dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/up_mwt.json
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{
"upended":{
"as in elevated , lifted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"upraised",
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"raised",
"standing",
"stand-up",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical",
"semierect",
"freestanding",
"stand-alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flat",
"recumbent",
"prostrate",
"supine",
"diagonal",
"hanging",
"sagging",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slanty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"did down",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"erected",
"pitched",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"upending":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"examples":[
"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"flattening",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"erecting",
"pitching",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up",
"upraising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upgrade":{
"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{
"antonyms":[
"abasement",
"comedown",
"degradation",
"demotion",
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"reduction"
],
"examples":[
"received an upgrade to lieutenant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"expulsion",
"impeachment",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal",
"suspension",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"related":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancement",
"ascent",
"creation",
"elevation",
"preference",
"preferment",
"promotion",
"rise",
"upgrading"
]
},
"an upward slope":{
"antonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
],
"examples":[
"had to walk our bicycle on the upgrades on our ride through the hills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"related":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt",
"climb",
"hump",
"mound",
"ridge",
"swell"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclivity",
"ascent",
"hill",
"rise",
"uphill",
"uprise"
]
},
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's a steep upgrade to some of the hills on that route"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging",
"receding"
],
"related":[
"ascent",
"bank",
"climb",
"rise"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"slant",
"slope"
]
},
"to make better":{
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
],
"examples":[
"that restaurant had better upgrade its service\u2014and fast\u2014if it wants to stay in business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"related":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"retouch",
"touch up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine"
]
},
"to move higher in rank or position":{
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demote",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"examples":[
"upgraded them to first class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depose",
"dethrone",
"dismiss",
"expel",
"impeach",
"oust",
"overthrow",
"remove",
"unmake",
"unseat",
"demean",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"mortify",
"shame",
"take down",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"reprobate"
],
"related":[
"forward",
"further",
"aggrandize",
"boost",
"heighten",
"improve",
"lift",
"uplift",
"commission",
"ennoble",
"knight",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"celebrate",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"decorate",
"eulogize",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"hail",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"elevate",
"promote",
"raise"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upheaval":{
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the government can no longer control the social upheaval brought about by the collapse of the country's economy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"subversion",
"unrest",
"uprising",
"upset",
"fit",
"seizure",
"spasm",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"coil",
"commotion",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"rout",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"to-do",
"turmoil",
"welter",
"williwaw",
"quaking",
"rocking",
"shaking",
"trembling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversement",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"earthquake",
"paroxysm",
"storm",
"tempest",
"tumult",
"uproar"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upheaving":{
"to lift with effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"exactly how the builders of the pyramids at Giza upheaved such massive blocks of stone remains a mystery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depressing",
"dropping",
"lowering",
"sinking",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"related":[
"elevating",
"hiking",
"picking up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"uplifting",
"upping",
"upraising",
"uprearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosting",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uphills":{
"an upward slope":{
"examples":[
"no matter where you go bicycle touring, the uphills always seem to outnumber the downhills"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclivities",
"ascents",
"hills",
"rises",
"upgrades",
"uprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"glacis",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"tilts",
"climbs",
"humps",
"mounds",
"ridges",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basins",
"depressions",
"hollows"
],
"antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"downhills",
"drop-offs",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uplifted":{
"being positioned above a surface":{
"antonyms":[
"sunken"
],
"examples":[
"an uplifted area of ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
],
"related":[
"aerial",
"suspended",
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"standing",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"raised",
"upraised"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
],
"examples":[
"a mountain range that was uplifted millions of years ago by the collision of continental plates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fell",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"bore",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"related":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"rose",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"raised",
"took up",
"upheld",
"upped",
"upraised"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"upped":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boomed",
"jumped",
"skyrocketed",
"spiked",
"bumped (up)",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected",
"followed up",
"parlayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"upped the catboat's sail"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"raised",
"took up",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"rose",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fell",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"bore",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"aspired",
"climbed",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"thrust",
"upreared",
"uprose",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"took off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slid"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upper crust":{
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"a specialty clothing store for the upper crust"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"upper hand":{
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
"examples":[
"finally gained the upper hand in the argument"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantage",
"better",
"bulge",
"catbird seat",
"drop",
"edge",
"high ground",
"inside track",
"jump",
"pull",
"stead",
"vantage",
"whip hand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowance",
"head start",
"lead",
"leg up",
"margin",
"odds",
"start",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"command",
"dominance",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence",
"transcendency",
"precedence",
"preference",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"seniority",
"break",
"foothold",
"opportunity",
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
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"detriment",
"stranglehold",
"disparity",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"unevenness",
"disability",
"failing",
"impairment",
"shortcoming",
"bar",
"catch",
"check",
"clog",
"crimp",
"embarrassment",
"hindrance",
"hitch",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"rub",
"shackle",
"stop",
"trammel",
"lurch",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"liability",
"minus",
"penalty",
"strike"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uppercuts":{
"as in roundhouses , kicks":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uppermost":{
"being at a point or level higher than all others":{
"examples":[
"the uppermost floor of the house gets very hot in the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"highest",
"loftiest",
"top",
"topmost",
"upmost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"higher",
"loftier",
"upper",
"consummate",
"maximal",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"supreme",
"utmost",
"uttermost",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"leading",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"principal",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"towering",
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"lower",
"nether",
"under",
"underneath",
"low",
"lowered",
"low-lying",
"sunken"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottommost",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uppity":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"uppity social climbers who were the biggest snobs in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upraised":{
"being positioned above a surface":{
"examples":[
"these upraised earthworks are believed to have been built by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and used for enclosure, burial, religious rites, or defense"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aerial",
"suspended",
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"standing",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
],
"antonyms":[
"sunken"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"the runner's arms were upraised in a sign of victory as he crossed the finish line"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"raised",
"took up",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"rose",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fell",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"bore",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"archaeologists are still not sure how the mysterious statues on Easter Island were upraised"
],
"synonyms":[
"erected",
"pitched",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"upended"
],
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"uprisen":{
"to leave one's bed":{
"examples":[
"uprise ! we have lots of work to do today!"
