, but they're all redeemable"
],
"synonyms":[
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reciting":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met"
],
"synonyms":[
"charting",
"chronicling",
"describing",
"narrating",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"reeling off",
"repeating",
"saying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conning",
"learning",
"memorizing",
"studying",
"declaiming",
"mouthing",
"orating",
"speaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III"
],
"synonyms":[
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"listing",
"numerating",
"reeling off",
"rehearsing",
"ticking (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlining",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"inventorying",
"charting",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"graphing",
"calculating",
"computing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"naming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remonstrate":{
"as in expostulate , protest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenter":{
"as in rejoin , reenlist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlist",
"reenroll",
"rejoin",
"re-up",
"enlist (in)",
"enroll (in)",
"enter",
"join",
"sign on (for)",
"sign up (for)",
"get in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demit",
"drop out",
"quit",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconveyed":{
"as in returned , replaced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replaced",
"restored",
"returned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revokes":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"cancels",
"cries off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"scraps",
"scrubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws",
"countermands",
"reverses",
"rolls back",
"breaks off",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"holds back",
"interrupts",
"suspends",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engages",
"pledges",
"promises",
"begins",
"commences",
"initiates",
"starts",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"keeps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrievable":{
"as in fixable , correctable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"undoable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"recovered",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"irretrievable",
"irreversible",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable",
"irreplaceable",
"irrevocable",
"unredeemed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reticency":{
"as in reserve , taciturnity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reserve",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness",
"stillness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reapers":{
"a person or machine that cuts and collects crops":{
"examples":[
"hired reapers to pick the harvest"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers",
"workfolks",
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"grangers",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"campesinos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"re-engaged":{
"as in rehired , reemployed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompense":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the jury awarded an additional $5,000 in recompense for physical pain and suffering"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the volunteer expects nothing more than sincere thanks as recompense for his efforts"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"pay",
"remunerate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"requite",
"remit",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"prepay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"requite",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"redress",
"remedy",
"repair",
"discharge",
"pay",
"quit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocate",
"repay",
"requite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchange",
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"pay",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy",
"give back",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"restitute",
"avenge",
"get back (at)",
"retaliate",
"revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recombining":{
"as in reuniting , rejoining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnecting",
"rejoining",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renunciations":{
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
"examples":[
"his sudden renunciation of his smoking habit pleased his whole family"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegations",
"renouncements",
"repudiations",
"self-denials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"relinquishments",
"resignations",
"surrenders",
"self-abnegations",
"self-renunciations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"adoptions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"espousals"
],
"antonyms":[
"indulgences",
"self-indulgences"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replumbs":{
"as in remeasures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remeasures",
"gauges",
"gages",
"scales",
"spans",
"fathoms",
"plumbs",
"sounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revilements":{
"as in excoriations , execrations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excoriations",
"execrations",
"belittlements",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"lectures",
"sermons",
"abuses",
"castigations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"broadsides",
"invectives",
"lashings",
"tongue-lashings",
"vituperations",
"diatribes",
"harangues",
"jeremiads",
"philippics",
"rants",
"tirades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"rhapsodies",
"tributes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"accolades",
"citations",
"homages",
"honors",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"raves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redds (up or out)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"neatens",
"picks up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up or out)",
"tidies (up)",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"musses",
"rumples",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles",
"upsets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regaining":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team regained the ball with just two minutes left on the clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reject":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"rejected his request for time off"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"refuse",
"reprobate",
"withhold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto",
"rebuff",
"repel",
"spurn",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hold",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"balk (at)",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afford",
"furnish",
"give",
"provide",
"supply",
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"warrant",
"accord",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"concede",
"grant",
"let",
"OK",
"okay",
"permit"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disaffirm",
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disconfirm",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"refute",
"repudiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traverse",
"challenge",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"disagree (with)",
"dispute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"affirm",
"announce",
"assert",
"aver",
"claim",
"declare",
"maintain",
"profess",
"submit",
"authenticate",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"verify"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"allow",
"avow",
"concede",
"confirm",
"own"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"rejected his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
]
},
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"was the school reject as a child and has low self-esteem even today"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaway",
"castoff",
"leper",
"offscouring",
"outcast",
"pariah"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchable",
"outsider",
"deportee",
"exile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insider"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others":{
"examples":[
"that apple has a mushy spot on it, so it's a reject"
],
"synonyms":[
"cull",
"discard",
"rejection",
"second"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castaway",
"throwaway",
"hand-me-down",
"white elephant",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reverential":{
"showing or having a lot of respect":{
"examples":[
"a reverential attitude",
"They spoke in reverential terms about their recently departed spiritual advisor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reverent",
"worshipful",
"devout",
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"spiritual",
"deferent",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"pietistic",
"religiose",
"beatified",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"venerable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"chaste",
"moral",
"pure",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"disrespectful",
"undutiful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"retrieval":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"a law firm that has been involved in the retrieval of artworks that were plundered during the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recoupment",
"recovery",
"repossession"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reapplies":{
"as in readdresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"addresses",
"applies",
"bends",
"buckles",
"devotes",
"gives",
"knuckles down",
"sets (to)",
"settles (down)",
"busies",
"commits",
"concerns",
"engages",
"involves",
"exerts",
"exhausts",
"puts out",
"spends",
"strains",
"stresses",
"taxes",
"troubles",
"wears out",
"carries on",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"grinds",
"humps",
"hustles",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs (away)",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"idles",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasserting":{
"as in reaffirming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffirming",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"protesting",
"purporting",
"warranting",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"proclaiming",
"arguing",
"rationalizing",
"reasoning",
"confirming",
"justifying",
"vindicating",
"defending",
"persevering",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"challenging",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"countering",
"denying",
"gainsaying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remediated":{
"to stop or reverse the damage of":{
"examples":[
"Cleanup crews are working to remediate the site of the chemical spill.",
"Remediating the pollution of the river will take some effort."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined",
"upgraded",
"edited",
"fine-tuned",
"redrafted",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"fortified",
"intensified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"fined",
"honed",
"polished",
"retouched",
"touched up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"endamaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"tarnished",
"vitiated",
"worsened",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"marred",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replay":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"this conversation feels like a replay of the last time we hashed over the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replication",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reenvision":{
"as in reimagine , reconceptualize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconceptualize",
"reimagine",
"rehear",
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"researches":{
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
"examples":[
"I'll have to do some research for this project"
],
"synonyms":[
"disquisitions",
"examens",
"examinations",
"explorations",
"inquests",
"inquiries",
"inquisitions",
"investigations",
"probations",
"probes",
"probings",
"studies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quests",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"diagnoses",
"inspections",
"hearings",
"interrogations",
"trials",
"feelers",
"queries",
"questions",
"polls",
"questionaries",
"questionnaires",
"surveys",
"challenges",
"cross-examinations",
"goings-over",
"quizzes",
"rehearings",
"reinvestigations",
"self-examinations",
"self-explorations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"researched the public record for more information about her great-grandparents"
],
"synonyms":[
"delves (into)",
"digs (into)",
"examines",
"explores",
"inquires (into)",
"investigates",
"looks (into)",
"probes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspects",
"sifts",
"studies",
"views",
"browses",
"cruises",
"peruses",
"scans",
"skims (through)",
"surfs",
"thumbs (through)",
"reinvestigates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reposing":{
"as in reclining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclining",
"flat",
"recumbent",
"horizontal",
"prone",
"prostrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"supine",
"erect",
"raised",
"standing",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dreaming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dreaming",
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"comatose",
"semiconscious",
"sleepwalking",
"somnambulant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awake",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake",
"aware",
"conscious",
"sleepless",
"aroused",
"astir",
"awakened",
"roused",
"up",
"wakened",
"reawakened",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"a little-explored region beneath which vast mineral reserves are said to repose"
],
"synonyms":[
"hiding",
"holing up",
"lurking",
"lying",
"skulking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slinking",
"sneaking",
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"evading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming out",
"materializing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appearing"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"reposed in the Caribbean sun, enjoying her break from the world of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"relaxing",
"resting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumming",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"hanging around",
"idling",
"loafing",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"exercising",
"working out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"the Constitution reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferring",
"granting",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recedes":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"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)",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs away",
"drops back",
"falls back",
"pulls out",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flees",
"flies",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"chickens (out)",
"bows out",
"backpedals",
"backs down",
"backtracks",
"climbs down",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"pulls away",
"abandons",
"departs",
"evacuates",
"goes",
"leaves",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renamed":{
"as in rechristened , relabeled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rechristened",
"relabeled",
"relabelled",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"surnamed",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"denoted",
"specified",
"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"baptized",
"baptised",
"called",
"christened",
"cleped",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"named",
"nominated",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"required":{
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"examples":[
"formal instruction in driving is required in this state before you can get your driver's license"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory"
],
"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"
]
},
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"with these frigid winds, hats, scarves, and good mittens are required equipment for heading outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"the toy requires four batteries, which are not included"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"challenged",
"claimed",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"took",
"wanted",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"reenlisting":{
"as in rejoining , reentering":{
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"reenrolling",
"re-enrolling",
"reentering",
"rejoining",
"re-upping",
"enlisting (in)",
"enrolling (in)",
"entering",
"joining",
"signing on (for)",
"signing up (for)",
"getting in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitting",
"dropping out",
"quitting",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reheating":{
"as in rewarming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"rewarming",
"overheating",
"superheating",
"thawing",
"heating",
"hotting (up)",
"toasting",
"warming",
"baking",
"cooking",
"roasting",
"burning",
"charring",
"firing",
"parching",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling",
"cooling",
"refrigerating",
"freezing",
"frosting",
"icing",
"supercooling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remedial":{
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"examples":[
"took a remedial math course over the summer so he'd be ready for algebra the following school year"
],
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"amendatory",
"corrective",
"rectifying",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curative",
"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"reparative",
"restorative",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"tending to cure disease or restore health":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, with a cold virus, there are few remedial measures besides fluids and rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"curative",
"healing",
"medicinal",
"officinal",
"restorative",
"therapeutic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"sanative",
"wholesome",
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"tonic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reenlists":{
"as in rejoins , reenters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenrolls",
"reenters",
"rejoins",
"re-ups",
"enlists (in)",
"enrolls (in)",
"enters",
"joins",
"signs on (for)",
"signs up (for)",
"gets in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demits",
"drops out",
"quits",
"withdraws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refutation":{
"something (as an argument) that serves to disprove":{
"examples":[
"these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation"
],
"synonyms":[
"confutation",
"disconfirmation",
"disproof",
"rebuttal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterargument",
"counterevidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimony",
"validation",
"witness",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"proof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redundant":{
"being over what is needed":{
"examples":[
"this area is already chockablock with shopping malls; another one would be redundant"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"extra",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary",
"surplus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"de trop",
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"re-enlisting":{
"as in rejoining , reentering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenrolling",
"re-enrolling",
"reentering",
"rejoining",
"re-upping",
"enlisting (in)",
"enrolling (in)",
"entering",
"joining",
"signing on (for)",
"signing up (for)",
"getting in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitting",
"dropping out",
"quitting",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reciprocate":{
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"recompense",
"repay",
"requite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchange",
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"pay",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy",
"give back",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"restitute",
"avenge",
"get back (at)",
"retaliate",
"revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recall":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I don't recall meeting you before"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"scrap",
"scrub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
]
},
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"his recall of the events of that turbulent time is significantly different from the accounts of other eyewitnesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashback",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"we can't get a refund on the plane tickets, so the trip is beyond recall"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recision",
"repeal",
"rescission",
"revocation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rebuilds":{
"to put into good shape again after having been destroyed or damaged":{
"examples":[
"It took a long time to rebuild the ruined house after the hurricane."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-eye":{
"as in rotgut , bathtub gin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathtub gin",
"rotgut",
"bootleg",
"moonshine",
"mountain dew",
"white lightning",
"alcohol",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"potable",
"rum",
"spirits",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rewakening":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"soaring gas prices have rewakened a demand for more fuel-efficient cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rebounding":{
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"the economy will rebound from this latest slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing (back)",
"coming back",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"failing",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the ball rebounded off the rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"glancing",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing",
"grazing",
"nudging",
"raking",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bumping",
"contacting",
"hitting",
"kissing",
"touching",
"sideswiping",
"reflecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remoisten":{
"as in refresh , rehydrate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refresh",
"rehydrate",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"rinse",
"sluice",
"dip",
"dunk",
"immerge",
"immerse",
"humidify",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"souse",
"steep",
"wash",
"water",
"wet",
"bathe",
"lave",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"moisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry",
"dehumidify",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resides":{
"to have a home":{
"examples":[
"he's a freelance writer who resides in the Midwest"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lodges",
"settles",
"stays",
"frequents",
"hangs (at)",
"haunts",
"visits",
"cohabits",
"inhabits",
"occupies",
"peoples",
"populates",
"leases",
"rents",
"sublets",
"tenants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revivifies":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a new director hoping to revivify the region's oldest repertory company"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new director hopes to revivify interest in the sports programs offered at the youth center"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redirecting":{
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"upon hearing the noise, he redirected his gaze to the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"swinging",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averting",
"deviating",
"moving",
"rechanneling",
"shifting",
"shunting",
"sidetracking",
"swerving",
"switching",
"transferring",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"twisting",
"whirling",
"zigzagging",
"bending",
"curving",
"swaying",
"reversing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconciling (to)":{
"as in sweating out , agreeing (with or to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relegating":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishing",
"deporting",
"displacing",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"transporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casting out",
"dismissing",
"ejecting",
"eliminating",
"evicting",
"excluding",
"expelling",
"expulsing",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"running out",
"throwing out",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"dispossessing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalizing",
"repatriating",
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"sheltering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revenge":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"both sides were determined to get revenge for perceived wrongs and showed little interest in ending the feud"
],
"synonyms":[
"payback",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"vengeance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath",
"amends",
"compensation",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation(s)",
"restitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemency",
"grace",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercy",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"retaliate",
"venge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigate",
"fix",
"get",
"penalize",
"punish",
"scourge",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"right",
"compensate",
"pay (back)",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"refreshers":{
"something that helps you to remember something you have forgotten; a reminder about something \u2014 usually singular \u2014 usually + on":{
"examples":[
"Before we play, I need a refresher on the rules.",
"Some people need a refresher on how to be polite."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushups",
"reviews",
"drills",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"trainings",
"workouts",
"assignments",
"homeworks",
"lessons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reveals":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"spills",
"tells",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confides",
"shares",
"debunks",
"shows up",
"unclothes",
"undrapes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"brings out",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"gives away",
"leaks",
"informs",
"squeals",
"talks",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"relates",
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"owns",
"disinters",
"rakes up",
"smokes out",
"unearths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"shrouds",
"veils"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"betrays",
"communicates",
"declares",
"demonstrates",
"displays",
"evinces",
"exposes",
"gives away",
"manifests",
"shows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"placards",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"projects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belies",
"misrepresents",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"twists",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"conceals",
"counterfeits",
"covers",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relabel":{
"as in rename , rechristen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rechristen",
"rename",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"surname",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"denote",
"specify",
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rereviews":{
"as in reinspects , resurveys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinspects",
"resurveys",
"picks over",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"analyzes",
"dissects",
"parses",
"combs",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"notices",
"observes",
"watches",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"cons",
"examines",
"inspects",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolving":{
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivoting",
"rolling",
"rotating",
"spinning",
"swinging",
"swirling",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"turning",
"twirling",
"twisting",
"wheeling",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screwing",
"unscrewing",
"twiddling",
"coiling",
"cranking",
"reeling",
"winding",
"circulating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrating",
"pinwheeling",
"pirouetting",
"rolling",
"rotating",
"spinning",
"turning",
"twirling",
"wheeling",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coiling",
"curling",
"curving",
"rounding",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"twining",
"twisting",
"winding",
"circling",
"circulating",
"encircling",
"orbiting",
"ringing",
"pivoting",
"swiveling",
"swivelling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"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"
]
},
"recalls":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I don't recall meeting you before"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashes back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"harks back (to)",
"hearkens back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"minds",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"reproduces",
"thinks (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"recurs",
"educes",
"elicits",
"evokes",
"extracts",
"raises",
"reminds",
"relives",
"represents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembers",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"loses",
"misses",
"blanks (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembers",
"forgets",
"unlearns"
]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"cancels",
"cries off",
"drops",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"scraps",
"scrubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws",
"countermands",
"reverses",
"rolls back",
"breaks off",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"holds back",
"interrupts",
"suspends",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engages",
"pledges",
"promises",
"begins",
"commences",
"initiates",
"starts",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"keeps"
]
},
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"his recall of the events of that turbulent time is significantly different from the accounts of other eyewitnesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamneses",
"memories",
"recollections",
"remembrances",
"reminiscences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"we can't get a refund on the plane tickets, so the trip is beyond recall"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"abortions",
"callings",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"droppings",
"recisions",
"repeals",
"rescissions",
"revocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulments",
"invalidations",
"neutralizations",
"nullifications",
"voidances",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"endings",
"terminations",
"relinquishments",
"surrenders",
"reversals",
"rollbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"engagements",
"undertakings"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reminisce (about)":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"two friends reminiscing about those proverbial good old days"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacquainted":{
"as in reintroduced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reintroduced",
"addressed",
"greeted",
"hailed",
"met",
"acquainted",
"introduced",
"presented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reordered":{
"as in moved , rearranged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moved",
"rearranged",
"shifted",
"deposed",
"deposited",
"disposed",
"emplaced",
"fixed",
"laid",
"placed",
"positioned",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situated",
"stuck",
"oriented",
"established",
"located",
"planted",
"settled",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"flopped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"slapped",
"ensconced",
"niched",
"assembled",
"collected",
"carried",
"berthed",
"parked",
"affixed",
"anchored",
"locked",
"lodged",
"wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocated",
"removed",
"took",
"banished",
"dislodged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reeked":{
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"those old sneakers reek something awful"
],
"synonyms":[
"stank",
"stunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exhaled",
"savored",
"savoured",
"smelled",
"smelt",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"disgusted",
"offended",
"repulsed",
"revolted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-engaging":{
"as in rehiring , reemploying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repine":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"there is no use repining over a love that's been long lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrogressions":{
"the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior":{
"examples":[
"social instability that has led to a retrogression of moral values and standards of decent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressions",
"reversions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"atavisms",
"returns",
"nondevelopments",
"declines",
"degenerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"progressions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrenches":{
"to change the way things are done in order to spend less money":{
"examples":[
"When the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"nicks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles",
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"depletes",
"diminishes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"deflates",
"shrinks",
"minimizes",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"modulates",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"raises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repacked":{
"as in replenished , refreshed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refilled",
"refreshed",
"reloaded",
"replenished",
"brimmed",
"charged",
"crammed",
"heaped",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed",
"drenched",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"swamped",
"bloated",
"bulked",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"matted",
"pressed",
"rammed",
"shoved",
"squashed",
"squeezed",
"overcharged",
"overfilled",
"overflowed",
"saturated",
"honeycombed",
"penetrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightened",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"cleaned",
"flushed",
"purged",
"scoured",
"swept",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"evacuated",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"readjustments":{
"as in readaptations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptations",
"acclimations",
"acclimatizations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adaptions",
"adjustments",
"conformations",
"attunements",
"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"refits",
"revisions",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relent":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contend",
"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"resist"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the fury of the storm relented , and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"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",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retrospective":{
"given to or marked by reflection of the past":{
"examples":[
"Her book takes a retrospective look at the actor's long and distinguished career."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backward-looking",
"nostalgic",
"introspective",
"self-reflective",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful",
"retroactive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unreflective",
"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary",
"brainless",
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"unthinking"
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"They're calling for a complete reformation of the healthcare system."
],
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"reconversions",
"redesigns",
"redos",
"reviews",
"revises",
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"variations",
"amendments",
"corrections",
"rectifications",
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"fixings",
"repair",
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"changes",
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"tweaks",
"changeovers",
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"transfigurations",
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"shifts",
"transitions",
"deformations",
"disfigurements",
"distortions",
"mutations",
"transmutations",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"supplantations"
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"fixations",
"stabilizations"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"ream (out)":{
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"you are so going to get reamed out when the boss learns that you wrecked the company car"
],
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"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
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"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
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"rant (at)",
"rate",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
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"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
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"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
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"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
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"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
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"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
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"verb"
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"to have a particular result \u2014 used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something \u2014 + to":{
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"It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis."
