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6471 lines
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{
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"antagonist":{
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"one that is hostile toward another":{
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"examples":[
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"please name the novel's hero and his antagonist"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adversary",
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"enemy",
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"foe",
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"hostile",
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"opponent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"archenemy",
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"archfoe",
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"nemesis",
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"ill-wisher",
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"bane",
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"b\u00eate noire",
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"assailant",
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"attacker",
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"combatant",
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"invader",
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"competitor",
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"emulator",
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"rival"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"buddy",
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"chum",
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"compadre",
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"crony",
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"fellow",
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"hail-fellow",
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"hail-fellow-well-met",
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"hearty",
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"hobnobber",
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"mate",
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"musketeer",
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"pal",
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"abettor",
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"abetter",
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"accomplice",
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"ally",
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"collaborator",
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"colleague",
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"comrade",
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"confederate",
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"friendly",
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"partner",
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"adherent",
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"disciple",
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"follower",
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"backer",
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"benefactor",
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"exponent",
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"supporter",
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"sympathizer",
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"well-wisher"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amigo",
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"friend"
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]
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},
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"one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict":{
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"examples":[
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"his antagonist in the boxing match"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adversary",
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"foe",
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"opponent",
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"rival"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"equal",
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"match",
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"enemy",
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"archenemy",
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"nemesis",
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"competitor",
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"contestant",
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"bane",
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"b\u00eate noire",
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"curse",
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"assailant",
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"attacker",
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"combatant",
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"invader"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accomplice",
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"ally",
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"confederate",
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"partner",
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"advocate",
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"champion",
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"exponent",
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"proponent",
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"supporter",
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"sympathizer"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"antagonists":{
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"one that is hostile toward another":{
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"examples":[
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"please name the novel's hero and his antagonist"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adversaries",
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"enemies",
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"foes",
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"hostiles",
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"opponents"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"archenemies",
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"archfoes",
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"nemeses",
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"ill-wishers",
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"banes",
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"b\u00eates noires",
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"assailants",
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"attackers",
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"combatants",
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"invaders",
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"competitors",
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"emulators",
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"rivals"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"buddies",
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"chums",
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"compadres",
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"cronies",
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"fellows",
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"hail-fellows",
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"hail-fellows-well-met",
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"hearties",
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"hobnobbers",
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"mates",
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"musketeers",
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"pals",
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"abettors",
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"abetters",
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"accomplices",
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"allies",
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"collaborators",
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"colleagues",
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"comrades",
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"confederates",
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"friendlies",
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"partners",
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"adherents",
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"disciples",
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"followers",
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"backers",
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"benefactors",
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"exponents",
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"supporters",
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"sympathizers",
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"well-wishers"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amigos",
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"friends"
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]
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},
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"one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict":{
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"examples":[
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"his antagonist in the boxing match"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adversaries",
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"foes",
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"opponents",
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"rivals"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"equals",
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"matches",
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"enemies",
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"archenemies",
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"nemeses",
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"competitors",
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"contestants",
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"banes",
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"b\u00eates noires",
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"curses",
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"assailants",
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"attackers",
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"combatants",
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"invaders"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accomplices",
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"allies",
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"confederates",
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"partners",
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"advocates",
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"champions",
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"exponents",
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"proponents",
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"supporters",
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"sympathizers"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"antagonize":{
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"to implant bitter feelings in":{
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"examples":[
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"everything he said just antagonized the other side even more"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"embitter",
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"empoison",
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"envenom"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aggravate",
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"anger",
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"enrage",
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"incense",
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"infuriate",
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"madden",
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"alienate",
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"disaffect",
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"disgruntle",
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"estrange",
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"set (against)",
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"curdle",
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"sour"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"endear",
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"ingratiate",
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"appease",
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"assuage",
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"mollify",
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"pacify",
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"placate",
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"propitiate",
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"sweeten"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"antecessor":{
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"as in predecessor":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"predecessor",
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"ancestor",
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"father",
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"forebear",
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"forbear",
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"forebearer",
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"forefather",
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"grandfather",
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"primogenitor",
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"progenitor",
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"ancestress",
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"foremother",
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"grandmother",
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"matriarch",
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"grandsire",
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"patriarch",
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"sire",
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"ancestry",
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"antecedents",
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"roots"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"descendant",
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"descendent",
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"children",
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"family",
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"issue",
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"lineage",
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"offspring",
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"posterity",
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"progeny",
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"seed",
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"stock",
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"daughter",
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"heir",
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"inheritor",
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"scion",
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"son",
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"successor"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"antelopes":{
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"as in ostrich , crocodile":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alligator",
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"buckskin",
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"cabretta",
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"calfskin",
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"capeskin",
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"chamois",
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"cordovan",
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"cowhide",
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"crocodile",
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"deerskin",
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"doeskin",
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"goatskin",
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"horsehide",
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"kid",
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"kidskin",
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"lambskin",
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"morocco",
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"ostrich",
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"pigskin",
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"seal",
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"sharkskin",
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"sheepskin",
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"snakeskin",
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"coat",
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"fleece",
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"fur",
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"pelt",
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"nubuck",
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"patent leather",
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"suede",
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"hide",
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"leather",
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"skin"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anteriorly":{
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"so as to precede something in order of time":{
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"examples":[
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"archaeological artifacts are all that we have of those ancient people who flourished anteriorly of the invention of writing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"afore",
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"ahead",
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"already",
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"antecedently",
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"before",
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"beforehand",
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"earlier",
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"formerly",
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"preliminarily",
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"previously"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"a priori",
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"early",
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"prematurely",
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"first",
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"first off",
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"now",
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"before long",
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"erelong",
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"presently",
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"shortly",
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"soon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"behind",
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"by and by",
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"next",
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"subsequently"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"after",
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"afterward",
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"afterwards",
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"later"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"anticipation":{
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"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"in anticipation of a job offer, she had already begun looking for an apartment in the city where the company was based"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"apprehension",
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"dread",
