dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/abs_MWT.json
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{
"abscond (with)":{
"as in snatch , spirit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snatch",
"spirit",
"capture",
"crimp",
"impress",
"seize",
"shanghai",
"waylay",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"catch",
"cop",
"steal",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliver",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"restore",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absence":{
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the absence of volunteers to be troop leaders is putting the scouting program in real jeopardy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequacy",
"enough",
"sufficiency",
"fund",
"pool",
"stock",
"supply",
"excess",
"fill",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"plenty",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"hoard",
"stockpile"
],
"related":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"dearth",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"skimpiness",
"defect",
"minus",
"deprivation",
"famishment",
"privation",
"demand",
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"synonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"needfulness",
"want"
]
},
"the fact or state of being absent":{
"antonyms":[
"presence"
],
"examples":[
"in the absence of ferry service to the island, the ecotourists had to charter a plane"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"amplitude",
"bounty",
"plenitude",
"plenteousness",
"plentifulness",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"wealth",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"bushel",
"deal",
"gobs",
"heap",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"fund",
"pool",
"stock",
"supply",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stash",
"stockpile"
],
"related":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"skimpiness",
"undersupply",
"deprivation",
"loss",
"necessity",
"need",
"needfulness",
"omission",
"privation",
"blankness",
"emptiness",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"synonyms":[
"dearth",
"lack",
"want"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absented oneself":{
"to fail to attend":{
"antonyms":[
"attended",
"showed up (for)"
],
"examples":[
"She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew off",
"cut",
"missed",
"skipped"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"absoluteness":{
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
"examples":[
"the absoluteness of my belief in God should be apparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"completeness",
"entireness",
"entirety",
"fullness",
"perfectness",
"wholeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"all-inclusiveness",
"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"inclusiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"patchiness",
"sketchiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperfection",
"imperfectness",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absorbs":{
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"drinks",
"imbibes",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slurps",
"swallows",
"swigs",
"swills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemuses",
"busies",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"assimilates",
"co-opts",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"fuses",
"intermingles",
"merges",
"mingles",
"acculturates",
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"enculturates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy"
],
"synonyms":[
"burns",
"consumes",
"depletes",
"devours",
"drains",
"draws down",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"plays out",
"spends",
"uses up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"eats",
"uses",
"bankrupts",
"cleans (out)",
"impoverishes",
"cripples",
"debilitates",
"disables",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"dries up",
"empties",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"guzzles",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augments",
"enlarges",
"increases",
"bolsters",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"rebuilds",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revives",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[
"renews",
"replaces"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abstain (from)":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"had to abstain from solid food before her surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"forbear",
"forgo",
"forego",
"keep (from)",
"refrain (from)",
"withhold (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"buck",
"combat",
"fight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesce (to)",
"capitulate",
"concede (to)",
"knuckle under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abstention":{
"as in avoidance , forbearance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abnegation",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"asceticism",
"austerity",
"frugality",
"mortification",
"sacrifice",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-mastery",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibility",
"sensibleness",
"middle-of-the-roadism",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"teetotalism",
"constraint",
"control",
"discipline",
"restraint",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"immoderateness",
"immoderation",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"excess",
"superfluity",
"extremeness",
"extremity",
"unconstraint",
"unrestraint",
"extremism",
"radicalness",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"insobriety"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abstentious":{
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgent"
],
"examples":[
"abstentious by nature, she eats only to satisfy actual hunger\u2014never just for the sake of eating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"Cyrenaic",
"hedonistic",
"self-pleasing",
"sensual",
"sybaritic",
"voluptuous",
"voluptuary",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic"
],
"related":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"self-abnegating",
"self-denying",
"sober",
"temperate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abstract":{
"dealing with or expressing a quality or idea":{
"examples":[
"the book deals with abstract matters such as honesty and integrity on the job as well as practical subjects such as asking for a raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceptual",
"ideal",
"ideational",
"metaphysical",
"notional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"impractical",
"romantic",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unreal",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"material",
"physical",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"visible",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
],
"antonyms":[
"concrete",
"nonabstract"
]
},
"using elements of form (as color, line, or texture) with little or no attempt at creating a realistic picture":{
"examples":[
"Cubism is a style of abstract art in which natural forms are broken up into geometric shapes"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonfigurative",
"nonobjective",
"nonrealistic",
"nonrepresentational"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expressionist",
"expressionistic",
"impressionist",
"impressionistic",
"symbolist",
"symbolistic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelike",
"natural"
],
"antonyms":[
"figurative",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"nonabstract",
"objective",
"realistic",
"representational"
]
},
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"the scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions"
],
"synonyms":[
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"a recent college valedictorian who's been hailed as the very abstract of what's right with today's young people"
],
"synonyms":[
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"examples":[
"personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work"
],
"synonyms":[
"call off",
"detract",
"distract",
"divert",
"throw off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amuse",
"beguile",
"entertain",
"stray",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrate",
"focus"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"abstruse":{
"difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand":{
"examples":[
"you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"deep",
"esoteric",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"profound",
"recondite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"scholarly",
"academic",
"academical",
"pedantic",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"darkling",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"mystical",
"orphic",
"uncanny",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"facile",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"superficial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"absolution":{
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
"examples":[
"the jury's verdict of \"not guilty\" was absolution in the eyes of the law, but the verdict would always be \"guilty\" in the court of public opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"amnesty",
"forgiveness",
"pardon",
"remission",
"remittal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"condonation",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"indemnity",
"commutation",
"commuting",
"reprieve",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conviction",
"sentence",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"imposition",
"levying",
"castigation",
"chastening",
"chastisement",
"condemnation"
],
"antonyms":[
"penalty",
"punishment",
"retribution"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absolutions":{
"release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{
"examples":[
"the jury's verdict of \"not guilty\" was absolution in the eyes of the law, but the verdict would always be \"guilty\" in the court of public opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"amnesties",
"pardons",
"remissions",
"remittals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paroles",
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"condonations",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"indemnities",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"clemencies",
"leniencies",
"mercies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convictions",
"sentences",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"impositions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"condemnations"
],
"antonyms":[
"penalties",
"punishments",
"retributions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absorbed":{
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"examples":[
"Lori was so absorbed in her book that she didn't hear the bell ring"
],
"synonyms":[
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"observant",
"rapt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"drank",
"imbibed",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)",
"took up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slurped",
"swallowed",
"swigged",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemused",
"busied",
"caught up",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"obsessed",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"assimilated",
"co-opted",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"commingled",
"fused",
"intermingled",
"merged",
"mingled",
"acculturated",
"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"enculturated",
"habituated",
"naturalized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy"
],
"synonyms":[
"burned",
"burnt",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"devoured",
"drained",
"drew down",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"played out",
"spent",
"used up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"ate",
"used",
"bankrupted",
"cleaned (out)",
"impoverished",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"dried up",
"emptied",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"guzzled",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"wasted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmented",
"enlarged",
"increased",
"bolstered",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revived",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewed",
"replaced"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abstaining (from)":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"examples":[
"had to abstain from solid food before her surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"forbearing",
"forgoing",
"foregoing",
"keeping (from)",
"refraining (from)",
"withholding (from)"
],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescing (to)",
"capitulating",
"conceding (to)",
"knuckling under (to)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absentee ballot":{
"as in secret ballot , short ballot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Australian ballot",
"secret ballot",
"short ballot",
"write-in",
"ticket",
"referendum",
"blackball",
"nay",
"no",
"non placet",
"aye",
"ay",
"yea",
"ballot",
"vote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absconds":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks out (of)",
"clears out",
"escapes",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"lams",
"runs away",
"runs off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades",
"loses",
"shuns",
"decamps",
"departs",
"elopes",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"moves",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"sallies (forth)",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"brings off",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"redeems",
"releases",
"rescues",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"comes back",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absorption":{
"a focusing of the mind on something":{
"examples":[
"forgot to return the phone call due to his absorption in setting up the new computer system"
],
"synonyms":[
"attention",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixation",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"alertness",
"application",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"consideration",
"heedfulness",
"intentness",
"raptness",
"regard",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"pondering",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absence",
"absentmindedness",
"abstractedness",
"abstraction",
"detachment",
"distraction",
"obliviousness",
"remoteness",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"withdrawal",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"mindlessness",
"unconcern",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderment",
"confusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"inattention"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absentminded":{
"lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions":{
"examples":[
"the grieving woman was so absentminded that she left her key in the lock after opening the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"absent",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"daydreaming",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"intent",
"pensive",
"rapt",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unheeding",
"unknowing",
"unmindful",
"unperceptive",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unwitting",
"vacant",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"birdbrained",
"clueless",
"confused",
"dazed",
"flighty",
"foggy",
"forgetful",
"forgetting",
"hazy",
"muddled",
"scatterbrained",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alive",
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"engaged",
"heads-up",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"observant",
"observing",
"open-eyed",
"sharp",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"clearheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"alert"
]
},
"inclined to forget what one has learned or to do what one should":{
"examples":[
"an absentminded aunt who some years sends me two birthday checks"
],
"synonyms":[
"forgetful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absent",
"abstracted",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"unmindful",
"amnesiac",
"amnesic",
"senile",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"muddled",
"scatterbrained",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slack",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"inattentive",
"insensible",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unheeding",
"unknowing",
"unperceptive",
"unthinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"attentive",
"awake",
"keen",
"open-eyed",
"sharp",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"thoughtful",
"wary"
],
"antonyms":[
"retentive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"absents oneself":{
"to fail to attend":{
"examples":[
"She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering."
],
"synonyms":[
"blows off",
"cuts",
"misses",
"skips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"attends",
"shows up (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"absolutism":{
"a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{
"examples":[
"concerning absolutism Lord Acton famously observed that \"absolute power corrupts absolutely\""
],
"synonyms":[
"autarchy",
"authoritarianism",
"autocracy",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monarchism",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"Big Brother",
"Big Brotherism",
"Communism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"domination",
"oppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abstinence":{
"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"a cleric vainly preaching abstinence in a world where self-indulgence is regarded as almost a virtue"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"sobriety",
"temperance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"forbearance",
"restraint",
"discipline",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"asceticism",
"austerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttony",
"greed",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"hedonism",
"sensuality",
"sybaritism"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgence"
]
},
"abstention from sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[
"an AIDS-prevention program that relies primarily on abstinence"
],
"synonyms":[
"celibacy",
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"continence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"modesty",
"purity",
"honor",
"innocence",
"virginity",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debauchery",
"lechery",
"licentiousness",
"venery",
"wenching",
"whoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absent oneself":{
"to fail to attend":{
"examples":[
"She found a plausible excuse to absent herself from the gathering."
],
"synonyms":[
"blow off",
"cut",
"miss",
"skip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"attend",
"show up (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"absconding (with)":{
"as in snatching , spiriting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snatching",
"spiriting",
"capturing",
"crimping",
"impressing",
"seizing",
"shanghaiing",
"waylaying",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"catching",
"copping",
"stealing",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivering",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"restoring",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absconds (with)":{
"as in snatches , spirits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snatches",
"spirits",
"captures",
"crimps",
"impresses",
"seizes",
"shanghais",
"waylays",
"hijacks",
"highjacks",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"catches",
"cops",
"steals",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivers",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"restores",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absurdity":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"folly",
"foolery",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds"
],
"synonyms":[
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absolute":{
"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
"examples":[
"Russia's absolute monarchy effectively ceased to be when Czar Nicholas II promised to share power with a legislative body"
],
"synonyms":[
"arbitrary",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"czarist",
"tsarist",
"tzarist",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monocratic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"jackbooted",
"oppressive",
"totalitarian",
"antidemocratic",
"antirepublican",
"high-handed",
"magisterial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"autonomous",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"unconditional",
"unlimited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"constitutional",
"lawful",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"antonyms":[
"limited"
]
},
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"ironing is an absolute bore",
"I want the absolute truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
"examples":[
"a formal living room decorated with absolute taste"
],
"synonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"impeccable",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consummate",
"expert",
"masterly",
"classic",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prime",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"terrific",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"completed",
"finished",
"perfected",
"polished",