],
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"result",
"act",
"operate",
"perform",
"take",
"work",
"behave",
"react",
"respond",
"affect",
"influence",
"sway"
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"backfire",
"fizzle"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"reference":{
"something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information":{
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"the author's argument is interesting, but the lack of references makes me wonder if it can be proven"
],
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"authority",
"source"
],
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"citation",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"quotation",
"caption",
"cross-reference",
"footnote",
"note"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"relation to or concern with something specified":{
"examples":[
"this reply is in reference to your last question"
],
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"regard",
"respect"
],
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"source",
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"corroborate",
"document",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"advert (to)",
"illustrate",
"name",
"refer (to)",
"specify",
"touch (on or upon)",
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"represent",
"adduce",
"cite",
"instance",
"mention",
"quote"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reinstitutes":{
"as in relaunches , reinitiates":{
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"refounds",
"reinitiates",
"relaunches",
"arranges",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"subsidizes",
"develops",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"constructs",
"puts up",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"creates",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"thinks (up)",
"authors",
"fathers",
"originates",
"begins",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"plants",
"sets up",
"starts"
],
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"closes (down)",
"phases out",
"shuts (up)",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"annuls",
"nullifies",
"ends",
"finishes",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
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"verb"
]
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"reversion":{
"the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior":{
"examples":[
"after the birth of his baby brother, the toddler temporarily underwent a kind of reversion , acting like a baby himself"
],
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"regression",
"retrogression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"atavism",
"return",
"nondevelopment",
"decline",
"degeneration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gestation",
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"progression"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reel":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"examples":[
"she slipped and, after an out-of-control reel , fell on her backside"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyration",
"pirouette",
"revolution",
"roll",
"rotation",
"spin",
"twirl",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuit",
"circulation",
"ring",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"spiral",
"twist",
"whorl",
"circle",
"orbit",
"eddy",
"swirl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"examples":[
"his mind reeled upon hearing the news that his employer had been indicted for fraud"
],
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"spin",
"swim",
"turn",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swirl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collect",
"settle",
"steady"
],
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},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"examples":[
"got off the amusement park ride reeling and barely able to stand"
],
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"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle"
],
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"rock",
"roll",
"seesaw",
"swag",
"sway",
"waver",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"barge",
"blunder",
"clomp",
"clump",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"tramp",
"tromp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"regimes":{
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"examples":[
"the regime of the dictator collapsed with surprising abruptness"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrations",
"authorities",
"governances",
"governments",
"jurisdictions",
"regimens",
"rules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reigns",
"dominions",
"powers",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"sways",
"commands",
"leaderships",
"directions",
"managements",
"regulations",
"superintendences",
"supervisions",
"autocracies",
"dictatorships",
"dominations",
"hegemonies",
"masteries",
"oppressions",
"subjugations",
"tyrannies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reenvisioning":{
"as in reimagining , reconceptualizing":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"reconceptualizing",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reformation":{
"the act, process, or result of improving something by removing flaws, problems, etc.":{
"examples":[
"They're calling for a complete reformation of the healthcare system."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"overhaul",
"reconstruction",
"reconversion",
"redesign",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repair",
"repairing",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"tweak",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"shift",
"transition",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"supplantation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reawakening":{
"as in rewaking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rewaking",
"raising",
"reviving",
"agitating",
"bestirring",
"disturbing",
"exciting",
"provoking",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"rousting",
"routing",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"knocking up",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lulling",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassumed":{
"as in reaccepted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccepted",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"stood by",
"supported",
"upheld",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took up",
"accepted",
"assumed",
"bore",
"shouldered",
"took over",
"undertook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"repudiated",
"abjured",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"abandoned",
"abnegated",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resells":{
"as in exchanges , swaps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctions",
"exchanges",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"rebuys",
"swaps",
"bargains",
"barters",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates",
"transacts",
"buys",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes",
"deals",
"trades",
"traffics",
"distributes",
"fair-trades",
"markets",
"peddles",
"retails",
"sells",
"supplies",
"vends",
"wholesales",
"black-markets",
"bootlegs",
"fences",
"smuggles",
"corners",
"engrosses",
"monopolizes",
"undersells",
"day-trades",
"invests",
"speculates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacks",
"boycotts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reeks":{
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"examples":[
"couldn't see through the reek of smog and smoke surrounding the steel plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"brumes",
"fogs",
"gauzes",
"hazes",
"mists",
"murks",
"smogs",
"soups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks",
"clouds",
"fumes",
"miasmas",
"miasmata",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"steams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"those old sneakers reek something awful"
],
"synonyms":[
"stinks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exhales",
"savors",
"savours",
"smells",
"decays",
"decomposes",
"rots",
"spoils",
"disgusts",
"offends",
"repulses",
"revolts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"remediate":{
"to stop or reverse the damage of":{
"examples":[
"Cleanup crews are working to remediate the site of the chemical spill.",
"Remediating the pollution of the river will take some effort."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade",
"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",
"worsen",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recharging":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recast":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminiscence(s)":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"his reminiscences about the war were painful to hear"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamneses",
"memories",
"recalls",
"recollections",
"remembrances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reimagining":{
"to think about again especially in order to change or improve":{
"examples":[
"The director reimagined the classic movie for a new generation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-eyes":{
"as in rotguts , bathtub gins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathtub gins",
"rotguts",
"bootlegs",
"moonshines",
"mountain dews",
"white lightnings",
"alcohols",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"potables",
"rums",
"spirits",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refusers":{
"as in resisters , challengers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconcilements":{
"as in accords , reconciliations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accords",
"reconciliations",
"armistices",
"cease-fires",
"truces",
"d\u00e9tentes",
"detentes",
"peaces",
"peacetimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolted (against)":{
"as in mutinied (against)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mutinied (against)",
"disobliged",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
"flouted",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"cooperated (with)",
"kept",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"obliged",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescindment":{
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"the university's controversial rescindment of an invitation to speak at commencement"
],
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"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto",
"retraction",
"reversal",
"revocation",
"suspension",
"withdrawal",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbiddance",
"outlawing",
"prohibition",
"disallowance",
"dismissal",
"rejection",
"elimination",
"eradication",
"erasure",
"liquidation",
"removal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactment",
"legislation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"passing",
"ratification",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regularities":{
"as in uniformities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"uniformities",
"congruities",
"consistences",
"consistencies",
"correspondences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differences",
"discrepancies",
"disparities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"errors",
"mistakes",
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"exceptions",
"oddities",
"oddments",
"rarities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"re-creating":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"dallying",
"disporting",
"frolicking",
"playing",
"rollicking",
"skylarking",
"sporting",
"toying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavorting",
"frisking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"dabbling",
"trifling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"delighting",
"pleasing",
"dabbling",
"fiddling (around)",
"messing around",
"puttering (around)",
"bumming (around)",
"dawdling",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging (around or about)",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"screwing around",
"slacking (off)",
"jesting",
"joking",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"laboring",
"plodding",
"plugging (away)",
"slaving",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"reconstructing",
"re-enacting",
"reduplicating",
"repeating",
"reinventing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"piecing together",
"answering",
"breaking",
"cracking",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"puzzling (out)",
"resolving",
"riddling (out)",
"solving",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"reasoning",
"clearing (up)",
"ironing out",
"straightening (out)",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"divining",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requisition":{
"something that someone insists upon having":{
"examples":[
"a brand-new, top-notch computer was the new science teacher's first requisition"
],
"synonyms":[
"claim",
"demand",
"dun",
"importunity",
"ultimatum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desire",
"request",
"want",
"wish",
"drive",
"need",
"requirement",
"stipulation",
"basic",
"essential",
"must",
"imposition",
"condition",
"provision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"order",
"put in (for)",
"request"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commission",
"solicit",
"charter",
"hire",
"license",
"licence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reverting":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling"
],
"synonyms":[
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"returning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"relapsing",
"throwing back",
"ebbing",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"dropping",
"falling",
"retrograding",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"developing",
"evolving",
"progressing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remodeling":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"moved out of the apartment and into a motel during the remodeling"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"we completely remodeled the house right after we moved in"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reconveying":{
"as in returning , replacing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replacing",
"restoring",
"returning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revery":{
"the state of being lost in thought":{
"examples":[
"I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late"
],
"synonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"study",
"trance",
"woolgathering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"absentmindedness",
"absorption",
"abstraction",
"preoccupation",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rewakes":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the media coverage of the dramatic escape has rewaked concerns about security at the prison"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retardations":{
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
"examples":[
"scientists discovered that they could achieve the retardation of light if they shined it through a variety of substances"
],
"synonyms":[
"decelerations",
"downshifts",
"letups",
"slowdowns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"declines",
"drops",
"slumps",
"ebbs",
"remissions",
"retreats",
"wanes",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"stoppages",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"falls",
"plunges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"accelerations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revels (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"gets off (on)",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"rejoices (in)",
"relishes",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewets":{
"as in rehydrates , rewashes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"splashes",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"bathes",
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"sops",
"souses",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets",
"wets down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears",
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resentments":{
"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to harbor resentment toward your father, you'll never be able to move on with your life"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"grievances",
"grudges",
"scores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemnations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"umbrages",
"complaints",
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"peeves",
"piques",
"despites",
"malevolences",
"malices",
"spites",
"spleens",
"venoms",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"rancors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{
"examples":[
"my resentment at being spoken to like I'm stupid"
],
"synonyms":[
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"miffs",
"offenses",
"offences",
"peeves",
"piques",
"umbrages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"angers",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"discomforts",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"vexations",
"agitations",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"danders",
"tempers",
"fits",
"pets",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"tantrums",
"tizzies",
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"digs",
"indignities",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfactions",
"appeasements",
"mollifications",
"pacifications",
"contentments",
"delights",
"gratifications",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revolutionized":{
"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerated",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied",
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reapproves":{
"as in recertifies , reaccredits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredits",
"recertifies",
"recharters",
"revalidates",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reanalyzed":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"you need to reanalyze the data, because the numbers don't tally"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red star":{
"as in neutron star , white dwarf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red dwarf",
"red giant",
"subdwarf",
"supercluster",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"represents":{
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterizes",
"characters",
"defines",
"depicts",
"describes",
"portrays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"pigeonholes",
"types",
"colors",
"identifies",
"indicates",
"names",
"specifies",
"distinguishes",
"individualizes",
"marks",
"particularizes",
"stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"a painting representing the ocean at sunrise"
],
"synonyms":[
"depicts",
"images",
"pictures",
"portrays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineates",
"describes",
"documents",
"renders",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"illustrates",
"shows",
"diagrams",
"caricatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblematizes",
"symbolizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"incarnates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"objectifies",
"personalizes",
"personifies",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relating":{
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"she and I relate so well it's almost like we're siblings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonding",
"clicking",
"communing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriending",
"empathizing",
"identifying",
"sympathizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"we asked our uncle to relate the story of his visit to communist Russia many years ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"charting",
"chronicling",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"reporting",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
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"examples":[
"how does your comment relate to what the rest of us have been talking about for the last hour?"
],
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"appertaining",
"applying",
"bearing",
"pertaining",
"referring"
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"concerning",
"interesting",
"involving",
"touching",
"associating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"interrelating",
"linking",
"tying in",
"tieing in",
"dealing (with)",
"treating"
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"examples":[
"most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S."
],
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"associating",
"connecting",
"correlating",
"identifying",
"linking"
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"comparing",
"equating",
"likening",
"grouping",
"joining",
"lumping (together)",
"tying (together)",
"tieing (together)"
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"contrasting",
"differentiating",
"discriminating",
"distinguishing",
"separating",
"setting off"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproduction":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"walked through a reproduction of the interior of the Parthenon as it must have looked when it was first built"
],
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"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
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"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehearings":{
"as in reinvestigations":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"reinvestigations",
"challenges",
"cross-examinations",
"goings-over",
"quizzes",
"self-examinations",
"self-explorations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"soul-searchings",
"polls",
"questionaries",
"questionnaires",
"surveys",
"feelers",
"queries",
"questions",
"hearings",
"interrogations",
"trials",
"checkups",
"diagnoses",
"inspections",
"audits",
"checks",
"quests",
"disquisitions",
"examens",
"examinations",
"explorations",
"inquests",
"inquiries",
"inquisitions",
"investigations",
"probations",
"probes",
"probings",
"researches",
"studies"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in withdraws (from) , escapes":{
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"escapes",
"takes off (from)",
"vacates",
"withdraws (from)",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"abjures",
"cuts off",
"disowns",
"rejects",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"separates (from)",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"sacrifices",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"maroons",
"quits",
"strands",
"distances",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaims",
"harbors",
"has",
"holds",
"keeps",
"owns",
"possesses",
"reserves",
"retains",
"withholds",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"reunite":{
"as in rejoin , reconnect":{
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"near synonyms":[
"recombine",
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
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"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refreshes":{
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"examples":[
"brought out some iced tea to refresh the spirits of the folks working out in the sun"
],
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"freshens",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"refreshens",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"we were looking for a family-friendly restaurant where we could sit down and refresh before continuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"dines",
"eats",
"fares",
"feeds",
"partakes",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquets",
"feasts",
"repasts",
"chows (down)",
"digs in",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"overeats",
"overfeeds",
"pigs out",
"grazes",
"nibbles",
"noshes",
"picks",
"snacks",
"boards",
"dines out",
"messes",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"picnics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diets",
"fasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reloads":{
"as in refreshes , replenishes":{
"examples":[],
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"refills",
"refreshes",
"repacks",
"replenishes",
"brims",
"charges",
"crams",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"loads",
"packs",
"stuffs",
"drenches",
"floods",
"gluts",
"swamps",
"bloats",
"bulks",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"mats",
"presses",
"rams",
"shoves",
"squashes",
"squeezes",
"overcharges",
"overfills",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"honeycombs",
"penetrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightens",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps",
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remeasure":{
"as in replumb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replumb",
"gauge",
"gage",
"scale",
"span",
"fathom",
"plumb",
"sound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revelries":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replumb":{
"as in remeasure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remeasure",
"gauge",
"gage",
"scale",
"span",
"fathom",
"plumb",
"sound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinitiates":{
"as in reinstitutes , relaunches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refounds",
"reinstitutes",
"relaunches",
"arranges",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"subsidizes",
"develops",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"constructs",
"puts up",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"creates",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"thinks (up)",
"authors",
"fathers",
"originates",
"begins",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"plants",
"sets up",
"starts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closes (down)",
"phases out",
"shuts (up)",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"annuls",
"nullifies",
"ends",
"finishes",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refigures":{
"as in rejiggers , reengineers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recomputes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputes",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tables",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"adds",
"casts (up)",
"foots (up)",
"summates",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassured":{
"as in encouraged , emboldened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"unafraid",
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"brash",
"brazen",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"concerned",
"worried",
"weak",
"wimpy",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserated",
"condoled",
"empathized",
"sympathized",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"fretted",
"upset",
"worried",
"aggravated",
"intensified",
"worsened",
"annoyed",
"irked",
"irritated",
"harassed",
"pestered"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressed",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"troubled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recanted":{
"as in retracted , revoked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retracted",
"revoked",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"reserved",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"intimate",
"personal",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"classified",
"confidential",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"public",
"general",
"popular",
"nonclassified",
"unclassified",
"well-known"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"restrooms":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"I wasn't feeling well and had to make a number of trips to the restroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathrooms",
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"responder":{
"as in answerer , replier":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answerer",
"replier",
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller",
"pollster",
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrograded":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the Dark Ages, the period following the fall of the Roman Empire when Western civilization seriously retrograded"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"regressed",
"rotted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revamps":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"edits",
"redrafts",
"revises",
"reworks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"copyedits",
"reads",
"subedits",
"subs",
"reedits",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"fact-checks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"engrosses",
"recopies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resample":{
"as in retest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retest",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"experiment (with)",
"explore",
"feel (out)",
"investigate",
"research",
"study",
"sample",
"test",
"try (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"republish":{
"as in reprint , reissue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reissue",
"reprint",
"copublish",
"serialize",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"put out",
"contribute",
"edit",
"syndicate",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"distribute",
"market"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remitments":{
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the charge account will be closed upon the remitment of the outstanding balance"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"disbursements",
"payments",
"remittances",
"remunerations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renderings",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underpayments"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpayments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remnant":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"leavings",
"leftovers",
"odds and ends",
"remainder",
"remains",
"residue",
"residuum",
"rest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"scrap",
"vestige",
"butt",
"oddment",
"scraping(s)",
"stub",
"stump",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
"examples":[
"gathered together her fabric remnants to see if she had enough of them to sew a doll blanket for her niece"
],
"synonyms":[
"end",
"fag end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"scrap",
"stub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leavings",
"odds and ends",
"pickings",
"refuse",
"remains",
"residual",
"residue",
"scraping(s)",
"stump",
"vestige",
"balance",
"rest",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"piece",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"ribbon(s)",
"shred",
"tatter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconciled (to)":{
"as in sweat out , agreed (with or to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddishness":{
"as in redness , sanguineness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pinkness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"flush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remarketed":{
"as in resold":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resold",
"presold",
"wholesaled",
"hawked",
"peddled",
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"put up",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended",
"bartered",
"distributed",
"exchanged",
"exported",
"handled",
"traded",
"trafficked (in)",
"advertised",
"ballyhooed",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"touted",
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered",
"auctioned",
"provided",
"supplied",
"carried",
"kept",
"stocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconsiders":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refitting":{
"as in revamping , remodeling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in refurnishing , reequipping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"stocking",
"storing",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenvisioned":{
"as in reimagined , reconceptualized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconceptualized",
"reimagined",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repents":{
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"after hearing what a great time you guys had at the party, I am repenting my decision to stay home"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"deplores",
"laments",
"regrets",
"rues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"bewails",
"grieves (for)",
"mourns",
"sorrows (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resembled":{
"to look or be like (someone or something)":{
"examples":[
"He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament.",
"Terrier dogs closely resemble each other."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recalled",
"suggested",
"acted",
"appeared",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"made",
"seemed",
"sounded",
"approached",
"neared",
"approximated",
"compared (with)",
"duplicated",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"mirrored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-enrolling":{
"as in rejoining , reentering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlisting",
"re-enlisting",
"reentering",
"rejoining",
"re-upping",
"enlisting (in)",
"enrolling (in)",
"entering",
"joining",
"signing on (for)",
"signing up (for)",
"getting in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitting",
"dropping out",
"quitting",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reappraising":{
"as in reevaluating , reassessing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassessing",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"rejudging",
"revaluing",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"guesstimating",
"rating",
"setting",
"valuating",
"valuing",
"adjudging",
"deeming",
"judging",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"discovering",
"learning",
"pricing",
"prizing",
"deciding",
"settling",
"analyzing",
"assaying",
"surveying",
"testing",
"transvaluating",
"transvaluing",
"misesteeming",
"misjudging",
"misprizing",
"underestimating",
"undervaluing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescheduling":{
"as in scheduling , entering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewrites":{
"to write (something) again especially in a different way in order to improve it or to include new information":{
"examples":[
"The teacher asked him to rewrite the essay.",
"I had to rewrite the computer program."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"red-pencils",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"requester":{
"as in asker , suer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asker",
"suer",
"cadger",
"moocher",
"schnorrer",
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"petitioner",
"pleader",
"solicitor",
"suitor",
"suppliant",
"supplicant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reign (over)":{
"as in dominate , lord (it over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dictate",
"dominate",
"domineer",
"lord (it over)",
"master",
"oppress",
"tyrannize",
"administer",
"manage",
"micromanage",
"oversee",
"regulate",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"conquer",
"subdue",
"subjugate",
"conduct",
"direct",
"head",
"lead",
"boss",
"captain",
"command",
"control",
"govern",
"preside (over)",
"rule",
"sway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repining":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"there is no use repining over a love that's been long lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replays":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"this conversation feels like a replay of the last time we hashed over the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replications",
"reprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replants":{
"as in transplants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"transplants",
"beds",
"broadcasts",
"scatters",
"drills",
"plants",
"puts in",
"seeds",
"sows",
"pots",
"overseeds",
"reseeds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathers",
"harvests",
"reaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remarks":{
"a briefly expressed opinion":{
"examples":[
"the director made some short remarks about the new museum before officially opening the doors to visitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"comments",
"notes",
"reflections"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyses",
"commentaries",
"expositions",
"asides",
"obiter dicta",
"annotations",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views",
"advice",
"inputs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"examples":[
"her date awkwardly remarked on the attractiveness of the background music in the restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"comments",
"editorializes",
"notes",
"observes",
"opines",
"reflects",
"weighs in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commentates",
"articulates",
"expresses",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I remarked the change in her hair color but didn't think it would be polite to say anything other than she was looking good"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
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"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
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"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
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"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to discuss the details of (a formal agreement) again especially in order to change them":{
"examples":[
"They want to renegotiate the lease on their apartment."