],
"synonyms":[
"arisen",
"got up",
"gotten up",
"risen",
"rolled out",
"turned out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoken",
"awaked",
"awoke",
"bestirred",
"stirred",
"woken",
"waked",
"woke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"lain up",
"napped",
"nodded",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"bunked",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"couched",
"dossed (down)",
"flopped (down)",
"lain (down)",
"reclined"
],
"antonyms":[
"bedded (down)",
"retired",
"turned in"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"as we went from the coast into the state's interior, the land gradually began uprising and eventually we were on mountainous terrain"
],
"synonyms":[
"arisen",
"ascended",
"aspired",
"climbed",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"risen",
"soared",
"thrust",
"upped",
"upreared",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"taken off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"slid",
"sunk"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fallen (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uprisings":{
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)":{
"examples":[
"the uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgences",
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"outbreaks",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"risings"
],
"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"
]
},
"uproariously":{
"as in loudly , boisterously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blatantly",
"bloody murder",
"boisterously",
"clamorously",
"loudly",
"lustily",
"mightily",
"noisily",
"resonantly",
"resoundingly",
"stridently",
"thunderously",
"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"
]
},
"uproot":{
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
"examples":[
"uprooted the old bridge's pilings upon the completion of its replacement"
],
"synonyms":[
"corkscrew",
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"wrest",
"wring",
"yank"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mine",
"pluck",
"remove",
"take (out)",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implant",
"insert",
"install",
"instill",
"cram",
"jam",
"ram",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upset":{
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"she was upset by the unexplained change in plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"disquieted",
"distraught",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"freaked",
"freaked-out",
"shook-up",
"apprehensive",
"foreboding",
"hesitant",
"misgiving",
"fretful",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"vexed",
"qualmish",
"qualmy",
"flustered",
"twittered",
"undone",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"obsessed",
"preoccupied",
"restless",
"fidgety",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hypertense",
"skittish",
"spooky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"controlled",
"self-controlled"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"flurry",
"frazzle",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"weird out",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put off",
"put out",
"rile",
"vex",
"bedevil",
"haunt",
"plague",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"shake up",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"unnerve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
]
},
"to turn on one's side or upside down":{
"examples":[
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsize",
"overturn",
"turn over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invert",
"overset",
"overthrow",
"pitchpole",
"topple",
"tump (over)",
"upend",
"careen",
"heel",
"keel",
"lean",
"list",
"tilt",
"tip",
"collapse",
"fall",
"founder",
"give"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stand up",
"straighten (up)",
"erect",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[
"right"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuse",
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disjoint",
"dislocate",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"stir (up)",
"unsettle",
"clutter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"align",
"aline",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"classify",
"codify",
"methodize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"adjust",
"fix",
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"unscramble"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"regulate",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy"
]
},
"an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed":{
"examples":[
"the move to a new town is just the latest in a series of upsets for my family over the last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"derangement",
"dislocation",
"disruption",
"disturbance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsion",
"revolution",
"unsettledness",
"unsettlement",
"upheaval"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upside":{
"as in turn , shift":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curve",
"downside",
"shift",
"swing",
"turn",
"turnabout",
"current",
"direction",
"drift",
"leaning",
"run",
"tendency",
"tide",
"trend",
"wind",
"custom",
"habit",
"propensity",
"tenor",
"way",
"countercurrent",
"countertrend",
"undercurrent",
"undertow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in on , against":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"against",
"on",
"upon",
"alongside",
"next",
"next to"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition"
]
},
"upswings":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upthrusting":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"an upthrusting seamount"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"aspiring",
"climbing",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"thrusting",
"upping",
"uprearing",
"uprising",
"upturning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surging",
"towering",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"raising",
"upheaving",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"ballooning",
"blasting off",
"taking off",
"zooming",
"cresting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"topping",
"canting",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling (off)",
"plunging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uptight":{
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
],
"examples":[
"he has a tendency to fret and get uptight whenever his usual routine is disrupted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"controlled",
"self-controlled"
],
"related":[
"aggrieved",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"disquieted",
"distraught",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"freaked",
"freaked-out",
"shook-up",
"apprehensive",
"foreboding",
"hesitant",
"misgiving",
"fretful",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"vexed",
"qualmish",
"qualmy",
"flustered",
"twittered",
"undone",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"obsessed",
"preoccupied",
"restless",
"fidgety",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hypertense",
"skittish",
"spooky"
],
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uptrends":{
"as in upswings , upturns":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upturned":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell (off)",
"plunged"
],
"examples":[
"at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slid"
],
"related":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"took off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"aspired",
"climbed",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"thrust",
"upped",
"upreared",
"uprose",
"upthrusted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upbraiding":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"his wife upbraided him for his irresponsible handling of the family finances"
],
"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",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing"
],
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upshots":{
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"backwashes",
"children",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"precipitates",
"products",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences"
],
"related":[
"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"
]
},
"uprightness":{
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"the uprightness of our cause is not what is being called into question here"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"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":[
"the members of this special investigative committee must be personages of unquestionable uprightness"
],
"synonyms":[
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness"
],
"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"
]
},
"upsweep":{
"as in upswing , upheaval":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsurge",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling",
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bun , updo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beehive",
"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pageboy",
"pug",
"updo",
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"perm",
"permanent",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"coiffure",
"cut",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle",
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"ponytail",
"queue",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rise , uprise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upturn",
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge",
"sink",
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upholds":{
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
"examples":[
"determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges"
],
"synonyms":[
"defends",
"justifies",
"maintains",
"supports"
],
"related":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"espouses",
"confirms",
"vindicates",
"warrants",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"insists",
"pleads",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"protests",
"states",
"argues",
"debates",
"discusses",
"emphasizes",
"stresses",
"underlines",
"underscores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"abjures",
"forsakes",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws",
"reverses",
"switches",
"controverts",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"an entablature upheld by a series of gracefully slender columns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bolsters",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"carries",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"stays",
"supports",
"sustains",
"undergirds",
"underpins"
],
"related":[
"steadies",
"trusses",
"underlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"worshippers upheld their joined hands and sang the praises of the Lord"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"raises",