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"mint",
"unbruised",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unspoiled",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"airtight",
"bulletproof",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"fallible",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"broken",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"impaired",
"injured",
"malformed",
"marred",
"misshapen",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"wretched",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
]
},
"free from added matter":{
"examples":[
"absolute alcohol"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"pure",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed"
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],
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"deciding",
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"definitive",
"last"
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"determinative",
"dispositive",
"hands-down",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefutable",
"unanswerable",
"undebatable",
"undeniable",
"undisputable",
"unquestionable",
"unchallenged",
"uncontested",
"undisputed",
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"unequivocal",
"certain",
"definite",
"positive",
"sure",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"persuasive",
"telling"
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"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"moot",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed"
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"indecisive",
"unclear"
]
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"adjective"
]
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"examples":[
"had to abstain from solid food before her surgery"
],
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"forbore",
"forwent",
"forewent",
"kept (from)",
"refrained (from)",
"withheld (from)"
],
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"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesced (to)",
"capitulated",
"conceded (to)",
"knuckled under (to)"
],
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"bowed (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
]
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"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"forgot to return the phone call due to his absorption in setting up the new computer system"
],
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"attention",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion"
],
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"fixation",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"alertness",
"application",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"consideration",
"heedfulness",
"intentness",
"raptness",
"regard",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"pondering",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absence",
"absentmindedness",
"abstractedness",
"abstraction",
"detachment",
"distraction",
"obliviousness",
"remoteness",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"withdrawal",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"mindlessness",
"unconcern",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderment",
"confusion"
],
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"inattention"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"spirited",
"captured",
"crimped",
"impressed",
"seized",
"shanghaied",
"waylaid",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"caught",
"copped",
"stole",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivered",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"restored",
"returned"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abstaining":{
"as in refusing , rejecting":{
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"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"delaying",
"halting",
"hesitating",
"stalling",
"temporizing",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"waffling",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choosing",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"naming",
"opting",
"resolving",
"settling (on or upon)",
"decreeing",
"ruling",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)"
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"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions"
],
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"cogitations",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"ideas",
"images",
"impressions",
"intellections",
"mind's eyes",
"notions",
"pictures",
"thoughts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"premonitions",
"presentiments",
"preconceptions",
"prejudices",
"prepossessions",
"chimeras",
"delusions",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"kinks",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"cognitions",
"observations",
"perceptions",
"reflections",
"assumptions",
"beliefs",
"conclusions",
"convictions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"speculations",
"suppositions",
"surmises",
"theories",
"brainchildren",
"brainstorms",
"brain waves",
"inspirations"
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"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absolved":{
"as in exonerated , acquitted":{
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"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guilty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"accused",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
],
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"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
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"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"discharged",
"liberated",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unburdened",
"condoned",
"excused",
"whitewashed",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"avenged",
"redressed",
"revenged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accused",
"arraigned",
"charged",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"convicted"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminated",
"incriminated"
]
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
],
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"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
],
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"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
],
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"breaking out (of)",
"clearing out",
"escaping",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"running away",
"running off"
],
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"avoiding",
"eluding",
"evading",
"losing",
"shunning",
"decamping",
"departing",
"eloping",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"moving",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"sallying (forth)",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"bringing off",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"coming back",
"returning"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"for religious reasons she's been a total abstainer her entire life"
],
"synonyms":[
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"prohibitionist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"barfly",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"wet"
],
"antonyms":[
"bibber",
"drinker"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abstraction":{
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
"examples":[
"to a people who have lived under one dictatorship after another, democracy and freedom are mere abstractions"
],
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"cogitation",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"image",
"impression",
"intellection",
"mind's eye",
"notion",
"picture",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"preconception",
"prejudice",
"prepossession",
"chimera",
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"caprice",
"conceit",
"fancy",
"freak",
"kink",
"vagary",
"whim",
"cognition",
"observation",
"perception",
"reflection",
"assumption",
"belief",
"conclusion",
"conviction",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"speculation",
"supposition",
"surmise",
"theory",
"brainchild",
"brainstorm",
"brain wave",
"inspiration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abstractedness":{
"as in absence , withdrawal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absence",
"absentmindedness",
"abstraction",
"detachment",
"distraction",
"obliviousness",
"remoteness",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"withdrawal",
"inattention",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"mindlessness",
"unconcern",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderment",
"confusion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorption",
"attention",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"fixation",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"alertness",
"application",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"consideration",
"heedfulness",
"intentness",
"raptness",
"regard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abstinent":{
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"grew up in a family where abstinent behavior was expected and self-indulgence of any kind was scorned and castigated"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstentious",
"continent",
"self-abnegating",
"self-denying",
"sober",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"Cyrenaic",
"hedonistic",
"self-pleasing",
"sensual",
"sybaritic",
"voluptuous",
"voluptuary",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abstracts":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"the scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions"
],
"synonyms":[
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"a recent college valedictorian who's been hailed as the very abstract of what's right with today's young people"
],
"synonyms":[
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"examples":[
"personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls off",
"detracts",
"distracts",
"diverts",
"throws off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amuses",
"beguiles",
"entertains",
"strays",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrates",
"focuses",
"focusses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils down",
"briefs",
"digests",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"outlines",
"recapitulates",
"recaps",
"reprises",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"synopsizes",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridges",
"condenses",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"shortens",
"downsizes",
"shrinks",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"decocts",
"essentializes",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"amplifies",
"elaborates (on or upon)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"absconded":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"the burglar was trying to abscond with the jewels when he tumbled down the stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran away",
"ran off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absurd":{
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
"examples":[
"absurd claims of having been abducted by UFO's"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extravagant",
"grotesque",
"bizarro",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
"Kafkaesque",
"nightmarish",
"dreamlike",
"surreal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"realistic",
"reasonable"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"an absurd rule that bicycles are not allowed in the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
"examples":[
"it's absurd to expect to make a killing in the stock market overnight"
],
"synonyms":[
"cockamamy",
"cockamamie",
"comical",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"pathetic",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly"
],
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"asinine",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"inane",
"jerky",
"moronic",
"nonsensical",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-fetched",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
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"earnest",
"serious",
"solemn",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"logical",
"rational",
"realistic",
"reasonable",
"sensible"
],
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},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"examples":[
"to say men can't cook as well as women is of course an absurdity"
],
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"asininities",
"b\u00eatises",
"fatuities",
"follies",
"fooleries",
"fopperies",
"idiocies",
"imbecilities",
"inanities",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"stupidities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffooneries",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddles",
"blunders",
"bungles",
"flubs",
"goofs",
"howlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretions",
"forethoughts",
"prudences",
"sagacities",
"wisdoms",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in difficulty , complication":{
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"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abstemious":{
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"being abstemious diners, they avoid restaurants with all-you-can-eat buffets"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstentious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"self-abnegating",
"self-denying",
"sober",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"Cyrenaic",
"hedonistic",
"self-pleasing",
"sensual",
"sybaritic",
"voluptuous",
"voluptuary",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abstainers":{
"a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"for religious reasons she's been a total abstainer her entire life"
],
"synonyms":[
"nondrinkers",
"teetotalers",
"teetotallers",
"teetotalists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drys",
"prohibitionists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alcoholics",
"barflies",
"boozehounds",
"boozers",
"drunkards",
"drunks",
"inebriates",
"sots",
"souses",
"tipplers",
"wets"
],
"antonyms":[
"bibbers",
"drinkers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absolutely":{
"in a complete or unlimited way":{
"examples":[
"She's absolutely certain she remembered to lock the door before leaving."
],
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"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"categorically",
"cold",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"indubitably",
"realistically",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably",
"veritably",
"admittedly",
"forsooth",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"really",
"truly",
"truthfully",
"verily",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly",
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"clean",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"through and through",
"well",
"wide"
],
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"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"abstracted":{
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"examples":[
"the man on the train seemed somewhat abstracted , and he did indeed forget to get off at his stop"
],
"synonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"distracted",
"preoccupied"
],
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"absorbed",
"daydreaming",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"intent",
"pensive",
"rapt",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unheeding",
"unknowing",
"unmindful",
"unperceptive",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unwitting",
"vacant",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"birdbrained",
"clueless",
"confused",
"dazed",
"flighty",
"foggy",
"forgetful",
"forgetting",
"hazy",
"muddled",
"scatterbrained",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alive",
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"engaged",
"heads-up",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"observant",
"observing",
"open-eyed",
"sharp",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"clearheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"alert"
]
},
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"examples":[
"personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work"
],
"synonyms":[
"called off",
"detracted",
"distracted",
"diverted",
"threw off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amused",
"beguiled",
"entertained",
"strayed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrated",
"focused",
"focussed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"absolve":{
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atone (for)",
"expiate",
"discharge",
"liberate",
"redeem",
"release",
"unburden",
"condone",
"excuse",
"whitewash",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"avenge",
"redress",
"revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuse",
"arraign",
"charge",
"impeach",
"indict",
"convict"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminate",
"incriminate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absorbing":{
"holding the attention or provoking interest":{
"examples":[
"shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don't notice the tide coming in"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"emphatic",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"alluring",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"spellbinding",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"curious",
"odd",
"unusual",
"weird",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"eventful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"amusing",
"entertaining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"operose",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"sterile",
"unexciting",
"dreary",
"humdrum",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth"
],
"synonyms":[
"drinking",
"imbibing",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)",
"taking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slurping",
"swallowing",
"swigging",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemusing",
"busying",
"catching up",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"obsessing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"assimilating",
"co-opting",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"commingling",
"fusing",
"intermingling",
"merging",
"mingling",
"acculturating",
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"enculturating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy"
],
"synonyms":[
"burning",
"consuming",
"depleting",
"devouring",
"draining",
"drawing down",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"playing out",
"spending",
"using up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"eating",
"using",
"bankrupting",
"cleaning (out)",
"impoverishing",
"crippling",
"debilitating",
"disabling",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"drying up",
"emptying",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"guzzling",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"wasting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmenting",
"enlarging",
"increasing",
"bolstering",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"rebuilding",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"reviving",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewing",
"replacing"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"absolving":{
"as in condoning , pardoning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"commuting",
"reprieving",
"compensatory",
"nonpunitive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive",
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in forgiveness , absolution":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolution",
"dispensation",
"forgiveness",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"screen",
"aegis",
"egis",
"armor",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safety",
"security",
"shield",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"vulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atoning (for)",
"expiating",
"discharging",
"liberating",
"redeeming",
"releasing",
"unburdening",
"condoning",
"excusing",
"whitewashing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"avenging",
"redressing",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accusing",
"arraigning",
"charging",
"impeaching",
"indicting",
"convicting"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminating",
"incriminating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"abstrusity":{
"as in difficulty , complication":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abstruseness",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abstemiousness":{
"as in dieting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dieting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttonousness",
"gluttony",
"overeating",
"immoderation",
"intemperance",
"overindulgence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absolves":{
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atones (for)",
"expiates",
"discharges",
"liberates",
"redeems",
"releases",
"unburdens",
"condones",
"excuses",
"whitewashes",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits",
"avenges",
"redresses",
"revenges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuses",
"arraigns",
"charges",
"impeaches",
"indicts",
"convicts"
],
"antonyms":[
"criminates",
"incriminates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"absences":{
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
"examples":[
"the absence of volunteers to be troop leaders is putting the scouting program in real jeopardy"
],
"synonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"needfulness",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"dearth",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"skimpiness",
"defect",
"minus",
"deprivation",
"famishment",
"privation",
"demand",
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequacy",
"enough",
"sufficiency",
"fund",
"pool",
"stock",
"supply",
"excess",
"fill",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"plenty",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"hoard",
"stockpile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the fact or state of being absent":{
"examples":[
"in the absence of ferry service to the island, the ecotourists had to charter a plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"dearth",
"lack",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"skimpiness",
"undersupply",
"deprivation",
"loss",
"necessity",
"need",
"needfulness",
"omission",
"privation",
"blankness",
"emptiness",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"amplitude",
"bounty",
"plenitude",
"plenteousness",
"plentifulness",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"wealth",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"bushel",
"deal",
"gobs",
"heap",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"fund",
"pool",
"stock",
"supply",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stash",
"stockpile"
],
"antonyms":[
"presence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}