],
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"settling (on or upon)",
"arranging",
"bargaining",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"negotiating",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering",
"agreeing",
"contracting",
"covenanting",
"arguing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hammering out",
"hashing (over)",
"reasoning",
"talking",
"talking over",
"working out"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"requirement":{
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"this science course is a requirement for graduation"
],
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"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
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"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
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"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redevelop":{
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"recast",
"redesign",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"contemporize",
"modernize",
"streamline",
"update"
],
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},
"as in rebuild , reconstruct":{
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"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respectably":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"the stock performed respectably , giving us a decent return on our investment"
],
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"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
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"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"relaunch":{
"as in reinstitute , reinitiate":{
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"refound",
"reinitiate",
"reinstitute",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"construct",
"put up",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"author",
"father",
"originate",
"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"set up",
"start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproduced":{
"as in transcribed , photocopied":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reduplicated",
"transcribed",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"backup",
"copied",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth offspring":{
"examples":[
"mice reproduce at a much faster rate than humans do"
],
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"bred",
"multiplied",
"procreated",
"propagated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bore",
"engendered",
"gendered",
"generated",
"got",
"had",
"mothered",
"parented",
"produced",
"sired",
"hatched",
"spawned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reproduce that design on every tile in the bathroom"
],
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"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"reduplicated",
"rendered",
"replicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I can almost reproduce the information in my head, but not quite"
],
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"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recalled",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"thought (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptured",
"recurred",
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"extracted",
"raised",
"reminded",
"relived",
"represented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembered",
"forgot",
"unlearned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"resettled":{
"to move from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"The couple grew tired of the harsh winters and ultimately decided to resettle down South in their retirement."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"migrated",
"relocated",
"transferred",
"journeyed",
"peregrinated",
"pilgrimaged",
"toured",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trekked",
"tripped",
"voyaged",
"defected",
"emigrated",
"road-tripped",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"hopped",
"jaunted",
"knocked (about)",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rearward":{
"being at or in the part of something opposite the front part":{
"examples":[
"got rearward quarters aboard the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"aft",
"after",
"back",
"hind",
"hinder",
"hindmost",
"posterior",
"rear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dorsal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ventral"
],
"antonyms":[
"anterior",
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"frontal"
]
},
"directed, turned, or done toward the back":{
"examples":[
"the tearful girl gave a rearward glance to her younger brother as she was being led down the street for her first day at school"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"retrograde"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reverse",
"reversed",
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"posterior",
"rear",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"toward the rear":{
"examples":[
"turned rearward for a moment, just for one final look at the haunting scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"backward",
"backwards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astern",
"sternforemost",
"anticlockwise",
"counterclockwise",
"left-handed",
"left-handedly",
"retrograde",
"reversely",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"before"
],
"antonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
]
},
"as in back , rear":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"reverse",
"innards",
"inside",
"interior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front",
"outside",
"skin",
"surface",
"veneer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"reunifying":{
"as in reuniting , rejoining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recombining",
"reconnecting",
"rejoining",
"reuniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifying":{
"serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition":{
"examples":[
"the company is taking rectifying measures to address the lack of handicapped access to the building"
],
"synonyms":[
"amendatory",
"corrective",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"remedial",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curative",
"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"reparative",
"restorative",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
"synonyms":[
"amending",
"correcting",
"debugging",
"emending",
"red-penciling",
"reforming",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafting",
"redrawing",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
"regulating",
"altering",
"changing",
"modifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"regs":{
"a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity":{
"examples":[
"according to army regs , dress uniforms must be starched and boots polished at all times"
],
"synonyms":[
"bylaws",
"ground rules",
"regulations",
"rules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codes",
"constitutions",
"decalogues",
"directories",
"acts",
"laws",
"ordinances",
"statutes",
"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directions",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"instructions",
"orders",
"axioms",
"fundamentals",
"maxims",
"precepts",
"morals",
"principles",
"values",
"bans",
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"restrictions",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"manners",
"mores",
"practices",
"practises",
"traditions",
"ways",
"blueprints",
"canons",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"guidelines",
"guides",
"standards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconceptualized":{
"as in reimagined , reenvisioned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reducing":{
"as in shrinking , lessening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"shortening",
"shrinking",
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compression",
"condensation",
"contraction",
"curtailment",
"abruptness",
"brusqueness",
"curtness",
"brevity",
"briefness",
"conciseness",
"shortness",
"compendiousness",
"crispness",
"laconism",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"tautness",
"terseness",
"littleness",
"minuteness",
"smallness",
"tininess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthiness",
"extensiveness",
"elongating",
"elongation",
"extending",
"extension",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"protraction",
"stretching",
"expansion",
"growth",
"spread",
"diffuseness",
"garrulousness",
"long-windedness",
"prolixity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"volubility",
"wordiness",
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"busting",
"degrading",
"demoting",
"disrating",
"downgrading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canning",
"cashiering",
"dismissing",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"laying off",
"sacking",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"elevating",
"promoting",
"raising"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"denting",
"depleting",
"diminishing",
"downscaling",
"downsizing",
"dropping",
"dwindling",
"easing",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling",
"deflating",
"shrinking",
"minimizing",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"modulating",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuating",
"breaking",
"cheapening",
"depreciating",
"depressing",
"devaluating",
"devaluing",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"marking down",
"sinking",
"writing down",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debasing",
"demonetizing",
"underestimating",
"underpricing",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"abridging",
"compressing",
"contracting",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"moderating",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloating",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"overestimating",
"overpricing",
"overrating",
"overvaluing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"dilating",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"enhancing",
"marking up",
"upgrading"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repatriating":{
"as in naturalizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"naturalizing",
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"displacing",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"relegating",
"transporting",
"casting out",
"dismissing",
"ejecting",
"eliminating",
"evicting",
"excluding",
"expelling",
"expulsing",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"running out",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reacquaints":{
"as in reintroduces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reintroduces",
"addresses",
"greets",
"hails",
"meets",
"acquaints",
"introduces",
"presents"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retardant":{
"as in blocking , impeding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"stalling",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Red":{
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"examples":[
"the merry, red , smiling face of Santa Claus"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
]
},
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin"
],
"synonyms":[
"commie",
"communist",
"comrade",
"socialist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leftist",
"lefty",
"pink",
"pinko",
"social democrat",
"Bolshevik",
"Leninist",
"Leninite",
"Maoist",
"Marxist",
"Stalinist",
"Trotskyist",
"Trotskyite",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalist"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"revs (up)":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouses",
"encourages",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"impassions",
"incites",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
"motivates",
"motives",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"taunts",
"teases",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reattach":{
"as in resecure , refix":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffix",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"recombine",
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransmits":{
"as in recommits , redelivers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommits",
"redelivers",
"retransfers",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"confers",
"grants",
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"recommends",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains",
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommending":{
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferring",
"granting",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"suggesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"espousing",
"favoring",
"supporting",
"exhorting",
"urging",
"advancing",
"offering",
"proposing",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-reviewed":{
"as in reinspected , resurveyed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reinspected",
"resurveyed",
"picked over",
"categorized",
"classified",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"viewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relived":{
"to experience (something) again in your imagination":{
"examples":[
"an athlete trying to relive his glory days",
"He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-created",
"recreated",
"reflected",
"remembered",
"reminisced",
"conceited",
"conceived",
"conjured (up)",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"fancied",
"fantasied",
"fantasized",
"featured",
"ideated",
"imaged",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"reimagined",
"saw",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"daydreamed",
"stargazed",
"hallucinated",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"mused",
"pondered",
"ruminated",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"planned",
"projected",
"foresaw",
"prefigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrozen":{
"as in supercooled , quick-frozen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"quick-frozen",
"supercooled",
"chilled",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"congealed",
"glaciated",
"semisolid",
"frozen",
"frostbitten",
"frosty",
"icy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defrosted",
"thawed",
"unfrozen",
"liquefied",
"melted",
"molten",
"deiced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"regathers":{
"as in reassembles , reconvenes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"remeets",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regathering":{
"as in reassembling , reconvening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"reconvening",
"remeeting",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinvent":{
"to make significant changes or improvements to (something)":{
"examples":[
"We are striving to reinvent our business model."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) into use again in a new way":{
"examples":[
"Later in her career, she reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivate",
"restart",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"reanimate",
"recharge",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken",
"jump-start",
"kick-start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reveres":{
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"deifies",
"glorifies",
"reverences",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"honors",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"apotheosizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"lionizes",
"magnifies",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"affronts",
"dishonors",
"disrespects",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"ridicules",
"scorns",
"slights",
"displeases",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recession":{
"a period of decreased economic activity":{
"examples":[
"the country is just coming out of a recession , so expect to see fewer layoffs and more new jobs in the coming year"
],
"synonyms":[
"depression",
"slump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bust",
"crash",
"panic",
"stagnation",
"downbeat",
"downdraft",
"downswing",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"slowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"advancement",
"progress",
"rally",
"recovery"
],
"antonyms":[
"boom"
]
},
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"a retiring CEO making a gradual recession from the daily rigors of running a major corporation"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullback",
"pullout",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rout",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refers":{
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"I don't think that rule of play refers to this particular situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertains",
"applies",
"bears",
"pertains",
"relates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affects",
"concerns",
"interests",
"involves",
"touches",
"associates",
"connects",
"couples",
"interrelates",
"links",
"ties in",
"deals (with)",
"treats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-equipping":{
"as in refitting , refurnishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"stocking",
"storing",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"respectability":{
"as in decency , morality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"character",
"conscientiousness",
"decency",
"fairness",
"high-mindedness",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"justice",
"morality",
"nobility",
"reputability",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"uprightness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baseness",
"dishonor",
"lowness",
"corruptibility",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"disgrace",
"disgracefulness",
"disreputableness",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"profligacy",
"shamelessness",
"venality",
"blameworthiness",
"criminality",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"immorality",
"unrighteousness",
"unscrupulousness",
"knavery",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"meanness",
"reprehensibleness",
"rottenness",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wretchedness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regulating":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved"
],
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"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"keeping",
"measuring",
"pulling in",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"ruling",
"taming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"mincing",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"arresting",
"interrupting",
"stopping",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unleashing",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"administrating",
"carrying on",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"managing",
"operating",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"running",
"stewarding",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejuvenating":{
"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
"examples":[
"after a rejuvenating vacation, I was once again ready to slay dragons, or whatever else might spring up at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracing",
"cordial",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulating",
"stimulative",
"tonic",
"vital",
"vitalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"life-giving",
"conditioning",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"quickening",
"sharp",
"corrective",
"curative",
"curing",
"medicinal",
"rectifying",
"recuperative",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"rehabilitative",
"remedial",
"remedying",
"reparative",
"therapeutic",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadening",
"debilitating",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"numbing",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"wearying",
"deleterious",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"that rock star has rejuvenated '80s fashion for a whole new generation"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"recharging",
"regenerating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"red dwarfs":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebirth":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"a renewed interest in long-playing records led to the rebirth of the turntable among audiophiles"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaccepting":{
"as in reassuming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassuming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking up",
"accepting",
"assuming",
"bearing",
"shouldering",
"taking over",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"repudiating",
"abjuring",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"abandoning",
"abnegating",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refuses":{
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"withholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes",
"rebuffs",
"repels",
"spurns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"holds",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"balks (at)",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affords",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"provides",
"supplies",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"warrants",
"accords",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"concedes",
"grants",
"lets",
"OKs",
"okays",
"permits"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repassed":{
"as in reenacted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacted",
"constituted",
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"made",
"ordained",
"passed",
"brought about",
"effected",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"decreed",
"dictated",
"proclaimed",
"administered",
"executed",
"approved",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"invalidated",
"killed",
"nullified",
"overturned",
"reversed",
"voided"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reawakened":{
"as in awakened , roused":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"roused",
"rousted",
"wakened",
"awake",
"insomniac",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake",
"aware",
"conscious",
"about",
"astir",
"up",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"unawakened",
"dozy",
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rewaked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"raised",
"revived",
"agitated",
"bestirred",
"disturbed",
"excited",
"provoked",
"stimulated",
"stirred",
"rousted",
"routed",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"knocked up",
"roused",
"wakened",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lulled",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"religiousness":{
"as in piousness , devoutness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"devoutness",
"piousness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"piety",
"religion",
"adoration",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"profession",
"protestation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atheism",
"godlessness",
"disbelief",
"doubt",
"unbelief",
"unfaith",
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"apostasy",
"lapse",
"tergiversation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reasonabilities":{
"as in rationalities , lucidities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lucidities",
"rationalities",
"normalities",
"minds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"neuroses",
"psychoses",
"aberrations",
"dementias",
"derangements",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"manias",
"rages",
"instabilities",
"irrationalities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refrained (from)":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"couldn't refrain from ruffling her nephew's neatly combed hair whenever she saw him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"forwent",
"forewent",
"kept (from)",
"withheld (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesced (to)",
"capitulated",
"conceded (to)",
"knuckled under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverberative":{
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"the reverberative sounds of the pipe organ filled every corner of the majestic Gothic cathedral"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recommitted":{
"as in retransmitted , redelivered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"conferred",
"granted",
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over",
"vested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained",
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recouping":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"recompensing",
"remunerating",
"requiting",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"redressing",
"remedying",
"repairing",
"discharging",
"paying",
"quitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming back",
"convalescing",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"pulling round",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to",
"improving",
"picking up",
"reviving",
"cheering (up)",
"perking (up)",
"pulling through",
"surviving",
"recruiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"collapsing",
"coming down",
"sickening",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regressing",
"relapsing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reversals":{
"a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{
"examples":[
"the company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal"
],
"synonyms":[
"knocks",
"lapses",
"reverses",
"setbacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disappointments",
"frustrations",
"letdowns",
"comedowns",
"declines",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"recessions",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"relapses",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"status quos"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite":{
"examples":[
"parents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process"
],
"synonyms":[
"about-faces",
"about-turns",
"flip-flops",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bait and switches",
"switcheroos",
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"recantations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"retractions",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reexamination":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"the safety board's reexamination of the accident to see if it could have been prevented"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisal",
"reconsideration",
"retrospect",
"retrospection",
"review"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"rehash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preview"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"remittable":{
"worthy of forgiveness":{
"examples":[
"forgetting a doctor's appointment that was made months in advance is a remittable offense"
],
"synonyms":[
"condonable",
"excusable",
"forgivable",
"pardonable",
"remissible",
"venial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"justifiable",
"redeemable",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"petty",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"harmless",
"ignorable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"criminal",
"damning",
"evil",
"heinous",
"sinful",
"vile",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[
"indefensible",
"inexcusable",
"mortal",
"unforgivable",
"unjustifiable",
"unpardonable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recoups":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"requites",
"satisfies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays",
"redresses",
"remedies",
"repairs",
"discharges",
"pays",
"quits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"convalesces",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"pulls round",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"improves",
"picks up",
"revives",
"cheers (up)",
"perks (up)",
"pulls through",
"survives",
"recruits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ails",
"collapses",
"comes down",
"sickens",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"fades",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"regresses",
"relapses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-examining":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"in light of your broken leg, we should reexamine our decision to go on a hiking vacation this summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redressers":{
"as in righters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"righters",
"revengers",
"requiters",
"avengers",
"castigators",
"chastisers",
"nemeses",
"punishers",
"scourges",
"vigilantes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomers",
"redeemers",
"vindicators"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rejoicing":{
"having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"the rejoicing parents of the bride"
],
"synonyms":[
"cock-a-hoop",
"crank",
"crowing",
"exultant",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"jubilant",
"prideful",
"proud",
"triumphant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"arrogant",
"boastful",
"cocky",
"conquering",
"victorious",
"winning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crestfallen",
"defeated",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"joyful or festive activity":{
"examples":[
"there was great rejoicing at the launch party for the book"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exuberating",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"jubilating",
"kvelling",
"triumphing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloating",
"preening",
"swelling",
"boasting",
"bragging",
"flaunting",
"parading",
"showing off",
"strutting",
"swaggering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"grieving",
"lamenting",
"regretting",
"weeping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (with)",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"feasting",
"gassing",
"gladdening",
"gladding",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"satisfying",
"suiting",
"warming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"exciting",
"tickling",
"titillating",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"treating",
"captivating",
"charming",
"galvanizing",
"thrilling",
"calming",
"comforting",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"agitating",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reemploy":{
"as in rehire , reengage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reengage",
"rehire",
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replumbed":{
"as in remeasured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remeasured",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"scaled",
"spanned",
"fathomed",
"plumbed",
"sounded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resigned (from)":{
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"chucked",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"retired (from)",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"vacated",
"dropped out (of)",
"threw up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stayed (at)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ready-to-wear":{
"as in off-the-rack , mass-produced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bought",
"mass-produced",
"off-the-peg",
"off-the-rack",
"off-the-shelf",
"ready-made",
"store",
"store-bought",
"prefab",
"prefabricated",
"commercial",
"hand-me-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"custom",
"customized",
"custom-made",
"tailored",
"tailor-made",
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"homemade"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couture , tailoring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"tailoring",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"tatters",
"haberdashery",
"menswear",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"repulse":{
"treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{
"examples":[
"the waiter's incredibly rude repulse of our polite request for a better table\u2014one that wasn't right next to the kitchen\u2014prompted us to walk out"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush-off",
"cold shoulder",
"rebuff",
"silent treatment",
"snub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismissal",
"kiss-off",
"rejection",
"banishment",
"blackball",
"ostracism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"embrace",
"welcome",
"glad hand",
"welcome mat"
],
"antonyms":[
"open arms"
]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"the smell of that town's paper mill totally repulses me"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"gross out",
"nauseate",
"put off",
"repel",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive back":{
"examples":[
"the defense repeatedly repulsed all of the offense's attempts to move the ball forward, keeping them firmly planted on the 20-yard line"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat off",
"fend (off)",
"rebut",
"repel",
"stave off",
"turn away",
"turn back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defy",
"fight",
"hold off",
"oppose",
"resist",
"stand off",
"withstand",
"deflect",
"ward (off)",
"rebuff",
"snub",
"spurn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embrace",
"hail",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recovered (from)":{
"as in rallied , rebounded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"shook (off)",
"came back",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came down (with)",
"caught",
"contracted",
"got",
"sickened (with)",
"took",
"went down (with)",
"broke out (with)",
"died (from)",
"succumbed (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechannelled":{
"as in swerved , moved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"averted",
"deviated",
"moved",
"shifted",
"shunted",
"sidetracked",
"swerved",
"switched",
"transferred",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"redirected",
"swung",
"turned",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"whipped",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"twisted",
"whirled",
"zigzagged",
"bent",
"curved",
"swayed",
"reversed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relating (to)":{
"as in referring (to) , applying (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appertaining (to)",
"applying (to)",
"bearing (on)",
"pertaining (to)",
"referring (to)",
"affecting",
"concerning",
"involving",
"touching",
"embroiling",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"implicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reaccepted":{
"as in reassumed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassumed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"stood by",
"supported",
"upheld",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took up",
"accepted",
"assumed",
"bore",
"shouldered",
"took over",
"undertook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"repudiated",
"abjured",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"abandoned",
"abnegated",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"results (in)":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the mix of icy conditions and rush-hour traffic resulted in a number of accidents on the interstate"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"causes",
"creates",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"engenders",
"generates",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recharge":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resister":{
"as in challenger , refuser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reliquaries":{
"as in sanctuaries , shrines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sanctuaries",
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shrines",
"martyries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regrettably":{
"as in unfortunately , sadly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lamentably",
"sadly",
"tragically",
"unfortunately",
"unhappily",
"unluckily",
"alack",
"alas",
"ay",
"wirra",
"woe",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly",
"alarmingly",
"disturbingly",
"perturbingly",
"traumatically",
"unsettlingly",
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"thankfully",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"retention":{
