5961 lines
115 KiB
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5961 lines
115 KiB
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{
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"base":{
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"a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"staging area",
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"staging ground",
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"beachhead",
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"camp",
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"center",
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"emplacement",
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"footing",
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"front",
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"headquarters",
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"installation",
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"station",
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"airbase",
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"bastion",
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"fastness",
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"fortress",
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"stronghold",
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"battlefront",
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"field",
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"toehold"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bridgehead",
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"foothold"
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]
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},
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"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the base of the industry is California's Silicon Valley"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"headquarters",
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"happy hunting ground",
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"hive",
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"hotbed",
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"hot spot",
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"playground",
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"playland",
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"kernel",
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"nub",
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"pith",
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"deep",
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"thick",
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"essence",
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"quintessence",
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"soul",
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"attraction",
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"lodestone",
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"loadstone",
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"magnet",
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"polestar"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"axis",
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"capital",
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"center",
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"central",
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"core",
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"cynosure",
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"epicenter",
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"eye",
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"focus",
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"ground zero",
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"heart",
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"hub",
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"locus",
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"mecca",
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"navel",
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"nerve center",
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"nexus",
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"nucleus",
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"omphalos",
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"seat"
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]
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},
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"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the firm belief that complete trust between partners is the base of any successful marriage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"anchorage",
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"bed",
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"brace",
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"bulwark",
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"buttress",
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"framework",
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"infrastructure",
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"mount",
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"prop",
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"shore",
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"stay",
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"substratum",
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"substructure",
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"support",
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"assumption",
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"justification",
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"premise",
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"premiss",
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"presumption",
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"presupposition",
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"rationale",
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"supposition",
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"theory",
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"thesis",
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"warrant",
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"backbone",
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"center",
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"core",
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"eye",
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"focus",
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"heart",
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"hub",
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"kernel",
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"nucleus",
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"seat",
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"essence",
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"quintessence",
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"soul",
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"touchstone"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"basis",
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"bedrock",
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"bottom",
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"cornerstone",
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"footing",
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"foundation",
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"ground",
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"groundwork",
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"keystone",
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"root",
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"underpinning",
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"warp",
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"warp and woof"
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]
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},
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"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
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"antonyms":[
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"high",
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"high-minded",
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"honorable",
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"lofty",
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"noble",
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"straight",
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"upright",
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"venerable",
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"virtuous"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a base and sneaky act that is a clear violation of international law"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ethical",
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"honest",
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"just",
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"principled",
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"righteous",
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"right-minded",
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"scrupulous",
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"commendable",
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"excellent",
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"exemplary",
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"good",
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"moral",
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"right",
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"decent",
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"proper",
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"reputable",
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"respectable",
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"seemly",
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"blameless",
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"guiltless",
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"incorruptible",
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"irreproachable",
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"uncorrupted",
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"unerring"
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],
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"related":[
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"bad",
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"evil",
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"foul",
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"immoral",
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"iniquitous",
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"miscreant",
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"wicked",
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"wrong",
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"cruel",
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"vicious",
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"blamable",
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"blameworthy",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"corrupt",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"degenerate",
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"depraved",
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"dissolute",
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"perverted",
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"atrocious",