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"foreboding",
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"misgiving"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contemplation",
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"expectance",
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"expectancy",
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"expectation",
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"prospect"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anticlimaxes":{
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"a dull or disappointing ending or result":{
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"examples":[
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"The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax ."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aftermaths",
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"codas",
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"epilogues",
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"epilogs",
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"postscripts",
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"cappers",
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"closes",
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"closings",
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"conclusions",
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"consummations",
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"endgames",
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"endings",
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"ends",
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"finales",
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"finises",
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"finishes",
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"grand finales",
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"homestretches",
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"mop-ups",
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"windups",
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"wrap-ups",
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"acmes",
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"apexes",
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"apices",
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"capstones",
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"climaxes",
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"copestones",
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"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
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"coups de grace",
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"crescendos",
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"crescendoes",
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"crescendi",
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"crowns",
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"culminations",
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"high-water marks",
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"meridians",
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"peaks",
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"pinnacles",
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"summits",
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"tip-tops",
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"tops",
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"zeniths",
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"shanks",
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"tag ends",
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"tail ends"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forewords",
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"introductions",
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"overtures",
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"preambles",
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"prefaces",
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"preludes",
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"prologues",
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"prologs",
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"baselines",
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"beginnings",
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"dawns",
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"day ones",
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"nascences",
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"nascencies",
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"openings",
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"starts"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"antics":{
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"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
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"examples":[
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"we'll have no more of your antics , so just settle down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capers",
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"capriccios",
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"didoes",
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"didos",
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"escapades",
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"frolics",
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"gags",
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"jests",
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"knaveries",
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"monkeyshines",
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"practical jokes",
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"pranks",
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"rags",
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"rogueries",
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"shavies",
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"shines",
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"tricks",
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"waggeries"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adventures",
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"experiences",
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"games",
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"larks",
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"times",
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"high jinks",
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"hijinks",
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"horseplays",
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"plays",
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"rowdyisms",
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"shenanigans",
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"tomfooleries",
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"gambits",
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"hoaxes",
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"maneuvers",
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"ploys",
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"deeds",
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"feats",
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"missions",
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"performances",
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"stunts",
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"caprices",
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"conceits",
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"fancies",
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"vagaries",
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"whims",
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"whimsies",
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"whimseys",
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"deceits",
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"deceptions",
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"delusions",
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"frauds",
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"hanky-pankies",
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"ruses",
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"shams",
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"stratagems",
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"subterfuges",
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"trickeries",
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"wiles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"antinomy":{
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"as in contradiction , paradox":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conundrum",
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"enigma",
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"mystery",
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"mystification",
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"puzzle",
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"puzzlement",
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"riddle",
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"contradiction",
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"dichotomy",
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"incongruity",
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"paradox"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"antipodal":{
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"being as different as possible":{
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"examples":[
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"love is antipodal to hate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antipodean",
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"antithetical",
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"contradictory",
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"contrary",
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"diametric",
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"diametrical",
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"opposite",
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"polar"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adverse",
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"negative",
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"unfavorable",
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"antagonistic",
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"antipathetic",
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"counter",
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"cross",
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"hostile",
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"converse",
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"inverse",
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"obverse",
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"reverse",
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"alien",
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"disparate",
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"dissimilar",
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"divergent",
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"unalike",
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"unlike"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alike",
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"analogous",
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"like",
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"similar",
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"equivalent",
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"identical",
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"same",
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"synonymous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"noncontradictory"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"anthologizing":{
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"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"anthologized an impressive array of essays championing freedom of the press"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"compiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"recompiling",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"reediting",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anted (up)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we can't ante up at least half of the overdue rent, we are going to be evicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
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"settled",
|
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"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
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"stood"
|
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],
|
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"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antipathies":{
|
|
"something or someone that is hated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cruelty to animals is one of my most deeply felt antipathies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrences",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"detestations",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"hates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"hang-ups",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"phobias",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"peeves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antidepression":{
|
|
"as in antidepressant , antianxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antistress",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antic":{
|
|
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"antic shenanigans that made me nearly fall over with laughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chucklesome",
|
|
"comedic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humoristic",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"slapsticky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"snickery",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"jokey",
|
|
"joky",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"unhumorous",
|
|
"unhysterical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to good-natured joking or teasing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an antic group of kids at summer camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coltish",
|
|
"elfish",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"larky",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sportful",
|
|
"sportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"starchy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have no more of your antics , so just settle down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriccio",
|
|
"dido",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"shavie",
|
|
"shine(s)",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"waggery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"whimsy",
|
|
"whimsey",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antedated":{
|
|
"to go or come before in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dinosaurs antedate humans by millions of years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anteceded",
|
|
"forewent",
|
|
"preceded",
|
|
"predated",
|
|
"preexisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"postdated",
|
|
"succeeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antonyms":{
|
|
"a word having the opposite meaning as another word":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She needed an antonym for \"hot,\" and decided to settle on \"chilly.\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antipodes",
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"contraries",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"obverses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"counterpoints",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"inverses",
|
|
"mirror images"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"synonyms",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"replicas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticlimactical":{
|
|
"as in inconsequential , trivial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climactic",
|
|
"apical",
|
|
"apogean",
|
|
"crestal",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"culminating",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crossover",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antipodes":{
|
|
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our little pug is an antipode to our other dog, a mastiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"contraries",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"obverses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"antonyms",
|
|
"counterpoints",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"inverses",
|
|
"mirror images"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"synonyms",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"replicas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antireform":{
|
|
"as in antirevolutionary , antiliberal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antirevolutionary",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"blimpish",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti-imperialism":{
|
|
"as in antimilitarism , antiaggression":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiracism":{
|
|
"as in antidiscrimination , antisegregation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antidiscrimination",
|
|
"antisegregation",
|
|
"assimilationism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"racialism",
|
|
"racism",
|
|
"race-baiting",
|
|
"apartheid",
|
|
"Jim Crow",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anteroom":{
|
|
"a small room that is connected to a larger room and used as a place for people to wait before going into the larger room":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechamber",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"waiting room",
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"foyer",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"lobby",
|
|
"vestibule",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthem":{
|
|
"a religious song":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fervently sang an anthem of praise to the Lord"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"Gloria Patri",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"oratorio",
|
|
"processional",
|
|
"recessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antibiotics":{
|
|
"a substance that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antediluvian":{
|
|
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found evidence in the Middle East of an antediluvian people previously unknown to history"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"archaistic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"time-honored",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"vernal",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"unworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought his dad was an antediluvian for refusing to use any social media"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"fud",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"mossback",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"mandarin",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"old maid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"radical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipster",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"trendy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antitraditional":{
|
|
"as in radical , extremist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiphonary":{
|
|
"as in antiphonal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiphonal",
|
|
"songbook",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"breviary",
|
|
"missal",
|
|
"Psalter",
|
|
"hymnal",
|
|
"hymnary",
|
|
"hymnbook",
|
|
"psalmody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiquity":{
|
|
"the state of being something old":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite their indisputable antiquity , many of the carvings look like they could have been made yesterday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"hoariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness",
|
|
"agelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernity",
|
|
"modernness",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"newness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antipodean":{
