dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/tes_MWT.json
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{
"test":{
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"examples":[
"will need to run some tests on the blood sample to rule out blood poisoning"
],
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],
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"shakedown",
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"practice",
"practise",
"rehearsal",
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"workout",
"crucible",
"ordeal",
"attempt",
"effort",
"try"
],
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},
"a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence":{
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"applicants for the cashier's position must first take a simple math test"
],
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"intelligence test",
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"pretest",
"retest",
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"midterm",
"midyear",
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"inspection",
"review",
"inquiry",
"interrogation",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research"
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"please test this sample for the presence of lead"
],
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"sample",
"try (out)"
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"examine",
"experiment (with)",
"explore",
"feel (out)",
"investigate",
"research",
"study",
"resample",
"retest"
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},
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"all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience"
],
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"strain",
"stretch",
"tax",
"try"
],
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"exact",
"importune",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
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"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get (to)",
"gnaw (at)",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"pain",
"peeve",
"pester",
"rile",
"spite",
"vex"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
"examples":[
"the \"before\" and \"after\" pictures are a testament to the effectiveness of the weight loss program"
],
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"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"proof",
"substantiation",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness"
],
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"(the) goods",
"certificate",
"document",
"exhibit",
"demonstration",
"illustration",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
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"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"charge",
"assumption",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presumption",
"surmise",
"suspicion"
],
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"disproof"
]
},
"the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group":{
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"Jefferson's collected writings constitute his political testament"
],
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"credo",
"creed",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"gospel",
"ideology",
"idealogy",
"philosophy"
],
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"manifesto",
"metaphysic",
"theory",
"axiom",
"tenet",
"watchword"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tested":{
"as in tried , frustrated":{
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"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
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"pinpricked",
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"narked",
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"scunnered",
"teed off",
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"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy"
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"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
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},
"to put (something) to a test":{
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"please test this sample for the presence of lead"
],
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"tried (out)"
],
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"checked (out)",
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"experimented (with)",
"explored",
"felt (out)",
"investigated",
"researched",
"studied",
"resampled",
"retested"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
"examples":[
"all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience"
],
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"strained",
"stretched",
"taxed",
"tried"
],
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"importuned",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed",
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"gnawed (at)",
"got (to)",
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"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"pained",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"riled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"testifying":{
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"examples":[
"several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"attesting",
"deposing",
"swearing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"verifying",
"vouching",
"promising",
"vowing"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"testimonial":{
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
"examples":[
"her performance in this tournament has been a testimonial to the dedication and talent she brings to the tennis court"
],
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"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"proof",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimony",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness"
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"(the) goods",
"certificate",
"document",
"exhibit",
"demonstration",
"illustration",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
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"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"charge",
"assumption",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presumption",
"surmise",
"suspicion"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproof"
]
},
"as in dedicatory":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"dedicatory",
"epitaphial",
"epitaphic",
"canonizing",
"enshrining",
"exalting",
"glorifying",
"commemorating",
"commemorative",
"honorary",
"memorial",
"memorializing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"testy":{
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"that coworker would be easier to get along with if she weren't so testy all the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
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"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
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]
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"the plaintiff's case rests largely on the testimony of several scientists with no known expertise in that field"
],
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"confirmations",
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"documentations",
"evidences",
"proofs",
"substantiations",
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"vouchers",
"witnesses"
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"(the) goods",
"certificates",
"documents",
"exhibits",
"demonstrations",
"illustrations",
"authentications",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"verifications"
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"refutations",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"charges",
"assumptions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumptions",
"surmises",
"suspicions"
],
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"disproofs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"testifies":{
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
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"several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"attests",
"deposes",
"swears",
"witnesses"
],
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"vouches",
"promises",
"vows"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"test-drive":{
"as in checkout , trial run":{
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"checkout",
"trial run",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"resurvey",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"analysis",
"assay",
"close-up",
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"dissection",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"testify":{
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"several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene"
],
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"attest",
"depose",
"swear",
"witness"
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"vouch",
"promise",
"vow"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"testiness":{
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"attributed his unusual testiness this morning to being hungry"
],
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"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"waspishness"
],
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"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
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"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"testifiers":{
"as in reporters , witnesses":{
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"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"witnesses",
"answerers",
"repliers",
"responders",
"interviewees",
"pollees",
"respondents"
],
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"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollers",
"pollsters",
"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the plaintiff's case rests largely on the testimony of several scientists with no known expertise in that field"
],
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"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"proof",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness"
],
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"(the) goods",
"certificate",
"document",
"exhibit",
"demonstration",
"illustration",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
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"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"charge",
"assumption",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presumption",
"surmise",
"suspicion"
],
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"disproof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"testimonials":{
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
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"her performance in this tournament has been a testimonial to the dedication and talent she brings to the tennis court"
],
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"attestations",
"confirmations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"evidences",
"proofs",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonies",
"validations",
"vouchers",
"witnesses"
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"(the) goods",
"certificates",
"documents",
"exhibits",
"demonstrations",
"illustrations",
"authentications",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"verifications"
],
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"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"charges",
"assumptions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumptions",
"surmises",
"suspicions"
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"disproofs"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"test pilot":{
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"copilot",
"flyboy",
"airman",
"aviator",
"birdman",
"flier",
"flyer",
"pilot",
"captain",
"skipper"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"checkouts",
"trial runs",
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"surveillances",
"watches",
"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
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"interrogations",
"explorations",
"investigations",
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"dissections",
"audits",
"checks",
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"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
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"views"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity"
],
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"attesting",
"authenticating",
"avouching",
"certifying",
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"witnessing"
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"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"professing",
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"verb"
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"aver",
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"vow"
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"that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity"
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"asserts",
"avers",
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"professes",
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"verb"
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"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
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"several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene"
],
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"attested",
"deposed",
"swore",
"witnessed"
],
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"vouched",
"promised",
"vowed"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in reporter , witness":{
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"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"witness",
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
],
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"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller",
"pollster",
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
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"that auction house will always testify to a painting's authenticity"
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"attested",
"authenticated",
"avouched",
"certified",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed"
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"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"professed",
"vowed"
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},
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"verb"
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"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
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"the \"before\" and \"after\" pictures are a testament to the effectiveness of the weight loss program"
],
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"confirmations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"evidences",
"proofs",
"substantiations",
"testimonials",
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"validations",
"vouchers",
"witnesses"
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"(the) goods",
"certificates",
"documents",
"exhibits",
"demonstrations",
"illustrations",
"authentications",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"verifications"
],
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"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"charges",
"assumptions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumptions",
"surmises",
"suspicions"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproofs"
]
},
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"examples":[
"Jefferson's collected writings constitute his political testament"
],
"synonyms":[
"credos",
"creeds",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"gospels",
"ideologies",
"idealogies",
"philosophies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"manifestos",
"manifestoes",
"metaphysics",
"theories",
"axioms",
"tenets",
"watchwords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"test pilots":{
"as in aces , bush pilots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"barnstormers",
"bush pilots",
"copilots",
"flyboys",
"airmen",
"aviators",
"birdmen",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"pilots",
"captains",
"skippers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tests":{
"a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"will need to run some tests on the blood sample to rule out blood poisoning"
],
"synonyms":[
"essays",
"experimentations",
"experiments",
"trials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trial and errors",
"dry runs",
"shakedowns",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"rehearsals",
"tryouts",
"workouts",
"crucibles",
"ordeals",
"attempts",
"efforts",
"tries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence":{
"examples":[
"applicants for the cashier's position must first take a simple math test"
],
"synonyms":[
"examinations",
"exams",
"quizzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aptitude tests",
"intelligence tests",
"placement tests",
"pretests",
"retests",
"boards",
"midterms",
"midyears",
"catechisms",
"auditions",
"finals",
"checkups",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"inquiries",
"interrogations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) to a test":{
"examples":[
"please test this sample for the presence of lead"
],
"synonyms":[
"samples",
"tries (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"experiments (with)",
"explores",
"feels (out)",
"investigates",
"researches",
"studies",
"resamples",
"retests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
"examples":[
"all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience"
],
"synonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"taxes",
"tries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demands",
"exacts",
"importunes",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes",
"aggravates",
"agitates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets (to)",
"gnaws (at)",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"pains",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"riles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"testing":{
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
"examples":[
"beginning rock climbers should choose a less testing route to the summit"
],
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"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
]
},
"to put (something) to a test":{
"examples":[
"please test this sample for the presence of lead"
],
"synonyms":[
"sampling",
"trying (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"experimenting (with)",
"exploring",
"feeling (out)",
"investigating",
"researching",
"studying",
"resampling",
"retesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
"examples":[
"all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience"
],
"synonyms":[
"straining",
"stretching",
"taxing",
"trying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"importuning",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting (to)",
"gnawing (at)",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"paining",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"riling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}