3351 lines
67 KiB
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3351 lines
67 KiB
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{
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"artful":{
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"accomplished with trained ability":{
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"antonyms":[
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"amateur",
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"amateurish",
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"artless",
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"rude",
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"unprofessional",
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"unskillful"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that was an artful way to handle a very delicate situation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"clumsy",
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"crude",
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"klutzy",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"incompetent",
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"inept"
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],
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"related":[
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"facile",
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"smooth",
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"artistic",
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"creative",
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"fancy",
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"ingenious",
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"neat",
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"adept",
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"clever",
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"cunning",
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"able",
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"adequate",
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"capable",
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"competent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adroit",
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"bravura",
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"deft",
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"delicate",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"expert",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"skillful",
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"virtuoso",
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"workmanlike"
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]
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},
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"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"guileless",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"undesigning"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the artful lawyer got the witness to admit he had been lying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"obvious",
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"open",
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"patent",
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"plain",
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"public",
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"unconcealed",
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"aboveboard",
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"candid",
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"direct",
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"forthright",
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"frank",
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"honest",
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"natural",
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"outspoken",
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"plainspoken",
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"real",
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"simple",
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"sincere",
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"straightforward",
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"unaffected",
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"unpretending",
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"unpretentious",
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"unvarnished",
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"childlike",
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"impressionable",
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"simpleminded",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unworldly",
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"unforced",
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"unstudied",
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"trustful",
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"trusting"
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],
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"related":[
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"astute",
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"facile",
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"glib",
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"sharp",
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"crooked",
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"deceitful",
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"deceptive",
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"dishonest",
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"fraudulent",
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"insinuating",
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"knavish",
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"Machiavellian",
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"oblique",
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"serpentine",
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"shady",
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"shifty",
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"slippery",
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"sneaky",
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"treacherous",
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"underhand",
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"underhanded",
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"unscrupulous",
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"backhanded",
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"double-dealing",
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"hypocritical",
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"insincere",
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"left-handed",
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"mealy",
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"mealymouthed",
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"smooth-tongued",
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"two-faced",
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"circuitous",
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"circular",
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"roundabout",
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"clandestine",
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"concealed",
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"covert",
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"furtive",
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"hugger-mugger",
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"secret",
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"stealthy",
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"surreptitious",
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"undercover",
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"calculating",
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"plotting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beguiling",
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"cagey",
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"cagy",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"cute",
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"designing",
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"devious",
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"dodgy",
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"foxy",
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"guileful",
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"scheming",
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"shrewd",
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"slick",
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"sly",
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"subtle",
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"tricky",
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"wily"
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]
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},
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"showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"uncreative",
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"unimaginative"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that kitchen gadget is an artful tool for extracting cherry pits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dull",
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"pedantic",
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"pedestrian",
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"stodgy",
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"assembly-line",
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"canned",
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"cookie-cutter",
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"derivative",
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"hackneyed",
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"unoriginal",
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"impractical",
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"useless"
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],
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"related":[
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"adventurous",
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"fresh",
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"groundbreaking",
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"novel",
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"original",
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"visionary",
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"cleverish",
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"gadgety",
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"gimmicky",
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"convenient",
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"handy",
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"neat",
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"nifty",
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"practical",
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"useful",
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"complex",
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"sophisticated",
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"adroit",
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"expert",
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"handsome",
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"tricky",
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"brainy",
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"intelligent",
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"sharp",
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"smart"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clever",
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"creative",
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"imaginative",
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"ingenious",
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"innovative",
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"inventive"
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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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"artfully":{
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"in a skillful or expert manner":{
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"examples":[
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"the sushi chef artfully filleted the salmon"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ably",
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"adeptly",
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"adroitly",
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"capably",
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"competently",
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"consummately",
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"deftly",
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"expertly",
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"masterfully",
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"masterly",
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"proficiently",
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"skillfully",
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"well"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aptly",
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"fluently",
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"cleanly",
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"cleverly",
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"dexterously",
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"neatly",
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"nimbly",
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"easily",
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"facilely",
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"handily"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inaptly",
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"awkwardly",
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"clumsily",
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"crudely"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amateurishly",
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"artlessly",
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"incapably",
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"incompetently",
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"inefficiently",
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"ineptly",
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"inexpertly",
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"poorly",
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"unskillfully"
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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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"articles":{
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"a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"read an article extolling the benefits of vegetarianism"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"causeries",
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"columns",
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"commentaries",
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"editorials",
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"features",
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"reports",
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"reviews",
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"write-ups",
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"dissertations",
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"theses",
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"tracts",
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"treatises",
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"discourses",
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"discussions",
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"expositions",
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"prolegomena",
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"studies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"compositions",
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"essays",
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"papers",
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"themes"
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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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"artifice":{
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"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"used the artifice of saying his grandmother had died so that he could get the last seat on the plane"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bluff",
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"end run",
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"feint",
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"cheating",
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"chicanery",
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"cozenage",
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"craft",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
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"deception",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"fakery",
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"jugglery",
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"legerdemain",
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"skulduggery",
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"skullduggery",
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"subterfuge",
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"swindling",
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"trickery",
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"fraud",
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"gaff",
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"hoax",
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"sham",
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"swindle",
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"blind",
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"front",
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"smoke screen"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"device",
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"dodge",
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"fetch",
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"flimflam",
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"gambit",
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"gimmick",
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"jig",
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"juggle",
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"knack",
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"play",
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"ploy",
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"ruse",
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"scheme",
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"shenanigan",
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"sleight",
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"stratagem",
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"trick",
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"wile"
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]
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},
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"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"using their artifice , the Greeks crafted a hollow wooden horse to hide inside and thereby gained entry into the city of Troy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"calculation",
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"care",
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"design",
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"savvy",
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"sharpness",
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"shrewdness",
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"cleverness",
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"ingeniousness",
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"ingenuity",
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"inventiveness",
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"ease",
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"facility",
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"finesse",
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"deceitfulness",
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"duplicity",
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"shiftiness",
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"underhandedness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"canniness",
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"craft",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"cunningness",
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"deviousness",
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"foxiness",
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"slickness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"subtleness",
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"subtlety",
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"wiliness"
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]
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},
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"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"ineptitude",
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"ineptness",
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"maladroitness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a painting that could only have been created with the artifice of a master"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amateurishness",
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"awkwardness",
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"clumsiness",
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"crudeness",
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"klutziness",
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"rudeness",
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"inability",
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"incapability",
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"incapacity",
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"incompetence",
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"ineffectiveness",
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"ineffectuality",
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"ineffectualness",
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"inefficacy",
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"inefficiency"
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],
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"related":[
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"dexterity",
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"ease",
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"finesse",
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"handiness",
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"experience",
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"expertise",
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"expertness",
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"know-how",
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"proficiency",
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"creativity",
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"ingenuity",
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"inventiveness",
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"knowledge",
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"learning",
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"aptitude",
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"bent",
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"flair",
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"gift",
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"knack",
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"talent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adeptness",
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"adroitness",
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"art",
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"artfulness",
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"artistry",
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"cleverness",
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"craft",
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"cunning",
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"deftness",
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"masterfulness",
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"skill",
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"skillfulness"
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]
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},
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"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
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"antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"forthrightness",
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"good faith",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"sincerity"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a crook who is a master of artifice and manipulation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"frankness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plainspokenness",
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"honesty",
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"probity",
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"dependability",
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"reliability",
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"reliableness",
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"solidity",
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"trustability",
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"trustiness",
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"trustworthiness",
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"decency",
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"goodness",
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"incorruptibility",
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"integrity",
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"righteousness",
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"truthfulness",
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"uprightness",
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"virtuousness"
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],
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"related":[
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"equivocation",
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"lying",
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"mendacity",
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"prevarication",
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"chicane",
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"chicanery",
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"fraudulence",
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"hanky-panky",
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"jugglery",
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"legerdemain",
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"mountebankery",
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"obliquity",
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"skulduggery",
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"skullduggery",
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"subterfuge",
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"swindling",
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"trickery",
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"wile",
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"falsehood",
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"falsity",
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"fib",
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"untruth",
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"hypocrisy",
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"insincerity",
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"sanctimoniousness",
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"two-facedness",
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"deviousness",
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"shrewdness",
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"treacherousness",
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"underhandedness",
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"unscrupulousness",
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"covertness",
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"furtiveness",
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"secrecy",
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"shadiness",
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"sneakiness",
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"stealthiness",
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"oiliness",
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"shiftiness",
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"slickness",
|
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
|
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"smoothness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheating",
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"cozenage",
|
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"craft",
|
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"craftiness",
|
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"crookedness",
|
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"crookery",
|
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"cunning",
|
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"cunningness",
|
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"deceit",
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"deceitfulness",
|
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"deception",
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"deceptiveness",
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"dishonesty",
|
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulation",
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"double-dealing",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"fakery",
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"foxiness",
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"fraud",
|
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"wiliness"
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]
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},
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"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he's willing to resort to artifice to get himself out of this jam"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"forthrightness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"sincerity",
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plainspokenness"
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],
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"related":[
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"deviousness",
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"foxiness",
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"oiliness",
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"shadiness",
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"sharpness",
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"shiftiness",
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"shrewdness",
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"slickness",
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"treachery",
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"underhandedness",
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"wiliness",
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"crookedness",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artlessly":{
|
|
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artlessly commented that the dress looked good",
|
|
"informed his host rather artlessly that the food was okay but not fantastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artificially":{
|
|
"as in unnaturally":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artisan":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we visited a re-created 19th-century New England village that features an array of artisans \u2014a cooper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a potter, a glassblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificer",
|
|
"crafter",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"craftsperson",
|
|
"handcraftsman",
|
|
"handicrafter",
|
|
"handicraftsman",
|
|
"handworker",
|
|
"tradesman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craftswoman",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"maker",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mechanic",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"shaper",
|
|
"smith",
|
|
"technician",
|
|
"wright",
|
|
"handyman",
|
|
"handyperson",
|
|
"workman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arteries":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artfulness":{
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with well-practiced artfulness , he convinced his mother he was sick enough to stay home from school but not sick enough for a visit to the doctor's office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"building a ship model requires a painstaking artfulness I don't have"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artist":{
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pitcher who is a strikeout artist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arthritic":{
|
|
"as in rheumatic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rheumatic",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"nonelastic",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"semiflexible",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"semisoft",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artillerymen":{
|
|
"as in gunners , riflemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cannoneers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"mortarmen",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
"marines",
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"crossbowmen",
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"lancers",
|
|
"pikemen",
|
|
"spearmen",
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"infantrymen",
|
|
"Confederates",
|
|
"Continentals",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"guardsmen",
|
|
"militiamen",
|
|
"minutemen",
|
|
"carabineers",
|
|
"carabiniers",
|
|
"cavaliers",
|
|
"cavalrymen",
|
|
"cuirassiers",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"counterguerrillas",
|
|
"counterguerillas",
|
|
"guerrillas",
|
|
"guerillas",
|
|
"irregulars",
|
|
"paramilitaries",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"servicewomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artificer":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oil tycoon insisted that the best stone masons, cabinetmakers, and artificers in every other craft be employed to create a mansion of unequalled splendor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artisan",
|
|
"crafter",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"craftsperson",
|
|
"handcraftsman",
|
|
"handicrafter",
|
|
"handicraftsman",
|
|
"handworker",
|
|
"tradesman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craftswoman",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"maker",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mechanic",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"shaper",
|
|
"smith",
|
|
"technician",
|
|
"wright",
|
|
"handyman",
|
|
"handyperson",
|
|
"workman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"article of faith":{
|
|
"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That the meek shall inherit the earth is, for her, an article of faith ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"reliance",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"philosophy",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"fanaticism",
|
|
"insistence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"articulates":{
|
|
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"stammers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stutters",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"drawls",
|
|
"gasps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"rephrases",
|
|
"restates",
|
|
"rewords",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"translates",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"writes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not articulating my thoughts very well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blurts",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"drawls",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"formulizes",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"pipes up (with)",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"rips (out)",
|
|
"snarls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"art song":{
|
|
"as in folk song , part-song":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artistic":{
|
|
"of or relating to the fine arts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"funding for artistic endeavors is crucial if the city is to survive and prosper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cultural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"tasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaesthetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonartistic",
|
|
"noncultural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"art house":{
|
|
"as in art theater , cinematheque":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"art theater",
|
|
"cinematheque",
|
|
"megaplex",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"plex",
|
|
"'plex",
|
|
"fleapit",
|
|
"grind house",
|
|
"nickelodeon",
|
|
"drive-in",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arterials":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"articulate":{
|
|
"able to express oneself clearly and well":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the television crew covering the science fair were looking for photogenic and articulate students to explain their projects on the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"silver-tongued",
|
|
"well-spoken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongueless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"unvocal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"express",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"stammer",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"stutter",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"drawl",
|
|
"gasp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"rephrase",
|
|
"restate",
|
|
"reword",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"translate",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"write up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not articulating my thoughts very well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"blurt",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"drawl",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"formulize",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"pipe up (with)",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"rip (out)",
|
|
"snarl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artillery":{
|
|
"large firearms (as cannon or rockets)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the brutal artillery attack families hid in their cellars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"ordnance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ammunition",
|
|
"armament",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"munitions",
|
|
"weaponry",
|
|
"weapons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"art":{
|
|
"an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the country's finest practitioners of the art of cabinetmaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"trade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"vocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while some people see it simply as mindless fun or exercise, there is an art to skateboarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deftness",
|
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"masterfulness",
|
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"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artery":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"articulated":{
|
|
"as in pronounced , enunciated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"sonant",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"worded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"paraphrased",
|
|
"rephrased",
|
|
"restated",
|
|
"reworded",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"translated",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"wrote up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm not articulating my thoughts very well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blurted",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"formulized",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"piped up (with)",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"ripped (out)",
|
|
"snarled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"arts":{
|
|
"an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the country's finest practitioners of the art of cabinetmaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"trades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skills",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"vocations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"articulations":{
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her boyfriend's articulation of his feelings for her was very touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"formulations",
|
|
"phrasings",
|
|
"statements",
|
|
"utterances",
|
|
"verbalisms",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"wordings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"tongues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the clear and accurate pronunciation of words especially in public speaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you will have to work on your articulation if you want to be an announcer on TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dictions",
|
|
"enunciations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"utterances",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"wordings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artificiality":{
|
|
"as in smoothness , unctuousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glibness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"fraudulentness",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"piousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"sincereness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"unaffectedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"articulation":{
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her boyfriend's articulation of his feelings for her was very touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"formulation",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"statement",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the clear and accurate pronunciation of words especially in public speaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you will have to work on your articulation if you want to be an announcer on TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diction",
|
|
"enunciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"articulacy":{
|
|
"the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impressive articulacy of the members of the debating society known as the Oxford Union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulateness",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"rhetoric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"expressiveness",
|
|
"declamation",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"meaningfulness",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artificial":{
|
|
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their artificial smiles did not make us feel very welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hokey",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stylized",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"uncontrived",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unforced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the familiar sight of the award winner accepting the artificial congratulations of the other nominees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous",
|
|
"simon-pure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artificial fruit made from wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"ersatz",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"faux",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pinchbeck",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"spurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"unadulterated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"produced by humans rather than natural processes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I find that artificial sweeteners often have an odd aftertaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"synthetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"processed",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"industrial",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"ersatz",
|
|
"faux",
|
|
"imitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"natural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"art theater":{
|
|
"as in art house , cinematheque":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"art house",
|
|
"cinematheque",
|
|
"megaplex",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"plex",
|
|
"'plex",
|
|
"fleapit",
|
|
"grind house",
|
|
"nickelodeon",
|
|
"drive-in",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artilleryman":{
|
|
"as in gunner , rifleman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"servicewoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artisans":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we visited a re-created 19th-century New England village that features an array of artisans \u2014a cooper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a potter, a glassblower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificers",
|
|
"crafters",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"craftspeople",
|
|
"handcraftsmen",
|
|
"handicrafters",
|
|
"handicraftsmen",
|
|
"handworkers",
|
|
"tradesmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"craftswomen",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"makers",
|
|
"journeymen",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mechanics",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"shapers",
|
|
"smiths",
|
|
"technicians",
|
|
"wrights",
|
|
"handymen",
|
|
"handypeople",
|
|
"workmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artistry":{
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the high level of artistry involved in painting miniatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"article":{
|
|
"a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"read an article extolling the benefits of vegetarianism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"theme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"editorial",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"write-up",
|
|
"dissertation",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"prolegomenon",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artifact":{
|
|
"an object made by humans and surviving from an earlier time period":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The site was full of Stone Age artifacts such as flint tools."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"hangover",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"museum piece",
|
|
"relic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a lingering indication of something from the past":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The spelling of \"trough\" is an artifact of the way it was originally pronounced."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"reminder",
|
|
"afterimage",
|
|
"aftertaste",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"corpse",
|
|
"hangover",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dreg(s)",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"remain(s)",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"relic",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"artless":{
|
|
"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a genuine and artless girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"manipulative",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hastily or roughly constructed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"artless though it may be, our homemade doghouse has a certain charm to it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"crude",
|
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"jerry-built",
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"jerry-rigged",
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"jury-rigged",
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"rough",
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"rough-and-ready",
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"rough-and-tumble",
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"rough-hewn",
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"rude",
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"unrefined"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"defective",
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"faulty",
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"flawed",
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"imperfect",
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"imprecise",
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"inexact",
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"inartistic",
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"undressed",
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"unfinished",
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"unpolished",
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"unworked",
|
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"amateur",
|
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"amateurish",
|
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"inexpert",
|
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"unprofessional",
|
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"unskilled",
|
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"unskillful",
|
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"primitive",
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"rudimentary",
|
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"unshaped",
|
|
"unshapen"
|
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"perfected",
|
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"polished",
|
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"well-done",
|
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"adept",
|
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"adroit",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"skillful",
|
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"workmanlike",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artistic",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"refined"
|
|
]
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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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} |