dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/abe_MWT.json
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{
"aberrated":{
"being out of the ordinary":{
"examples":[
"you may have taken an aberrated path to the correct answer, but you got there"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"striking",
"bizarre",
"deviant",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"monstrous",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"quaint",
"strange",
"weird",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abet":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"brew",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"pick",
"provoke",
"raise",
"stir (up)",
"whip (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"sow",
"stimulate",
"detonate",
"set",
"set off",
"trigger",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"inspire",
"motivate",
"rouse",
"activate",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fire",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"discourage",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"tame",
"allay",
"calm",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"still",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition"
],
"synonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"backstop",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"launch",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"succor",
"sustain",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advise",
"counsel",
"guide",
"mentor",
"nurture",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"benefit",
"favor",
"oblige",
"profit",
"serve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"strangle",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"inconvenience",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"repress",
"retard",
"stifle",
"straiten",
"stunt",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure"
],
"antonyms":[
"hinder"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abetted":{
"as in supported , encouraged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"certified",
"licensed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit",
"permissible",
"regulation",
"authoritative",
"canonical",
"ex officio",
"authorized",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"semiofficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonofficial",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"unsanctioned",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"impermissible",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"unapproved",
"unlicensed",
"verboten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"brewed",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"picked",
"provoked",
"raised",
"stirred (up)",
"whipped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"sowed",
"stimulated",
"detonated",
"set",
"set off",
"triggered",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"inspired",
"motivated",
"roused",
"activated",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"fired",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"discouraged",
"held",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition"
],
"synonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"backstopped",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"launched",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"comforted",
"ministered (to)",
"succored",
"sustained",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"guided",
"mentored",
"nurtured",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"benefited",
"benefitted",
"favored",
"obliged",
"profited",
"served"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"restrained",
"strangled",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"inconvenienced",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stifled",
"straitened",
"stunted",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"aberrant":{
"being out of the ordinary":{
"examples":[
"a year of aberrant weather\u2014record rainfall in the summer, record heat in the autumn"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"striking",
"bizarre",
"deviant",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"monstrous",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"quaint",
"strange",
"weird",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
]
},
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
"examples":[
"aberrant behavior can be a sign of rabies in a wild animal"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrational",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"deviate",
"devious",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"untypical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unrepresentative",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"workaday",
"customary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"representative"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
]
},
"as in deviant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deviant",
"character",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"kook",
"nut",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"individualist",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"abortion",
"malformation",
"miscreation",
"mutant",
"mutation",
"curiosity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"freak",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"aberration",
"exception",
"irregularity",
"oddity",
"rarity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"norm",
"normal",
"par",
"standard",
"sample",
"specimen",
"commonplace",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"abettor":{
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"cohort",
"confederate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"informant",
"informer",
"evidence",
"state's evidence",
"companion",
"comrade",
"crony",
"henchman",
"partner",
"conspirator",
"plotter",
"traitor",
"gangster",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"without all the neighborhood kids as abettors , I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop"
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"backer",
"bedfellow",
"confederate",
"fellow traveler",
"supporter",
"sympathizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizer",
"well-wisher",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"coalitionist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"adjunct",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"helper",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"fellow",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"companion",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"pal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittler",
"detractor",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"foe",
"opponent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abecedarians":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abecedarian":{
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
"examples":[
"an abecedarian approach to historical study"
],
"synonyms":[
"basal",
"basic",
"beginning",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"introductory",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"simple",
"crude",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"rude",
"uncomplicated",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crucial",
"important",
"key"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"extensive",
"intricate",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"abettors":{
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"cohorts",
"confederates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"informants",
"informers",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"without all the neighborhood kids as abettors , I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop"
],
"synonyms":[
"allies",
"backers",
"bedfellows",
"confederates",
"fellow travelers",
"supporters",
"sympathizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizers",
"well-wishers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"coalitionists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"adjuncts",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"helpers",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"fellows",
"partners",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"pals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlers",
"detractors",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"foes",
"opponents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aberrants":{
"as in deviants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deviants",
"characters",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"kooks",
"nuts",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos",
"individualists",
"mavericks",
"nonconformists",
"abortions",
"malformations",
"miscreations",
"mutants",
"mutations",
"curiosities",
"peculiarities",
"singularities",
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"freaks",
"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"aberrations",
"exceptions",
"irregularities",
"oddities",
"rarities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averages",
"normals",
"norms",
"pars",
"standards",
"samples",
"specimens",
"commonplaces",
"usuals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abetters":{
"one associated with another in wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"cohorts",
"confederates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"informants",
"informers",
"evidences",
"state's evidences",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"henchmen",
"partners",
"conspirators",
"plotters",
"traitors",
"gangsters",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"without all the neighborhood kids as abettors , I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop"
],
"synonyms":[
"allies",
"backers",
"bedfellows",
"confederates",
"fellow travelers",
"supporters",
"sympathizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizers",
"well-wishers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"coalitionists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"adjuncts",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"helpers",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"fellows",
"partners",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"pals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlers",
"detractors",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"foes",
"opponents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abetments":{
"an act or instance of helping":{
"examples":[
"the proposed government bailout of the company is being decried as an ill-advised abetment of managerial ineptitude"
],
"synonyms":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"assists",
"backings",
"boosts",
"hands",
"help",
"helping hands",
"legs up",
"lifts",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancements",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"furtherances",
"nurturances",
"benefactions",
"patronages",
"promotions",
"sponsorships",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"hand-holdings",
"services",
"beneficences",
"charities",
"favors",
"philanthropies",
"assuagements",
"palliations",
"reliefs",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraints",
"frustrations",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"obstructions",
"repressions",
"restraints",
"deterrences",
"discouragements"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aberration":{
"a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life":{
"examples":[
"Joan of Arc was certain the voices she had been hearing were not a manifestation of some sort of aberration"
],
"synonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"rage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"neurosis",
"psychosis",
"instability",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria",
"hallucinosis",
"hypomania",
"paranoia",
"schizophrenia",
"senile dementia",
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"monomania",
"obsession",
"phobia",
"abnormality",
"dementedness",
"unsoundness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lucidity",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"normality",
"soundness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"saneness",
"sanity"
]
},
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
"examples":[
"there are some slight aberrations in the type due to the nature of old printing presses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"exception",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curiosity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"accident",
"bizarrerie",
"phenomenon",
"quirk",
"vagary",
"distortion",
"kink",
"mutation",
"variation",
"difference",
"disparity",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"error",
"mistake",
"contradiction",
"paradox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"norm",
"ordinary",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abeyant":{
"as in suspended , arrested":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"dead",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"off",
"unused",
"vacant",
"unoccupied",
"asleep",
"comatose",
"lifeless",
"moribund",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dull",
"slow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operative",
"running",
"working",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"assiduous",
"industrious",
"sedulous",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"feasible",
"practical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"viable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abeyance":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold storage",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"moratorium",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspense",
"suspension"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"motionlessness",
"impasse",
"standstill",
"coma",
"hibernation",
"hypnosis",
"repose",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"torpor",
"recess",
"recession",
"remission",
"downtime",
"idleness",
"layoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resumption",
"resuscitation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abetting":{
"as in aiding , assisting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"the belief that violent entertainment abets violent behavior in the people who partake of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"brewing",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"picking",
"provoking",
"raising",
"stirring (up)",
"whipping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"sowing",
"stimulating",
"detonating",
"setting",
"setting off",
"triggering",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"rousing",
"activating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"firing",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"discouraging",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"taming",
"allaying",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"car thieves are often unwittingly abetted by owners foolishly leaving the keys in the ignition"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"backstopping",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"launching",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"comforting",
"ministering (to)",
"succoring",
"sustaining",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"guiding",
"mentoring",
"nurturing",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"benefiting",
"benefitting",
"favoring",
"obliging",
"profiting",
"serving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balking",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"restraining",
"strangling",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"inconveniencing",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stifling",
"straitening",
"stunting",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"aberrational":{
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
"examples":[
"in wartime what was once regarded as clearly aberrational becomes the new norm"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"deviate",
"devious",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"untypical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unrepresentative",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"workaday",
"customary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"representative"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aberrations":{
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
"examples":[
"there are some slight aberrations in the type due to the nature of old printing presses"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"exceptions",
"oddities",
"oddments",
"rarities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curiosities",
"peculiarities",
"singularities",
"accidents",
"bizarreries",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"quirks",
"vagaries",
"distortions",
"kinks",
"mutations",
"variations",
"differences",
"disparities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"errors",
"mistakes",
"contradictions",
"paradoxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"norms",
"ordinaries",
"usuals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}