"the act of keeping something or someone":{
"examples":[
"The company's rate of employee retention is 80 percent."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"holding",
"retaining",
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"care",
"custody",
"safekeeping",
"conservation",
"maintenance",
"support",
"repossession",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power",
"claiming",
"collaring",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"procurement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebarbative":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"there are aspects of that writer's personality that any reasonable person would regard as rebarbative , but we're just reading his novels\u2014not marrying him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"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"
]
},
"recants":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regular":{
"appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time":{
"examples":[
"what with one or another of our pets having problems, we've been regular visitors at the animal hospital"
],
"synonyms":[
"constant",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"repeated",
"steady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"following a set method, arrangement, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"he's followed a regular schedule for almost 20 years: up by 5, in bed by 10"
],
"synonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ordered",
"regularized",
"standardized",
"structured",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"detailed",
"specific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"antonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic"
]
},
"following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules":{
"examples":[
"thought about having a nontraditional wedding but in the end went with a regular ceremony instead"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"conventional",
"formal",
"orthodox",
"routine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorized",
"certified",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"accepted",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"formalistic",
"ritual",
"ritualistic",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"casual",
"freewheeling",
"informal",
"irregular",
"unceremonious",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
]
},
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"your room is a regular sty, and you need to clean it before you can go to the movies"
],
"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",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"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":[]
},
"having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind":{
"examples":[
"tantrums aren't his regular behavior",
"was just a regular guy who preferred hanging out with friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"normal",
"representative",
"standard",
"true",
"typical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"conventional",
"customary",
"everyday",
"ordinary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"workaday",
"classic",
"textbook",
"vintage",
"expected",
"familiar",
"habitual",
"predictable",
"routine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"predominant",
"preponderant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"infrequent",
"noteworthy",
"rare",
"remarkable",
"singular",
"special",
"unexpected",
"unfamiliar",
"unique",
"unpredictable",
"eccentric",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"peculiar",
"unknown",
"unorthodox",
"curious",
"erratic",
"funky",
"funny",
"odd",
"oddball",
"offbeat",
"outlandish",
"quirky",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"bizarre",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-out",
"freak",
"freakish",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"out-of-the-way",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"rare",
"singular",
"unnatural",
"weird",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"irregular",
"nonrepresentative",
"nontypical",
"untypical"
]
},
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"throughout the war, the regulars were supplemented by corps of volunteers and militiamen"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewoman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"reservist",
"champion",
"knight",
"digger",
"gallowglass",
"gendarme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
]
},
"someone who regularly spends time in a particular place":{
"examples":[
"the coffeehouse regulars were put out by the interlopers occupying their usual table"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizen",
"familiar",
"frequenter",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"haunter",
"rat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"freak",
"lover",
"maniac",
"nut"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"repetitive":{
"marked by repetition":{
"examples":[
"the repetitive lyrics of so many rock songs"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicative",
"reiterative",
"repetitious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redundant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redid":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"desperately wanted to redo the red living room in soothing shades of green"
],
"synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"the conductor kept asking the violinist to redo that passage until he was completely satisfied"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"reduplicated",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"repeated",
"replicated",
"reprised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprehensibility":{
"as in reprehensibleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reprehensibleness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"lechery",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reliving":{
"to experience (something) again in your imagination":{
"examples":[
"an athlete trying to relive his glory days",
"He would sometimes relive the battle in his dreams."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-creating",
"recreating",
"reflecting",
"remembering",
"reminiscing",
"conceiting",
"conceiving",
"conjuring (up)",
"dreaming",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"fancying",
"fantasizing",
"fantasying",
"featuring",
"ideating",
"imaging",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"reimagining",
"seeing",
"visioning",
"visualizing",
"daydreaming",
"stargazing",
"hallucinating",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"musing",
"pondering",
"ruminating",
"concocting",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"planning",
"projecting",
"foreseeing",
"prefiguring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resolved":{
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"only the most resolved of explorers had any chance of finding the source of the Nile"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent (on or upon)",
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"set",
"single-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
]
},
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
"examples":[
"I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly"
],
"synonyms":[
"chose",
"concluded",
"decided",
"determined",
"figured",
"named",
"opted",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreed",
"ruled",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"found",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"umpired",
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"questioned",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"delayed",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"stalled",
"temporized",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"waffled",
"wavered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke up",
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
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"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded"
],
"antonyms":[
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reign":{
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"examples":[
"a start-up threatening the company's reign over the computer chip market"
],
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"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"dominance",
"domination",
"dominion",
"hegemony",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"predominancy",
"preeminence",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy"
],
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"primacy",
"superiority",
"lordship",
"scepter",
"arm",
"authority",
"choke hold",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"sway",
"takeover",
"direction",
"jurisdiction",
"management",
"clout",
"might",
"pull",
"weight",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
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"a democratic nation that is governed by the reign of law and not by the whim of its chief executive"
],
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"arm",
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"death grip",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"power",
"rein(s)",
"sway"
],
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"clout",
"influence",
"leverage",
"pull",
"voice",
"weight",
"jurisdiction",
"direction",
"management",
"dominance",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
]
},
"as in rule , govern":{
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"near synonyms":[
"govern",
"rule",
"monitor",
"preside (over)",
"administer",
"command",
"control",
"direct",
"guide",
"manage",
"order",
"run",
"shepherd",
"show",
"steer",
"boss",
"captain",
"handle",
"head",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"quarterback",
"superintend",
"supervise"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"removeable":{
"as in transferable , transportable":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"transferable",
"transferrable",
"transportable",
"adjustable",
"flexible",
"modular",
"motile",
"moving",
"mobile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"portable",
"unbalanced",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"manageable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobile",
"immovable",
"irremovable",
"nonmobile",
"unmovable",
"immotile",
"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"motionless",
"moveless",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary",
"still",
"stuck",
"wedged",
"fast",
"fixed",
"rooted",
"steadfast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recalcitrancy":{
"as in defiance , refractoriness":{
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"near synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"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"
]
},
"revising":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"with the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"revise the article and add more up-to-date information so we can reprint it"
],
"synonyms":[
"editing",
"redrafting",
"revamping",
"reworking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"reediting",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"fact-checking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"engrossing",
"recopying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replication":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"bought a smaller and cheaper replication of the marble statue for his garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"we'll need to do a replication of that experiment so we can collect more data"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"his carefully worded replications suggested that he was well aware of the punishment for perjury"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"reply",
"response",
"retort",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talk",
"banter",
"persiflage",
"repartee",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"comment",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"feedback",
"non sequitur",
"observation",
"reaction",
"remark",
"defense",
"explanation",
"justification",
"plea",
"rebuttal",
"refutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"charge",
"cross-examination",
"grilling",
"interrogation",
"interrogatory",
"quiz",
"poll",
"questionnaire",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiry",
"query",
"question"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reposited":{
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"examples":[
"the radioactive waste will be stored on-site until it can be reposited elsewhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"put up",
"stored",
"stowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cellared",
"garaged",
"hangared",
"housed",
"warehoused",
"filed",
"packed",
"shelved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionaries":{
"a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{
"examples":[
"after the collapse of the Russian monarchy, the moderate socialists briefly governed until being overthrown by the Bolshevik revolutionaries"
],
"synonyms":[
"crazies",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"young Turks",
"lefties",
"leftists",
"reds",
"progressives",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"subversives",
"agitators",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"rebels",
"secessionists",
"separationists",
"separatists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservatives",
"fuddy-duddies",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"standpatters",
"Tories",
"traditionalists"
],
"antonyms":[
"middle-of-the-roaders",
"moderates"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"at first the government was not worried about this small band of unarmed revolutionaries"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repentance":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"preached that repentance was the first step on the path of redemption"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"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"
]
},
"relish":{
"positive regard for something":{
"examples":[
"she has great relish for early morning walks, which she takes nearly every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"love affair",
"partiality",
"preference",
"shine",
"taste",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craving",
"desire",
"hankering",
"longing",
"thirst",
"yen",
"enthusiasm",
"gusto",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"tooth",
"palate",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"disinclination",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"mislike"
]
},
"the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met":{
"examples":[
"ate the bowl of ice cream with relish"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"gladness",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"afterglow",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"joy",
"pleasance",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"exultation",
"intoxication",
"ecstasy",
"euphoria",
"heaven",
"rapture",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollity",
"joyfulness",
"jubilation",
"joie de vivre",
"comfort",
"ease",
"restfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness",
"anguish",
"desolation",
"joylessness",
"sorrow",
"woe",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"gloom",
"melancholy",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"pique",
"vexation",
"anger",
"fury",
"rage",
"agitation",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"discomfort",
"restlessness",
"uneasiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontentedness",
"discontentment",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction",
"unhappiness"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"visit again real soon, for I relish your company"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"remissions":{
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
"examples":[
"the remission of sins"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolutions",
"amnesties",
"pardons",
"remittals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paroles",
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"condonations",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"indemnities",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"clemencies",
"leniencies",
"mercies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convictions",
"sentences",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"impositions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"condemnations"
],
"antonyms":[
"penalties",
"punishments",
"retributions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refiguring":{
"as in rejiggering , reengineering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recomputing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputing",
"counting",
"enumerating",
"numbering",
"telling",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"calculating",
"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"tabling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"working out",
"adding",
"casting (up)",
"footing (up)",
"summating",
"summing",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"toting (up)",
"totting (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reviewers":{
"a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"many reviewers were unhappy with the movie's cryptic ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"critics",
"pundits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysts",
"annotators",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"observers",
"appraisers",
"evaluators",
"judges",
"referees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recipient":{
"as in beneficiary , donee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron",
"sugar daddy",
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reviled":{
"to speak about (someone or something) in a very critical or insulting way":{
"examples":[
"Many people reviled him for his callous behavior."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"anathematized",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"decried",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"attacked",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"criticized",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"doomed",
"sentenced",
"convicted",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reproved",
"berated",
"lambasted",
"raked",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"vituperated",
"cursed",
"imprecated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"hailed",
"saluted",
"touted",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sanctified",
"honored",
"revered",
"venerated",
"blessed",
"blest"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resolutions":{
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
"examples":[
"her resolution to become a vegetarian is based on what she recently learned about modern farming practices"
],
"synonyms":[
"awards",
"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"opinions",
"verdicts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directives",
"edicts",
"instructions",
"mandates",
"orders",
"words",
"last words",
"say-sos",
"adjudications",
"dispositions",
"dooms",
"findings",
"rulings",
"sentences",
"choices",
"options",
"selections",
"consensuses",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"views"
],
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"deadlocks",
"draws",
"halts",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"ties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconstitute":{
"as in renovate , refurbish":{
"examples":[],
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"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconditioning":{
"as in repair , renovation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconstruction",
"renovation",
"repair",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"wear and tear",
"abrasion",
"corrosion",
"erosion",
"decomposition",
"deterioration",
"disintegration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm"
],
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"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Renaissance women":{
"as in Renaissance men , polyhistors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistors",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refuser":{
"as in resister , challenger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"resistant",
"resister",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retreat (from)":{
"as in withdraw (from) , escape":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"take off (from)",
"vacate",
"withdraw (from)",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield",
"abjure",
"cut off",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"separate (from)",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling",
"jettison",
"junk",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"sacrifice",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"leave",
"maroon",
"quit",
"strand",
"distance",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaim",
"harbor",
"have",
"hold",
"keep",
"own",
"possess",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"readdresses":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the Senate will readdress pending gun control legislation in their next session"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolves":{
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivots",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"spins",
"swings",
"swirls",
"swivels",
"turns",
"twirls",
"twists",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screws",
"unscrews",
"twiddles",
"coils",
"cranks",
"reels",
"winds",
"circulates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrates",
"pinwheels",
"pirouettes",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"spins",
"turns",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"rounds",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twines",
"twists",
"winds",
"circles",
"circulates",
"encircles",
"orbits",
"rings",
"pivots",
"swivels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"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"
]
},
"refinanced":{
"as in cofinanced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"grubstaked",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"bankrolled",
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"refunded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-encountering":{
"as in remeeting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remeeting",
"hitting (upon)",
"lighting (upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"crisscrossing",
"crossing",
"passing",
"colliding (with)",
"crashing (into)",
"facing",
"greeting",
"saluting",
"accosting",
"confronting",
"catching",
"chancing (upon)",
"encountering",
"happening (upon)",
"meeting",
"stumbling (upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalcitrances":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reallocations":{
"as in redistributions , reapportionments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reapportionments",
"redistributions",
"redivisions",
"repartitions",
"admeasurements",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"apportionments",
"disbursements",
"dispensations",
"distributions",
"divisions",
"issuances",
"partitions",
"separations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retroactive":{
"as in deliberate , thoughtful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"backward-looking",
"nostalgic",
"retrospective",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"introspective",
"self-reflective",
"philosophical",
"philosophic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unreflective",
"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reforms":{
"as in amendments , corrections":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendments",
"corrections",
"rectifications",
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"reviews",
"revises",
"revisions",
"variations",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"volunteers at a sanctuary that tries to reform dogs with behavior problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitates",
"reclaims",
"redeems",
"regenerates",
"rehabilitates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducates",
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"restores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abases",
"cankers",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"lowers",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"warps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"examples":[
"a man who's been trying to reform ever since he got fired for missing too many days of work"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"mends",
"shapes up",
"straightens (up or out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaves",
"regenerates",
"betters",
"improves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslides",
"regresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"red-pencils",
"remedies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"resigned":{
"receiving or enduring without offering resistance":{
"examples":[
"I am resigned to the fact that I'll never make the list of the 400 richest Americans"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"nonresistant",
"passive",
"tolerant",
"tolerating",
"unresistant",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forbearing",
"impassive",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"uncomplaining",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conformable",
"conformist",
"docile",
"guidable",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"subordinate",
"tractable",
"willing",
"obeisant",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"disciplined",
"governable",
"manageable",
"apathetic",
"uncaring",
"unresponsive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiant",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"insurgent",
"intractable",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"balky",
"perverse",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"headstrong",
"willful",
"wilful",
"indomitable",
"undisciplined",
"unmanageable",
"dissident",
"nonconformist"
],
"antonyms":[
"protesting",
"resistant",
"resisting",
"unyielding"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicated",
"abnegated",
"ceded",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)",
"surrendered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjured",
"demitted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"waived",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"yielded",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"assumed",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped",
"wrested",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"secured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rediscoveries":{
"as in discoveries , explorations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detections",
"discoveries",
"findings",
"disclosures",
"exposures",
"revelations",
"creations",
"inventions",
"explorations",
"espials",
"notices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearances",
"losses",
"concealments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rephrased":{
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"I don't understand what you're asking\u2014could you rephrase your question?"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrased",
"restated",
"reworded",
"translated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boiled down",
"recapitulated",
"reiterated",
"summarized",
"summed up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoed",
"repeated",
"copied",
"reproduced",
"transcribed"
],
"antonyms":[
"quoted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retests":{
"as in pretests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pretests",
"aptitude tests",
"intelligence tests",
"placement tests",
"boards",
"midterms",
"midyears",
"examinations",
"exams",
"quizzes",
"tests",
"catechisms",
"auditions",
"finals",
"checkups",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"inquiries",
"interrogations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in resamples":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resamples",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"experiments (with)",
"explores",
"feels (out)",
"investigates",
"researches",
"studies",
"samples",
"tests",
"tries (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reentered":{
"as in rejoined , reenlisted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlisted",
"re-enlisted",
"reenrolled",
"re-enrolled",
"rejoined",
"re-upped",
"enlisted (in)",
"enrolled (in)",
"entered",
"joined",
"signed on (for)",
"signed up (for)",
"got in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitted",
"dropped out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
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"as in simmer , boil":{
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"coddle",
"parboil",
"poach",
"simmer",
"stew",
"braise",
"fricassee",
"pressure-cook",
"smother",
"steam",
"scald"
],
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"verb"
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"examples":[
"if you don't pay off the loan, the bank will come and repossess your car"
],
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"gets back",
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"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
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"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
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"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
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"since my efforts to solve this problem aren't working, I need to rethink my approach"
],
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"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
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"rehears",
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"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
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"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in versions , approximations":{
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"approximations",
"versions",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
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"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retorts":{
"a quick witty response":{
"examples":[
"she responded to the heckler with a scathing but hilarious retort that instantly won over the audience"
],
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"comebacks",
"repartees",
"ripostes"
],
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"squelches",
"back talks",
"cracks",
"quips",
"sallies",
"wisecracks",
"witticisms",
"zingers",
"cuts",
"insults",
"put-downs"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk responded to my query about the price with a brusque retort"
],
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"answers",
"comebacks",
"rejoinders",
"replications",
"replies",
"responses",
"returns"
],
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"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
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"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"when told she couldn't have it, she retorted , \"Fine, I didn't want it anyway!\""
],
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"answers",
"comes back",
"rejoins",
"replies",
"responds",
"returns",
"ripostes"
],
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"acknowledges",
"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
],
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"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
"examples":[
"the revelation of the movie star's secret marriage by the tabloids",
"a new biography of the former president that contains several shocking revelations"
],
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"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"exposures"
],
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"bombshells",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealments",
"cover-ups"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repetitiousness":{
"as in repetition , reiteration":{
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"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiveness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement",
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehired":{
"as in reengaged , reemployed":{
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"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
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"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"red hot":{
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
"examples":[
"this red-hot sports car uses the latest technology for its engine design"
],
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"contemporary",
"current",
"designer",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"new",
"new age",
"new-fashioned",
"newfangled",
"present-day",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fashionable",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"nouvelle",
"now",
"stylish",
"last",
"latest",
"modernized",
"updated",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"latter-day",
"recent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anachronistic",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable",
"bygone",
"former",
"late",
"olden",
"past",
"antique",
"historic",
"historical",
"retro",
"retrograde",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"unmodernized",
"old-world",
"discarded",
"disused",
"moth-eaten",
"forgotten",
"remote",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"timeless"
],
"antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"musty",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
]
},
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"don't touch the stove\u2014it's red-hot"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"red-hot calls to action from both supporters and opponents of the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"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"
]
},
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
"examples":[
"a show that is this year's red-hot sitcom"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"crowd-pleasing",
"du jour",
"faddish",
"faddy",
"fashionable",
"favorite",
"happening",
"hot",
"in",
"large",
"modish",
"pop",
"popular",
"popularized",
"vogue",
"voguish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semipopular",
"preferred",
"selected",
"desirable",
"liked",
"wanted",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"leading",
"notable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"important",
"significant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"washed-up",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"rejected",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"indistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"unknown",
"inconspicuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"out",
"unfashionable",
"unpopular"
]
},
"one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{
"examples":[
"the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue"
],
"synonyms":[
"crusader",
"fanatic",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"true believer",
"zealot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"activist",
"dreamer",
"idealist",
"visionary",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"idolizer",
"votary",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"patron",
"promoter",
"stalwart",
"supporter",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabbler",
"dilettante"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmilitant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"requiescats":{
"as in graces , litanies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collects",
"graces",
"invocations",
"litanies",
"thanksgivings",
"orisons",
"prayers",
"evensongs",
"matins",
"vespers",
"appeals",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"requests",
"suits",
"supplications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revaluing":{
"as in reevaluating , reassessing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"rejudging",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"guesstimating",
