12067 lines
233 KiB
JSON
12067 lines
233 KiB
JSON
{
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"upended":{
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"as in elevated , lifted":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"elevated",
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"lifted",
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"upraised",
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"erect",
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"perpendicular",
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"plumb",
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"raised",
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"standing",
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"stand-up",
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"upright",
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"upstanding",
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"vertical",
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"semierect",
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"freestanding",
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"stand-alone"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"flat",
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"recumbent",
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"prostrate",
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"supine",
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"diagonal",
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"hanging",
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"sagging",
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"slant",
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"slanted",
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"slanting",
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"slanty"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"examples":[
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"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"bested",
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"conquered",
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"defeated",
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"did down",
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"dispatched",
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"got",
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"got around",
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"licked",
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"mastered",
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"overbore",
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"overcame",
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"overmatched",
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"prevailed (over)",
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"skunked",
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"stopped",
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"subdued",
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"surmounted",
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"took",
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"trimmed",
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"triumphed (over)",
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"won (against)",
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"worsted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"swept",
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"edged (out)",
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"nosed out",
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"pipped",
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"annihilated",
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"blew away",
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"blew out",
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"bombed",
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"broke",
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"buried",
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"clobbered",
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"creamed",
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"crushed",
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"drubbed",
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"finished",
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"flattened",
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"overwhelmed",
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"routed",
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"shellacked",
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"skinned",
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"slaughtered",
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"smoked",
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"snowed under",
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"thrashed",
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"trounced",
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"upset",
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"walloped",
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"waxed",
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"whipped",
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"capped",
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"excelled",
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"flourished",
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"scored",
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"succeeded",
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"knocked off",
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"knocked over",
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"overpowered",
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"overthrew",
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"subjugated",
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"unseated",
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"vanquished",
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"aced (out)",
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"bettered",
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"eclipsed",
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"exceeded",
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"excelled",
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"outdid",
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"outdistanced",
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"outfought",
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"outshone",
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"outshined",
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"outstripped",
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"overtopped",
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"surpassed",
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"topped",
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"transcended"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fell",
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"gave up",
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"went down",
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"went under",
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"collapsed",
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"failed",
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"flopped",
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"flunked",
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"folded",
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"washed out"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"lost (to)"
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]
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},
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"to fix in an upright position":{
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"examples":[
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"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"erected",
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"pitched",
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"put up",
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"raised",
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"reared",
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"set up",
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"upraised"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"braced",
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"buttressed",
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"propped (up)",
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"shored (up)",
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"supported",
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"boosted",
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"craned",
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"elevated",
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"heaved",
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"hove",
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"hefted",
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"heightened",
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"hiked",
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"hoisted",
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"jacked (up)",
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"lifted",
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"perked (up)",
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"picked up",
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"upheld",
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"uplifted",
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"upped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolished",
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"flattened",
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"knocked down",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"razed",
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"tore down"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"upending":{
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"antonyms":[
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"losing (to)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"falling",
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"giving up",
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"going down",
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"going under",
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"collapsing",
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"failing",
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"flopping",
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"flunking",
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"folding",
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"washing out"
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],
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"related":[
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"sweeping",
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"edging (out)",
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"nosing out",
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"pipping",
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"annihilating",
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"blowing away",
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"blowing out",
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"bombing",
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"breaking",
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"burying",
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"clobbering",
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"creaming",
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"crushing",
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"drubbing",
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"finishing",
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"flattening",
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"overwhelming",
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"routing",
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"shellacking",
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"skinning",
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"slaughtering",
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"smoking",
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"snowing under",
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"thrashing",
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"trouncing",
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"upsetting",
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"walloping",
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"waxing",
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"whipping",
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"capping",
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"excelling",
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"flourishing",
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"scoring",
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"succeeding",
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"knocking off",
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"knocking over",
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"overpowering",
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"overthrowing",
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"subjugating",
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"unseating",
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"vanquishing",
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"acing (out)",
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"bettering",
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"eclipsing",
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"exceeding",
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"excelling",
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"outdistancing",
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"outdoing",
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"outfighting",
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"outshining",
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"outstripping",
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"overtopping",
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"surpassing",
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"topping",
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"transcending"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"besting",
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"conquering",
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"defeating",
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"dispatching",
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"doing down",
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"getting",
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"getting around",
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"licking",
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"mastering",
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"overbearing",
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"overcoming",
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"overmatching",
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"prevailing (over)",
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"skunking",
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"stopping",
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"subduing",
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"surmounting",
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"taking",
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"trimming",
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"triumphing (over)",
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"winning (against)",
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"worsting"
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]
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},
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"to fix in an upright position":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolishing",
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"flattening",
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"knocking down",
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"leveling",
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"levelling",
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"razing",
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"tearing down"
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],
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"related":[
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"bracing",
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"buttressing",
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"propping (up)",
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"shoring (up)",
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"supporting",
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"boosting",
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"craning",
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"elevating",
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"heaving",
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"hefting",
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"heightening",
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"hiking",
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"hoisting",
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"jacking (up)",
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"lifting",
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"perking (up)",
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"picking up",
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"upholding",
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"uplifting",
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"upping"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"erecting",
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"pitching",
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"putting up",
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"raising",
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"rearing",
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"setting up",
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"upraising"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"upgrade":{
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"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abasement",
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"comedown",
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"degradation",
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"demotion",
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"disrating",
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"downgrade",
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"reduction"
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],
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"examples":[
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"received an upgrade to lieutenant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deposition",
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"dethronement",
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"discharge",
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"dismissal",
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"expulsion",
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"impeachment",
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"ouster",
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"overthrow",
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"removal",
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"suspension",
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"unmaking",
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"unseating",
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"downfall",
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"fall"
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],
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"related":[
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"aggrandizement",
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"ennoblement",
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"exaltation",
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"glorification",
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"magnification"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advancement",
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"ascent",
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"creation",
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"elevation",
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"preference",
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"preferment",
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"promotion",
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"rise",
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"upgrading"
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]
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},
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"an upward slope":{
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"antonyms":[
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"declension",
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"decline",
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"declivity",
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"descent",
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"dip",
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"downgrade",
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"downhill",
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"drop-off",
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"fall",
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"hang",
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"hanging"
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],
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"examples":[
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"had to walk our bicycle on the upgrades on our ride through the hills"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"basin",
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"depression",
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"hollow"
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],
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"related":[
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"cant",
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"diagonal",
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"glacis",
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"grade",
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"gradient",
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"inclination",
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"incline",
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"lean",
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"pitch",
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"rake",
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"tilt",
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"climb",
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"hump",
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"mound",
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"ridge",
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"swell"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acclivity",
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"ascent",
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"hill",
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"rise",
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"uphill",
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"uprise"
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]
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},
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"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"there's a steep upgrade to some of the hills on that route"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"declension",
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"declination",
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"decline",
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"declivity",
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"descent",
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"dip",
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"downgrade",
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"fall",
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"hang",
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"hanging",
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"receding"
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],
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"related":[
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"ascent",
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"bank",
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"climb",
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"rise"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cant",
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"diagonal",
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"grade",
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"gradient",
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"inclination",
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"incline",
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"lean",
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"pitch",
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"rake",
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"slant",
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"slope"
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]
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},
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"to make better":{
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"antonyms":[
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"worsen"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that restaurant had better upgrade its service\u2014and fast\u2014if it wants to stay in business"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"damage",
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"endamage",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"spoil",
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"tarnish",
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"vitiate",
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"deface",
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"disfigure",
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"flaw",
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"mar",
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"diminish",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"reduce"
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],
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"related":[
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"correct",
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"emend",
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"rectify",
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"reform",
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"remediate",
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"remedy",
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"edit",
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"fine-tune",
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"redraft",
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"refurbish",
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"rehab",
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"rehabilitate",
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"revamp",
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"revise",
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"rework",
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"beef (up)",
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"boost",
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"fortify",
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"intensify",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce",
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"strengthen",
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"fine",
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"hone",
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"polish",
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"retouch",
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"touch up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"amend",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"enrich",
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"help",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"perfect",
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"refine"
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]
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},
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"to move higher in rank or position":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abase",
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"degrade",
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"demote",
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"downgrade",
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"lower",
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"reduce"
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],
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"examples":[
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"upgraded them to first class"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"depose",
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"dethrone",
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"dismiss",
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"expel",
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"impeach",
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"oust",
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"overthrow",
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"remove",
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"unmake",
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"unseat",
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"demean",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"humble",
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"humiliate",
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"mortify",
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"shame",
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"take down",
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"censure",
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"condemn",
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"damn",
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"denounce",
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"reprobate"
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],
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"related":[
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"forward",
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"further",
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"aggrandize",
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"boost",
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"heighten",
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"improve",
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"lift",
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"uplift",
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"commission",
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"ennoble",
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"knight",
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"acclaim",
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"applaud",
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"celebrate",
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"cite",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"congratulate",
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"decorate",
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"eulogize",
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"exalt",
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"extol",
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"extoll",
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"glorify",
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"hail",
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"honor",
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"laud",
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"praise",
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"salute"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advance",
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"elevate",
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"promote",
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"raise"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"upheaval":{
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"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the government can no longer control the social upheaval brought about by the collapse of the country's economy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"insurgency",
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"insurrection",
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"mutiny",
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"overthrow",
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"overturn",
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"rebellion",
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"revolt",
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"revolution",
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"subversion",
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"unrest",
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"uprising",
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"upset",
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"fit",
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"seizure",
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"spasm",
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"eruption",
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"flare-up",
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"outbreak",
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"outburst",
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"bluster",
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"bobbery",
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"bustle",
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"coil",
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"commotion",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fuss",
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|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"renaissances",
|
|
"renascences",
|
|
"revivals",
|
|
"discoveries",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"languishments",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"updo":{
|
|
"as in bun , chignon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beehive",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upends":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"upraises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upstart":{
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arriviste",
|
|
"nouveau riche",
|
|
"parvenu"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arriv\u00e9",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"social climber",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"nabob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upperclassman":{
|
|
"as in underclassman , undergrad":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upstarts":{
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"up":{
|
|
"as in upward , upwardly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"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",
|
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"castigate",
|
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"chastise",
|
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"chew out",
|
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"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
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"hammer",
|
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"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
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"reproach",
|
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"scold",
|
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"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
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"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
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"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
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"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
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"crucify",
|
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"denounce",
|
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"dis",
|
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"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
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"ridicule",
|
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"scoff",
|
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"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
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"extoll",
|
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"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"up till":{
|
|
"up to (a particular time)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Up till now, the weather has been nearly perfect for our vacation."
|
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],
|
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"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",
|
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"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
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"spoiling",
|
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"tarnishing",
|
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"vitiating",
|
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"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upbeat":{
|
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"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
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"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",
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"rumblings"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"upper-class":{
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"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
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"examples":[
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"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"aristocratic",
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"blue-blooded",
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"genteel",
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"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
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|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |