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{
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"mod":{
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"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
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"examples":[
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"the young artist's converted loft is decorated in a self-consciously mod style"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contemporary",
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"current",
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"designer",
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"hot",
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"modern",
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"modernistic",
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"new",
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"new age",
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"new-fashioned",
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"newfangled",
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"present-day",
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"red-hot",
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"space-age",
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"state-of-the-art",
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"ultramodern",
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"up-to-date",
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"up-to-the-minute"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fashionable",
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"happening",
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"in",
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"modish",
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"nouvelle",
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"now",
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"stylish",
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"last",
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"latest",
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"modernized",
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"updated",
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"futuristic",
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"high-tech",
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"hi-tech",
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"latter-day",
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"recent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"anachronistic",
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"aged",
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"age-old",
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"ancient",
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"antediluvian",
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"hoary",
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"old",
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"venerable",
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"bygone",
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"former",
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"late",
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"olden",
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"past",
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"antique",
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"historic",
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"historical",
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"retro",
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"retrograde",
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"kaput",
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"kaputt",
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"obsolete",
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"outmoded",
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"outworn",
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"unmodernized",
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"old-world",
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"discarded",
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"disused",
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"moth-eaten",
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"forgotten",
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"remote",
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"ageless",
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"dateless",
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"timeless"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"antiquated",
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"archaic",
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"dated",
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"fusty",
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"musty",
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"oldfangled",
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"old-fashioned",
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"old-time",
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"out-of-date",
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"pass\u00e9"
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]
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},
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"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
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"examples":[
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"a chichi boutique for mod dressers with deep pockets"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"au courant",
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"cool",
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"def",
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"downtown",
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"groovy",
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"hep",
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"hip",
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"in",
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"now",
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"trendy",
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"turned-on",
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"with-it"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"\u00e0 la mode",
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"a la mode",
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"chic",
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"fashionable",
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"modish",
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"sharp",
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"smart",
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"snappy",
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"stylish",
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"voguish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"geeky",
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"nerdish",
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"nerdy",
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"dowdy",
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"styleless",
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"unfashionable",
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"unstylish"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"out",
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"uncool",
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"unhip",
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"untrendy"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"mode":{
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"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
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"examples":[
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"uses a colloquial mode of expression for his informal essays"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fashion",
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"locution",
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"manner",
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"phraseology",
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"style",
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"tone",
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"vein"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"address",
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"delivery",
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"elocution",
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"archaism",
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"colloquialism",
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"regionalism",
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"acceptation",
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"connotation",
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"denotation",
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"expression",
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"idiom"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
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"examples":[
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"when I'm in my cooking mode , I just have to go into the kitchen and make something"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheer",
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"feather",
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"humor",
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"mood",
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"spirit",
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"temper"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"angle",
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"attitude",
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"mind-set",
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"outlook",
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"perspective",
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"slant",
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"standpoint",
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"viewpoint",
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"emotion",
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"feeling",
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"heart",
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"passion",
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"sentiment",
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"strain",
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"belief",
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"conviction",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"mind",
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"opinion",
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"expression",
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"tone",
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"vein",
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"character",
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"disposition",
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"identity",
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"individuality",
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"makeup",
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"mettle",
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"personality",
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"selfhood",
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"self-identity",
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"temperament",
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"responsiveness",
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"sensibility",
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"sensitiveness",
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"sensitivity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
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"examples":[
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"slim, tanned bodies are definitely the mode at this beach resort"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buzz",
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"chic",
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"craze",
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"dernier cri",
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"enthusiasm",
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"fad",
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"fashion",
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"flavor",
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"go",
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"hot ticket",
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"last word",
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"latest",
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"rage",
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"sensation",
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"style",
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"ton",
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"trend",
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"vogue"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nine days' wonder",
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"nine day wonder",
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"new wave",
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"crush",
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"infatuation",
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"fervor",
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"passion",
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"furor",
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"fuss",
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"hullabaloo",
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"to-do",
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"uproar",
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"bandwagon",
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"crusade",
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"cult",
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"movement",
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"novelty",
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"wrinkle",
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"caprice",
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"fancy",
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"whim"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"classic",
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"standard"
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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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"modelling":{
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"as in matching , patterning":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"customizing",
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"gearing",
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"matching",
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"patterning",
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"acclimating",
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"acclimatizing",
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"accommodating",
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"adapting",
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"adjusting",
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"conditioning",
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"conforming",
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"doctoring",
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"editing",
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"fashioning",
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"fitting",
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"putting",
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"shaping",
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"suiting",
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"tailoring",
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"readapting",
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"readjusting",
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"attuning",
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"correcting",
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"harmonizing",
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"squaring",
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"tuning",
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"establishing",
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"rooting",
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"settling",
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"acquainting",
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"familiarizing",
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"orientating",
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"orienting",
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"equipping",
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"preparing",
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"priming",
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"rehearsing",
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"hardening",
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"inuring",
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"seasoning",
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"toughening",
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"altering",
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"converting",
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"making over",
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"modifying",
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"recasting",
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"reclaiming",
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"recycling",
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"redesigning",
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"redeveloping",
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"redoing",
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"reengineering",
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"refashioning",
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"refiguring",
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"refitting",
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"refocusing",
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"reinventing",
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"rejiggering",
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"remaking",
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"remodeling",
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"revamping",
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"revising",
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"reworking",
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"transforming"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misadjusting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"moderated":{
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"as in qualified":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"qualified",
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"shallow",
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"superficial",
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"alleviated",
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"eased",
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"lightened",
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"toned (down)",
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"feeble",
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"weak",
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"abated",
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"decreased",
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"diminished",
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"lessened",
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"reduced",
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"subdued",
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"light",
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"moderate",
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"soft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acute",
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"almighty",
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"blistering",
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"deep",
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"dreadful",
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"excruciating",
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"explosive",
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"exquisite",
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"fearful",
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"fearsome",
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"ferocious",
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"fierce",
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"frightful",
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"furious",
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"ghastly",
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"hard",
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"heavy",
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"heavy-duty",
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"hellacious",
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"intense",
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"intensive",
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"keen",
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"profound",
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"terrible",
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"vehement",
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"vicious",
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"violent",
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"accentuated",
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"aggravated",
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"concentrated",
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"deepened",
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"emphasized",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"magnified"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"examples":[
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"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abated",
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"declined",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"died (away or down or out)",
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"diminished",
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"drained (away)",
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"dropped (off)",
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"dwindled",
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"eased",
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"ebbed",
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"fell",
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"fell away",
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"lessened",
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"let up",
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"lowered",
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"palled",
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"phased down",
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"ratcheted (down)",
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"racheted (down)",
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"receded",
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"relented",
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"remitted",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"subsided",
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"tapered",
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"tapered off",
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"waned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"evaporated",
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"faded (away)",
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"frittered (away)",
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"gave out",
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"melted (away)",
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"petered (out)",
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"tailed (off)",
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"vanished",
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"slackened",
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"slowed (down)",
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"alleviated",
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"relaxed",
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"flagged",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"weakened",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"deflated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appeared",
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"emerged",
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"showed up",
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"elongated",
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"lengthened"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"ballooned",
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"built",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"intensified",
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"mounted",
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"mushroomed",
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"picked up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"soared",
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"swelled",
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"waxed"
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]
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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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"modernized":{
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"as in updated":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"updated",
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"last",
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"latest",
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"futuristic",
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"high-tech",
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"hi-tech",
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"fashionable",
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"happening",
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"in",
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"modish",
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"nouvelle",
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"now",
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"stylish",
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"latter-day",
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"recent",
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"contemporary",
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"current",
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"designer",
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"hot",
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"mod",
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"modern",
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"modernistic",
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"new",
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"new age",
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"newfangled",
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"new-fashioned",
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"present-day",
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"red-hot",
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"space-age",
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"state-of-the-art",
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"ultramodern",
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"up-to-date",
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"up-to-the-minute"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antiquated",
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"archaic",
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"dated",
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"fusty",
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"musty",
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"oldfangled",
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"old-fashioned",
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"old-time",
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"out-of-date",
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"pass\u00e9",
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"anachronistic",
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"aged",
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"age-old",
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"ancient",
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"antediluvian",
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"hoary",
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"old",
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"venerable",
|
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"bygone",
|
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"former",
|
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"late",
|
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"olden",
|
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"past",
|
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"antique",
|
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"historic",
|
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"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
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"retrograde",
|
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"kaput",
|
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"kaputt",
|
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"obsolete",
|
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"outmoded",
|
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"outworn",
|
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"unmodernized",
|
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"old-world",
|
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"discarded",
|
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"disused",
|
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"moth-eaten",
|
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"forgotten",
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"remote",
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"ageless",
|
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"dateless",
|
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"timeless"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
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"examples":[
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"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contemporized",
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"streamlined",
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"updated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"recast",
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"redesigned",
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"redeveloped",
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"redid",
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"reengineered",
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"refashioned",
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"remade",
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"remodeled",
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"revamped",
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"revised",
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"reworked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"modest":{
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"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
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"examples":[
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"he was awarded a modest pension when he retired"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"average",
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"intermediate",
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"mean",
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"median",
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"medium",
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"middle",
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"middling",
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"midsize",
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"midsized",
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"moderate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reasonable",
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"common",
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"commonplace",
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"conventional",
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"normal",
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"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tended to wear more modest swimsuits than the thong-clad guests at the resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"vestal",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"virginal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untarnished",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unrefined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not comfortable around people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a modest winner who said a quick thank-you and promptly left the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"self-effacing",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lone-wolf",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"appealingly modest about her success in the fashion industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"self-deprecating",
|
|
"self-deprecatory",
|
|
"self-effacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modesty":{
|
|
"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his natural modesty makes him reluctant to run for public office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"resignedness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"sheepishness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"temerity",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being morally pure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this day and age, that's very becoming modesty in a teenager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"immaculacy",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unrighteousness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"unchasteness",
|
|
"unchastity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modified":{
|
|
"as in qualified":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"dimensionless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"narrowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"widened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"revolutionized",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"retooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modify":{
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"narrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broaden",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"widen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"vary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deform",
|
|
"metamorphose",
|
|
"mutate",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"revolutionize",
|
|
"transfigure",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"transmute",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"retool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stabilize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulated":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"attuned",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tuned",
|
|
"fiddled (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"phased",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"readapted",
|
|
"readjusted",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"geared",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"righted",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"redrew",
|
|
"restyled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"debugged",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"misadjusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulates":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"attunes",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"fiddles (with)",
|
|
"fine-tunes",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"readapts",
|
|
"readjusts",
|
|
"customizes",
|
|
"gears",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"redraws",
|
|
"restyles",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"rewrites",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"debugs",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"misadjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modifies":{
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"narrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadens",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"widens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"varies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforms",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutates",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"revolutionizes",
|
|
"transfigures",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"transmutes",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"rejiggers",
|
|
"retools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stabilizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderating":{
|
|
"as in waning , ebbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
|
"dropping (off)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderator":{
|
|
"a person in charge of a meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"chairman",
|
|
"chairperson",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"presider",
|
|
"prolocutor",
|
|
"speaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chairwoman",
|
|
"cochair",
|
|
"cochairman",
|
|
"cochairperson",
|
|
"cochairwoman",
|
|
"copresident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernizes":{
|
|
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporizes",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"updates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"reengineers",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modishness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being fashionable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to clothes, she prefers modesty to modishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"fashionableness",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"hipness",
|
|
"hipsterism",
|
|
"stylishness",
|
|
"trendiness",
|
|
"voguishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"chicness",
|
|
"dapperness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"tackiness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unfashionableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of enjoying widespread approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the modishness of that hairstyle is now so transparent that the really hip people have moved on to something else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionability",
|
|
"fashionableness",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"hotness",
|
|
"popularity",
|
|
"vogue",
|
|
"voguishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"oblivion",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"unpopularity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modes":{
|
|
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uses a colloquial mode of expression for his informal essays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"phraseologies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"deliveries",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"idioms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when I'm in my cooking mode , I just have to go into the kitchen and make something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"moods",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"emotions",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"tones",
|
|
"veins",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"mettles",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selfhoods",
|
|
"self-identities",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"sensibilities",
|
|
"sensitivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slim, tanned bodies are definitely the mode at this beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chics",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"dernier cris",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"fads",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hot tickets",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"vogues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine days' wonders",
|
|
"nine day wonders",
|
|
"new waves",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulate":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"redraw",
|
|
"restyle",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"rewrite",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"debug",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modicum":{
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a modicum of skill is necessary to put the kit together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bubkes",
|
|
"bupkes",
|
|
"bupkus",
|
|
"continental",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"diddly",
|
|
"diddly-squat",
|
|
"doodley-squat",
|
|
"doodly-squat",
|
|
"fig",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"whoop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernize":{
|
|
"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporize",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"update"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modish":{
|
|
"being in the latest or current fashion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strikingly modish gowns that actresses wear to award shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"supercool",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downtown",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"kicky",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"flossy",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"soign\u00e9",
|
|
"soign\u00e9e",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"doggish",
|
|
"doggy",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"dandyish",
|
|
"dudish",
|
|
"foppish",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unchic",
|
|
"uncool",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unmodish",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a modish chef who is currently the darling of the restaurant reviewers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"crowd-pleasing",
|
|
"du jour",
|
|
"faddish",
|
|
"faddy",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"popularized",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"vogue",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semipopular",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"washed-up",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"indistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"inconspicuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"model":{
|
|
"an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dollhouse was a tiny, perfect model of the family's actual house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miniature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"reduplication",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"enlargement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the most famous models can earn thousands of dollars an hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manikin",
|
|
"mannikin",
|
|
"mannequin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"supermodel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's the very model of the dedicated teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau ideal",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"eidolon",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"nonesuch",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"paragon",
|
|
"patron saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"mirror",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"guideline",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apotheosis",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why can't you be like your sister, who is such a well-behaved model child?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"imitable",
|
|
"paradigmatic",
|
|
"quintessential",
|
|
"textbook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in match , pattern":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderations":{
|
|
"avoiding extremes in behavior or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was only a moderate drinker, generally stopping after a couple of glasses of wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal's moderate position on cell phones is that students can use them at school but only for emergencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"central",
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-road"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rabble-rousing",
|
|
"dissenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moderate snowfall was forecast for the region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that is celebrated for its moderate climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who holds moderate views":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the community's detriment, moderates were often shouted down at town meetings by the local hotheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"compromiser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"left-winger",
|
|
"liberal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultraist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of person who does everything in moderation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernity":{
|
|
"as in currency , freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernness",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness",
|
|
"newness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"hoariness",
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modifying":{
|
|
"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"narrowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make different in some way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"varying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforming",
|
|
"metamorphosing",
|
|
"mutating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"revolutionizing",
|
|
"transfiguring",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"transmuting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"retooling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"stabilizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mod con":{
|
|
"something that adds to one's ease of living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bedrooms at the English country inn are filled with 18th-century charm, while the bathrooms have all the mod cons that 21st-century tourists demand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodation",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"creature comfort",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"nicety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
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},
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"modernizing":{
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"to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{
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"examples":[
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"a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contemporizing",
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"streamlining",
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"updating"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"recasting",
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"redesigning",
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"redeveloping",
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"redoing",
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"reengineering",
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"refashioning",
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"remaking",
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"remodeling",
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"revamping",
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"revising",
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"reworking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"modeling":{
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"as in matching , patterning":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"customizing",
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"gearing",
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"matching",
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"patterning",
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"acclimating",
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"acclimatizing",
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"accommodating",
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"adapting",
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"adjusting",
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"conditioning",
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"conforming",
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"doctoring",
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"editing",
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"fashioning",
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"fitting",
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"putting",
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"shaping",
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"suiting",
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"tailoring",
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"readapting",
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"readjusting",
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"attuning",
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"correcting",
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"harmonizing",
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"squaring",
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"tuning",
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"establishing",
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"rooting",
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"settling",
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"acquainting",
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"familiarizing",
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"orientating",
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"orienting",
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"equipping",
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"preparing",
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"priming",
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"rehearsing",
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"hardening",
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"inuring",
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"seasoning",
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"toughening",
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"altering",
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"converting",
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"making over",
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"modifying",
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"recasting",
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"reclaiming",
|
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"recycling",
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"redesigning",
|
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"redeveloping",
|
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"redoing",
|
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"reengineering",
|
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"refashioning",
|
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"refiguring",
|
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"refitting",
|
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"refocusing",
|
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"reinventing",
|
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"rejiggering",
|
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"remaking",
|
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"remodeling",
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"revamping",
|
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"revising",
|
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"reworking",
|
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"transforming"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"misadjusting"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
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"modifiable":{
|
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"capable of being readily changed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"architects designed the arena to be easily modifiable for staging a variety of events"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"variable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"labile",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"versatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unadaptable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unbudgeable",
|
|
"unchangeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderate":{
|
|
"avoiding extremes in behavior or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was only a moderate drinker, generally stopping after a couple of glasses of wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
"unchecked",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"intemperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal's moderate position on cell phones is that students can use them at school but only for emergencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"central",
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-road"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rabble-rousing",
|
|
"dissenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moderate snowfall was forecast for the region"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"midsize",
|
|
"midsized",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a city that is celebrated for its moderate climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who holds moderate views":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the community's detriment, moderates were often shouted down at town meetings by the local hotheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"compromiser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"left-winger",
|
|
"liberal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultraist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modelled":{
|
|
"as in matched , patterned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"geared",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"readapted",
|
|
"readjusted",
|
|
"attuned",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tuned",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"redesigned",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"reengineered",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"refigured",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refocused",
|
|
"reinvented",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"transformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulating":{
|
|
"to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.",
|
|
"She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"phasing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"gearing",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"righting",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"redrawing",
|
|
"restyling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"rewriting",
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"debugging",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mod cons":{
|
|
"something that adds to one's ease of living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bedrooms at the English country inn are filled with 18th-century charm, while the bathrooms have all the mod cons that 21st-century tourists demand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"conveniences",
|
|
"creature comforts",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"niceties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulations":{
|
|
"as in regulations , adjustments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustments",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"rectifications",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"changeovers",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"deformations",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"reconversions",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"displacements",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"substitutions",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redos",
|
|
"alterations",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"modifications",
|
|
"reformations",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"revisions",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fixations",
|
|
"stabilizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modular":{
|
|
"having parts that can be connected or combined in different ways":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"In many offices, desks are separated by modular walls that can be moved around."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"portable",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"manageable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmobile",
|
|
"unmovable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modishly":{
|
|
"as in elegantly , stylishly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"swankily",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sprucely",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pristinely",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernisms":{
|
|
"a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modernisms like \"blog\" and \"life hack\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"morphemes",
|
|
"speech forms",
|
|
"polysyllables",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernism":{
|
|
"a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"modernisms like \"blog\" and \"life hack\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"loanword",
|
|
"neologism",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"linguistic form",
|
|
"monosyllable",
|
|
"morpheme",
|
|
"speech form",
|
|
"polysyllable",
|
|
"collocation",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderately":{
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was raining moderately hard outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modicums":{
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a modicum of skill is necessary to put the kit together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"continentals",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"diddlies",
|
|
"diddly-squats",
|
|
"doodley-squats",
|
|
"doodly-squats",
|
|
"figs",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"whoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modifications":{
|
|
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rough draft needed only a few modifications before it was ready to hand in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alterations",
|
|
"changes",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"revisions",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"rectifications",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"deformations",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"fluctuations",
|
|
"oscillations",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"displacements",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"substitutions",
|
|
"adjustments",
|
|
"modulations",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixations",
|
|
"stabilizations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modi operandi":{
|
|
"a usual way of doing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thief's modus operandi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"hows",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"methodologies",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"expedients",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"policies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderateness":{
|
|
"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moderateness of their enthusiasm for my proposed outing suggested that they would rather do something else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modestly":{
|
|
"in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoke modestly about his accomplishments as an entrepreneur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
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"brazenly",
|
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"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with purity of thought and deed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed modestly to go to church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"morally",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"righteously",
|
|
"virtuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"priggishly",
|
|
"primly",
|
|
"prudishly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"lasciviously",
|
|
"lewdly",
|
|
"lustfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"evilly",
|
|
"immorally",
|
|
"impurely",
|
|
"sinfully",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernness":{
|
|
"as in currency , currentness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernity",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness",
|
|
"newness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"hoariness",
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modus operandi":{
|
|
"a usual way of doing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thief's modus operandi"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"how",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"methodology",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modulation":{
|
|
"as in regulation , adjustment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adjustment",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"rectification",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"changeover",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"deformation",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"reconversion",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"displacement",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"substitution",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"alteration",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"reformation",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"revision",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"variation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"stabilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderates":{
|
|
"a person who holds moderate views":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the community's detriment, moderates were often shouted down at town meetings by the local hotheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centrists",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"accommodationists",
|
|
"compromisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"right-wingers",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"left-wingers",
|
|
"liberals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"ultraists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind began to moderate as the night wore on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"drains (away)",
|
|
"drops (off)",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"falls away",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"phases down",
|
|
"ratchets (down)",
|
|
"rachets (down)",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"deflates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernist":{
|
|
"a person with very modern ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Paris was the center of the universe for modernists in the art world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"ultramodernist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neophiliac",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"bohemian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"traditionalist",
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"Bourbon",
|
|
"diehard",
|
|
"neocon",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in modern , contemporary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-timey",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"rinky-dink",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderators":{
|
|
"a person in charge of a meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chairmen",
|
|
"chairpersons",
|
|
"chairs",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"presiders",
|
|
"prolocutors",
|
|
"speakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chairwomen",
|
|
"cochairmen",
|
|
"cochairpersons",
|
|
"cochairs",
|
|
"co-chairs",
|
|
"cochairwomen",
|
|
"copresidents",
|
|
"co-presidents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modesties":{
|
|
"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his natural modesty makes him reluctant to run for public office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"resignedness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"sheepishness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"temerity",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being morally pure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this day and age, that's very becoming modesty in a teenager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"immaculacy",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unrighteousness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"unchasteness",
|
|
"unchastity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modern":{
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this hairstyle is absolutely the most modern fashion out there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
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"ultramodern",
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|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with very modern ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leaders of the American suffragists were originally regarded by many people as uppity moderns who should have stayed in their place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"modernist",
|
|
"ultramodernist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neophiliac",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"bohemian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"traditionalist",
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"Bourbon",
|
|
"diehard",
|
|
"neocon",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernists":{
|
|
"a person with very modern ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when Paris was the center of the universe for modernists in the art world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderns",
|
|
"ultramodernists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neophiliacs",
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"liberals",
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"bohemians"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"right-wingers",
|
|
"standpatters",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"traditionalists",
|
|
"archconservatives",
|
|
"diehards",
|
|
"neocons",
|
|
"neoconservatives",
|
|
"paleoconservatives",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvians",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"fogies",
|
|
"fogeys",
|
|
"fossils",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modification":{
|
|
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rough draft needed only a few modifications before it was ready to hand in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alteration",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"revision",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"variation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"rectification",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"deformation",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"displacement",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"substitution",
|
|
"adjustment",
|
|
"modulation",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"stabilization"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"modernistic":{
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a trendy hotel with modernistic room lamps that required some figuring just to turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"models":{
|
|
"an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dollhouse was a tiny, perfect model of the family's actual house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miniatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"carbons",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"duplications",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"reduplications",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"replications",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"midgets",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"pocket editions",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"enlargements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the most famous models can earn thousands of dollars an hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manikins",
|
|
"mannikins",
|
|
"mannequins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"supermodels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's the very model of the dedicated teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau ideals",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"eidolons",
|
|
"eidola",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"nonesuches",
|
|
"nonpareils",
|
|
"paragons",
|
|
"patron saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"mirrors",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"guidelines",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apotheoses",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in matches , patterns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customizes",
|
|
"gears",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"readapts",
|
|
"readjusts",
|
|
"attunes",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"reengineers",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"refigures",
|
|
"refits",
|
|
"refocuses",
|
|
"reinvents",
|
|
"rejiggers",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"transforms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderns":{
|
|
"a person with very modern ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leaders of the American suffragists were originally regarded by many people as uppity moderns who should have stayed in their place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"modernists",
|
|
"ultramodernists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neophiliacs",
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"liberals",
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"bohemians"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"right-wingers",
|
|
"standpatters",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"traditionalists",
|
|
"archconservatives",
|
|
"diehards",
|
|
"neocons",
|
|
"neoconservatives",
|
|
"paleoconservatives",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvians",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"fogies",
|
|
"fogeys",
|
|
"fossils",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moderation":{
|
|
"an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of person who does everything in moderation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roadism",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unrestraint",
|
|
"extremism",
|
|
"radicalness",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"insobriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"immoderateness",
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"immoderation",
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"intemperance",
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"intemperateness"
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]
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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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"modeled":{
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"as in matched , patterned":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"customized",
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"geared",
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"matched",
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"patterned",
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"acclimated",
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"acclimatized",
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"accommodated",
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"adapted",
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"adjusted",
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"conditioned",
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"conformed",
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"doctored",
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"edited",
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"fashioned",
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"fitted",
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"fit",
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"put",
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"shaped",
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"suited",
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"tailored",
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"readapted",
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"readjusted",
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"attuned",
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"corrected",
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"harmonized",
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"squared",
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"tuned",
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"established",
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"rooted",
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"settled",
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"acquainted",
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"familiarized",
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"orientated",
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"oriented",
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"equipped",
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"prepared",
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"primed",
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"rehearsed",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"seasoned",
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"toughened",
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"altered",
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"converted",
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"made over",
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"modified",
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"recast",
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"reclaimed",
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"recycled",
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"redesigned",
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"redeveloped",
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"redid",
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"reengineered",
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"refashioned",
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"refigured",
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"refitted",
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"refocused",
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"reinvented",
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"rejiggered",
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"remade",
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"remodeled",
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"revamped",
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"revised",
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"reworked",
|
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"transformed"
|
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misadjusted"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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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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} |