"rating",
"setting",
"valuating",
"valuing",
"adjudging",
"deeming",
"judging",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"discovering",
"learning",
"pricing",
"prizing",
"deciding",
"settling",
"analyzing",
"assaying",
"surveying",
"testing",
"transvaluating",
"transvaluing",
"misesteeming",
"misjudging",
"misprizing",
"underestimating",
"undervaluing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurrences":{
"a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before":{
"examples":[
"We hope to prevent a recurrence of the disease."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"renewals",
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reminisced":{
"as in remembered , recalled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recalled",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"came (to)",
"crossed",
"dawned (on)",
"occurred (to)",
"struck",
"conned",
"learned",
"memorized",
"appeared",
"arrived",
"emerged",
"materialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgot",
"unlearned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mused (upon) , reflected (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mused (upon)",
"reflected (on or upon)",
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"revolved",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)",
"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"
]
},
"redistributions":{
"as in reallocations , reapportionments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocations",
"reapportionments",
"redivisions",
"repartitions",
"admeasurements",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"apportionments",
"disbursements",
"dispensations",
"distributions",
"divisions",
"issuances",
"partitions",
"separations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reaper":{
"a person or machine that cuts and collects crops":{
"examples":[
"hired reapers to pick the harvest"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"farmer",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"granger",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"campesino"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relations":{
"doings between individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"relations between the rival newspapers remained friendly despite their competition for the same stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"commerce",
"dealings",
"interaction",
"intercourse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interrelationship",
"cross-fertilization",
"cross-pollination",
"companionship",
"company"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis":{
"examples":[
"a law that prohibits relations between close relatives"
],
"synonyms":[
"coition",
"coitus",
"commerce",
"congress",
"copulating",
"copulation",
"coupling",
"intercourse",
"lovemaking",
"mating",
"sex",
"sex act",
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual relations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fornication",
"safe sex",
"carnality",
"sexuality",
"breeding",
"insemination",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"whoopee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reciprocating":{
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"recompensing",
"repaying",
"requiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanging",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"restituting",
"avenging",
"getting back (at)",
"retaliating",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redresser":{
"as in righter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"righter",
"revenger",
"requiter",
"avenger",
"castigator",
"chastiser",
"nemesis",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recision":{
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"the national emergency forced the immediate recision of all military leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescission",
"revocation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repudiating":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her r\u00e9sum\u00e9"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disaffirming",
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disconfirming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"refuting",
"rejecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversing",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disputing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"allowing",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
]
},
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
"examples":[
"the angry mother bitterly repudiated her teenaged daughter, telling her that she never wanted to see or hear from her again"
],
"synonyms":[
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disallowing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"criticizing",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"abdicating",
"abjuring",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"admitting",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"granting",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
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"acknowledging",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"owning",
"recognizing"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the producers of the hit TV show threatened to take the disgruntled actor to court if he attempted to repudiate his contract"
],
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"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"reneging",
"renouncing",
"repealing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"abandoning",
"bolting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"stating",
"vouching",
"vowing",
"backing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhering (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relegations":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"the relegation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishments",
"deportations",
"displacements",
"exiles",
"expatriations",
"expulsions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracisms",
"extraditions",
"diasporas",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"emigrations",
"migrations",
"evacuations",
"ethnic cleansings",
"transportations",
"dispossessions",
"ejections",
"ousters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriations",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red lights":{
"something that tells of approaching danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the reporter took her glower as a red light and stopped asking questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"cautions",
"red flags",
"tip-offs",
"tocsins",
"wake-up calls",
"warnings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"omens",
"portents",
"premonitions",
"presages",
"notices",
"notifications",
"buoys",
"indicators",
"knells",
"signals",
"signs",
"foretastes",
"foretokens",
"announcements",
"declarations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehearsing":{
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductor's satisfaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercising",
"practicing",
"practising",
"running over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooving",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"pointing (for)",
"preparing (for)",
"training (with)",
"drilling",
"repeating",
"working (at or on)",
"reviewing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"charting",
"chronicling",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"chiming",
"dinning",
"iterating",
"reiterating",
"repeating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrasing",
"rewording",
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"mouthing",
"parroting",
"abstracting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapitulating",
"recapping",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"listing",
"numerating",
"reciting",
"reeling off",
"ticking (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlining",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"inventorying",
"charting",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"graphing",
"calculating",
"computing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"naming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reading out":{
"as in shutting out , deporting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deforcing",
"deporting",
"displacing",
"dispossessing",
"evicting",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"ostracizing",
"shutting out",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"bouncing",
"casting out",
"chasing",
"dismissing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)",
"turning out",
"axing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"defenestrating",
"discharging",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"sheltering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reeds":{
"a person without strength of character":{
"examples":[
"the congresswoman is but a reed who bends whichever way the political winds are blowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"doormats",
"jellyfish",
"namby-pambies",
"pushovers",
"weaklings",
"wimps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cowards",
"mice",
"milquetoasts",
"nebbishes",
"nervous Nellies",
"pussies",
"wusses",
"wussies",
"sheep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mensches"
],
"antonyms":[
"stalwarts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refashions":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resettlement":{
"as in relocation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relocation",
"emigration",
"migration",
"diaspora",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"banishment",
"deportation",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expatriation",
"expulsion",
"relegation",
"evacuation",
"exodus",
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave",
"leave-taking",
"lighting out",
"outgo",
"parting",
"quitting",
"walking out",
"ostracism",
"extradition",
"transportation",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ouster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriation",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reinterred":{
"as in reburied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reburied",
"cloaked",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"shrouded",
"coffined",
"obscured",
"shaded",
"shielded",
"concealed",
"covered",
"ensconced",
"hid",
"enshrined",
"immured",
"inurned",
"buried",
"entombed",
"hearsed",
"inhumed",
"interred",
"laid",
"put away",
"tombed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterred",
"exhumed",
"unearthed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"cremated",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncoffined"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reoutfitting":{
"as in refitting , refurnishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"stocking",
"storing",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repiners":{
"as in kickers , faultfinders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"hunks",
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recapitulating":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracting",
"boiling down",
"briefing",
"digesting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapping",
"reprising",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"synopsizing",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridging",
"condensing",
"curtailing",
"cutting back",
"shortening",
"downsizing",
"shrinking",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"decocting",
"essentializing",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"amplifying",
"elaborating (on or upon)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"supplementing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resurface":{
"as in reappear":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappear",
"appear",
"come out",
"materialize",
"show",
"show up",
"turn up",
"unfold",
"bulk",
"loom",
"arrive",
"come",
"dawn",
"debut",
"arise",
"blossom",
"bob (up)",
"break",
"break out",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"erupt",
"issue",
"outcrop",
"rise",
"shoot (up)",
"spring (up)",
"surface",
"happen",
"occur",
"reappear",
"rematerialize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"go (away)",
"melt (away)",
"vanish",
"depart",
"leave",
"retire",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replier":{
"as in responder , answerer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"answerer",
"responder",
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller",
"pollster",
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rejoicers":{
"as in revelers , celebrants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carousers",
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"revelers",
"revellers",
"roisterers",
"cutups",
"jesters",
"live wires",
"libertines",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"rakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drags",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"wet blankets",
"fuddy-duddies",
"goody-goodies",
"old maids",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"defeatists",
"Jeremiahs",
"knockers",
"pessimists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retrieving":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relaxed":{
"enjoying physical comfort":{
"examples":[
"the frazzled executive was totally relaxed after the warm bath"
],
"synonyms":[
"canny",
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"snug"
],
"near synonyms":[
"toasty",
"warm",
"content",
"contented",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"easeful",
"peaceful",
"resting",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontented",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"agitated",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncomfortable"
]
},
"not bound by rigid standards":{
"examples":[
"we're having a very relaxed staff meeting, and then everyone can get an early start on the long holiday weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"easygoing",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"slack",
"unrestrained",
"unrestricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"heedless",
"irresponsible",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"tight",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"implacable",
"inflexible"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{
"examples":[
"the fishing line was relaxed and looped lazily into the pond"
],
"synonyms":[
"insecure",
"lax",
"loose",
"loosened",
"slack",
"slackened",
"unsecured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"free",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"baggy",
"blousy",
"saggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"fast",
"firm",
"jammed",
"snug",
"stuck",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight"
]
},
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"she took deep breaths to relax before going on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilled",
"chilled out",
"decompressed",
"de-stressed",
"loosened up",
"mellowed (out)",
"unwound",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbent",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"reposed",
"rested",
"bummed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"vegetated",
"vegged out",
"zoned out",
"alleviated",
"comforted",
"eased",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"composed",
"cooled",
"quieted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"tensed (up)"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"relax the rope a bit so I can pick up the slack and tie this knot"
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"loosened",
"slacked",
"slackened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"freed",
"unbound",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"constrained",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"strained",
"stretched",
"tensed",
"tensioned",
"tightened"
]
},
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
"examples":[
"I just want to kick back and relax after mowing that huge lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"reposed",
"rested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bummed",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"hung around",
"idled",
"loafed",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"exercised",
"worked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reflecting (on or upon)":{
"as in reminiscing , musing (upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"musing (upon)",
"reminiscing",
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)",
"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":[]
},
"remits":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks (at)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"discounts",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"papers over",
"pardons",
"passes over",
"shrugs off",
"whitewashes",
"winks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"waives",
"waves (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"notes",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"defers",
"delays",
"holds off (on)",
"holds over",
"holds up",
"lays over",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"puts over",
"shelves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspends",
"hesitates",
"pauses",
"stays",
"detains",
"retards",
"slows",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches (out)",
"waits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"deals (with)",
"decides (upon)",
"does",
"works (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reverts":{
"to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling"
],
"synonyms":[
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"throws back",
"ebbs",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"drops",
"falls",
"retrogrades",
"worsens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"develops",
"evolves",
"progresses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recusants":{
"as in refusers , resisters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"readableness":{
"as in readability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readability",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"clarity",
"explicitness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"simplicity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"unclarity",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restoral":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something damaged or worn back to its original state":{
"examples":[
"They worked tirelessly to finish the complete restoral of the antique automobile."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"restoration",
"facelift",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprehending":{
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"that denomination reprehends murder in any form, contending that the taking of life is never justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"decrying",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprobating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacking",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"criticizing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"convicting",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reproving",
"berating",
"lambasting",
"raking",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"vituperating",
"cursing",
"imprecating",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"reviling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"touting",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"honoring",
"revering",
"venerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessing"
]
},
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"without exception, book reviewers reprehended the novel's tired plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewering",
"tweaking",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"blasting",
"clobbering",
"slamming",
"slashing",
"nicking (at)",
"sniping (at)",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"niggling",
"quibbling",
"whining",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"drubbing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"berating",
"castigating",
"crucifying",
"excoriating",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"hammering",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"pillorying",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"deriding",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"recommending",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renunciation":{
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
"examples":[
"his sudden renunciation of his smoking habit pleased his whole family"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegation",
"renouncement",
"repudiation",
"self-denial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"relinquishment",
"resignation",
"surrender",
"self-abnegation",
"self-renunciation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"adoption",
"embrace",
"embracement",
"espousal"
],
"antonyms":[
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resonate":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the deep sounds of the bassoon resonated through the concert hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"reecho",
"resound",
"reverberate",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ring",
"roll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rend":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the prophecy that the disaster would cause people to rend their garments in mourning"
],
"synonyms":[
"ribbon",
"rip",
"rive",
"shred",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"split",
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"lacerate",
"slash",
"butcher",
"dismember",
"dissect",
"hack",
"mangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehabbed":{
"as in restored , rehabilitated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconditioned",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"repeopled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"examples":[
"rehabbing the torture victim's battered body will be easier than restoring his emotional well-being"
],
"synonyms":[
"cured",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"rehabilitated",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"cared (for)",
"doctored",
"medicated",
"ministered (to)",
"nursed",
"physicked",
"treated",
"fortified",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"alleviated",
"relieved",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippled",
"damaged",
"disabled",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lacerated",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"wounded",
"afflicted",
"ailed",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"laid up",
"sapped",
"sickened",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recriminating":{
"as in retaliating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliating",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurring":{
"occurring or appearing at intervals":{
"examples":[
"death and spirituality are recurring themes throughout the whole of this author's work"
],
"synonyms":[
"continual",
"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reoccurring",
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"replicating",
"reprising",
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reenrolled":{
"as in rejoined , reentered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlisted",
"re-enlisted",
"reentered",
"rejoined",
"re-upped",
"enlisted (in)",
"enrolled (in)",
"entered",
"joined",
"signed on (for)",
"signed up (for)",
"got in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitted",
"dropped out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconceives":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reoccurring":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"They took steps to prevent the problem from reoccurring ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recurring",
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"replicating",
"reprising",
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reared":{
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"brought up",
"fostered",
"nourished",
"nursed",
"raised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fathered",
"mothered",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"cradled",
"cultivated",
"minded",
"ministered (to)",
"nurtured",
"watched",
"disciplined",
"educated",
"instructed",
"mentored",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"indoctrinated",
"fed",
"provided (for)",
"supplied",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"prepared",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"shepherded",
"showed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abused",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"maltreated",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing"
],
"synonyms":[
"erected",
"pitched",
"put up",
"raised",
"set up",
"upended",
"upraised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braced",
"buttressed",
"propped (up)",
"shored (up)",
"supported",
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"flattened",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"razed",
"tore down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"built",
"confected",
"constructed",
"erected",
"fabricated",
"made",
"made up",
"pieced",
"put up",
"raised",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpentered",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"framed",
"hammered",
"handcrafted",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"prefabricated",
"began",
"coined",
"created",
"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"invented",
"originated",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"reassembled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"redeveloped",
"reedified",
"retrofitted",
"retrofit",
"jerry-built",
"rigged (up)",
"threw up",
"combined",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruinated",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"took down",
"tore down"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropped",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"dressed",
"grew",
"promoted",
"raised",
"tended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bred",
"produced",
"propagated",
"planted",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"germinated",
"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"sprouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reopening":{
"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
"examples":[
"court will reopen after a brief recess"
],
"synonyms":[
"continuing",
"picking up",
"proceeding (with)",
"renewing",
"restarting",
"resuming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"recrudescing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"consummating",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"belaying",
"breaking",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"checking",
"cutting",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"scuttling",
"shutting off",
"staying",
"stopping",
"terminating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resold":{
"as in exchanged , swapped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auctioned",
"exchanged",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"rebought",
"swapped",
"bargained",
"bartered",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated",
"transacted",
"bought",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took",
"dealt",
"traded",
"trafficked",
"distributed",
"fair-traded",
"marketed",
"peddled",
"retailed",
"sold",
"supplied",
"vended",
"wholesaled",
"black-marketed",
"bootlegged",
"fenced",
"smuggled",
"cornered",
"engrossed",
"monopolized",
"undersold",
"day-traded",
"invested",
"speculated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacked",
"boycotted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rearrested":{
"as in incarcerated , imprisoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reborn":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"she felt reborn after the Swedish massage"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"requite":{
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"recompense",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"redress",
"remedy",
"repair",
"discharge",
"pay",
"quit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenge",
"redress",
"retaliate",
"revenge",
"venge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigate",
"fix",
"get",
"penalize",
"punish",
"scourge",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"right",
"compensate",
"pay (back)",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"I fear my love for her will never be requited"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocate",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchange",
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"pay",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy",
"give back",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"restitute",
"avenge",
"get back (at)",
"retaliate",
"revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renegades":{
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
"examples":[
"a band of renegades who had deserted their infantry units and were making their way to Mexico"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"recreants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"revolutionizers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"recusants",
"refuseniks",
"refusniks",
"refusers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[
"loyalists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"regretfully":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"I must regretfully inform you that you are not among those who have been accepted for our internship program"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reinstituting":{
"as in relaunching , reinitiating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refounding",
"reinitiating",
"relaunching",
"arranging",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing",
"developing",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"constructing",
"putting up",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"creating",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"thinking (up)",
"authoring",
"fathering",
"originating",
"beginning",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"planting",
"setting up",
"starting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closing (down)",
"phasing out",
"shutting (up)",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"annulling",
"nullifying",
"ending",
"finishing",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reproachers":{
"as in scolds , haranguers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"ranters",
"rebukers",
"reprovers",
"scolds",
"upbraiders",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"grumblers",
"whiners",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"crucifiers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reciprocations":{
"as in recompenses , requitals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recompenses",
"requitals",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"bargains",
"deals",
"horse trades",
"negotiations",
"transactions",
"back-and-forths",
"barters",
"commutations",
"dickers",
"exchanges",
"quid pro quos",
"swaps",
"trade-offs",
"trades",
"trucks",
"dealings",
"logrollings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"restrain":{
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"the victim's family members were unable to restrain their emotions upon hearing the verdict"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"rule",
"tame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the suspect was restrained and taken to an undisclosed location"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"collar",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"pull in",
"run in",
"seize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"get",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"commit",
"confine",
"detain",
"hold",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reassessing":{
"to think about (something) again in order to decide whether to change your opinion or judgment of it":{
"examples":[
"The doctor reassessed the injury.",
"She convinced him to reassess the issue."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraising",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"rejudging",
"revaluing",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"guesstimating",
"rating",
"setting",
"valuating",
"valuing",
"adjudging",
"deeming",
"judging",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"discovering",
"learning",
"pricing",
"prizing",
"deciding",
"settling",
"analyzing",
"assaying",
"surveying",
"testing",
"transvaluating",
"transvaluing",
"misesteeming",
"misjudging",
"misprizing",
"underestimating",
"undervaluing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resorts (to)":{
"to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage":{
"examples":[
"unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence"
],
"synonyms":[
"consults",
"goes (to)",
"refers (to)",
"turns (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"depends (on)",
"relies (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to or spend time in often":{
"examples":[
"resorted to the library whenever he felt the need for a little peace and quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"frequents",
"habituates",
"hangs (at)",
"haunts",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patronizes",
"attends",
"takes in",
"infests",
"invades",
"overruns",
"swarms",
"calls (on or upon)",
"drops by",
"drops in",
"pops (in)",
"runs (in)",
"camps (out in)",
"sojourns (at)",
"stays (at)",
"stops (over)",
"tarries (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"shakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"avoids",
"shuns"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"review":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"a review of yesterday's football game gave us a lot of good ideas on how to improve for the next one"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisal",
"reconsideration",
"reexamination",
"retrospect",
"retrospection"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"rehash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preview"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"took the car to her mechanic for a complete mechanical review before she decided to sell it"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"assay",
"close-up",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"resurvey",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"had his poetry published in a literary review"
],
"synonyms":[
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"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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],
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"critique",
"examen",
"notice"
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"commentary",
"editorial",
"punditry",
"appraisal",
"assessment",
"evaluation",
"analysis",
"examination",
"opinion",
"outline",
"study",
"survey"
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"the act, process, or result of making different":{
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"the company decided that the 100-year-old office building could use a review"
],
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"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
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"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
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"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
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"since we can't follow that plan, we'll have to review our options and decide on something else"
],
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"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
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"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"a consultant was brought in to review our security procedures"
],
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"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"categorize",
"classify",
"pick over",
"reinspect",
"rereview",
"resurvey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle."