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"villainous",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous",
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"discreditable",
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"disgraceful",
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"disreputable",
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"shameful",
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"unworthy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contemptible",
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"currish",
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"despicable",
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"detestable",
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"dirty",
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"dishonorable",
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"execrable",
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"ignoble",
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"ignominious",
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"low",
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"low-down",
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"low-minded",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"paltry",
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"snide",
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"sordid",
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"vile",
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"wretched"
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]
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},
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"showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"their base obedience to every unprincipled action ordered by their leader"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arrogant",
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"haughty",
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"high-handed",
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"imperious",
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"lordly",
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"supercilious",
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"superior",
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"uppity"
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],
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"related":[
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"hangdog",
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"lamblike",
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"sheepish",
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"demure",
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"lowly",
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"meek",
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"modest",
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"retiring",
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"unassuming",
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"unpretentious",
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"fawning",
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"sycophant",
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"sycophantic",
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"toadyish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abject",
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"humble",
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"menial",
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"servile",
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"slavish"
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]
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},
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"the lowest part, place, or point":{
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"antonyms":[
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"head",
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"top",
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"vertex"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the base of the mountain extends over a huge area",
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"make sure the base of the stove rests evenly on the floor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acme",
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"apex",
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"climax",
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"crest",
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"culmination",
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"height",
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"meridian",
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"peak",
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"pinnacle",
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"summit",
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"tip",
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"tip-top",
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"zenith"
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],
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"related":[
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"basis",
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"bed",
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"bedrock",
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"foundation",
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"ground",
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"groundwork",
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"keystone",
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"seat",
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"underpinning"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"basement",
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"bottom",
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"foot",
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"nadir",
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"rock bottom"
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]
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},
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"the place from which a commander runs operations":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the army base is three miles down the road"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"home",
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"seat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"command",
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"command post",
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"headquarters"
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]
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},
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"to find a basis":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she based her argument on careful research"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"establish",
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"found",
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"assume",
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"postulate",
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"premise",
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"presume",
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"presuppose",
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"suppose"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ground",
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"hang",
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"predicate",
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"rest"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"baselines":{
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"the point at which something begins":{
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"examples":[
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"any year or event we use as the baseline for the Renaissance is going to be at least somewhat arbitrary"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alphas",
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"beginnings",
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"births",
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"commencements",
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"dawns",
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"day ones",
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"geneses",
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"get-goes",
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"git-goes",
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"inceptions",
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"incipiences",
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"incipiencies",
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"kickoffs",
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"launches",
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"mornings",
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"nascences",
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"nascencies",
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"onsets",
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"outsets",
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"starts",
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"thresholds"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drawing boards",
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"first bases",
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"ground zeros",
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"square ones",
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"creations",
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"inaugurations",
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"initiations",
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"institutions",
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"originations",
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"cradles",
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"fountainheads",
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"fountains",
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"germs",
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"origins",
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"roots",
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"seedbeds",
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"sources",
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"springs",
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"wells",
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"wellsprings",
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"openings",
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"advents",
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"appearances",
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"arrivals",
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"debuts",
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"d\u00e9buts",
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"emergences",
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"childhoods",
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"infancies",
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"youths"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cessations",
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"closings",
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"closures",
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"completions",
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"finales",
