dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cov_MWT.json
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{
"cover":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"fill in",
"pinch-hit",
"stand in",
"step in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"take over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudy",
"relieve",
"spell",
"double (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a layer over":{
"examples":[
"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"carpet",
"coat",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"overspread",
"sheet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enclose",
"inclose",
"enrobe",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"mantle",
"shawl",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"cloak",
"clothe",
"curtain",
"veil",
"circle",
"encircle",
"encompass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place a protective layer over":{
"examples":[
"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"screen",
"shield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"clothe",
"veil",
"drape",
"pall",
"canopy",
"cap",
"crown",
"disguise",
"mask",
"obscure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"uncover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
"examples":[
"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"concern",
"deal (with)",
"pertain (to)",
"treat (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertain (to)",
"bear (on or upon)",
"refer (to)",
"relate (to)",
"advert (to)",
"allude (to)",
"cite",
"glance (upon)",
"instance",
"mention",
"name",
"note",
"notice",
"quote",
"specify",
"touch (upon)",
"offer",
"present",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"incorporate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exclude",
"omit",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight",
"slur (over)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"reject",
"shrug off"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"paper over",
"screen",
"shroud",
"suppress",
"veil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bury",
"camouflage",
"cover (up)",
"smother",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"follow",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
],
"synonyms":[
"monitor",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surveil",
"eye",
"behold",
"espy",
"look",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"regard",
"see",
"sight",
"spy",
"view",
"witness",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"glare",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwark",
"defend",
"fence",
"fend",
"forfend",
"guard",
"keep",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield",
"ward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avert",
"prevent",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand",
"battle",
"contend",
"fight",
"war",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save",
"buffer",
"palisade",
"picket",
"wall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombard",
"storm",
"beset",
"besiege",
"overrun",
"capitulate",
"cave",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack"
]
},
"a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents":{
"examples":[
"where's the cover for the cookie jar?"
],
"synonyms":[
"cap",
"lid",
"top"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dome",
"hood",
"roof",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"covering",
"housing",
"jacket",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"provided cover while their comrades ran for safety"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"ammunition",
"armor",
"buckler",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"security",
"shield",
"wall",
"ward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"armament",
"munitions",
"weapon",
"weaponry",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"stronghold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"put the restaurant menus in clear plastic covers so that they would last longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a raised covering over something for decoration or protection":{
"examples":[
"all of the exhibits at the fair are under cover , so the weather won't be a factor"
],
"synonyms":[
"awning",
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"roof",
"tent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dome",
"marquee",
"pavilion",
"arbor",
"bower",
"pergola",
"screen",
"shade",
"shelter",
"shield",
"sunshade",
"umbrella",
"canvas",
"canvass",
"fly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"under cover of friendship the con man insinuated himself in the lives of the unsuspecting couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover-up",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cover (up)":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"burke",
"hush (up)",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black out",
"censor",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"quash",
"repress",
"smother",
"spike",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"blab",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"publish",
"spread",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cover-up":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"burke",
"hush (up)",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black out",
"censor",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"quash",
"repress",
"smother",
"spike",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"blab",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"publish",
"spread",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"covered":{
"as in sheltered , canopied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canopied",
"sheltered",
"shaded",
"shadowed",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"umbrageous",
"cloudy",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"inky",
"moonless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"penumbral",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"shadeless",
"sunny",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"incandescent",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminary",
"luminous",
"beaming",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"shining",
"lustrous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"filled in",
"pinch-hit",
"stepped in",
"stood in",
"subbed",
"substituted",
"took over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudied",
"relieved",
"spelled",
"doubled (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a layer over":{
"examples":[
"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"carpeted",
"coated",
"overlaid",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"sheeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enrobed",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"mantled",
"shawled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"cloaked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"curtained",
"veiled",
"circled",
"encircled",
"encompassed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place a protective layer over":{
"examples":[
"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"screened",
"shielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"veiled",
"draped",
"palled",
"canopied",
"capped",
"crowned",
"disguised",
"masked",
"obscured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"exposed",
"uncovered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
"examples":[
"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"concerned",
"dealt (with)",
"pertained (to)",
"treated (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertained (to)",
"bore (on or upon)",
"referred (to)",
"related (to)",
"adverted (to)",
"alluded (to)",
"cited",
"glanced (upon)",
"instanced",
"mentioned",
"named",
"noted",
"noticed",
"quoted",
"specified",
"touched (upon)",
"offered",
"presented",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"incorporated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excluded",
"omitted",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"rejected",
"shrugged off"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"occulted",
"papered over",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"suppressed",
"veiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursed",
"crossed",
"cut (across)",
"followed",
"navigated",
"passed (over)",
"perambulated",
"peregrinated",
"proceeded (along)",
"tracked",
"transited",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"traversed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiked",
"traipsed",
"tramped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ran",
"run",
"rode",
"rid",
"crisscrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
],
"synonyms":[
"monitored",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surveilled",
"eyed",
"beheld",
"espied",
"looked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"regarded",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spied",
"viewed",
"witnessed",
"gaped",
"gawked",
"gazed",
"glared",
"goggled",
"peered",
"rubbernecked",
"stared",
"glanced",
"glimpsed",
"peeked",
"peeped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarked",
"defended",
"fenced",
"fended",
"forfended",
"guarded",
"kept",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"shielded",
"warded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averted",
"prevented",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"battled",
"contended",
"fought",
"warred",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved",
"buffered",
"palisaded",
"picketed",
"walled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombarded",
"stormed",
"beset",
"besieged",
"overran",
"capitulated",
"caved",
"submitted",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"covering (up)":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"burking",
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacking out",
"censoring",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"quashing",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"spiking",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"blabbing",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"publishing",
"spreading",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coverlet":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"bought a beautiful new coverlet to match the sheets"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedcover",
"bedcovering",
"bedspread",
"counterpane",
"hap",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforter",
"puff",
"quilt",
"bedclothes",
"bedding",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covertness":{
"as in concealment , subterfuge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concealment",
"stealth",
"subterfuge",
"furtiveness",
"shiftiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"underhandedness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity",
"circumspection",
"wariness",
"discreetness",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"confidentiality",
"privacy",
"closeness",
"secrecy",
"secretiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"imprudence",
"indiscretion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coverts":{
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
"examples":[
"set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected"
],
"synonyms":[
"concealments",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"hidey-holes",
"hidy-holes",
"lairs",
"nests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"covers",
"nooks",
"recesses",
"hangouts",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"haunts",
"havens",
"redoubts",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
"examples":[
"the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert"
],
"synonyms":[
"boscages",
"boskages",
"bosks",
"bosques",
"bosquets",
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"thickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canebrakes",
"brushes",
"bushes",
"scrublands",
"scrubs",
"brambles",
"jungles",
"tangles",
"groves",
"hedges",
"stands",
"woodlots",
"forests",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coveting":{
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
"examples":[
"cast a coveting glance at her friend's diamond necklace"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"covetous",
"grabby",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing",
"rapacious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"lickerish",
"miserly",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"covet":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"covers":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"fills in",
"pinch-hits",
"stands in",
"steps in",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"takes over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudies",
"relieves",
"spells",
"doubles (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a layer over":{
"examples":[
"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"carpets",
"coats",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"overspreads",
"sheets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encloses",
"incloses",
"enrobes",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"mantles",
"shawls",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"cloaks",
"clothes",
"curtains",
"veils",
"circles",
"encircles",
"encompasses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place a protective layer over":{
"examples":[
"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"screens",
"shields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaks",
"clothes",
"veils",
"drapes",
"palls",
"canopies",
"caps",
"crowns",
"disguises",
"masks",
"obscures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"exposes",
"uncovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
"examples":[
"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"concerns",
"deals (with)",
"pertains (to)",
"treats (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertains (to)",
"bears (on or upon)",
"refers (to)",
"relates (to)",
"adverts (to)",
"alludes (to)",
"cites",
"glances (upon)",
"instances",
"mentions",
"names",
"notes",
"notices",
"quotes",
"specifies",
"touches (upon)",
"offers",
"presents",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"incorporates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excludes",
"omits",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"slurs (over)",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"rejects",
"shrugs off"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"suppresses",
"veils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"crosses",
"cuts (across)",
"follows",
"goes",
"navigates",
"passes (over)",
"perambulates",
"peregrinates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
],
"synonyms":[
"monitors",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surveils",
"eyes",
"beholds",
"espies",
"looks",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"regards",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"views",
"witnesses",
"gapes",
"gawks",
"gazes",
"glares",
"goggles",
"peers",
"rubbernecks",
"stares",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarks",
"defends",
"fences",
"fends",
"forfends",
"guards",
"keeps",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields",
"wards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averts",
"prevents",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands",
"battles",
"contends",
"fights",
"wars",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves",
"buffers",
"palisades",
"pickets",
"walls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombards",
"storms",
"besets",
"besieges",
"overruns",
"capitulates",
"caves",
"submits",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks"
]
},
"a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents":{
"examples":[
"where's the cover for the cookie jar?"
],
"synonyms":[
"caps",
"lids",
"tops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"hoods",
"roofs",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"coverings",
"housings",
"jackets",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"provided cover while their comrades ran for safety"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegises",
"egises",
"ammunitions",
"armors",
"bucklers",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"securities",
"shields",
"walls",
"wards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armaments",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponries",
"weapons",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"strongholds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"put the restaurant menus in clear plastic covers so that they would last longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a raised covering over something for decoration or protection":{
"examples":[
"all of the exhibits at the fair are under cover , so the weather won't be a factor"
],
"synonyms":[
"awnings",
"canopies",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"tents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"marquees",
"pavilions",
"arbors",
"bowers",
"pergolas",
"screens",
"shades",
"shelters",
"shields",
"sunshades",
"umbrellas",
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"flies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"under cover of friendship the con man insinuated himself in the lives of the unsuspecting couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"covered (up)":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"burked",
"hushed (up)",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacked out",
"censored",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"quashed",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"spiked",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"blabbed",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unveiled",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"published",
"spread",
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"covenanted":{
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
"examples":[
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed",
"bargained",
"contracted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"came around",
"came round",
"subscribed",
"underwrote",
"arranged",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differed",
"dissented",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"reneged",
"revoked",
"argued",
"contested",
"disputed",
"objected"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreed"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
"examples":[
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pledged",
"promised",
"swore",
"vowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affianced",
"betrothed",
"plighted",
"trothed",
"acceded",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"contracted",
"engaged",
"ensured",
"guaranteed",
"undertook",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"declared",
"insisted",
"warranted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coverlets":{
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
"examples":[
"bought a beautiful new coverlet to match the sheets"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedcovers",
"bedcoverings",
"bedspreads",
"counterpanes",
"haps",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comforters",
"puffs",
"quilts",
"bedclothes",
"beddings",
"clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covey":{
"as in swarm , gaggle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colony",
"gaggle",
"pack",
"plump",
"pod",
"school",
"swarm",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covering":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"with the commotion on the dance floor as a covering , we were able to slip out undetected"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"cover-up",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"the plastic coverings on lamp shades should be removed"
],
"synonyms":[
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"filling in",
"pinch-hitting",
"standing in",
"stepping in",
"subbing",
"substituting",
"taking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudying",
"relieving",
"spelling",
"doubling (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a layer over":{
"examples":[
"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"enrobing",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"mantling",
"shawling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"cloaking",
"clothing",
"curtaining",
"veiling",
"circling",
"encircling",
"encompassing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place a protective layer over":{
"examples":[
"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"screening",
"shielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"clothing",
"veiling",
"draping",
"palling",
"canopying",
"capping",
"crowning",
"disguising",
"masking",
"obscuring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"uncovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
"examples":[
"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"concerning",
"dealing (with)",
"pertaining (to)",
"treating (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertaining (to)",
"bearing (on or upon)",
"referring (to)",
"relating (to)",
"adverting (to)",
"alluding (to)",
"citing",
"glancing (upon)",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"noticing",
"noting",
"quoting",
"specifying",
"touching (upon)",
"offering",
"presenting",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"incorporating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excluding",
"omitting",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting",
"slurring (over)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"rejecting",
"shrugging off"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"occulting",
"papering over",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"suppressing",
"veiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burying",
"camouflaging",
"covering (up)",
"smothering",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blocking",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bringing out",
"presenting",
"clarifying",
"illuminating",
"advertising",
"airing",
"broadcasting",
"getting out",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"spreading"
],
"antonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"displaying",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursing",
"crossing",
"cutting (across)",
"following",
"going",
"navigating",
"passing (over)",
"perambulating",
"peregrinating",
"proceeding (along)",
"tracking",
"transiting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"traversing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiking",
"traipsing",
"tramping",
"treading",
"walking",
"riding",
"running",
"crisscrossing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
],
"synonyms":[
"monitoring",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surveilling",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"beholding",
"espying",
"looking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"regarding",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing",
"gaping",
"gawking",
"gazing",
"glaring",
"goggling",
"peering",
"rubbernecking",
"staring",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"peeking",
"peeping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarking",
"defending",
"fencing",
"fending",
"forfending",
"guarding",
"keeping",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"screening",
"securing",
"shielding",
"warding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averting",
"preventing",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"battling",
"contending",
"fighting",
"warring",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving",
"buffering",
"palisading",
"picketing",
"walling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombarding",
"storming",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"overrunning",
"capitulating",
"caving",
"submitting",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"covens":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"a coven of epicures who gather for monthly wine tastings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"rings",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covets":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
],
"synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"craves",
"desiderates",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"joneses (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"pines (for)",
"repines (for)",
"salivates (for)",
"sighs (for)",
"thirsts (for)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"yens (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoils (for)",
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cover-all":{
"covering everything or all important points":{
"examples":[
"a detailed plan for cover-all health insurance"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cover girls":{
"as in bathing beauties , pinup girls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing beauties",
"pinup girls",
"belles",
"charmers",
"peaches",
"houris",
"babes",
"beauties",
"beauty queens",
"cookies",
"cuties",
"cuteys",
"dolly birds",
"enchantresses",
"eyefuls",
"foxes",
"fox",
"goddesses",
"honeys",
"knockouts",
"queens",
"stunners",
"cutie-pies",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"hotties",
"lookers",
"pretties",
"coquettes",
"femmes fatales",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"vamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bags",
"frumps",
"crones",
"hags",
"witches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covetousness":{
"a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too":{
"examples":[
"his covetousness for his neighbors' things spoils any enjoyment he might have of his own possessions"
],
"synonyms":[
"enviousness",
"envy",
"green-eyed monster",
"invidiousness",
"jealousy",
"resentment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animosity",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"ill will",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"spitefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolence",
"goodwill",
"kindness",
"sympathy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
"examples":[
"an insatiable covetousness made her work long hours so that she could afford expensive things"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"cupidity",
"graspingness",
"greed",
"greediness",
"mercenariness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialism",
"materialism",
"possessiveness",
"gluttonousness",
"gluttony",
"piggishness",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"ravenousness",
"thirst",
"voracity",
"yearning",
"yen",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"self-centeredness",
"self-interest",
"selfishness",
"self-regard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contentment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"bounteousness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"magnanimity",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"selflessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covenant":{
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
"examples":[
"the two countries signed a peace covenant that, it was hoped, would put an end to decades of bitter conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"alliance",
"compact",
"convention",
"pact",
"treaty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"bargain",
"bond",
"charter",
"concord",
"contract",
"deal",
"settlement",
"understanding",
"projet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"I had to sign a covenant that I would return the rental car on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bond",
"contract",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"surety",
"warranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"accord",
"bargain",
"compact",
"concordat",
"convention",
"pact",
"treaty",
"assurance",
"insurance",
"seal",
"bail",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
"examples":[
"the covenant that existed among neighbors in olden times whereby they would quickly respond to the call to help put out one another's house fires"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"bargain",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
"deal",
"disposition",
"pact",
"settlement",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charter",
"treaty",
"binder",
"pledge",
"promise",
"alliance",
"association",
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"league",
"partnership",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
"examples":[
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree",
"bargain",
"contract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"subscribe",
"underwrite",
"arrange",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differ",
"dissent",
"cancel",
"renege",
"revoke",
"argue",
"contest",
"dispute",
"object"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagree"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
"examples":[
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pledge",
"promise",
"swear",
"vow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiance",
"betroth",
"plight",
"troth",
"accede",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"contract",
"engage",
"ensure",
"guarantee",
"undertake",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"declare",
"insist",
"warrant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cove":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"a secluded cove that smugglers once used"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cover girl":{
"as in bathing beauty , pinup girl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing beauty",
"pinup girl",
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"houri",
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coverture":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"under the coverture of a raging snowstorm, the rebels undertook their surprise attack on the fortress"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"cover-up",
"covering",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coven":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"a coven of epicures who gather for monthly wine tastings"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covert":{
"screened or sequestered from view":{
"examples":[
"a covert little hideaway that provides a lot of privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloistered",
"hidden",
"isolated",
"quiet",
"remote",
"retired",
"secluded",
"secret",
"sheltered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"reclusive",
"solitary",
"private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"visible",
"exposed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
"examples":[
"a covert operation to provide aid to the rebels"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"closed-door",
"off-the-books",
"off-the-record",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public"
]
},
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
"examples":[
"set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected"
],
"synonyms":[
"concealment",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"hidey-hole",
"hidy-hole",
"lair",
"nest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"cover",
"nook",
"recess",
"hangout",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haunt",
"haven",
"redoubt",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
"examples":[
"the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert"
],
"synonyms":[
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosk",
"bosque",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"thicket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canebrake",
"brush",
"bush",
"scrub",
"scrubland",
"bramble",
"jungle",
"tangle",
"grove",
"hedge",
"stand",
"woodlot",
"forest",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"wood",
"woodland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"coves":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"a secluded cove that smugglers once used"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"bays",
"bights",
"creeks",
"embayments",
"estuaries",
"firths",
"fjords",
"fiords",
"gulfs",
"inlets",
"lochs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbors",
"ports",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"narrows",
"sounds",
"straits",
"bayous",
"backwaters",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covetous":{
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
"examples":[
"one aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"grabby",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing",
"rapacious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"lickerish",
"miserly",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"a covetous child who must destroy what he cannot have"
],
"synonyms":[
"envious",
"green-eyed",
"invidious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"resentful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"avaricious",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"distrustful",
"suspicious",
"malicious",
"petty",
"spiteful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generous",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"altruistic",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"well-meaning"
],
"antonyms":[
"unenvious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"coveys":{
"as in swarms , gaggles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colonies",
"gaggles",
"packs",
"plumps",
"pods",
"schools",
"swarms",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covertly":{
"as in clandestinely , conspiratorially":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"covenants":{
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
"examples":[
"the two countries signed a peace covenant that, it was hoped, would put an end to decades of bitter conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"alliances",
"compacts",
"conventions",
"pacts",
"treaties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entente cordiales",
"ententes",
"bargains",
"bonds",
"charters",
"concords",
"contracts",
"deals",
"settlements",
"understandings",
"projets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"I had to sign a covenant that I would return the rental car on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonds",
"contracts",
"deals",
"guarantees",
"guaranties",
"sureties",
"warranties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"accords",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"concordats",
"conventions",
"pacts",
"treaties",
"assurances",
"insurances",
"seals",
"bails",
"deposits",
"pawns",
"securities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
"examples":[
"the covenant that existed among neighbors in olden times whereby they would quickly respond to the call to help put out one another's house fires"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"conventions",
"deals",
"dispositions",
"pacts",
"settlements",
"understandings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charters",
"treaties",
"binders",
"pledges",
"promises",
"alliances",
"associations",
"entente cordiales",
"ententes",
"leagues",
"partnerships",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
"examples":[
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"agrees",
"bargains",
"contracts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"subscribes",
"underwrites",
"arranges",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differs",
"dissents",
"cancels",
"reneges",
"revokes",
"argues",
"contests",
"disputes",
"objects"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagrees"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
"examples":[
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pledges",
"promises",
"swears",
"vows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiances",
"betroths",
"plights",
"troths",
"accedes",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"contracts",
"engages",
"ensures",
"guarantees",
"undertakes",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"declares",
"insists",
"warrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"covers (up)":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"burkes",
"hushes (up)",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacks out",
"censors",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"quashes",
"represses",
"smothers",
"spikes",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"blabs",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"spills",
"tells",
"unveils",
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"publishes",
"spreads",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cover-ups":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covenanting":{
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
"examples":[
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing",
"bargaining",
"contracting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"subscribing",
"underwriting",
"arranging",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differing",
"dissenting",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"reneging",
"revoking",
"arguing",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"objecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeing"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
"examples":[
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pledging",
"promising",
"swearing",
"vowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiancing",
"betrothing",
"plighting",
"trothing",
"acceding",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"contracting",
"engaging",
"ensuring",
"guaranteeing",
"undertaking",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"warranting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coverage":{
"the amount of something (as subject matter) included":{
"examples":[
"the biographical dictionary's coverage is limited to people no longer living"
],
"synonyms":[
"content"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compass",
"gamut",
"range",
"scope",
"sweep",
"membership",
"participation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coverages":{
"the amount of something (as subject matter) included":{
"examples":[
"the biographical dictionary's coverage is limited to people no longer living"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compasses",
"gamuts",
"ranges",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"memberships",
"participations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"covertures":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"under the coverture of a raging snowstorm, the rebels undertook their surprise attack on the fortress"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coverings":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"with the commotion on the dance floor as a covering , we were able to slip out undetected"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"the plastic coverings on lamp shades should be removed"
],
"synonyms":[
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coveted":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"craved",
"desiderated",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"salivated (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiled (for)",
"spoilt (for)",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}