|
|
"being as different as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the convincing yet antipodean arguments presented by the two speakers left many members of the audience unsure of which side to support"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antipodal",
|
|
"antithetical",
|
|
"contradictory",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"diametric",
|
|
"diametrical",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"polar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"inverse",
|
|
"obverse",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"synonymous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncontradictory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiracist":{
|
|
"as in antidiscrimination , antisegregation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antidiscrimination",
|
|
"antisegregation",
|
|
"assimilationism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"racialism",
|
|
"racism",
|
|
"race-baiting",
|
|
"apartheid",
|
|
"Jim Crow",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthropical":{
|
|
"as in anthropocentric":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthropocentric",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"earthborn",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"sublunary",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"terrene",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"nontemporal",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"Elysian",
|
|
"empyreal",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"devotional",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticipated":{
|
|
"being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the anticipated date of delivery is July 14th"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"scheduled",
|
|
"slated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"untimely",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"unlooked-for"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I anticipate that we'll be seeing you for New Year's"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"hoped (for)",
|
|
"watched (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked on",
|
|
"counted (on or upon)",
|
|
"depended (on or upon)",
|
|
"relied (on or upon)",
|
|
"waited (for)",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"viewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I anticipated this unhelpful response"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"forefelt",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"previsioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"prefigured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"foretokened",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"dreaded",
|
|
"feared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antagonisms":{
|
|
"a deep-seated ill will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antagonism between them was so bad they couldn't even sit near each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"animus",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bad blood",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blood feud",
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"inhospitableness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"neighborliness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiphonaries":{
|
|
"as in antiphonals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiphonals",
|
|
"songbooks",
|
|
"songsters",
|
|
"breviaries",
|
|
"missals",
|
|
"Psalters",
|
|
"hymnals",
|
|
"hymnaries",
|
|
"hymnbooks",
|
|
"psalmodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anteing (up)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we can't ante up at least half of the overdue rent, we are going to be evicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antielitist":{
|
|
"as in democratic , modest":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"egalitarian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"persnickety",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"toffee-nosed",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"swellheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticonventional":{
|
|
"as in radical , extremist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti-utopia":{
|
|
"as in hell , dystopia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dystopia",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"fool's paradise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"Camelot",
|
|
"Cockaigne",
|
|
"Eden",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"fantasyland",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"lotusland",
|
|
"never-never land",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion",
|
|
"arcadia",
|
|
"dreamland",
|
|
"dreamworld",
|
|
"fairyland",
|
|
"wonderland"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticipate":{
|
|
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I anticipate that we'll be seeing you for New Year's"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"await",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"hope (for)",
|
|
"watch (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank on",
|
|
"count (on or upon)",
|
|
"depend (on or upon)",
|
|
"rely (on or upon)",
|
|
"wait (for)",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"presuppose",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I anticipated this unhelpful response"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"forefeel",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
|
"prefigure",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"foretoken",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"fear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticipations":{
|
|
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in anticipation of a job offer, she had already begun looking for an apartment in the city where the company was based"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"expectances",
|
|
"expectancies",
|
|
"expectations",
|
|
"prospects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"misgivings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antagonistically":{
|
|
"as in caustically , obnoxiously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly",
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antipathetic":{
|
|
"having a natural dislike for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a series of adventure books that turned boys who had been antipathetic to reading into avid readers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allergic",
|
|
"averse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by opposition or ill will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor has always had an openly antipathetic relationship with the local press"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adversarial",
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"nonantagonistic",
|
|
"nonhostile",
|
|
"sympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthropoid":{
|
|
"resembling a human in shape or form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were on the lookout for the famed Sasquatch, a tall anthropoid creature some thought lived deep in these forests."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creatural",
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"humanlike",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"earthborn",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonhuman",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"robotic",
|
|
"subhuman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ape , cretin":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"blunderer",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"galoot",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"lubber",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"palooka"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainiac",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antenatal":{
|
|
"as in prenatal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"impregnated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticipatory":{
|
|
"having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't control his anticipatory excitement on Christmas morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agape",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"anticipant",
|
|
"expectant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"unmoved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antimilitarism":{
|
|
"as in anti-imperialism , antiaggression":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antipode":{
|
|
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our little pug is an antipode to our other dog, a mastiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"obverse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"antonym",
|
|
"counterpoint",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"inverse",
|
|
"mirror image"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"synonym",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"replica"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anteceded":{
|
|
"to go or come before in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelites claimed to base their principles and practices on the Italian art that anteceded Raphael and other masters of the High Renaissance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antedated",
|
|
"forewent",
|
|
"preceded",
|
|
"predated",
|
|
"preexisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"postdated",
|
|
"succeeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti-utopians":{
|
|
"as in naysayers , pragmatists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"fatalists",
|
|
"nihilists",
|
|
"hardnoses",
|
|
"pragmatists",
|
|
"realists",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"worriers",
|
|
"worrywarts",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"naysayers",
|
|
"Cassandras",
|
|
"Jeremiahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"Don Quixotes",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"fantasts",
|
|
"idealists",
|
|
"idealizers",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"romanticists",
|
|
"romantics",
|
|
"utopians",
|
|
"visionaries",
|
|
"sentimentalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticlockwise":{
|
|