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"finishes",
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"periods",
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"stops",
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"terminations",
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"windups"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"closes",
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"conclusions",
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"endings",
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"ends",
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"omegas"
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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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"bashes":{
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"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he hasn't been the same ever since he received that bash on his head"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"counterblows",
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"counter-blows",
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"counterpunches",
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"counters",
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"counterstrokes",
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"counter-strokes",
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"body blows",
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"hands",
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"kicks",
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"knees",
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"lefts",
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"one-twos",
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"rabbit punches",
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"right-handers",
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"rights",
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"roundhouses",
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"shivers",
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"sidewinders",
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"sucker punches",
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"swings",
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"uppercuts",
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"crunchers",
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"kayos",
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"knockdowns",
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"knockouts",
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"KOs",
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"bastinadoes",
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"bastinades",
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"batterings",
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"beatings",
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"drubbings",
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"lickings",
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"pastings",
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"thrashings",
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"wallopings",
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"whippings",
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"whips"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bangs",
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"bats",
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"beats",
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"belts",
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"biffs",
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"blows",
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"bops",
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"boxes",
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"buffets",
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"busts",
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"chops",
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"claps",
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"clips",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cuffs",
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"dabs",
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"douses",
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"fillips",
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"hacks",
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"haymakers",
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"hits",
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"hooks",
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"knocks",
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"larrups",
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"lashes",
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"licks",
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"pelts",
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"picks",
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"plumps",
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"pokes",
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"pounds",
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"punches",
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"raps",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"slugs",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"stingers",
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"stripes",
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"strokes",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"switches",
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"thuds",
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"thumps",
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"thwacks",
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"wallops",
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"welts",
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"whacks",
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"whams",
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"whops",
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"whaps"
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]
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},
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"a social gathering":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I'm throwing a New Year's bash this year"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"benefits",
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"fund-raisers",
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"balls",
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"dances",
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"formals",
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"proms",
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"celebrations",
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"galas",
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"occasions",
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"bacchanalia",
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"bacchanals",
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"orgies",
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"saturnalias",
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"bakes",
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"clambakes",
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"cocktail parties",
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"hen parties",
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"house parties",
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"housewarmings",
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"icebreakers",
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"kaffeeklatsches",
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"keggers",
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"keg parties",
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"klatches",
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"klatsches",
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"masquerades",
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"meet and greets",
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"mixers",
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"salons",
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"showers",
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"socials",
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"soirees",
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"soir\u00e9es",
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"stags",
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"suppers",
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"symposia",
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"symposiums",
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"tea parties",
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"teas"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affairs",
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"binges",
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"blasts",
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"blowouts",
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"dos",
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"do's",
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"events",
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"fetes",
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"f\u00eates",
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"functions",
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"get-togethers",
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"parties",
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"receptions",
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"shindigs"
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]
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},
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"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"while golf isn't my game, I had to give it a bash while at Saint Andrews in Scotland"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"strivings",
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"struggles",
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"throes",
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"undertakings",
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"trial and errors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assays",
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"attempts",
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"bids",
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"cracks",
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"endeavors",
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"essays",
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"flings",
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"goes",
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"offers",
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"passes",
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"shots",
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"stabs",
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"trials",
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"tries",
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"whacks",
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"whirls"
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]
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},
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"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
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"skims",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
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"kisses",
|
|
"nudges",
|
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"scrapes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
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"bulldozes",
|
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"jostles",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impinges",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thuds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bashing":{
|
|
"as in pounding , thrashing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impingement",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"wallop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thudding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"clunking",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
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"cowhiding",
|
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"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basic":{
|
|
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need a basic knowledge of computers to get any sort of office work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"basal",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
|
"rudimental",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in essential , must":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"stipulation",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"provision",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"importunity",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"ultimatum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basis":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basket case":{
|
|
"as in anxiety , nervous breakdown":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"crack-up",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"tailspin",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak-out",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basket cases":{
|
|
"as in anxieties , nervous breakdowns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"anxieties",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"crack-ups",
|
|
"nervous breakdowns",
|
|
"tailspins",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"discomposures",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freak-outs",
|
|
"meltdowns",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"excitabilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplombs",
|
|
"composures",
|
|
"imperturbabilities",
|
|
"placidities",
|
|
"self-possessions",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastardizing":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"downgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"cankering",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baste":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl out",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastilles":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big houses",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"lockups",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"penitentiaries",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastinade":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastinado":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastinadoes":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guards savagely beat the prisoner's feet with a bastinado"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basing":{
|
|
"to find a basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she based her argument on careful research"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"predicating",
|
|
"resting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"postulating",
|
|
"premising",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presupposing",
|
|
"supposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baseness":{
|
|
"as in hellishness , cursedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accursedness",
|
|
"cursedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"execrableness",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"hellishness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"notoriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bashfully":{
|
|
"as in shyly , diffidently":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basal":{
|
|
"of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many students lacked even a basal familiarity with the topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"meat-and-potatoes",
|
|
"rudimental",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"preparatory",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bashings":{
|
|
"as in thrashings , batterings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"concussions",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impingements",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"jounces",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"wallops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastards":{
|
|
"an illegitimate child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of history's most illustrious bastards was England's first Norman king, William the Conqueror"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-blows",
|
|
"love children",
|
|
"whoresons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nephews",
|
|
"nieces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an adult male human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that lucky bastard has won the raffle three times in a row"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blokes",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cats",
|
|
"chappies",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"dudes",
|
|
"fellas",
|
|
"fellers",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"galoots",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"gents",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"hombres",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"joes",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"males",
|
|
"men"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"sirs",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"busters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bastard's behavior was completely out of line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basting":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bases":{
|
|
"to find a basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she based her argument on careful research"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"predicates",
|
|
"rests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"postulates",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"presupposes",
|
|
"supposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedrocks",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"cornerstones",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"keystones",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"warp and woofs",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"frameworks",
|
|
"infrastructures",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"substrata",
|
|
"substructures",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"touchstones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridgeheads",
|
|
"footholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"staging areas",
|
|
"staging grounds",
|
|
"beachheads",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"installations",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"airbases",
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
"battlefronts",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"toeholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the base of the industry is California's Silicon Valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"centrals",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"navels",
|
|
"nerve centers",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"omphali",
|
|
"seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hot spots",
|
|
"playgrounds",
|
|
"playlands",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"deeps",
|
|
"thicks",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"lodestones",
|
|
"loadstones",
|
|
"magnets",
|
|
"polestars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the base of the mountain extends over a huge area",
|
|
"make sure the base of the stove rests evenly on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basements",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedrocks",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"keystones",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place from which a commander runs operations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army base is three miles down the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"command posts",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastions":{
|
|
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"citadels",
|
|
"fortifications",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battlements",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"embattlements",
|
|
"parapets",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"blockhouses",
|
|
"garrison houses",
|
|
"alcazars",
|
|
"casbahs",
|
|
"kasbahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastardized":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"cankered",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baseless":{
|
|
"having no basis in reason or fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baseless rumors that the baseball player was using steroids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foundationless",
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"nonvalid",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonlogical",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"untenable",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"commonsense",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basins":{
|
|
"a large circular container used especially for holding water for washing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They washed their clothes in a basin ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"containers",
|
|
"holders",
|
|
"receptacles",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"jugs",
|
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"kegs",
|
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"kettles",
|
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"kits",
|
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"packs",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"pitchers",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"vats",
|
|
"carriers",
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"baskets",
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caddies",
|
|
"cartons",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"caskets",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"handbaskets",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"trunks",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"warmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a depressed or sunken area of land":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The animals drank from a shallow basin surrounded by grasslands."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"concavities",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"pits",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"ca\u00f1ons",
|
|
"combes",
|
|
"coombes",
|
|