"takes up",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"ups"
],
"related":[
"ascends",
"mounts",
"rises",
"rears",
"upends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descends",
"dips",
"falls",
"pitches",
"plunges",
"slips",
"bears",
"depresses",
"presses",
"pushes",
"sinks",
"submerges"
],
"antonyms":[
"drops",
"lowers"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upper class":{
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"upsetting":{
"causing worry or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"the constant arguing is upsetting to a sensitive person like your grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"nagging",
"nasty",
"perturbing",
"troublesome",
"troubling",
"troublous",
"unsettling",
"worrisome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"chilling",
"frightening",
"scary",
"harassing",
"persecutive",
"persecutory",
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"dreamy",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"reassuring"
]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"flurrying",
"frazzling",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
]
},
"to turn on one's side or upside down":{
"examples":[
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsizing",
"overturning",
"turning over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inverting",
"oversetting",
"overthrowing",
"pitchpoling",
"toppling",
"tumping (over)",
"upending",
"careening",
"heeling",
"keeling",
"leaning",
"listing",
"tilting",
"tipping",
"collapsing",
"falling",
"foundering",
"giving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"standing up",
"straightening (up)",
"erecting",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[
"righting"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
],
"synonyms":[
"confusing",
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disjointing",
"dislocating",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"hashing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiling",
"entangling",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"stirring (up)",
"unsettling",
"cluttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"methodizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"adjusting",
"fixing",
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"unscrambling"
],
"antonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"regulating",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"uplifts":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"a mountain range that was uplifted millions of years ago by the collision of continental plates"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"raises",
"takes up",
"upholds",
"upraises",
"ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascends",
"mounts",
"rises",
"rears",
"upends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descends",
"dips",
"falls",
"pitches",
"plunges",
"slips",
"bears",
"depresses",
"presses",
"pushes",
"sinks",
"submerges"
],
"antonyms":[
"drops",
"lowers"
]
},
"as in inspirations , encouragements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragements",
"inspirations",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"reliefs",
"solaces",
"assurances",
"reassurances",
"alleviations",
"assuagements",
"mitigations",
"contentments",
"commiserations",
"empathies",
"sympathies",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anguishes",
"distresses",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in increases , boosts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ameliorations",
"boosts",
"increases",
"meliorations",
"quantum leaps",
"upgrades",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"advancements",
"advances",
"breakthroughs",
"enhancements",
"refinements",
"betterments",
"developments",
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations",
"perfections",
"civilizations",
"edifications",
"educations",
"enlightenments",
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"inventions"
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"diminishments",
"downgrades",
"failings",
"languishments",
"lapses",
"reductions",
"detriments",
"disablements",
"drawbacks",
"glitches",
"impairments",
"shortcomings",
"setbacks"
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"verb"
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"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pageboy",
"pug",
"upsweep",
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"perm",
"permanent",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"coiffure",
"cut",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle",
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"ponytail",
"queue",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach"
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"noun"
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"bests",
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"defeats",
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"gets around",
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"masters",
"overbears",
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"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
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"edges (out)",
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"pips",
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"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
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"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
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"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
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"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
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"loses (to)"
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"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
],
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"raises",
"rears",
"sets up",
"upraises"
],
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"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"
],
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"demolishes",
"flattens",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"razes",
"tears down"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts"
],
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"arriviste",
"nouveau riche",
"parvenu"
],
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"arriv\u00e9",
"comer",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"up in the air":{
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"Our plans are still up in the air , but we're hoping to leave on Sunday."
],
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"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"irregular",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"ambivalent",
"hesitating",
"shaky",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dicey",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"adaptable",
"mobile",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"even",
"uniform",
"abiding",
"durable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"persistent",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
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"upperclassman":{
"as in underclassman , undergrad":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"underclassman",
"undergrad",
"freshman",
"junior",
"senior",
"sophomore",
"exchange student",
"high schooler",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"middler",
"middle schooler",
"coed",
"collegian",
"postgraduate",
"undergraduate",
"schoolfellow",
"schoolmate",
"day student",
"preppy",
"preppie",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"reader",
"studier",
"pupil",
"scholar",
"student"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upperclassmen":{
"as in underclassmen , undergrads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"underclassmen",
"undergrads",
"freshmen",
"juniors",
"seniors",
"sophomores",
"exchange students",
"high schoolers",
"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"middlers",
"middle schoolers",
"coeds",
"collegians",
"postgraduates",
"undergraduates",
"schoolfellows",
"schoolmates",
"day students",
"preppies",
"schoolboys",
"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
"readers",
"studiers",
"pupils",
"scholars",
"students"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"updating":{
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
"examples":[
"the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemporizing",
"modernizing",
"streamlining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recasting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"up-to-date":{
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
"examples":[
"demanded the most up-to-date computer system available"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"designer",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"new",
"new age",
"new-fashioned",
"newfangled",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"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 information especially as a result of study or experience":{
"examples":[
"I'm afraid that I'm not up-to-date on that issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"abreast",
"acquainted",
"au courant",
"conversant",
"familiar",
"informed",
"knowledgeable",
"up",
"versed",
"well-informed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"sensible",
"sentient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensible",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"blind",
"oblivious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"inattentive",
"unheeding"
],
"antonyms":[
"ignorant",
"unacquainted",
"unfamiliar",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upthrusts":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"an upthrusting seamount"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"aspires",
"climbs",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"thrusts",
"uprears",
"uprises",
"ups",
"upturns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surges",
"towers",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"raises",
"upheaves",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"balloons",
"blasts off",
"takes off",
"zooms",
"crests",
"scales",
"surmounts",
"tops",
"cants",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"sinks",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls (off)",
"plunges"
]
},
"as in upheavals , thrusts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heaves",
"thrusts",
"upheavals",
"upsurges",
"upsweeps",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"upwellings",
"ascensions",
"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soars",
"boosts",
"hikes",
"raises",
"blastoffs",
"elevations",
"hoists",
"levitations",
"liftoffs",
"takeoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plops",
"declines",
"decreases",
"downs",
"comedowns",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"descents",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upper-crust":{
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"a specialty clothing store for the upper crust"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"uptakes":{
"as in absorptions , assimilations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absorptions",
"assimilations",
"digestions",
"appreciations",
"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"percipiences",
"understandings",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensions",
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"up-to-the-minute":{
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
"examples":[
"the company insists on having up-to-the-minute firewall and antivirus software"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"designer",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"new",
"new age",
"new-fashioned",
"newfangled",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date"
],
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ups":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"follows up",
"parlays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"upped the catboat's sail"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"raises",
"takes up",
"upholds",
"uplifts",
"upraises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascends",
"mounts",
"rises",
"rears",
"upends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descends",
"dips",
"falls",
"pitches",
"plunges",
"slips",
"bears",
"depresses",
"presses",
"pushes",
"sinks",
"submerges"
],
"antonyms":[
"drops",
"lowers"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"aspires",
"climbs",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"thrusts",
"uprears",
"uprises",
"upthrusts",
"upturns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surges",
"towers",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"raises",
"upheaves",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"balloons",
"blasts off",
"takes off",
"zooms",
"crests",
"scales",
"surmounts",
"tops",
"cants",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"sinks",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls (off)",
"plunges"
]
},
"as in rises , ascents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ascents",
"exaltations",
"rises",
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"flowers",
"heydays",
"primes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"demises",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"flameouts",
"breakdowns",
"burnouts",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"defeats",
"disappointments",
"reversals",
"setbacks"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts"
],
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"arrivistes",
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriv\u00e9s",
"comers",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upraising":{
"as in upheaval , upsurge":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upsurge",
"upsweep",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling",
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
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},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"the runner's arms were upraised in a sign of victory as he crossed the finish line"
],
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"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"raising",
"taking up",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascending",
"mounting",
"rising",
"rearing",
"upending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descending",
"dipping",
"falling",
"pitching",
"plunging",
"slipping",
"bearing",
"depressing",
"pressing",
"pushing",
"sinking",
"submerging"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropping",
"lowering"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"archaeologists are still not sure how the mysterious statues on Easter Island were upraised"
],
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"erecting",
"pitching",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up",
"upending"
],
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"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upmarket":{
"appealing to affluent consumers":{
"examples":[
"an upmarket restaurant that is quite pricey but also quite good"
],
"synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"high-end",
"upscale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegant",
"fashionable",
"posh",
"extravagant",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"plush",
"sumptuous",
"costly",
"expensive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheap",
"inexpensive"
],
"antonyms":[
"dime-store",
"discount",
"down-market",
"downscale",
"low-end"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upswing":{
"as in upheaval , upturn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsurge",
"upsweep",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling",
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"up":{
"as in upward , upwardly":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"upward",
"upwards",
"upwardly",
"aloft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"over",
"facedown",
"low"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being at a higher level than average":{
"examples":[
"the level of the lake is up this spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"high",
"increased",
"jacked (up)",
"raised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extreme",
"full",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"sky-high",
"utmost",
"inflated",
"over",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overlarge",
"overloaded",
"oversize",
"oversized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"depressed",
"dropped",
"knockdown",
"receded",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[
"down",
"low"
]
},
"brought or having come to an end":{
"examples":[
"okay, time is up"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"completed",
"concluded",
"done",
"down",
"ended",
"finished",
"over",
"over with",
"terminated",
"through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"attained",
"compassed",
"realized",
"dead",
"defunct",
"extinct",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"expired"
],
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"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"incomplete",
"ongoing",
"uncompleted",
"undone",
"unfinished"
]
},
"having information especially as a result of study or experience":{
"examples":[
"she's always up on the latest developments in fashion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abreast",
"acquainted",
"au courant",
"conversant",
"familiar",
"informed",
"knowledgeable",
"up-to-date",
"versed",
"well-informed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"sensible",
"sentient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensible",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"blind",
"oblivious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"inattentive",
"unheeding"
],
"antonyms":[
"ignorant",
"unacquainted",
"unfamiliar",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"swell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"follow up",
"parlay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"upped the catboat's sail"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"raise",
"take up",
"uphold",
"uplift",
"upraise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascend",
"mount",
"rise",
"rear",
"upend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descend",
"dip",
"fall",
"pitch",
"plunge",
"slip",
"bear",
"depress",
"press",
"push",
"sink",
"submerge"
],
"antonyms":[
"drop",
"lower"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"aspire",
"climb",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"thrust",
"uprear",
"uprise",
"upthrust",
"upturn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surge",
"tower",
"boost",
"elevate",
"raise",
"upheave",
"uplift",
"upraise",
"balloon",
"blast off",
"take off",
"zoom",
"crest",
"scale",
"surmount",
"top",
"cant",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"sink",
"slide"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall (off)",
"plunge"
]
},
"as in rise , ascent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ascent",
"exaltation",
"rise",
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"flower",
"heyday",
"prime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"demise",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"fall",
"flameout",
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung",
"breakdown",
"burnout",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"defeat",
"disappointment",
"reversal",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upper hands":{
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
"examples":[
"finally gained the upper hand in the argument"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantages",
"betters",
"bulges",
"catbird seats",
"drops",
"edges",
"high grounds",
"inside tracks",
"jumps",
"pulls",
"steads",
"vantages",
"whip hands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowances",
"head starts",
"leads",
"legs up",
"margins",
"odds",
"starts",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"commands",
"dominances",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"superiorities",
"supremacies",
"transcendences",
"transcendencies",
"precedences",
"preferences",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"seniorities",
"breaks",
"footholds",
"opportunities",
"benefits",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detriments",
"strangleholds",
"disparities",
"imbalances",
"inequalities",
"disabilities",
"failings",
"impairments",
"shortcomings",
"bars",
"catches",
"checks",
"clogs",
"crimps",
"embarrassments",
"hindrances",
"hitches",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"rubs",
"shackles",
"stops",
"trammels",
"lurches",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"handicaps",
"liabilities",
"minuses",
"penalties",
"strikes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"up-front":{
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"some hurt feelings could have been spared if he'd been more up-front about whom he was inviting to the party"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"direct",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"freehearted",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"unreserved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artless",
"earnest",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"sincere",
"unaffected",
"undesigning",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"vocal",
"vociferous",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"undiplomatic",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"unsubtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"close-mouthed",
"laconic",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"uncandid",
"unforthcoming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upright":{
"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
"examples":[
"an honest and upright people"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"right-minded",
"righteous",
"straight",
"true",
"virtuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorrupt",
"incorrupted",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
]
},
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
"examples":[
"informing the clerk that he had just given me back too much in change was the only upright thing to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"noble",
"principled",
"respectable",
"righteous",
"stand-up",
"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"
]
},
"rising straight up":{
"examples":[
"only one pillar of the ruined temple remained upright"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"raised",
"stand-up",
"standing",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"upended",
"upraised",
"semierect",
"freestanding",
"stand-alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prostrate",
"supine",
"diagonal",
"hanging",
"sagging",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slanty"
],
"antonyms":[
"flat",
"recumbent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uprears":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"trees uprearing towards the sky"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"aspires",
"climbs",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"thrusts",
"uprises",
"ups",
"upthrusts",
"upturns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surges",
"towers",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"raises",
"upheaves",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"balloons",
"blasts off",
"takes off",
"zooms",
"crests",
"scales",
"surmounts",
"tops",
"cants",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"sinks",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls (off)",
"plunges"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uplands":{
"an area of high ground":{
"examples":[
"the animals huddled on the upland as the floodwater rose"
],
"synonyms":[
"altitudes",
"elevations",
"eminences",
"heights",
"highlands",
"hills",
"humps",
"mounds",
"prominences",
"rises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alps",
"mountains",
"mounts",
"peaks",
"buttes",
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"precipices",
"steeps",
"tors",
"ridges",
"sierras",
"domes",
"sugarloafs",
"sugarloaves",
"foothills",
"hillocks",
"hummocks",
"knobs",
"knolls",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dales",
"dells",
"depressions",
"dingles",
"glens",
"hollows",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"fens",
"flats",
"floodplains",
"plains",
"tidewaters"
],
"antonyms":[
"lowlands"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upend":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"pitch",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"up-to-dateness":{
"as in recentness , currentness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"currentness",
"recentness",
"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"
]
},
"upbraid":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"his wife upbraided him for his irresponsible handling of the family finances"
],
"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"
],
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"up till":{
"up to (a particular time)":{
"examples":[
"Up till now, the weather has been nearly perfect for our vacation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"till",
"until",
"up to",
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"fore",
"'fore",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
],
"near antonyms":[
"next",
"next to",
"since",
"after",
"following"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"upbraiders":{
"as in scolds , haranguers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"ranters",
"rebukers",
"reproachers",
"reprovers",
"scolds",
"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"
]
},
"upshot":{
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence"
],
"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":[
"noun"
]
},
"upbraider":{
"as in scold , haranguer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonisher",
"haranguer",
"railer",
"ranter",
"rebuker",
"reproacher",
"reprover",
"scold",
"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"
]
},
"upping":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"following up",
"parlaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"upped the catboat's sail"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"raising",
"taking up",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upraising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascending",
"mounting",
"rising",
"rearing",
"upending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descending",
"dipping",
"falling",
"pitching",
"plunging",
"slipping",
"bearing",
"depressing",
"pressing",
"pushing",
"sinking",
"submerging"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropping",
"lowering"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"aspiring",
"climbing",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"thrusting",
"uprearing",
"uprising",
"upthrusting",
"upturning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surging",
"towering",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"raising",
"upheaving",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"ballooning",
"blasting off",
"taking off",
"zooming",
"cresting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"topping",
"canting",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling (off)",
"plunging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upticks":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"updates":{
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
"examples":[
"the movie is basically a retelling of the tried-and-true Cinderella story, updated for today's hipper audiences"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemporizes",
"modernizes",
"streamlines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recasts",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upwelling":{
"as in upheaval , upsurge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsurge",
"upsweep",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uprearing":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"trees uprearing towards the sky"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"aspiring",
"climbing",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"thrusting",
"upping",
"uprising",
"upthrusting",
"upturning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surging",
"towering",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"raising",
"upheaving",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"ballooning",
"blasting off",
"taking off",
"zooming",
"cresting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"topping",
"canting",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling (off)",
"plunging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upbraids":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"his wife upbraided him for his irresponsible handling of the family finances"
],
"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",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes"
],
"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"
]
},
"upheaves":{
"to lift with effort":{
"examples":[
"exactly how the builders of the pyramids at Giza upheaved such massive blocks of stone remains a mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elevates",
"hikes",
"picks up",
"raises",
"rears",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"uprears",
"ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depresses",
"drops",
"lowers",
"sinks",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"up-and-comer":{
"as in comer , rising star":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comer",
"rising star"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dinosaur",
"has-been",
"relic",
"dodo",
"fogy",
"fogey",
"fossil",
"old-timer",
"fuddy-duddy",
"mossback",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"stodge",
"troglodyte"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upswept":{
"as in raised , elevated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"high-rise",
"statuesque",
"altitudinous",
"high",
"lofty",
"tall",
"towering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat",
"flat",
"stubby",
"stumpy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rose , uprose":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upturned",
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"upcoming":{
"being soon to appear or take place":{
"examples":[
"an upcoming election"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"imminent",
"impending",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"pending",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"future",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"foregone",
"former",
"old",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"antonyms":[
"late",
"recent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uppercut":{
"as in roundhouse , kick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upkeeps":{
"the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition":{
"examples":[
"the upkeep of the old place was costing a fortune"
],
"synonyms":[
"care and feeding",
"conservation",
"conserving",
"keep",
"maintenance",
"preservation",
"preserving",
"sustentation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservancy",
"support",
"sustaining",
"care",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"defense",
"guarding",
"protection",
"safeguarding",
"safekeeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dereliction",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"inattention",
"neglect",
"negligence",
"damage",
"demolition",
"destruction",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"ruin",
"ruination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upheaved":{
"to lift with effort":{
"examples":[
"exactly how the builders of the pyramids at Giza upheaved such massive blocks of stone remains a mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"hiked",
"picked up",
"raised",
"reared",
"uplifted",
"upped",
"upraised",
"upreared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depressed",
"dropped",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uproar":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the house is always in a jubilant uproar during the holidays"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
"examples":[
"the ref's controversial call sent the crowd into an uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil",
"bedlam",
"bother",
"brouhaha",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"the uproar following the corrupt election nearly toppled the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversement",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"earthquake",
"paroxysm",
"storm",