"as in counterclockwise , widdershins":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"left-handedly",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"widdershins",
|
|
"withershins",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternforemost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"forth",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"onward",
|
|
"onwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antivenom":{
|
|
"as in antivenin , antidote":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"antivenin",
|
|
"mithridate",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"virus",
|
|
"fungicide",
|
|
"germicide",
|
|
"herbicide",
|
|
"insecticide",
|
|
"microbicide",
|
|
"pesticide",
|
|
"toxicant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antelope":{
|
|
"as in ostrich , crocodile":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"cabretta",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"capeskin",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"nubuck",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticruelty":{
|
|
"as in cruelty-free":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cruelty-free",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antidemocratic":{
|
|
"as in antirepublican":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antirepublican",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"czarist",
|
|
"tsarist",
|
|
"tzarist",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monocratic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anterior":{
|
|
"being at or in the forward part or surface of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the anterior chamber of the eye is bounded in front by the cornea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fore",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"frontal",
|
|
"frontward",
|
|
"frontwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ventral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dorsal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aft",
|
|
"after",
|
|
"hind",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hindmost",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rearward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going before another in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fossils from an anterior geologic age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"precedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous",
|
|
"prior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"preexisting",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antipasti":{
|
|
"as in appetizers , cocktails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse-bouches",
|
|
"amuses-bouches",
|
|
"amuse-gueules",
|
|
"appetizers",
|
|
"apps",
|
|
"canap\u00e9s",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvres",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"starters",
|
|
"finger foods",
|
|
"natural foods",
|
|
"commissaries",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliments",
|
|
"nutriments",
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"nourishments",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"sustenances",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"paps",
|
|
"ensilages",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"fodders",
|
|
"forages",
|
|
"silages",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"meals",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platters",
|
|
"servings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"toxins",
|
|
"venoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antithetical":{
|
|
"being as different as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spiritual concerns and ideals that are antithetical to the materialism embraced by modern society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antipodal",
|
|
"antipodean",
|
|
"contradictory",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"diametric",
|
|
"diametrical",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"polar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"inverse",
|
|
"obverse",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"synonymous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncontradictory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antechamber":{
|
|
"a room placed before and leading into a chief apartment and serving as a waiting area":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anteroom",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"waiting room",
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"foyer",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"lobby",
|
|
"vestibule",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti":{
|
|
"opposed to; not for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you ask me, she's anti anything that sounds like the least bit of fun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"against",
|
|
"agin",
|
|
"contra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"contrary to",
|
|
"versus",
|
|
"with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"for",
|
|
"pro"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antidotes":{
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped that taking dance lessons would prove to be an antidote for her loneliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"curatives",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"rectifiers",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"therapeutics",
|
|
"therapies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"palliatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiphonal":{
|
|
"as in antiphonary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiphonary",
|
|
"songbook",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"breviary",
|
|
"missal",
|
|
"Psalter",
|
|
"hymnal",
|
|
"hymnary",
|
|
"hymnbook",
|
|
"psalmody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiaggression":{
|
|
"as in anti-imperialism , antimilitarism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiquarians":{
|
|
"as in booksellers , bibliopoles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bibliopoles",
|
|
"booksellers",
|
|
"bookworms",
|
|
"bibliopegists",
|
|
"bookbinders",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"bibliolaters",
|
|
"bibliomaniacs",
|
|
"bibliophiles",
|
|
"bookmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiseptics":{
|
|
"as in antibiotics , sera":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antirevolutionary":{
|
|
"as in antiliberal , antireform":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antireform",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"blimpish",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antisentimental":{
|
|
"as in cynical , hard-boiled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"wistful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antes (up)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we can't ante up at least half of the overdue rent, we are going to be evicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antecedent":{
|
|
"going before another in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd like to follow up on an antecedent question from another reporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anterior",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"precedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous",
|
|
"prior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"preexisting",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone or something responsible for a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what are the antecedents of the American Revolutionary War?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causality",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"alpha and omega",
|
|
"be-all and end-all",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the typewriter is the antecedent of the computer keyboard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"daddy",
|
|
"foregoer",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"granddaddy",
|
|
"grandaddy",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"predecessor",
|
|
"prototype"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"model",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"originator",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"spin-off",
|
|
"daughter",
|
|
"son"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antithesis":{
|
|
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"true love for another is the antithesis of the desire to control that person's life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antipode",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"obverse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"antonym",
|
|
"counterpoint",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"inverse",
|
|
"mirror image"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"synonym",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"replica"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ante":{
|
|
"the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the base price is $500, but any additional repairs will up the ante"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"price tag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fair market value",
|
|
"market value",
|
|
"valuation",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"asking price",
|
|
"list price",
|
|
"sticker price",
|
|
"price point",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"unit price",
|
|
"carrying charge",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"service charge",
|
|
"service fee",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"markdown",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sale",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"down payment",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"invoice",
|
|
"tab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antivenin":{
|
|
"as in antidote , antivenom":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"antivenom",
|
|
"mithridate",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"virus",
|
|
"fungicide",
|
|
"germicide",
|
|
"herbicide",
|
|
"insecticide",
|
|
"microbicide",
|
|
"pesticide",
|
|
"toxicant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antirepublican":{
|
|
"as in antidemocratic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antidemocratic",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"czarist",