"coombs",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulches",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"kloofs",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"rift valleys",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"caverns",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"excavations",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"vacuities",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"vacua",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"boreholes",
|
|
"chuckholes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"postholes",
|
|
"potholes",
|
|
"sinkholes",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"water holes",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"sockets",
|
|
"alveoli",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"pockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"pimples",
|
|
"swellings",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"tumors",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"cambers",
|
|
"convexities",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"projections",
|
|
"protrusions",
|
|
"protuberances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bashfulness":{
|
|
"as in shyness , embarrassment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"skittishness",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresoluteness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assertiveness",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basely":{
|
|
"as in dishonorably , ignobly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currishly",
|
|
"dishonorably",
|
|
"ignobly",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"contemptibly",
|
|
"despicably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"pitiably",
|
|
"sorrily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"degenerately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatheartedly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"honorably",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"nobly",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"venerably",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"majestically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baseborn":{
|
|
"belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the Middle Ages, a baseborn person simply had to accept his or her station in life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-life",
|
|
"lowborn",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"lumpen",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"prole",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"middle-class",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"working-class",
|
|
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
|
|
"down-market",
|
|
"downscale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"born to a father and mother who are not married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baseborn child who rose to prominence in 19th-century London society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unfathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatherless",
|
|
"motherless",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"orphaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bassinets":{
|
|
"as in cribs , cradles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"baby buggies",
|
|
"baby carriages",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"pushchairs",
|
|
"strollers",
|
|
"carry-cots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastes":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls out",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"calls down",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rants (at)",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reams (out)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tongue-lashes",
|
|
"upbraids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"remonstrates (with)",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basted":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who used the dinner hour to baste his children for their many perceived shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"basted the thief with a stick while he cried out for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basics":{
|
|
"general or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't learn the basics of algebra now, you'll never master calculus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ABC(s)",
|
|
"alphabet",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"grammar",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"rudiments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"nitty-gritty",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"philosophy",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"theorem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"details",
|
|
"trivia"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastardizes":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"cankers",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bassinet":{
|
|
"as in crib , cradle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"crib",
|
|
"baby buggy",
|
|
"baby carriage",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"perambulator",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"pushchair",
|
|
"stroller",
|
|
"carry-cot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastion":{
|
|
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"embattlement",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"blockhouse",
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"casbah",
|
|
"kasbah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastard":{
|
|
"born to a father and mother who are not married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alexander Hamilton appears to have been bothered by the fact that he was a bastard child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unfathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatherless",
|
|
"motherless",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"orphaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bastard knockoff of a far superior thriller"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an illegitimate child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of history's most illustrious bastards was England's first Norman king, William the Conqueror"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-blow",
|
|
"love child",
|
|
"whoreson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nephew",
|
|
"niece"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an adult male human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that lucky bastard has won the raffle three times in a row"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloke",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chappie",
|
|
"dude",
|
|
"fella",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"galoot",
|
|
"gent",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"hombre",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"joe",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"male",
|
|
"man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"sir",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"buster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bastard's behavior was completely out of line"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basking":{
|
|
"to refrain from labor or exertion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we blissfully basked at the seashore over the long holiday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basic training":{
|
|
"as in boot camp , cadetship":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boot camp",
|
|
"cadetship",
|
|
"apprenticeship",
|
|
"externship",
|
|
"internship",
|
|
"practicum",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"candidacy",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bass":{
|
|
"having a low musical pitch or range":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man with an impressive bass voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"tinny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-pitched",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"treble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baskets":{
|
|
"as in boxes , cases":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caddies",
|
|
"cartons",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"caskets",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"handbaskets",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"trunks",
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"carriers",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"warmers",
|
|
"containers",
|
|
"holders",
|
|
"receptacles",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"kegs",
|
|
"kettles",
|
|
"kits",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"pitchers",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"vats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basketfuls":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastardize":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bastardize the art form by adapting it to popular taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bashed":{
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"impinged",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thudded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"caromed",
|
|
"clunked",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"ricocheted",
|
|
"ricochetted",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"kissed",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bastille":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basketful":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basements":{
|
|
"a room or set of rooms below the surface of the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we store our bicycles in the basement during the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cellars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cellarages",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"crawlways",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"cyclone cellars",
|
|
"storm cellars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basement of the outdoor fountain needs a lot of restoration work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bedrocks",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"keystones",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bassoonists":{
|
|
"as in pianists , oboists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionists",
|
|
"clarinetists",
|
|
"clarinettists",
|
|
"cornetists",
|
|
"cornettists",
|
|
"drummers",
|
|
"fiddlers",
|
|
"flautists",
|
|
"flutists",
|
|
"guitarists",
|
|
"harpists",
|
|
"hornists",
|
|
"keyboardists",
|
|
"oboists",
|
|
"organ-grinders",
|
|
"organists",
|
|
"percussionists",
|
|
"pianists",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"pipers",
|
|
"reedmen",
|
|
"saxophonists",
|
|
"trombonists",
|
|
"trumpeters",
|
|
"violinists",
|
|
"violists",
|
|
"accompanists",
|
|
"recitalists",
|
|
"soloists",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"players"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"basically":{
|
|
"for the most part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your answer is basically correct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"wholly",
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"marginally",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely",
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"absolutely",
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"categorically",
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"unqualifiedly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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} |