"tempest",
"tumult",
"upheaval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"subversion",
"unrest",
"uprising",
"upset",
"fit",
"seizure",
"spasm",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"coil",
"commotion",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"rout",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"to-do",
"turmoil",
"welter",
"williwaw",
"quaking",
"rocking",
"shaking",
"trembling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent shouting":{
"examples":[
"an uproar arose from the crowd when it was announced that the concert was cancelled and refunds might not be available"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"noise",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"vociferation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangor",
"din",
"jangle",
"racket",
"cri de coeur",
"outburst",
"protest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumble",
"mumbling",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"rumble",
"rumbling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upper crusts":{
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"flowers",
"illuminati",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"priesthoods",
"primes",
"royalties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishments",
"gentries",
"nobilities",
"qualities",
"societies",
"top drawers",
"tops",
"upper classes",
"caviars",
"caviares",
"who's whos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"rank and files",
"unwasheds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uprise":{
"an upward slope":{
"examples":[
"the sharp uprise leading up to the fortress would make an assault extremely difficult"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclivity",
"ascent",
"hill",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt",
"climb",
"hump",
"mound",
"ridge",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"antonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
]
},
"to leave one's bed":{
"examples":[
"uprise ! we have lots of work to do today!"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"wake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drop off",
"lie up",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"couch",
"doss (down)",
"flop (down)",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"antonyms":[
"bed (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"as we went from the coast into the state's interior, the land gradually began uprising and eventually we were on mountainous terrain"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"aspire",
"climb",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"thrust",
"up",
"uprear",
"upthrust",
"upturn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surge",
"tower",
"boost",
"elevate",
"raise",
"upheave",
"uplift",
"upraise",
"balloon",
"blast off",
"take off",
"zoom",
"crest",
"scale",
"surmount",
"top",
"cant",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"sink",
"slide"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall (off)",
"plunge"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"uprooted":{
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
"examples":[
"uprooted the old bridge's pilings upon the completion of its replacement"
],
"synonyms":[
"corkscrewed",
"extracted",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"tore (out)",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"yanked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mined",
"plucked",
"removed",
"took (out)",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implanted",
"inserted",
"installed",
"instilled",
"crammed",
"jammed",
"rammed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upturning":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"aspiring",
"climbing",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"thrusting",
"upping",
"uprearing",
"uprising",
"upthrusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surging",
"towering",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"raising",
"upheaving",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"ballooning",
"blasting off",
"taking off",
"zooming",
"cresting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"topping",
"canting",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling (off)",
"plunging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upside-down":{
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
"examples":[
"the frantic search left the room upside-down"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"wrinkled",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upturns":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"aspires",
"climbs",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"thrusts",
"uprears",
"uprises",
"ups",
"upthrusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surges",
"towers",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"raises",
"upheaves",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"balloons",
"blasts off",
"takes off",
"zooms",
"crests",
"scales",
"surmounts",
"tops",
"cants",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"sinks",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls (off)",
"plunges"
]
},
"as in upswings , upheavals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heaves",
"thrusts",
"upheavals",
"upsurges",
"upsweeps",
"upswings",
"upthrusts",
"uptrends",
"upwellings",
"ascensions",
"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soars",
"boosts",
"hikes",
"raises",
"blastoffs",
"elevations",
"hoists",
"levitations",
"liftoffs",
"takeoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plops",
"declines",
"decreases",
"downs",
"comedowns",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"descents",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"up-country":{
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"built a cabin in the up-country"
],
"synonyms":[
"backcountry",
"backland(s)",
"backwater",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upstanding":{
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
"examples":[
"a fine, upstanding woman who deserves to be nominated to the state's highest court"
],
"synonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"noble",
"principled",
"respectable",
"righteous",
"stand-up",
"upright"
],
"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"
]
},
"rising straight up":{
"examples":[
"not a single wall remained upstanding after the tornado had passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"raised",
"stand-up",
"standing",
"upright",
"vertical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"upended",
"upraised",
"semierect",
"freestanding",
"stand-alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prostrate",
"supine",
"diagonal",
"hanging",
"sagging",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slanty"
],
"antonyms":[
"flat",
"recumbent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upscale":{
"appealing to affluent consumers":{
"examples":[
"a new upscale shopping center is under construction on the west end of town"
],
"synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"high-end",
"upmarket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegant",
"fashionable",
"posh",
"extravagant",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"plush",
"sumptuous",
"costly",
"expensive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheap",
"inexpensive"
],
"antonyms":[
"dime-store",
"discount",
"down-market",
"downscale",
"low-end"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upper classes":{
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"uptake":{
"as in absorption , assimilation":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absorption",
"assimilation",
"digestion",
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"perception",
"percipience",
"understanding",
"conception",
"visualization",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"enlightenment",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"noncomprehension",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upraises":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"the runner's arms were upraised in a sign of victory as he crossed the finish line"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"raises",
"takes up",
"upholds",
"uplifts",
"ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascends",
"mounts",
"rises",
"rears",
"upends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descends",
"dips",
"falls",
"pitches",
"plunges",
"slips",
"bears",
"depresses",
"presses",
"pushes",
"sinks",
"submerges"
],
"antonyms":[
"drops",
"lowers"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"archaeologists are still not sure how the mysterious statues on Easter Island were upraised"
],
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"erects",
"pitches",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up",
"upends"
],
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"up to":{
"during the period before and continuing to (a particular time)":{
"examples":[
"She was unsure of what to do and deliberated up to the last moment about whether to accept the job offer."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"till",
"until",
"up till",
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"fore",
"'fore",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
],
"near antonyms":[
"next",
"next to",
"since",
"after",
"following"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"upgraded":{
"to move higher in rank or position":{
"examples":[
"upgraded them to first class"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"elevated",
"promoted",
"raised"
],
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"forwarded",
"furthered",
"aggrandized",
"boosted",
"heightened",
"improved",
"lifted",
"uplifted",
"commissioned",
"ennobled",
"knighted",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"celebrated",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposed",
"dethroned",
"dismissed",
"expelled",
"impeached",
"ousted",
"overthrew",
"removed",
"unmade",
"unseated",
"demeaned",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"mortified",
"shamed",
"took down",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"reprobated"
],
"antonyms":[
"abased",
"degraded",
"demoted",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"reduced"
]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"that restaurant had better upgrade its service\u2014and fast\u2014if it wants to stay in business"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remediated",
"remedied",
"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",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"marred",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upgrades":{
"an upward slope":{
"examples":[
"had to walk our bicycle on the upgrades on our ride through the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclivities",
"ascents",
"hills",
"rises",
"uphills",
"uprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"glacis",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"tilts",
"climbs",
"humps",
"mounds",
"ridges",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basins",
"depressions",
"hollows"
],
"antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"downhills",
"drop-offs",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
]
},
"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{
"examples":[
"received an upgrade to lieutenant"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancements",
"ascents",
"creations",
"elevations",
"preferences",
"preferments",
"promotions",
"rises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications",
"magnifications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depositions",
"dethronements",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"expulsions",
"impeachments",
"ousters",
"overthrows",
"removals",
"suspensions",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"antonyms":[
"abasements",
"comedowns",
"degradations",
"demotions",
"downgrades",
"reductions"
]
},
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"there's a steep upgrade to some of the hills on that route"
],
"synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"slants",
"slopes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascents",
"banks",
"climbs",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move higher in rank or position":{
"examples":[
"upgraded them to first class"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"elevates",
"promotes",
"raises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forwards",
"furthers",
"aggrandizes",
"boosts",
"heightens",
"improves",
"lifts",
"uplifts",
"commissions",
"ennobles",
"knights",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"celebrates",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"decorates",
"eulogizes",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"hails",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposes",
"dethrones",
"dismisses",
"expels",
"impeaches",
"ousts",
"overthrows",
"removes",
"unmakes",
"unseats",
"demeans",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"mortifies",
"shames",
"takes down",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"reprobates"
],
"antonyms":[
"abases",
"degrades",
"demotes",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"reduces"
]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"that restaurant had better upgrade its service\u2014and fast\u2014if it wants to stay in business"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"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":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upheld":{
"as in raised , uplifted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhead",
"overlooking",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"ascending",
"soaring",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost",
"upward",
"airy",
"elevated",
"high",
"nosebleed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"depressed",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"down",
"dropped",
"fallen",
"grounded",
"lowered",
"sunken",
"lowermost",
"nethermost",
"undermost",
"abreast",
"even",
"level"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
"examples":[
"determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges"
],
"synonyms":[
"defended",
"justified",
"maintained",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"espoused",
"confirmed",
"vindicated",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"insisted",
"pleaded",
"pled",
"plead",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"protested",
"stated",
"argued",
"debated",
"discussed",
"emphasized",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"abjured",
"forsook",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"reversed",
"switched",
"controverted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"an entablature upheld by a series of gracefully slender columns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolstered",
"bore",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"carried",
"propped (up)",
"shored (up)",
"stayed",
"supported",
"sustained",
"undergirded",
"underpinned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadied",
"trussed",
"underlay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"worshippers upheld their joined hands and sang the praises of the Lord"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"raised",
"took up",
"uplifted",
"upped",
"upraised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"rose",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fell",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"bore",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"uproariousness":{
"the amusing quality or element in something":{
"examples":[
"the supposed uproariousness of the situation was lost on the people who fell for the scam"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedy",
"comic",
"comicality",
"drollery",
"drollness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humor",
"humorousness",
"richness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusement",
"enjoyment",
"fun",
"pleasure",
"absurdity",
"irony",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness",
"whimsicality",
"wittiness",
"wryness",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"farce",
"jest",
"lampoon",
"parody",
"satire",
"slapstick",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"jocularity",
"jokiness",
"playfulness",
"waggishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agony",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"misery",
"sorrow",
"torment",
"torture",
"tribulation",
"woe",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"somberness"
],
"antonyms":[
"pathos"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upsurge":{
"a rapid or sudden increase":{
"examples":[
"a recent upsurge in crime",
"The mayor is enjoying an upsurge of popularity."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsweep",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling",
"ascent",
"ascension",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"updos":{
"as in buns , chignons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"upsweeps",
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"perms",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"pompadours",
"roaches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upheavals":{
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"the government can no longer control the social upheaval brought about by the collapse of the country's economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversements",
"cataclysms",
"convulsions",
"earthquakes",
"paroxysms",
"storms",
"tempests",
"tumults",
"uproars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"subversions",
"uprisings",
"upsets",
"fits",
"seizures",
"spasms",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bustles",
"coils",
"commotions",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"pandemoniums",
"routs",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"to-dos",
"turmoils",
"welters",
"williwaws"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upwellings":{
"as in upheavals , upsurges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heaves",
"thrusts",
"upheavals",
"upsurges",
"upsweeps",
"upswings",
"upthrusts",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"ascensions",
"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soars",
"boosts",
"hikes",
"raises",
"blastoffs",
"elevations",
"hoists",
"levitations",
"liftoffs",
"takeoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plops",
"declines",
"decreases",
"downs",
"comedowns",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"descents",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upsurges":{
"a rapid or sudden increase":{
"examples":[
"a recent upsurge in crime",
"The mayor is enjoying an upsurge of popularity."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heaves",
"thrusts",
"upheavals",
"upsweeps",
"upswings",
"upthrusts",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"upwellings",
"ascensions",
"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soars",
"boosts",
"hikes",
"raises",
"blastoffs",
"elevations",
"hoists",
"levitations",
"liftoffs",
"takeoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plops",
"declines",
"decreases",
"downs",
"comedowns",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"descents",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upon":{
"in or into contact with":{
"examples":[
"leaned upon the desk"
],
"synonyms":[
"against",
"on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alongside",
"next",
"next to",
"upside"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"uprose":{
"to leave one's bed":{
"examples":[
"uprise ! we have lots of work to do today!"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rolled out",
"rose",
"turned out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"bestirred",
"stirred",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"lay up",
"napped",
"nodded",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"bunked",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"couched",
"dossed (down)",
"flopped (down)",
"lay (down)",
"reclined"
],
"antonyms":[
"bedded (down)",
"retired",
"turned in"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"as we went from the coast into the state's interior, the land gradually began uprising and eventually we were on mountainous terrain"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"aspired",
"climbed",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"thrust",
"upped",
"upreared",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"took off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slid"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uptick":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upland":{
"an area of high ground":{
"examples":[
"the animals huddled on the upland as the floodwater rose"
],
"synonyms":[
"altitude(s)",
"elevation",
"eminence",
"height",
"highland",
"hill",
"hump",
"mound",
"prominence",
"rise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alp",
"mount",
"mountain",
"peak",
"butte",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"precipice",
"steep",
"tor",
"ridge",
"sierra",
"dome",
"sugarloaf",
"foothill",
"hillock",
"hummock",
"knob",
"knoll",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dale",
"dell",
"depression",
"dingle",
"glen",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"fen",
"flat",
"floodplain",
"plain",
"tidewater"
],
"antonyms":[
"lowland"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upchucked":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a speaker so nervous that he had upchucked backstage"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfed",
"gagged",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"puked",
"retched",
"spewed",
"spit up",
"spat up",
"threw up",
"vomited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorged",
"regurgitated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"nauseated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upkeep":{
"the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition":{
"examples":[
"the upkeep of the old place was costing a fortune"
],
"synonyms":[
"care and feeding",
"conservation",
"conserving",
"keep",
"maintenance",
"preservation",
"preserving",
"sustentation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservancy",
"support",
"sustaining",
"care",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"defense",
"guarding",
"protection",
"safeguarding",
"safekeeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dereliction",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"inattention",
"neglect",
"negligence",
"damage",
"demolition",
"destruction",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"ruin",
"ruination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upward":{
"as in upper , uppermost":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost",
"overhead",
"overlooking",
"raised",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"ascending",
"soaring",
"airy",
"elevated",
"high",
"nosebleed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"depressed",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"down",
"dropped",
"fallen",
"grounded",
"lowered",
"sunken",
"lowermost",
"nethermost",
"undermost",
"abreast",
"even",
"level"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in skyward":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"skyward",
"above",
"aloft",
"over",
"overhead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"beneath",
"under",
"underneath"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"uproarious":{
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
"examples":[
"the movie follows the comic duo through a series of outrageous and uproarious escapades"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"clownish",
"knockabout",
"slapstick",
"slapsticky",
"zany",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"snickery",
"jocular",
"playful",
"waggish",
"campy",
"jokey",
"joky",
"priceless",
"rich",
"whimsical",
"witty",
"wry",
"blithesome",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mad",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
]
},
"full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{
"examples":[
"visited the site where the action movie was being filmed only to find a chaotic, uproarious set"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"resounding"
],
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upreared":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"trees uprearing towards the sky"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"aspired",
"climbed",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"thrust",
"upped",
"uprose",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"took off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slid"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"up to snuff":{
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"examples":[
"She decided to buy some new hiking gear, worried that her worn old supplies were not up to snuff ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"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",
"fine",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"upwardly":{
"as in upward , up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"up",
"upward",
"upwards",
"aloft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"over",
"facedown",
"low"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"upchucking":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a speaker so nervous that he had upchucked backstage"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfing",
"gagging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"puking",
"retching",
"spewing",
"spitting up",
"throwing up",
"vomiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorging",
"regurgitating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"nauseating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"upgrading":{
"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{
"examples":[
"she was surprised by the unannounced upgrading to the position of supervisor"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancement",
"ascent",
"creation",
"elevation",
"preference",
"preferment",
"promotion",
"rise",
"upgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"expulsion",
"impeachment",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal",
"suspension",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"antonyms":[
"abasement",
"comedown",
"degradation",
"demotion",
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"reduction"
]
},
"to move higher in rank or position":{
"examples":[
"upgraded them to first class"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"elevating",
"promoting",
"raising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"aggrandizing",
"boosting",
"heightening",
"improving",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"commissioning",
"ennobling",
"knighting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"celebrating",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"decorating",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposing",
"dethroning",
"dismissing",
"expelling",
"impeaching",
"ousting",
"overthrowing",
"removing",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"demeaning",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"mortifying",
"shaming",
"taking down",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"reprobating"
],
"antonyms":[
"abasing",
"degrading",
"demoting",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"reducing"
]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"that restaurant had better upgrade its service\u2014and fast\u2014if it wants to stay in business"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"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":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upbeat":{
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
"examples":[
"an upbeat attitude about life"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"winsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"animated",
"chirpy",
"jaunty",
"lilting",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned",
"boon",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unsatisfied",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"hangdog",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
]
},
"having qualities which inspire hope":{
"examples":[
"several upbeat signs that the economy is improving"
],
"synonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"likely",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"roseate",
"rosy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"soothing",
"assured",
"confident",
"decisive",
"doubtless",
"positive",
"sure",
"unhesitating",
"beamish",
"bullish",
"eupeptic",
"favorable",
"good"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"bearish",
"grim",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"funereal",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"miserable",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upsets":{
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"ails",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"derails",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distempers",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"flurries",
"frazzles",
"freaks (out)",
"fusses",
"hagrides",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"weirds out",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"riles",
"vexes",
"bedevils",
"haunts",
"plagues",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"jars",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"shakes up",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"unnerves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms",
"composes",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
]
},
"to turn on one's side or upside down":{
"examples":[
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsizes",
"overturns",
"turns over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inverts",
"oversets",
"overthrows",
"pitchpoles",
"topples",
"tumps (over)",
"upends",
"careens",
"heels",
"keels",
"leans",
"lists",
"tilts",
"tips",
"collapses",
"falls",
"founders",
"gives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stands up",
"straightens (up)",
"erects",
"raises"
],
"antonyms":[
"rights"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuses",
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disjoints",
"dislocates",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"hashes",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"musses",
"rumples",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroils",
"entangles",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"stirs (up)",
"unsettles",
"clutters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"methodizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"adjusts",
"fixes",
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"unscrambles"
],
"antonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"regulates",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies"
]
},
"an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed":{
"examples":[
"the move to a new town is just the latest in a series of upsets for my family over the last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"derangements",
"dislocations",
"disruptions",
"disturbances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsions",
"revolutions",
"unsettlements",
"upheavals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"uproars":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the house is always in a jubilant uproar during the holidays"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"the uproar following the corrupt election nearly toppled the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversements",
"cataclysms",
"convulsions",
"earthquakes",
"paroxysms",
"storms",
"tempests",
"tumults",
"upheavals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"subversions",
"uprisings",
"upsets",
"fits",
"seizures",
"spasms",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bustles",
"coils",
"commotions",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"pandemoniums",
"routs",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"to-dos",
"turmoils",
"welters",
"williwaws"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent shouting":{
"examples":[
"an uproar arose from the crowd when it was announced that the concert was cancelled and refunds might not be available"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamors",
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"noises",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"vociferations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"dins",
"jangle",
"rackets",
"cris de coeur",
"outbursts",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"rumbles",
"rumblings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upper-class":{
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
}
}