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"repeat",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through",
"recreate",
"reinvent",
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"replicate",
"reprise",
"depict",
"dramatize",
"enact",
"render",
"represent",
"role-play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolving doors":{
"as in double doors , storm doors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double doors",
"Dutch doors",
"French doors",
"lattices",
"portcullises",
"posterns",
"storm doors",
"trapdoors",
"wickets",
"doors",
"gates",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"refashioning":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"the refashioning of the theater will make it more up-to-date and expand the seating capacity"
],
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"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
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"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook"
],
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"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relatively":{
"to some degree or extent":{
"examples":[
"these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion"
],
"synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"something",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"decently",
"passably",
"tolerably",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"vaguely",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awfully",
"beastly",
"deadly",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"frightfully",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"mightily",
"mortally",
"particularly",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"very",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reinvented":{
"to make significant changes or improvements to (something)":{
"examples":[
"We are striving to reinvent our business model."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) into use again in a new way":{
"examples":[
"Later in her career, she reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened",
"jump-started",
"kick-started"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rearmost":{
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
"examples":[
"the rearmost people in the cafeteria line often get the dregs that nobody wanted and for good reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottommost",
"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"endmost",
"extreme",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"penultimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"resort (to)":{
"to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage":{
"examples":[
"unable to achieve their ends politically, some of the opposition groups have begun to resort to violence"
],
"synonyms":[
"consult",
"go (to)",
"refer (to)",
"turn (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"depend (on)",
"rely (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to or spend time in often":{
"examples":[
"resorted to the library whenever he felt the need for a little peace and quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"affect",
"frequent",
"habituate",
"hang (at)",
"haunt",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patronize",
"attend",
"take in",
"infest",
"invade",
"overrun",
"swarm",
"call (on or upon)",
"drop by",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"run (in)",
"camp (out in)",
"sojourn (at)",
"stay (at)",
"stop (over)",
"tarry (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"shake"
],
"antonyms":[
"avoid",
"shun"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remissness":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"it took an incredible amount of reckless remissness on your part to leave the house with the front door wide open"
],
"synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reduction":{
"something that is or may be subtracted":{
"examples":[
"there was a sizable reduction in her weekly pay when she decided to buy health insurance"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"deduction",
"discount"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"dent",
"depreciation",
"decline",
"decrement",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"appreciation"
],
"antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition"
]
},
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"saw an 11% reduction in the number of students applying to the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"loss",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
]
},
"the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the captain was punished with a reduction to lieutenant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bump",
"demotion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"layoff",
"sacking",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"humiliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repatriated":{
"as in naturalized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"naturalized",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"banished",
"deported",
"displaced",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"relegated",
"transported",
"cast out",
"dismissed",
"ejected",
"eliminated",
"evicted",
"excluded",
"expelled",
"expulsed",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"ran out",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recollections":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"I have no recollection of ever saying that"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamneses",
"memories",
"recalls",
"remembrances",
"reminiscences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reawaked":{
"as in revived , renewed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
"motived",
"moved",
"propelled",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
"roused",
"stirred",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)",
"amped (up)",
"animated",
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"spiked",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"killed",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resigns (from)":{
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"chucks",
"leaves",
"quits",
"retires (from)",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"vacates",
"drops out (of)",
"throws up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"stays (at)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remission":{
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
"examples":[
"the remission of sins"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolution",
"amnesty",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remittal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"condonation",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"indemnity",
"commutation",
"commuting",
"reprieve",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conviction",
"sentence",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"imposition",
"levying",
"castigation",
"chastening",
"chastisement",
"condemnation"
],
"antonyms":[
"penalty",
"punishment",
"retribution"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reformist":{
"as in supporter , reformer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"exponent",
"persuader",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"reformer",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"revelling (in)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"winter-weary residents reveling in the warm spring weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repeating":{
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"chiming",
"dinning",
"iterating",
"rehearsing",
"reiterating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrasing",
"rewording",
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"mouthing",
"parroting",
"abstracting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapitulating",
"recapping",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"repeated correctly all the verses she had memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciting",
"reeling off",
"saying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conning",
"learning",
"memorizing",
"studying",
"declaiming",
"mouthing",
"orating",
"speaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"now repeat the oath after me"
],
"synonyms":[
"dittoing",
"echoing",
"parroting",
"quoting",
"reechoing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouthing",
"aping",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"emulating",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"miming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"try not to repeat your mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rep":{
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"the company dispatched three reps to the annual marketing fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"representative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassador",
"diplomat",
"diplomatist",
"emissary",
"foreign minister",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"alternate",
"backup",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"surrogate",
"understudy",
"informer",
"operative",
"spy",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"I have a rep as a player to maintain, you know"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"fame",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"odor",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credit",
"honor",
"celebrity",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"image",
"persona",
"admiration",
"regard",
"reverence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rehearsal":{
"a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance":{
"examples":[
"we made a few mistakes in rehearsal , but we were pretty sure that we'd be OK on opening night"
],
"synonyms":[
"dry run",
"practice",
"practise",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dress rehearsal",
"preview",
"run-through",
"walk-through",
"drill",
"exercise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Reds":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin"
],
"synonyms":[
"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"socialists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinkos",
"pinkoes",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"Bolsheviks",
"Bolsheviki",
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redounded":{
"to have a particular result \u2014 used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something \u2014 + to":{
"examples":[
"It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"panned out",
"resulted",
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"took",
"worked",
"wrought",
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprovisioned":{
"as in refed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refed",
"hand-fed",
"spoon-fed",
"underfed",
"force-fed",
"overfed",
"surfeited",
"battened",
"fattened",
"filled",
"messed",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"regaled",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"sustained",
"served",
"waited"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retransmit":{
"as in recommit , redeliver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommit",
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"furnish",
"supply",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"confer",
"grant",
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain",
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relinquishment":{
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"miraculously, the relinquishment of the hostages was accomplished without bloodshed"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"rendition",
"submission",
"submitting",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconcile (to)":{
"as in sweat out , agree (with or to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)",
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relatable":{
"possible to understand because of being like something you have known, experienced, etc.":{
"examples":[
"The show has likable characters in relatable situations."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allied",
"congeneric",
"congenerous",
"congenial",
"connatural",
"kin",
"kindred",
"related",
"akin",
"alike",
"analogous",
"cognate",
"comparable",
"connate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"ditto",
"like",
"matching",
"parallel",
"resemblant",
"resembling",
"similar",
"such",
"suchlike",
"commensurate",
"proportionate",
"tantamount",
"virtual",
"approaching",
"approximating",
"close",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"conformable",
"conforming",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"fungible",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"interchangeable",
"me-too",
"redundant",
"same",
"selfsame",
"substitutable",
"synonymous",
"twin",
"entire",
"homogeneous",
"homogenous",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unvaried",
"unvarying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disparate",
"distinct",
"distinguishable",
"nonequivalent",
"noninterchangeable",
"variable",
"varied",
"various",
"varying",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"unconnected",
"unrelated",
"different",
"dissimilar",
"diverse",
"unakin",
"unlike"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"regenerated":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"after a cool dip in the river, the regenerated hikers continued on their way"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the neighborhood was regenerated thanks to a government grant for restoring all the old buildings and creating studio spaces for artists"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"dairy farming in the area was regenerated when new arrivals bought the old creamery"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"recharged",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the ex-convict credits his newfound faith with regenerating him beyond anything that he could have imagined"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitated",
"reclaimed",
"redeemed",
"reformed",
"rehabilitated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducated",
"amended",
"improved",
"refined",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"restored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abased",
"cankered",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"lowered",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"republished":{
"as in reprinted , reissued":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reissued",
"reprinted",
"copublished",
"co-published",
"serialized",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"put out",
"contributed",
"edited",
"syndicated",
"manufactured",
"produced",
"distributed",
"marketed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censored",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revenger":{
"as in scourge , avenger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avenger",
"castigator",
"chastiser",
"nemesis",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante",
"redresser",
"righter",
"requiter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reacquainting":{
"as in reintroducing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reintroducing",
"addressing",
"greeting",
"hailing",
"meeting",
"acquainting",
"introducing",
"presenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"registering":{
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
"examples":[
"please register me for the yoga class"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolling",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"matriculating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enlisting",
"impaneling",
"impanelling",
"empaneling",
"empanelling",
"inducting",
"conscripting",
"drafting",
"mustering",
"wait-listing",
"booking",
"scheduling",
"checking in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checking off",
"excluding",
"expelling",
"expunging",
"rejecting",
"omitting",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[
"delisting"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"the management registered her complaint in their log and promised to get back to her in a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"putting down",
"recording",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"taking down",
"writing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"I have to register my new car when I renew my driver's license"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"recording",
"scheduling",
"slating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I'm not registering what you're saying"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"apprehending",
"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching",
"catching on (to)",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reigns (over)":{
"as in dominates , lords (it over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dictates",
"dominates",
"domineers",
"lords (it over)",
"masters",
"oppresses",
"tyrannizes",
"administers",
"manages",
"micromanages",
"oversees",
"regulates",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"conquers",
"subdues",
"subjugates",
"conducts",
"directs",
"heads",
"leads",
"bosses",
"captains",
"commands",
"controls",
"governs",
"presides (over)",
"rules",
"sways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeemers":{
"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
"examples":[
"the rescued hostages profusely thanked their camouflage-clad redeemers"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliverers",
"rescuers",
"savers",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"custodians",
"defenders",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"protectors",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen",
"ransomers",
"salvagers",
"salvors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"retransfer":{
"as in recommit , retransmit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommit",
"redeliver",
"retransmit",
"furnish",
"supply",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"confer",
"grant",
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain",
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remunerating":{
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"promptly remunerated the repair company for fixing the dryer"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"paying",
"recompensing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"requiting",
"remitting",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepaying"
],
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"stiffing"
],
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},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
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"the negligent landlord must remunerate those made homeless by the fire by finding new housing for them at his own expense"
],
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"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"recompensing",
"recouping",
"requiting",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"redressing",
"remedying",
"repairing",
"discharging",
"paying",
"quitting"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refugees":{
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
"examples":[
"refugees began returning to their homeland after years of political unrest and war"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportees",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"expats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aliens",
"fugitives",
"castoffs",
"outcasts",
"pariahs",
"loyalists",
"patriots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebroadcasts":{
"as in reruns":{
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"near synonyms":[
"reruns",
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resign (from)":{
"to give up (a job or office)":{
"examples":[
"resigned from the company after the news broke that he had been falsifying financial statements for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"chuck",
"leave",
"quit",
"retire (from)",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"vacate",
"drop out (of)",
"throw up"
],
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"antonyms":[
"stay (at)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reasoned":{
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
"examples":[
"a candidate with a reasoned stance on this important issue"
],
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"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"sober",
"solid",
"valid",
"well-founded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"colorable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"unconvincing",
"weak",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misguided",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
]
},
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"examples":[
"given the information you have, that is the only reasoned solution to the problem"
],
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"a priori",
"deducible",
"deductive",
"derivable",
"inferable",
"inferrible",
"inferential"
],
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"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"purported",
"supposed",
"suppositional",
"academic",
"academical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"logical",
"rational"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inducible",
"inductive",
"absolute",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"definite",
"explicit",
"express",
"instinctive",
"intuitive",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondeductive"
]
},
"decided on as a result of careful thought":{
"examples":[
"refusing to be swayed by the passions of the moment, the president consulted with his advisers before making a reasoned response to this unprovoked act of aggression"
],
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"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"deliberate",
"knowing",
"measured",
"studied",
"thought-out",
"thoughtful",
"weighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aforethought",
"premeditated",
"prepense",
"educated",
"informed",
"intentional",
"purposeful",
"designed",
"intended",
"planned",
"projected",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"prudent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"hasty",
"hurried",
"rushed",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"automatic",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous"
],
"antonyms":[
"casual",
"unadvised",
"uncalculated",
"unconsidered",
"unstudied"
]
},
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
"examples":[
"she reasoned that since all of the cakes were on sale for the same price, she might as well pick the biggest one"
],
"synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"derived",
"extrapolated",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"made out",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assumed",
"supposed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"speculated",
"surmised",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"read",
"contemplated",
"philosophized",
"rationalized",
"thought",
"ascertained",
"doped (out)",
"found out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"he tried to reason that no one in their right mind would buy his brother's old video games, but they were put on the online auction anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"asserted",
"contended",
"maintained",
"pleaded",
"pled",
"plead"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adduced",
"cited",
"mentioned",
"claimed",
"insisted",
"affirmed",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"advanced",
"gave",
"offered",
"proposed",
"submitted",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"recommended",
"suggested",
"urged",
"convinced",
"persuaded",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"enforced",
"espoused",
"supported",
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"confuted",
"countered",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"relevancy":{
"the fact or state of being pertinent":{
"examples":[
"this new information has no relevancy to the case"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance"
],
"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"
]
},
"residual":{
"a remaining group or portion":{
"examples":[
"They tested for chemical residuals in the water."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dreg(s)",
"leavings",
"remain(s)",
"residue",
"residuum",
"rest",
"leftovers",
"memento",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"artifact",
"afterimage",
"aftertaste",
"balance",
"corpse",
"hangover",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"butt",
"odds and ends",
"pickings",
"refuse",
"scraping(s)",
"stump",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"piece",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"ribbon(s)",
"shred",
"tatter",
"end",
"fag end",
"stub",
"echo",
"ghost",
"relic",
"shadow",
"trace",
"vestige",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"bulk",
"main",
"mass",
"most",
"weight",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a lingering indication of something from the past":{
"examples":[
"Some modern traditions are residuals of ancient beliefs and rituals."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"artifact",
"memento",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"afterimage",
"aftertaste",
"balance",
"corpse",
"hangover",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"dreg(s)",
"leavings",
"remain(s)",
"residue",
"rest",
"echo",
"ghost",
"relic",
"shadow",
"trace",
"vestige"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"still existing or happening after something is completed or removed":{
"examples":[
"The oven was still warm with residual heat.",
"The area is still dealing with the residual effects of the flood."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lingering",
"leftover",
"remaining",
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"running on",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"dying",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"reattaining":{
"as in regaining , recapturing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"catching",
"picking up",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing",
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectitudes":{
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
]
},
"faithfulness to high moral standards":{
"examples":[
"has a finely honed sense of rectitude that keeps him from cheating on exams"
],
"synonyms":[
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"probity",
"righteousness",
"uprightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"character",
"conscientiousness",
"decency",
"fairness",
"high-mindedness",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"justice",
"morality",
"nobility",
"reputability",
"respectability",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corruptibility",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"disgrace",
"disgracefulness",
"disreputableness",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"profligacy",
"shamelessness",
"venality",
"blameworthiness",
"criminality",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"immorality",
"unrighteousness",
"unscrupulousness",
"knavery",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"meanness",
"reprehensibleness",
"rottenness",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wretchedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseness",
"dishonor",
"lowness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red-carpet":{
"as in ceremonial , ceremonious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"chivalrous",
"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanlike",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
"unctuous",
"urbane",
"attentive",
"careful",
"considerate",
"nice",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"elegant",
"refined",
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"comme il faut",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"references":{
"something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information":{
"examples":[
"the author's argument is interesting, but the lack of references makes me wonder if it can be proven"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"sources"
],
"near synonyms":[
"citations",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"quotations",
"captions",
"cross-references",
"footnotes",
"notes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"relation to or concern with something specified":{
"examples":[
"this reply is in reference to your last question"
],
"synonyms":[
"regards",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sources":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sources",
"bears out",
"corroborates",
"documents",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"adverts (to)",
"illustrates",
"names",
"refers (to)",
"specifies",
"touches (on or upon)",
"exemplifies",
"represents",
"adduces",
"cites",
"instances",
"mentions",
"quotes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reformulated":{
"as in reframed , redrafted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafted",
"reframed",
"assembled",
"compounded",
"pieced (together)",
"built",
"constructed",
"made",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"devised",
"authored",
"indited",
"penned",
"wrote",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"stated",
"verbalized",
"worded",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"molded",
"sculptured",
"shaped",
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"framed",
"prepared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recuperative":{
"as in curative , rehabilitative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"refreshing",
"rehabilitative",
"rejuvenating",
"rejuvenescent",
"remedial",
"good",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"medicinal",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"sanative",
"tonic",
"wholesome",
"advantageous",
"useful",
"antiseptic",
"aseptic",
"clean",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"nourishing",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"repugnant":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"graffiti that featured absolutely repugnant racial slurs"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
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"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
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"technically speaking, it may not be a violation, but it is certainly repugnant to the spirit of the law"
],
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"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive"
],
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"irreconcilable",
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposing",
"opposite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
],
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"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in local":{
"examples":[],
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"local",
"aboriginal",
"autochthonous",
"born",
"domestic",
"endemic",
"indigenous",
"native",
"original"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonindigenous",
"nonnative",
"imported",
"introduced",
"transplanted",
"alien",
"exotic",
"foreign",
"strange",
"expatriate",
"immigrant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dialectal",
"dialectical",
"dialectic",
"nonstandard",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"informal",
"nonformal",
"nonliterary",
"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"vulgar",
"incorrect",
"nongrammatical",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned",
"slang",
"slangy"
],
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"bookish",
"formal",
"learned",
"literary",
"standard",
"undialectical",
"correct",
"educated",
"genteel",
"grammatical",
"proper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"remorseless":{
"not sorry for having done wrong":{
"examples":[
"the remorseless killer was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenitent",
"shameless",
"unashamed",
"unrepentant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compassionless",
"cruel",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"unmerciful",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"reprobate",
"unregenerate",
"unrighteous",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"obdurate",
"soulless",
"unfeeling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hangdog",
"shamefaced",
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"apologetic",
"ashamed",
"compunctious",
"contrite",
"guilty",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"shamed",
"sorry"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"a remorseless and implacable hit man wordlessly pursuing his victim"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reconciliations":{
"the act of becoming friendly after a disagreement":{
"examples":[
"The couple worked toward reconciliation in therapy.",
"The treaty was the first step in the eventual reconciliation of two countries that had been long at odds."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accords",
"reconcilements",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"d\u00e9tentes",
"detentes",
"rapprochements",
"peaces",
"peacetimes",
"armistices",
"cease-fires",
"truces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resampling":{
"as in retesting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retesting",
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"experimenting (with)",
"exploring",
"feeling (out)",
"investigating",
"researching",
"studying",
"sampling",
"testing",
"trying (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reams":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"I have reams of paperwork to do before I can leave today"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reequipment":{
"as in equipment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"equipment",
"armament",
"militarization",
"mechanization",
"mobilization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demilitarization",
"disarmament",
"demobilization",
"denuclearization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconnoiter":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"explore",
"hunt",
"probe",
"prospect",
"search",
"skirr",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal",
"unearth",
"fathom",
"plumb",
"sound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ready-made":{
"made beforehand in large numbers":{
"examples":[
"the store carries mostly inexpensive ready-made clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"mass-produced",
"off-the-peg",
"off-the-rack",
"off-the-shelf",
"store",
"store-bought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ready-to-wear",
"commercial",
"prefab",
"prefabricated",
"hand-me-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"homemade"
],
"antonyms":[
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"custom",
"customized",
"custom-made",
"tailored",
"tailor-made"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reprovisioning":{
"as in refeeding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refeeding",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"underfeeding",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"battening",
"fattening",
"filling",
"messing",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"serving",
"waiting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinvents":{
"to make significant changes or improvements to (something)":{
"examples":[
"We are striving to reinvent our business model."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) into use again in a new way":{
"examples":[
"Later in her career, she reinvented herself as a singer/songwriter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"reanimates",
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes",
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"revolutionizes":{
"to change (something) very much or completely; to cause a revolution in (something)":{
"examples":[
"The invention of the airplane revolutionized travel.",
"This new drug may revolutionize cancer treatment.",
"This discovery has revolutionized our understanding of how the human brain works."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerates",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies",
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recessed":{
"curved inward":{
"examples":[
"displayed the decorative plate on a recessed shelf in the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"sunken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant"
]
},
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourned",
"prorogated",
"prorogued",
"suspended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke off",
"disbanded",
"discontinued",
"dispersed",
"intermitted",
"interrupted",
"deferred",
"held off",
"postponed",
"put off",
"reserved",
"shelved",
"tabled",
"dissolved",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"broke up",
"closed",
"concluded",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"voided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurated",
"launched",
"opened",
"carried on",
"continued",
"drew out",
"extended",
"proceeded",
"prolonged",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"resumed",
"assembled",
"called",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"rallied",
"summoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"restudying":{
"as in reassessing , reappraising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in researching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"researching",
"conning",
"learning",
"memorizing",
"reading",
"apprehending",
"comprehending",
"grasping",
"knowing",
"understanding",
"analyzing",
"deducing",
"finding out",
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"grinding",
"swotting",
"cramming",
"boning (up)",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restrengthening":{
"as in reinforcing , augmenting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augmenting",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supplementing",
"emphasizing",
"pointing (up)",
"sharpening",
"stressing",
"maximizing",
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"quickening",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)",
"broadening",
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"aggravating",
"exacerbating",
"accentuating",
"amping (up)",
"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"moderating",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refections":{
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"examples":[
"refections at the monastery are as spartan as the surroundings"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"feeds",
"meals",
"menus",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boards",
"breakfasts",
"buffets",
"collations",
"dinners",
"luncheons",
"lunches",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbords",
"snacks",
"suppers",
"teas",
"bites",
"gulps",
"morsels",
"servings",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"regales",
"spreads",
"bakes",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"fry-ups",
"luaus",
"picnics",
"potlucks",
"roasts"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reduplicating":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"rendering",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what"
],
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"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resent":{
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"a public prosecutor who resents the nice clothes, fancy car, and big house that his old law school classmate has",
"always resented her baby brother, whom her parents doted on"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudge",
"envy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)",
"salivate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rescuing":{
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing out",
"bringing off",
"delivering",
"saving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salvaging",
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"recovering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventuring",
"compromising",
"endangering",
"gambling (with)",
"hazarding",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"periling",
"perilling",
"risking",
"venturing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retches":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the smell of rotten cabbage makes me retch"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfs",
"gags",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"pukes",
"spews",
"spits up",
"throws up",
"upchucks",
"vomits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorges",
"regurgitates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"nauseates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receded (from)":{
"as in went , withdrew":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retreated",
"went",
"withdrew",
"departed",
"exited",
"left"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"came",
"neared",
"nighed",
"dropped in",
"entered",
"popped (in)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rehearse":{
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductor's satisfaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercise",
"practice",
"practise",
"run over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groove",
"perfect",
"refine",
"point (for)",
"prepare (for)",
"train (with)",
"drill",
"repeat",
"work (at or on)",
"review",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"chime",
"din",
"iterate",
"reiterate",
"repeat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"reword",
"echo",
"reecho",
"mouth",
"parrot",
"abstract",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"list",
"numerate",
"recite",
"reel off",
"tick (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outline",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"inventory",
"chart",
"diagram",
"graph",
"calculate",
"compute",
"estimate",
"figure",
"reckon",
"cite",
"mention",
"name"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resettle":{
"to move from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"The couple grew tired of the harsh winters and ultimately decided to resettle down South in their retirement."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"migrate",
"relocate",
"transfer",
"journey",
"peregrinate",
"pilgrimage",
"tour",
"travel",
"trek",
"trip",
"voyage",
"defect",
"emigrate",
"road-trip",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"hop",
"jaunt",
"knock (about)",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reps":{
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"the company dispatched three reps to the annual marketing fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadors",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"alternates",
"backups",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"surrogates",
"understudies",
"informers",
"operatives",
"spies",
"brokers",
"distributors",
"managers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"compradors",
"compradores",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"interposers",
"liaisons",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"mouthpieces",
"point men",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
"examples":[
"I have a rep as a player to maintain, you know"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"fames",
"marks",
"names",
"notes",
"odors",
"reports",
"reputations",
"reputes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credits",
"honors",
"celebrities",
"notorieties",
"renowns",
"images",
"personae",
"personas",
"admirations",
"regards",
"reverences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reddens":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blushes",
"colors",
"crimsons",
"flushes",
"glows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadines",
"rouges",
"ruddles",
"abashes",
"chagrins",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"humiliates",
"mortifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reevaluates":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the senator is arguing that the government needs to reevaluate its budget in light of the committee's findings"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"remanded":{
"as in arrested , detained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reoccur":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"They took steps to prevent the problem from reoccurring ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recur",
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"replicate",
"reprise",
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resultants":{
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"backwashes",
"children",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"precipitates",
"products",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ramifications",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"echoes",
"echos",
"implications",
"repercussions",
"afterclaps",
"afterglows",
"aftershocks",
"blowbacks",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"fallouts",
"offshoots",
"ripples",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"spin-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"considerations",
"determinants",
"factors",
"bases",
"bases",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"stimuli",
"mothers",
"origins",
"roots",
"sources",
"springs"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causations",
"causes",
"occasions",
"reasons"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reversely":{
"as in counterclockwise , anticlockwise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anticlockwise",
"counterclockwise",
"left-handed",
"left-handedly",
"retrograde",
"widdershins",
"withershins",
"back",
"backward",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"rending":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the prophecy that the disaster would cause people to rend their garments in mourning"
],
"synonyms":[
"ribboning",
"ripping",
"riving",
"shredding",
"tattering",
"tearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking",
"cleaving",
"rupturing",
"splitting",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"lacerating",
"slashing",
"butchering",
"dismembering",
"dissecting",
"hacking",
"mangling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reuse":{
"to put (something) to use again":{
"examples":[
"I can reuse that empty container for another purpose."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cannibalize",
"recycle",
"apply",
"employ",
"exercise",
"exploit",
"harness",
"operate",
"use",
"utilize",
"handle",
"manipulate",
"wield",
"direct",
"run",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chuck",
"dump",
"junk",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in use , usage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"employment",
"exercise",
"operation",
"play",
"usage",
"use",
"exertion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuse",
"nonuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"revenues":{
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
"examples":[
"the struggling business didn't create much revenue during its first year of operation"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"income",
"incoming(s)",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repine (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"during the deep cold of winter, I repine for warm tropical beaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replications":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"bought a smaller and cheaper replication of the marble statue for his garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"we'll need to do a replication of that experiment so we can collect more data"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"redos",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"reprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"his carefully worded replications suggested that he was well aware of the punishment for perjury"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comebacks",
"rejoinders",
"replies",
"responses",
"retorts",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reapply":{
"as in readdress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readdress",
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"devote",
"give",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recollecting":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
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"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
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"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
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"calming",
"collecting",
"composing",
"containing",
"controlling",
"settling"
],
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"holding back",
"restraining",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
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},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
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"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
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"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
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"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"renovates":{
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"will have to renovate the house extensively before we can move in"
],
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"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
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"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
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"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redden":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
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"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"crimson",
"flush",
"glow"
],
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"incarnadine",
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"done in immediate response to something especially without thinking or planning":{
"examples":[
"He realized his aggressive response to their criticisms had been reactive .",
"The board stressed the need for a less reactive and more proactive approach to problem-solving."
],
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"automatic",
"instinctive",
"instinctual",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"mechanic",
"mechanical",
"reflex",
"robotic",
"spontaneous",
"irrepressible",
"uncontrollable",
"conditioned",
"natural",
"Pavlovian",
"simple",
"subliminal",
"unconscious",
"unforced",
"unthinking",
"unwitting",
"visceral",
"bred-in-the-bone",
"deep",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"rooted",
"blind",
"inadvertent",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unwilling",
"abrupt",
"quick",
"ready",
"sudden",
"ad-lib",
"extemporaneous",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvised",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unprompted",
"unreasoned",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"haphazard",
"hasty",
"hit-or-miss",
"impetuous",
"impulsive",
"mindless",
"random",
"rash"
],
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"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"designed",
"intended",
"intentional",
"predetermined",
"prepared",
"projected",
"refined",
"rehearsed",
"volitional",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"willful",
"wilful",
"advised",
"aforethought",
"careful",
"considered",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"measured",
"meticulous",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"controllable",
"manageable",
"resistible",
"farseeing",
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foreseeing",
"forward",
"forward-looking",
"prescient",
"proactive",
"provident",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"resurfaces":{
"as in reappears":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappears",
"appears",
"comes out",
"materializes",
"shows",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"unfolds",
"bulks",
"looms",
"arrives",
"comes",
"dawns",
"debuts",
"arises",
"blossoms",
"bobs (up)",
"breaks",
"breaks out",
"crops (up)",
"emerges",
"erupts",
"issues",
"outcrops",
"rises",
"shoots (up)",
"springs (up)",
"surfaces",
"happens",
"occurs",
"reappears",
"rematerializes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evanesces",
"evaporates",
"fades",
"goes (away)",
"melts (away)",
"vanishes",
"departs",
"leaves",
"retires",
"withdraws"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retched":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the smell of rotten cabbage makes me retch"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfed",
"gagged",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"puked",
"spewed",
"spit up",
"spat up",
"threw up",
"upchucked",
"vomited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorged",
"regurgitated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"nauseated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reprehends":{
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"that denomination reprehends murder in any form, contending that the taking of life is never justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"decries",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprobates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacks",
"blames",
"blasts",
"criticizes",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"dooms",
"sentences",
"convicts",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reproves",
"berates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"rakes",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"vituperates",
"curses",
"imprecates",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"reviles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"eulogizes",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"hails",
"salutes",
"touts",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"honors",
"reveres",
"venerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"blesses"
]
},
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"without exception, book reviewers reprehended the novel's tired plot"
],
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"blames",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"slags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewers",
"tweaks",
"assails",
"attacks",
"blasts",
"clobbers",
"slams",
"slashes",
"nicks (at)",
"snipes (at)",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"carps",
"cavils",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"whines",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"drubs",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"berates",
"castigates",
"crucifies",
"excoriates",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"hammers",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"pillories",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"derides",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"recommends",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recipes":{
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"her recipe for attaining financial security is to save money, invest wisely, and live well within her means"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"fashions",
"forms",
"hows",
"manners",
"methodologies",
"methods",
"strategies",
"styles",
"systems",
"tacks",
"tactics",
"techniques",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"modes",
"modi operandi",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
"ground plans",
"intrigues",
"layouts",
"lines",
"models",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"routes",
"schemes",
"expedients",
"moves",
"shifts",
"steps",
"practices",
"practises",
"processes",
"routines",
"policies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rechannel":{
"as in swerve , move":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avert",
"deviate",
"move",
"shift",
"shunt",
"sidetrack",
"swerve",
"switch",
"transfer",
"deflect",
"divert",
"redirect",
"swing",
"turn",
"veer",
"wheel",
"whip",
"swivel",
"twist",
"whirl",
"zigzag",
"bend",
"curve",
"sway",
"reverse",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rewording":{
"an instance of expressing something in different words":{
"examples":[
"I like your rewording of that paragraph better than the original"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"rephrasing",
"restatement",
"restating",
"translating",
"translation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehash",
"abstract",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"reiteration",
"summary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"copy",
"transcript",
"transcription"
],
"antonyms":[
"quotation",
"quote"
]
},
"to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{
"examples":[
"I'll reword the question for you so you can better understand it"
],
"synonyms":[
"paraphrasing",
"rephrasing",
"restating",
"translating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boiling down",
"recapitulating",
"reiterating",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"echoing",
"repeating",
"copying",
"reproducing",
"transcribing"
],
"antonyms":[
"quoting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"renouncements":{
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
"examples":[
"her renouncement of chocolate had a lot to do with the fact that it was causing her skin to break out"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegations",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"self-denials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"relinquishments",
"resignations",
"surrenders",
"self-abnegations",
"self-renunciations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"adoptions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"espousals"
],
"antonyms":[
"indulgences",
"self-indulgences"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reprehensibly":{
"as in inappropriately , vulgarly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"naughtily",
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"revivification":{
"the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity":{
"examples":[
"the runaway success of the handheld PDA led to a stunning revivification of the computer company's fortunes"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival"
],
"near synonyms":[
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"restoral",
"restoration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"death",
"expiration",
"extinction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relocations":{
"as in migrations , dislocations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dislocations",
"migrations",
"motions",
"movements",
"moves",
"shifts",
"stirrings",
"stirs",
"locomotions",
"mobilities",
"motilities",
"motivities",
"fiddlings",
"squirms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobilities",
"inertias",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"endings",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"pauses",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recited":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met"
],
"synonyms":[
"charted",
"chronicled",
"described",
"narrated",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"gave",
"reeled off",
"stated",
"uttered",
"voiced",
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"particularized",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"expressed",
"rendered",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"reeled off",
"repeated",
"said"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conned",
"learned",
"memorized",
"studied",
"declaimed",
"mouthed",
"orated",
"spoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"read"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III"
],
"synonyms":[
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"listed",
"numerated",
"reeled off",
"rehearsed",
"ticked (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlined",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"inventoried",
"charted",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"graphed",
"calculated",
"computed",
"estimated",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"cited",
"mentioned",
"named"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generalized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinvestigations":{
"as in rehearings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearings",
"challenges",
"cross-examinations",
"goings-over",
"quizzes",
"self-examinations",
"self-explorations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"soul-searchings",
"polls",
"questionaries",
"questionnaires",
"surveys",
"feelers",
"queries",
"questions",
"hearings",
"interrogations",
"trials",
"checkups",
"diagnoses",
"inspections",
"audits",
"checks",
"quests",
"disquisitions",
"examens",
"examinations",
"explorations",
"inquests",
"inquiries",
"inquisitions",
"investigations",
"probations",
"probes",
"probings",
"researches",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"renters":{
"one who rents a room or apartment in another's house":{
"examples":[
"one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken"
],
"synonyms":[
"boarders",
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"roomers",
"tenants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cotenants",
"co-tenants",
"subtenants",
"flatmates",
"roommates",
"roomies",
"guests",
"visitors",
"occupants",
"occupiers",
"residents",
"residers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"landladies",
"slumlords",
"hosts",
"innkeepers",
"proprietors"
],
"antonyms":[
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters"
]
},
"the owner of land or housing that is rented to another":{
"examples":[
"left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck"
],
"synonyms":[
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"landladies",
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"slumlords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"roomers",
"tenants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rear":{
"being at or in the part of something opposite the front part":{
"examples":[
"go to the back of the building and look out the rear window and you'll see the eagle"
],
"synonyms":[
"aft",
"after",
"back",
"hind",
"hinder",
"hindmost",
"posterior",
"rearward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dorsal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ventral"
],
"antonyms":[
"anterior",
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"frontal"
]
},
"a behind part or surface":{
"examples":[
"the rear of the car was sleekly designed"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"reverse",
"tail"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front"
]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"fell off her skates onto her rear"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
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},
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
"examples":[
"watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"bring up",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurse",
"raise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"father",
"mother",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"cradle",
"cultivate",
"mind",
"minister (to)",
"nurture",
"watch",
"discipline",
"educate",
"instruct",
"mentor",
"school",
"teach",
"train",
"tutor",
"edify",
"enlighten",
"indoctrinate",
"feed",
"provide (for)",
"supply",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"promote",
"prepare",
"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"shepherd",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abuse",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"maltreat",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"pitch",
"put up",
"raise",
"set up",
"upend",
"upraise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"support",
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"flatten",
"knock down",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years"
],
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"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenter",
"fashion",
"forge",
"frame",
"hammer",
"handcraft",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"prefabricate",
"begin",
"coin",
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"jerry-build",
"rig (up)",
"throw up",
"combine",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"flatten",
"level",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"ruinate",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"crop",
"cultivate",
"culture",
"dress",
"grow",
"promote",
"raise",
"tend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breed",
"produce",
"propagate",
"plant",
"sow",
"gather",
"glean",
"harvest",
"reap",
"germinate",
"quicken",
"ripen",
"root",
"sprout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kill",
"dig",
"extirpate",
"pick",
"pluck",
"pull (up)",
"uproot",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reap":{
"to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use":{
"examples":[
"my great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe"
],
"synonyms":[
"gather",
"harvest",
"pick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clam",
"fish",
"seal",
"shrimp",
"whale",
"accumulate",
"forage",
"garner",
"glean",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow",
"bag",
"capture",
"hunt",
"net",
"snare",
"trap",
"crop",
"grow",
"raise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plant",
"seed",
"sow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"registered":{
"as in recorded , listed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"listed",
"recorded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncataloged",
"unlisted",
"unrecorded",
"unregistered",
"unwritten",
"unidentified",
"unspecified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
"examples":[
"please register me for the yoga class"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolled",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"matriculated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enlisted",
"impaneled",
"impanelled",
"empaneled",
"empanelled",
"inducted",
"conscripted",
"drafted",
"mustered",
"wait-listed",
"booked",
"scheduled",
"checked in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checked off",
"excluded",
"expelled",
"expunged",
"rejected",
"omitted",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[
"delisted"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"the management registered her complaint in their log and promised to get back to her in a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotted (down)",
"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"recorded",
"reported",
"set down",
"took down",
"wrote down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicled",
"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"I have to register my new car when I renew my driver's license"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"enrolled",
"entered",
"indexed",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"put down",
"recorded",
"scheduled",
"slated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booked",
"carded",
"filed",
"noted",
"classified",
"compiled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"rescheduled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I'm not registering what you're saying"
],
"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",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"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":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reddish":{
"as in red , crimson":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodred",
"carmine",
"crimson",
"incarnadine",
"red",
"ruby",
"sanguine",
"sanguineous",
"bloodstained",
"bloody",
"gory",
"sanguinary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rewarming":{
"as in reheating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reheating",
"overheating",
"superheating",
"thawing",
"heating",
"hotting (up)",
"toasting",
"warming",
"baking",
"cooking",
"roasting",
"burning",
"charring",
"firing",
"parching",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling",
"cooling",
"refrigerating",
"freezing",
"frosting",
"icing",
"supercooling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refinements":{
"an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill":{
"examples":[
"the recent refinements in this area of medical technology"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances",
"breakthroughs",
"enhancements",
"improvements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quantum leaps",
"ameliorations",
"boosts",
"increases",
"meliorations",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"betterments",
"developments",
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations",
"perfections",
"civilizations",
"edifications",
"educations",
"enlightenments",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"revivals",
"discoveries",
"finds",
"windfalls",
"innovations",
"inventions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"hindrances",
"impediments",
"stumbling blocks",
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declines",
"decreases",
"degenerations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"diminishments",
"downgrades",
"failings",
"languishments",
"lapses",
"reductions",
"detriments",
"disablements",
"drawbacks",
"glitches",
"impairments",
"shortcomings"
],
"antonyms":[
"setbacks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recessing":{
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourning",
"prorogating",
"proroguing",
"suspending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"disbanding",
"discontinuing",
"dispersing",
"intermitting",
"interrupting",
"deferring",
"holding off",
"postponing",
"putting off",
"reserving",
"shelving",
"tabling",
"dissolving",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"breaking up",
"closing",
"concluding",
"winding up",
"wrapping up",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"quashing",
"voiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurating",
"launching",
"opening",
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"drawing out",
"extending",
"proceeding",
"prolonging",
"renewing",
"reopening",
"resuming",
"assembling",
"calling",
"convening",
"convoking",
"mustering",
"rallying",
"summoning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-enacting":{
"to act out a past event; to enact again":{
"examples":[
"The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reduplicating",
"repeating",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through",
"recreating",
"reinventing",
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"replicating",
"reprising",
"depicting",
"dramatizing",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"representing",
"role-playing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejudged":{
"as in reevaluated , reassessed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"revalued",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"guesstimated",
"rated",
"set",
"valuated",
"valued",
"adjudged",
"deemed",
"judged",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"discovered",
"learned",
"priced",
"prized",
"decided",
"settled",
"analyzed",
"assayed",
"surveyed",
"tested",
"transvaluated",
"transvalued",
"misesteemed",
"misjudged",
"misprized",
"underestimated",
"undervalued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recorders":{
"as in reporters , transcriptionists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archivists",
"bookkeepers",
"reporters",
"transcriptionists",
"clerks",
"registers",
"registrars",
"scribes",
"secretaries",
"annalists",
"chroniclers",
"documenters",
"historians"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resecuring":{
"as in reattaching , refixing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"recombining",
"reconnecting",
"rejoining",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reanimates":{
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new multiplex has begun to reanimate the shabby neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"recharges",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejigger":{
"as in reengineer , reinvent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replanted":{
"as in transplanted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"transplanted",
"bedded",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"scattered",
"drilled",
"planted",
"put in",
"seeded",
"sowed",
"potted",
"overseeded",
"reseeded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathered",
"harvested",
"reaped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rely":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"count",
"depend",
"lean",
"reckon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"confide",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"relegated":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire"
],
"synonyms":[
"banished",
"deported",
"displaced",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast out",
"dismissed",
"ejected",
"eliminated",
"evicted",
"excluded",
"expelled",
"expulsed",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"ran out",
"threw out",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"dispossessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalized",
"repatriated",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in",
"entertained",
"harbored",
"housed",
"sheltered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restricted":{
"having distinct or certain limits":{
"examples":[
"the public is allowed some restricted access to the government-owned land"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
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"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"narrow"
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"bottomless",
"countless",
"incalculable",
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"unreserved",
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"plentiful",
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
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"extensive",
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"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
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"large",
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"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
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"super",
"vast",
"voluminous",
"whacking",
"epic",
"grandiose",
"major",
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"sweeping",
"universal",
"whole"
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"limitless",
"measureless",
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"undefined",
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"circumscribed",
"confined",
"held down",
"limited"
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"barred",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"lessened",
"narrowed",
"pinched",
"squeezed",
"tightened",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"numbered",
"modified",
"qualified"
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"broadened",
"expanded",
"widened",
"overextended",
"overreached"
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"exceeded"
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"verb"
]
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"requited",
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"venged"
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"fixed",
"got",
"penalized",
"punished",
"scourged",
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"righted",
"compensated",
"paid (back)",
"recompensed",
"repaid"
],
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"condoned",
"excused",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted"
],
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"verb"
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"reschooled",
"retaught",
"retrained",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"showed",
"briefed",
"familiarized",
"imparted (to)",
"informed",
"versed",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"homeschooled",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"catechized",
"lectured",
"moralized",
"preached",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"reared",
"drilled",
"fitted",
"fit",
"grounded",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"primed",
"qualified"
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]
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"the peach tree in our front yard is a living reminder of my late grandfather, who owned an orchard"
],
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"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"monuments",
"remembrances",
"souvenirs",
"tokens"
],
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"memorabilias",
"relics",
"vestiges",
"cairns",
"landmarks",
"markers",
"testimonials",
"tributes",
"cenotaphs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"regathered",
"scraped (up or together)",
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"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
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"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged",
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
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"huddled",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized"
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"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
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},
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"verb"
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"as in go , withdraw":{
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"go",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
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"advance",
"approach",
"come",
"near",
"nigh",
"drop in",
"enter",
"pop (in)"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclame":{
"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
"examples":[
"one of those rare films that are the recipient of both critical and popular r\u00e9clame"
],
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"acclamation",
"applause",
"cheer",
"cheering",
"ovation",
"plaudit(s)",
"rave(s)"
],
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"clapping",
"bravo",
"hail",
"hallelujah",
"hurrah",
"hooray",
"hoorah",
"hosanna",
"huzzah",
"huzza",
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"kudo",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute",
"kudos",
"praise"
],
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"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"snort",
"whistle",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
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"booing",
"hissing"
]
},
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"the great r\u00e9clame that the novelist enjoyed in his lifetime soon faded after his death"
],
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"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"sun"
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"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reeled":{
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"examples":[
"his mind reeled upon hearing the news that his employer had been indicted for fraud"
],
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"spun",
"swam",
"turned",
"whirled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swirled"
],
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"calmed",
"collected",
"settled",
"steadied"
],
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},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"examples":[
"got off the amusement park ride reeling and barely able to stand"
],
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"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled"
],
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"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"swagged",
"swayed",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"barged",
"blundered",
"clomped",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"tramped",
"tromped"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"realm":{
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"medieval history is really Professor Clinton's realm , so I'll let her answer your question"
],
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"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontier",
"study",
"subject",
"territory",
"turf",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"subfield",
"subspecialty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
"examples":[
"a medical breakthrough that is within the realm of possibility"
],
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"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confines",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"range",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamut",
"spectrum",
"spread",
"bailiwick",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"province",
"region",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"frontier",
"horizon",
"panorama"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reparative":{
"as in restorative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"restorative",
"curative",
"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"amendatory",
"corrective",
"rectifying",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"remedial",
"remedying",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"remarket":{
"as in resell":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"resell",
"presell",
"wholesale",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"put up",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend",
"barter",
"distribute",
"exchange",
"export",
"handle",
"trade",
"traffic (in)",
"advertise",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"tout",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"auction",
"provide",
"supply",
"carry",
"keep",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectitude":{
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity"
],
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"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
]
},
"faithfulness to high moral standards":{
"examples":[
"has a finely honed sense of rectitude that keeps him from cheating on exams"
],
"synonyms":[
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"probity",
"righteousness",
"uprightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"character",
"conscientiousness",
"decency",
"fairness",
"high-mindedness",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"justice",
"morality",
"nobility",
"reputability",
"respectability",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corruptibility",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"disgrace",
"disgracefulness",
"disreputableness",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"profligacy",
"shamelessness",
"venality",
"blameworthiness",
"criminality",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"immorality",
"unrighteousness",
"unscrupulousness",
"knavery",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"meanness",
"reprehensibleness",
"rottenness",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wretchedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseness",
"dishonor",
"lowness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproacher":{
"as in scold , haranguer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonisher",
"haranguer",
"railer",
"ranter",
"rebuker",
"reprover",
"scold",
"upbraider",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"grumbler",
"whiner",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"crucifier",
"belittler",
"decrier",
"denigrator",
"derider",
"detractor",
"condemner",
"condemnor",
"denouncer",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"criticizer",
"disparager",
"faultfinder",
"hypercritic",
"knocker",
"niggler",
"nitpicker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commender",
"praiser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reatas":{
"a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock":{
"examples":[
"the gauchos tied their reatas and rode out onto the pampas to rope calves"
],
"synonyms":[
"lariats",
"lassos",
"lassoes",
"riatas"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reordering":{
"as in moving , rearranging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"shifting",
"deposing",
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rejoiced":{
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exuberated",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"jubilated",
"kvelled",
"triumphed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloated",
"preened",
"swelled",
"boasted",
"bragged",
"flaunted",
"paraded",
"showed off",
"strutted",
"swaggered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"grieved",
"lamented",
"regretted",
"wept"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed (with)",
"contented",
"delighted",
"feasted",
"gassed",
"gladded",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"satisfied",
"suited",
"warmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"soothed",
"assuaged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"excited",
"tickled",
"titillated",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"treated",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"galvanized",
"thrilled",
"calmed",
"comforted",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"perturbed",
"piqued",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"provoked",
"roused",
"agitated",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"upset",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeased"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reenergize":{
"as in revive , reinvigorate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"reinvigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"restimulate",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"infuse",
"inspire",
"lift",
"rally",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"enkindle",
"excite",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"set off",
"spark",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"whip (up)",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"motivate",
"motive",
"move",
"propel",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"raise",
"rouse",
"stir",
"wake (up)",
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
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"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill",
"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"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"refrigerate":{
"to cause to lose heat":{
"examples":[
"refrigerate the cake after you frost it so that the frosting doesn't melt"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"cool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air-condition",
"freeze",
"frost",
"ice",
"quick-freeze",
"supercool",
"ventilate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bake",
"boil",
"broil",
"steam",
"heat-treat",
"temper",
"microwave"
],
"antonyms":[
"heat",
"toast",
"warm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retaliations":{
"the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury":{
"examples":[
"police believe that the murder was in retaliation for an earlier gangland execution"
],
"synonyms":[
"paybacks",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"retributions",
"revenges",
"vengeances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counters",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"nemeses",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"wraths",
"amends",
"compensations",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"restitutions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clemencies",
"graces",
"leniencies",
"lenities",
"mercies",
"pardons",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"renovator":{
"as in repairer , doctor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doctor",
"mender",
"repairer",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"mechanic",
"repairman",
"serviceman",
"troubleshooter",
"handyman",
"handyperson",
"tinkerer",
"do-it-yourselfer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"readapting":{
"as in readjusting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readjusting",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reboiling":{
"as in simmering , boiling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boiling",
"coddling",
"parboiling",
"poaching",
"simmering",
"stewing",
"braising",
"fricasseeing",
"pressure-cooking",
"smothering",
"steaming",
"scalding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconfirmation":{
"as in confirmation , reaffirmation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmation",
"reaffirmation",
"vindication",
"argument",
"justification",
"rationalization",
"reason",
"announcement",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"allegation",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"asseveration",
"avouchment",
"avowal",
"claim",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"protestation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowal",
"disclaimer",
"challenge",
"dispute",
"question",
"confutation",
"disproof",
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"contradiction",
"denial",
"negation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resists":{
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"withstands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"challenges",
"contests",
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"baffles",
"balks",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"checks",
"counters",
"hinders",
"obstructs",
"stems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"knuckles under (to)",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"repositing":{
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"examples":[
"the radioactive waste will be stored on-site until it can be reposited elsewhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"putting up",
"storing",
"stowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cellaring",
"garaging",
"hangaring",
"housing",
"warehousing",
"filing",
"packing",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"resending":{
"as in returning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"returning",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"exporting",
"importing",
"addressing",
"forwarding",
"advancing",
"dropping",
"launching",
"conveying",
"delivering",
"handing over",
"passing",
"rendering",
"consigning",
"dispatching",
"packing (off)",
"sending",
"shipping",
"shooting",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"transporting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"receiving",
"acquiring",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"representational":{
"having the function or meaning of an object or figure that stands for something else":{
"examples":[
"a computer program with representational icons for different functions"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblematic",
"emblematical",
"representative",
"symbolic",
"symbolical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"figural",
"figurative",
"metaphoric",
"metaphorical",
"tropological",
"allegorical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"literal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsymbolic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"remissible":{
"worthy of forgiveness":{
"examples":[
"only guilty of remissible sins"
],
"synonyms":[
"condonable",
"excusable",
"forgivable",
"pardonable",
"remittable",
"venial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"justifiable",
"redeemable",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"petty",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"harmless",
"ignorable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"criminal",
"damning",
"evil",
"heinous",
"sinful",
"vile",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[
"indefensible",
"inexcusable",
"mortal",
"unforgivable",
"unjustifiable",
"unpardonable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"responding (to)":{
"as in engaging (with) , reacting (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engaging (with)",
"reacting (to)",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"viewing",
"acting (toward)",
"being (to)",
"dealing (with)",
"handling",
"serving",
"treating",
"using"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replicate":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"replicated the famous painting in our art class"
],
"synonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"reproduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
"antonyms":[
"originate"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"I can't replicate your results when I do the experiment myself"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"repeat",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"re-upped":{
"as in rejoined , reenrolled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenlisted",
"re-enlisted",
"reenrolled",
"re-enrolled",
"reentered",
"rejoined",
"enlisted (in)",
"enrolled (in)",
"entered",
"joined",
"signed on (for)",
"signed up (for)",
"got in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demitted",
"dropped out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"readapted":{
"as in readjusted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readjusted",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ream":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reweighing":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new study is leading doctors and nutritionists to reweigh the benefits of some dietary supplements"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"readjusting":{
"as in readapting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reedlike":{
"as in fine , hairlike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fine",
"hairlike",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"needlelike",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"thick",
"wide",
"expansive",
"extensive",
"sweeping",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"refusals":{
"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
"examples":[
"his flat refusal of our reasonable request was rather startling"
],
"synonyms":[
"declinations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"nays",
"noes",
"nos",
"nonacceptances",
"rejections",
"turndowns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebuffs",
"repudiations",
"repulses",
"spurns",
"negatives",
"bans",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowances",
"approvals",
"grants",
"OKs",
"okays"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reproaches":{
"a cause of shame":{
"examples":[
"your public display of boorish behavior is a reproach to this entire school"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"opprobriums",
"reflections",
"scandals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"brands",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boasts",
"glories",
"jewels",
"prides",
"treasures"
],
"antonyms":[
"credits",
"honors"
]
},
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"a letter of reproach was added to her dossier"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"riot acts",
"strictures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
]
},
"the state of having lost the esteem of others":{
"examples":[
"nothing the traitor did in later life lessened the reproach in which he was universally held"
],
"synonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteems",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"shames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scandals",
"contempts",
"despites",
"disdains",
"scorns",
"deprecations",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"degradations",
"dust",
"humiliations",
"blots",
"brands",
"shadows",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"spots",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"taints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admirations",
"appreciations",
"estimations",
"regards",
"awes",
"fears",
"reverences",
"fames",
"glories",
"renowns",
"reputes"
],
"antonyms":[
"esteems",
"honors",
"respects"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"our neighbor loudly reproached us for tromping through his yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"she cleared her throat as a way of reproaching us for having our elbows on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproves",
"ticks off"
],
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"berates",
"castigates",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"harangues",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"upbraids",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"knocks",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"derides",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"the governor reproached the legislature for failing to pass the budget on time and once again throwing the state into fiscal chaos"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"objurgates",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproves"
],
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"admonishes",
"chastises",
"castigates",
"punishes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"chews out",
"cuts up",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tells off",
"upbraids",
"belittles",
"criticizes",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"hails",
"honors",
"eulogizes",
"lauds",
"praises",
"approves",
"blesses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"cites",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"relishes":{
"positive regard for something":{
"examples":[
"she has great relish for early morning walks, which she takes nearly every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"love affairs",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cravings",
"desires",
"longings",
"thirsts",
"yens",
"enthusiasms",
"gustoes",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"teeth",
"palates",
"weaknesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathies",
"disinclinations",
"indifferences"
],
"antonyms":[
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"dislikes",
"distastes",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"mislikes"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"visit again real soon, for I relish your company"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"gets off (on)",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"rejoices (in)",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"red alert":{
"the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger":{
"examples":[
"the paparazzi were on red alert for sightings of the hot new Hollywood couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"alertness",
"attentiveness",
"qui vive",
"vigilance",
"watch",
"watchfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aliveness",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"mindfulness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"sensitivity",
"care",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"chariness",
"heedfulness",
"wariness",
"preparation",
"readiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absentmindedness",
"abstraction",
"daydreaming",
"daze",
"distraction",
"absorption",
"engrossment",
"obliviousness",
"preoccupation",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"inobservance",
"unwariness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reformers":{
"as in progressives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"progressives",
"centrists",
"middle-of-the-roaders",
"moderates",
"accommodationists",
"compromisers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"ultraists",
"conservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in supporters , advocates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"exponents",
"persuaders",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"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 do-gooders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"do-gooders",
"Micawbers",
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"perfectionists",
"daydreamers",
"fantasizers",
"woolgatherers",
"doctrinaires",
"theorists",
"thinkers",
"emotionalists",
"sentimentalists",
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"romantics",
"utopians",
"visionaries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists",
"cynics",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"empiricists",
"empirics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"resultant":{
"coming as a result":{
"examples":[
"frequent trips to the ice cream parlor and the resultant weight gain were starting to affect my tennis game"
],
"synonyms":[
"attendant",
"consequent",
"consequential",
"due (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"coincident",
"concomitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"causal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"a person's decision to purchase a certain automobile is often the resultant of an array of factors, ranging from the actual performance of the vehicle to the buyer's self-image"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ramification",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"implication",
"repercussion",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"revengers":{
"as in scourges , avengers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avengers",
"castigators",
"chastisers",
"nemeses",
"punishers",
"scourges",
"vigilantes",
"redressers",
"righters",
"requiters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomers",
"redeemers",
"vindicators"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rebelled":{
"to rise up against established authority":{
"examples":[
"the colonists rebelled in the wake of an onslaught of abuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"mutinied",
"revolted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"revolutionized",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"submitted",
"attended",
"served"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"retinues":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"a campaign bus carrying the candidate, her retinue , and a gaggle of reporters and bloggers"
],
"synonyms":[
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"entourages",
"followings",
"posses",
"suites",
"tails",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crews",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves",
"courts",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"helpers",
"retainers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reintroduced":{
"as in reacquainted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reacquainted",
"addressed",
"greeted",
"hailed",
"met",
"acquainted",
"introduced",
"presented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"regnant":{
"as in dominant , sovereign":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dominant",
"predominant",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme",
"cogent",
"controlling",
"dominating",
"masterful",
"eminent",
"important",
"momentous",
"authoritative",
"forceful",
"influential",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"weak",
"incapable",
"unable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"resignedness":{
"as in compliance , submission":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"compliance",
"deference",
"passivity",
"submission",
"submissiveness",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"ingenuousness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"directness",
"plainness",
"simpleness",
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"mousiness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"retiringness",
"sheepishness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness",
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"attitude",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"cocksureness",
"forwardness",
"overconfidence",
"swagger",
"swash",
"temerity",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"nerve",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"chest-thumping",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"vaingloriousness",
"vanity",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"flamboyance",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"showiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"replant":{
"as in transplant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"transplant",
"bed",
"broadcast",
"scatter",
"drill",
"plant",
"put in",
"seed",
"sow",
"pot",
"overseed",
"reseed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gather",
"harvest",
"reap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"restful":{
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
"examples":[
"I hope you had a relaxing and restful weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcadian",
"calm",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reprover":{
"as in scold , haranguer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonisher",
"haranguer",
"railer",
"ranter",
"rebuker",
"reproacher",
"scold",
"upbraider",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"grumbler",
"whiner",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"crucifier",
"belittler",
"decrier",
"denigrator",
"derider",
"detractor",
"condemner",
"condemnor",
"denouncer",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"criticizer",
"disparager",
"faultfinder",
"hypercritic",
"knocker",
"niggler",
"nitpicker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commender",
"praiser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"repeat":{
"to say or state again":{
"examples":[
"I repeated the address over and over until I had it memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"chime",
"din",
"iterate",
"rehearse",
"reiterate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"reword",
"echo",
"reecho",
"mouth",
"parrot",
"abstract",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"repeated correctly all the verses she had memorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"recite",
"reel off",
"say"
],
"near synonyms":[
"con",
"learn",
"memorize",
"study",
"declaim",
"mouth",
"orate",
"speak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"read"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to say after another":{
"examples":[
"now repeat the oath after me"
],
"synonyms":[
"ditto",
"echo",
"parrot",
"quote",
"reecho"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouth",
"ape",
"copy",
"copycat",
"emulate",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"try not to repeat your mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"replicate",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"if we don't want a repeat of last year's disastrous celebration, we had better do some more planning"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reduplication",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in regular , steady":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"persistent",
"regular",
"serial",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unfailing",
"born",
"natural",
"addicted",
"incorrigible",
"unreconstructed",
"unregenerate",
"accustomed",
"habituated",
"used",
"wonted",
"bred-in-the-bone",
"chronic",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"habitual",
"inveterate",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"inbred",
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic",
"apt",
"inclined",
"prone",
"mulish",
"obstinate",
"set",
"stubborn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaccustomed",
"unused",
"intermittent",
"occasional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"repines (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"during the deep cold of winter, I repine for warm tropical beaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desiderates",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"joneses (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"pines (for)",
"salivates (for)",
"sighs (for)",
"thirsts (for)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"yens (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoils (for)",
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-pencils":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"cleans (up)",
"expurgates",
"launders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies",
"abbreviates",
"blue-pencils",
"edits",
"shortens",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"cuts (out)",
"deletes",
"excises",
"expunges",
"guts",
"x's (out)",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"examines",
"reviews",
"screens",
"scrutinizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"authorizes",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reinterments":{
"as in reburials":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reburials",
"immurements",
"inurnments",
"embalmments",
"funerals",
"burials",
"entombments",
"inhumations",
"interments",
"obsequies",
"sepultures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterments",
"exhumations",
"cremations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"relight":{
"as in reignite , rekindle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reignite",
"rekindle",
"scald",
"scathe",
"sear",
"bank",
"stoke",
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"lighten",
"radiate",
"set off",
"ash",
"cremate",
"incinerate",
"kiln",
"bake",
"broil",
"cook",
"char",
"frizzle",
"scorch",
"deflagrate",
"immolate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)",
"choke",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"stamp (out)",
"blacken",
"darken",
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"replies":{
"to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)":{
"examples":[
"replied to the news that she had won the scholarship by jumping around the room and cheering"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacts",
"responds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answers",
"returns",
"retaliates",
"construes",
"interprets",
"reads",
"takes",
"understands",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"grapples (with)",
"handles",
"manages",
"negotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"behaves",
"affects",
"causes",
"draws",
"effects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"please reply to my question at your earliest convenience"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comes back",
"rejoins",
"responds",
"retorts",
"returns",
"ripostes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
]
},
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"examples":[
"decided the best reply to a wrongful discharge from employment was a lawsuit claiming discrimination"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"reactions",
"responses",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question":{
"examples":[
"I look forward to your reply to my request"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comebacks",
"rejoinders",
"replications",
"responses",
"retorts",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back talks",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"repartees",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"comments",
"communications",
"correspondences",
"feedback",
"non sequiturs",
"observations",
"reactions",
"remarks",
"defenses",
"explanations",
"justifications",
"pleas",
"rebuttals",
"refutations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"charges",
"cross-examinations",
"interrogations",
"interrogatories",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"questionnaires",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"inquiries",
"queries",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"respires":{
"to inhale and exhale air":{
"examples":[
"though unconscious, the patient is still respiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows (out)",
"draws",
"expires",
"inbreathes",
"inspires",
"gasps",
"huffs",
"pants",
"puffs",
"suspires",
"wheezes",
"sniffs",
"snores",
"snorts",
"snuffles",
"snuffs",
"whiffs",
"yawns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiates",
"chokes",
"gags",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"garrotes",
"garottes",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reminds":{
"to make (someone) think about something again":{
"examples":[
"She'll forget to call the doctor if you don't remind her.",
"Remind me to buy some groceries after work.",
"I constantly have to be reminded how to pronounce her name.",
"I had to remind him that we were supposed to leave early."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"educes",
"elicits",
"evokes",
"extracts",
"raises",
"flashes back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"harks back (to)",
"hearkens back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"minds",
"recalls",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"reproduces",
"thinks (of)",
"calls up",
"jogs",
"rouses",
"recaptures",
"recurs",
"relives",
"represents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"loses",
"misses",
"blanks (out)",
"disremembers",
"forgets",
"unlearns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}