|
|
"tsarist",
|
|
"tzarist",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"monocratic",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"autonomous",
|
|
"self-governing",
|
|
"self-ruling",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"republican"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antianxiety":{
|
|
"as in antidepressant , antistress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthologizes":{
|
|
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anthologized an impressive array of essays championing freedom of the press"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"compiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"recompiles",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"reedits",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antagonizing":{
|
|
"as in antagonistic , confrontational":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"martial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"militaristic",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"peacemaking",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"placatory",
|
|
"propitiatory",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everything he said just antagonized the other side even more"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"embittering",
|
|
"empoisoning",
|
|
"envenoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"setting (against)",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"souring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antecedently":{
|
|
"so as to precede something in order of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"check your flight status antecedently to leaving home for the airport just in case there's a delay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"already",
|
|
"anteriorly",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"beforehand",
|
|
"earlier",
|
|
"formerly",
|
|
"preliminarily",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"a priori",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"prematurely",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"first off",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"before long",
|
|
"erelong",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"subsequently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antique":{
|
|
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"studied shards from antique pots made by the Pueblos of the Southwest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"archaistic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"time-honored",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"vernal",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"unworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loved to collect antique sugar tongs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-timey",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"vintage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"rinky-dink",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"old hat",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"anachronic",
|
|
"anachronous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernist",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their house is filled with rare antiques , including a collection of 19th-century African masks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"museum piece",
|
|
"relic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artifact",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"hangover",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticlimax":{
|
|
"a dull or disappointing ending or result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The last chapter of the book was an anticlimax ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finis",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"windup",
|
|
"wrap-up",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"copestone",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthologies":{
|
|
"a collection of writings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an anthology of American short stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compilations",
|
|
"florilegia",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"readers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"almanacs",
|
|
"ana",
|
|
"anas",
|
|
"analects",
|
|
"chapbooks",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"casebooks",
|
|
"sourcebooks",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"corpora",
|
|
"libraries",
|
|
"miscellanea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anticlimactic":{
|
|
"as in inconsequential , trivial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climactic",
|
|
"apical",
|
|
"apogean",
|
|
"crestal",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"culminating",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crossover",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antagonized":{
|
|
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everything he said just antagonized the other side even more"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"empoisoned",
|
|
"envenomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"set (against)",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"soured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antres":{
|
|
"a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fantasy in which an intrepid band of adventurers enter a vast antre and discover a hidden world filled with monsters and wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"delves",
|
|
"grots",
|
|
"grottoes",
|
|
"grottos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"crawlways",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"subways",
|
|
"tunnels",
|
|
"excavations",
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"foxholes",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthology":{
|
|
"a collection of writings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an anthology of American short stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"album",
|
|
"collectanea",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"compilation",
|
|
"florilegium",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"reader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"ana",
|
|
"analects",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"sourcebook",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"library",
|
|
"miscellanea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anterooms":{
|
|
"a small room that is connected to a larger room and used as a place for people to wait before going into the larger room":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechambers",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"waiting rooms",
|
|
"entranceways",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"entryways",
|
|
"foyers",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"lobbies",
|
|
"vestibules",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"portals",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antecedes":{
|
|
"to go or come before in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelites claimed to base their principles and practices on the Italian art that anteceded Raphael and other masters of the High Renaissance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antedates",
|
|
"foregoes",
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"predates",
|
|
"preexists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"postdates",
|
|
"succeeds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiques":{
|
|
"something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their house is filled with rare antiques , including a collection of 19th-century African masks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"museum pieces",
|
|
"relics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artifacts",
|
|
"fossils",
|
|
"dinosaurs",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"hangovers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"remnants",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vestiges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antisegregation":{
|
|
"as in antidiscrimination , antiracism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antidiscrimination",
|
|
"antiracism",
|
|
"assimilationism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"racialism",
|
|
"racism",
|
|
"race-baiting",
|
|
"apartheid",
|
|
"Jim Crow",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"separatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti-utopian":{
|
|
"as in dystopian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dystopian",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"chthonic",
|
|
"chthonian",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"infernal",
|
|
"plutonian",
|
|
"sulfurous",
|
|
"Tartarean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"elysian",
|
|
"empyreal",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"beatific",
|
|
"blissful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in naysayer , pragmatist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"nihilist",
|
|
"hardnose",
|
|
"pragmatist",
|
|
"realist",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"worrier",
|
|
"worrywart",
|
|
"knocker",
|
|
"naysayer",
|
|
"Cassandra",
|
|
"Jeremiah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"Don Quixote",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"fantast",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealizer",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"romanticist",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"sentimentalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antisocial":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's not antisocial , just extremely shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"buttoned-up",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"cliquey",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"clubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti-feminist":{
|
|
"as in bigot , misogynist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigot",
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"misandrist",
|
|
"misogynist",
|
|
"sexist",
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"misanthrope",
|
|
"naysayer",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"doubter",
|
|
"negativist",
|
|
"skeptic",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"defeatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"egalitarian",
|
|
"feminist",
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"positivist",
|
|
"idealist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antes":{
|
|
"the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the base price is $500, but any additional repairs will up the ante"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"price tags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fair market values",
|
|
"market values",
|
|
"valuations",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"asking prices",
|
|
"list prices",
|
|
"sticker prices",
|
|
"price points",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"unit prices",
|
|
"carrying charges",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"service charges",
|
|
"service fees",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"markdowns",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"down payments",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
"tabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antonymous":{
|
|
"as in antonymic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antonymic",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"nonidentical",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"antipodal",
|
|
"antipodean",
|
|
"antithetical",
|
|
"contradictory",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"diametric",
|
|
"diametrical",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"differentiable",
|
|
"discriminable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"look-alike",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"suchlike",
|
|
"synonymous",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"coequal",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"cognate",
|
|
"connate",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"resemblant",
|
|
"resembling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anteceding":{
|
|
"to go or come before in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelites claimed to base their principles and practices on the Italian art that anteceded Raphael and other masters of the High Renaissance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antedating",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"predating",
|
|
"preexisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"following",
|
|
"postdating",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiquarian":{
|
|
"as in bookseller , bibliopole":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bibliopole",
|
|
"bookseller",
|
|
"bookworm",
|
|
"bibliopegist",
|
|
"bookbinder",
|
|
"bookmaker",
|
|
"bibliolater",
|
|
"bibliomaniac",
|
|
"bibliophile",
|
|
"bookman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antimacho":{
|
|
"as in feminine , womanlike":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"effeminate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"epicene",
|
|
"sissified",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"overnice",
|
|
"prissy",
|
|
"spinsterish",
|
|
"dandyish",
|
|
"dudish",
|
|
"foppish",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"campy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"manlike",
|
|
"manly",
|
|
"mannish",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiquated":{
|
|
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"saw an antiquated hand-cranked rope-making machine at the textiles museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"demoded",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"mossy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neolithic",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"Stone Age",
|
|
"superannuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"obsolescent",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antidepressant":{
|
|
"as in antianxiety , antistress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antidotal":{
|
|
"as in counterbalancing , counteractive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counteractive",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"reparative",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"amendatory",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reformative",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"remedying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthropic":{
|
|
"as in anthropocentric":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthropocentric",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"earthborn",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"sublunary",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"terrene",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"nontemporal",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"Elysian",
|
|
"empyreal",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"devotional",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthologize":{
|
|
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anthologized an impressive array of essays championing freedom of the press"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"recompile",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"reedit",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"anticipating":{
|
|
"to believe in the future occurrence of (something)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"I anticipate that we'll be seeing you for New Year's"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"awaiting",
|
|
"expecting",
|
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"hoping (for)",
|
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"watching (for)"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"banking on",
|
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"counting (on or upon)",
|
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"depending (on or upon)",
|
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"relying (on or upon)",
|
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"waiting (for)",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
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"envisioning",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
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"predicting",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"assuming",
|
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"presuming",
|
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"presupposing",
|
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"contemplating",
|
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"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"viewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I anticipated this unhelpful response"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forefeeling",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"previsioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"prefiguring",
|
|
"visualizing",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"foretokening",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"previewing",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"dreading",
|
|
"fearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti-intellectuals":{
|
|
"as in philistines , lowbrows":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"philistines",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectualists",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"longhairs",
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"bluestockings",
|
|
"Brahmins",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"sages"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anti-imperialist":{
|
|
"as in antimilitarist , unwarlike":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antimilitarist",
|
|
"unwarlike",
|
|
"nonaggressive",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"unbelligerent",
|
|
"uncombative",
|
|
"uncontentious",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"mild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"assaultive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"brawly",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"hot-tempered",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stroppy",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antiforeign":{
|
|
"as in anti-immigrant , xenophobic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anti-immigrant",
|
|
"nativist",
|
|
"nativistic",
|
|
"xenophobic",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"patriotic",
|
|
"spread-eagle",
|
|
"chauvinist",
|
|
"chauvinistic",
|
|
"jingoist",
|
|
"jingoistic",
|
|
"nationalist",
|
|
"nationalistic",
|
|
"superpatriotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"internationalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anthropoids":{
|
|
"as in apes , cretins":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"galoots",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"clodhoppers",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"palookas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainiacs",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antimilitaristic":{
|
|
"as in antiwar , antimilitarist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antimilitarist",
|
|
"antiviolence",
|
|
"antiwar",
|
|
"irenic",
|
|
"nonaggressive",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"noncombative",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unwarlike",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"dovish",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"pacifist",
|
|
"pacifistic",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"hawkish",
|
|
"martial",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"militarist",
|
|
"militaristic",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"hot-tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"antireligious":{
|
|
"as in irreligious , godless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"godless",
|
|
"impious",
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"blasphemous",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"profanatory",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"sacrilegious",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"sinning",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sainted",
|
|
"saintly",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"pietistic",
|
|
"religiose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |