dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bro_MWT.json
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{
"broach":{
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"surface"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerge",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"drop",
"drown",
"founder",
"plunge",
"sink",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
"examples":[
"broached the topic of plans for next year's parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring up",
"introduce",
"moot",
"place",
"raise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allude (to)",
"cite",
"mention",
"name",
"refer (to)",
"offer",
"propose",
"suggest",
"air",
"express",
"speak (of)",
"talk (about)",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"interject",
"interrupt",
"debate",
"discuss",
"thrash (out or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"hush (up)",
"quiet",
"silence",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broaching":{
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"surfacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerging",
"rising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"dropping",
"drowning",
"foundering",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
"examples":[
"broached the topic of plans for next year's parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringing up",
"introducing",
"mooting",
"placing",
"raising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluding (to)",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"referring (to)",
"offering",
"proposing",
"suggesting",
"airing",
"expressing",
"speaking (of)",
"talking (about)",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"interjecting",
"interrupting",
"debating",
"discussing",
"thrashing (out or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"hushing (up)",
"quieting",
"silencing",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broad":{
"having a greater than usual measure across":{
"antonyms":[
"hairline",
"narrow",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin"
],
"examples":[
"an unusually broad expanse of water in the island-dotted lake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fine",
"hairlike",
"reedlike",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"needlelike",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"related":[
"expansive",
"extensive",
"sweeping",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"synonyms":[
"fat",
"thick",
"wide"
]
},
"having considerable extent":{
"antonyms":[
"narrow"
],
"examples":[
"her broad knowledge of American politics makes her a much-sought-after guest on talk shows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"related":[
"comprehensive",
"general",
"global",
"inclusive",
"boundless",
"endless",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unlimited",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"synonyms":[
"deep",
"expansive",
"extended",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"far-reaching",
"rangy",
"sweeping",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"widespread"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"examples":[
"gave them a broad hint that it was time to leave"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"related":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
]
},
"relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{
"antonyms":[
"close-up",
"delineated",
"detailed",
"molecular",
"particularized",
"specific"
],
"examples":[
"a broad overview of the topic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specified",
"distinct",
"explicit",
"precise",
"sharp",
"comprehensive",
"elaborate",
"full",
"mapped (out)",
"thorough",
"enumerated",
"inventoried",
"itemized",
"listed",
"individual",
"singular",
"particular",
"peculiar"
],
"related":[
"comprehensive",
"inclusive",
"absolute",
"boundless",
"expansive",
"extensive",
"infinite",
"panoramic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"vague",
"unlimited",
"unrestricted",
"unspecified"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"bird's-eye",
"general",
"nonspecific",
"overall"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"broadcaster":{
"as in announcer , newscaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"announcer",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"newswoman",
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor",
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broadcasting":{
"as in distribution , dissemination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulation",
"dissemination",
"distribution",
"syndication",
"propagation",
"spread",
"transmission",
"manufacture",
"printing",
"production",
"advertising",
"announcement",
"annunciation",
"communication",
"declaration",
"enunciation",
"notification",
"proclamation",
"promotion",
"promulgation",
"propaganda",
"publicity",
"coming out",
"issuing",
"publication",
"publishing",
"putting out",
"release",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censorship",
"suppression"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"examples":[
"broadcast the information only to people who needed to know"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"propagating",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"radiating",
"sprawling",
"diffusing",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"imparting",
"passing (on)",
"transmitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"holding (in)",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"secreting",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"annunciating",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"declaring",
"enunciating",
"flashing",
"giving out",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"releasing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barking",
"calling (off or out)",
"crying",
"billboarding",
"billing",
"bulletining",
"gazetting",
"knelling",
"ringing",
"tolling",
"blurbing",
"featuring",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"puffing",
"disseminating",
"spreading",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"introducing",
"kithing",
"kything",
"manifesting",
"reporting",
"revealing",
"showing",
"advising",
"apprising",
"handing down",
"informing",
"notifying",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"intimating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealing",
"hushing (up)",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"revoking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"broadcasts":{
"as in telecasts , newscasts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases",
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"examples":[
"broadcast the information only to people who needed to know"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulates",
"disseminates",
"propagates",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"radiates",
"sprawls",
"diffuses",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters",
"sows",
"communicates",
"conveys",
"imparts",
"passes (on)",
"transmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"holds (in)",
"masks",
"obscures",
"secretes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"annunciates",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"releases",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"puffs",
"disseminates",
"spreads",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
"manifests",
"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"broadside":{
"with one side faced forward":{
"examples":[
"one car hit the other broadside and crushed the passenger door"
],
"synonyms":[
"crabwise",
"edgeways",
"edgewise",
"sideways",
"sidewise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aslant",
"indirectly",
"obliquely",
"laterally",
"sideward",
"sidewards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"direct",
"right",
"straight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in barrage , salvo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrage",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"salvo",
"volley",
"hail",
"rain",
"shower",
"storm",
"flood",
"gush",
"rush",
"spate",
"torrent",
"eruption",
"outbreak",
"outburst"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in attack , invective":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"invective",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"tongue-lashing",
"vituperation",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"jeremiad",
"philippic",
"rant",
"tirade",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"abuse",
"castigation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"belittlement",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"dissing",
"excoriation",
"execration",
"revilement",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"rhapsody",
"tribute",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"accolade",
"citation",
"homage",
"honor",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"rave"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in flyer , handbill":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"fly sheet",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting",
"release",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"plugola",
"spot",
"word",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"annunciation",
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"broil":{
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a noisy broil broke out at the bar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"fisticuffs",
"handgrips",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"altercation",
"argument",
"dispute",
"kickup",
"quarrel",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"synonyms":[
"affray",
"brawl",
"donnybrook",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"rough-and-tumble",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction"
]
},
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"instead of broiling themselves in internal strife, they should band together against the common enemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
],
"related":[
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog (down)",
"embrangle",
"embroil",
"mire"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"broke off":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"broke up",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"gave over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"packed (up or in)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broke up":{
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
"examples":[
"the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"dissolved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demobilized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorporated",
"consolidated",
"hung together"
],
"antonyms":[
"banded",
"joined",
"united"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded"
],
"antonyms":[
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke down",
"cracked",
"flipped (out)",
"freaked (out)",
"melted down",
"wigged (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"broke off",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"gave over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"packed (up or in)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"disintegrated",
"dismembered",
"disrupted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"rived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomized",
"crushed",
"ground",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"burst",
"bursted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"popped",
"shattered",
"shivered",
"smashed",
"chipped",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"imploded",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"cackled",
"chortled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"hee-hawed",
"laughed",
"roared",
"screamed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinned",
"smiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"howled",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broken down":{
"in a bad or weak condition because of being old, not well cared for, etc.":{
"examples":[
"A broken-down car was blocking one of the lanes of the road.",
"His body was now broken-down after many years of hard living."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"run-down",
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"when presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drawn up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"festered",
"fouled",
"molded",
"moldered",
"perished",
"putrefied",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"soured",
"turned",
"turned off",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"addled",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"mortified",
"rusted",
"crumbled",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"dilapidated",
"sunk",
"withered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown",
"matured",
"ripened",
"refreshed",
"renewed",
"restored",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"assembled",
"composed",
"integrated",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"examples":[
"if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyzed",
"anatomized",
"assayed",
"cut",
"deconstructed",
"dissected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessed",
"diagnosed",
"evaluated",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"scrutinized",
"arranged",
"assorted",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"categorized",
"classified",
"codified",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"enumerated",
"indexed",
"ordered",
"schematized",
"sorted",
"tabulated",
"divided",
"reduced",
"segmented",
"separated",
"subdivided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerated",
"aggregated",
"amalgamated",
"assimilated",
"coalesced",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"integrated",
"synthesized",
"unified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"cut out",
"died",
"failed",
"given out",
"stalled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzled",
"sputtered",
"wheezed",
"acted up",
"malfunctioned",
"jammed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"started (up)"
]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken up",
"cracked",
"flipped (out)",
"freaked (out)",
"melted down",
"wigged (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"dismounted",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"stricken",
"taken down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"broken up",
"disaggregated",
"disarticulated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"erected",
"pitched",
"combined",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembled",
"constructed"
]
},
"to cause to break with violence and much noise":{
"examples":[
"firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"shattered",
"smashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"busted",
"bust",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"annihilated",
"bashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"pulverized",
"ruined",
"torn down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"shivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"cracked",
"crunched",
"crushed",
"snapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"broods":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"don't disturb the hen while she's brooding"
],
"synonyms":[
"hatches",
"incubates",
"sets",
"sits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lays",
"spawns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bevies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bevies",
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites",
"colonies",
"gaggles",
"packs",
"plumps",
"pods",
"swarms",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"droves",
"flocks",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"assemblages",
"conglomerations",
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"absorptions",
"coalescences",
"coalitions",
"commixtures",
"concretions",
"homogenizations",
"immixtures",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"interfusions",
"mergences",
"mergers",
"assortments",
"hashes",
"hotchpotches",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"mishmashes",
"motleys",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgamations",
"amalgams",
"cocktails",
"combinations",
"composites",
"compounds",
"conflations",
"emulsions",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"melds",
"mixes",
"syntheses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"ingredients",
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units",
"individuals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in houses , kins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blood",
"folks",
"kindreds",
"kinfolks",
"kins",
"kinsfolk",
"kiths",
"extended families",
"homes",
"households",
"houses",
"m\u00e9nages",
"clans",
"communities",
"nuclear families"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"broods (about or over)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"broody":{
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
"antonyms":[
"unreflective"
],
"examples":[
"he spent a long, broody weekend trying to figure out where his relationship with his girlfriend was headed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"related":[
"introspective",
"retrospective",
"self-reflective",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"brook":{
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"arroyo",
"billabong",
"fresh",
"freshet",
"runoff",
"bayou",
"coulee",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"stream",
"wash",
"canal",
"channel",
"cut",
"cutoff",
"gut",
"kill",
"millrace",
"millstream",
"race",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"affluent",
"branch",
"confluent",
"distributary",
"influent",
"tributary"
],
"synonyms":[
"beck",
"bourn",
"bourne",
"brooklet",
"burn",
"creek",
"gill",
"rill",
"rivulet",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I will not brook insults from my own employees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"related":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"brooked":{
"as in condoned , countenanced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I will not brook insults from my own employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
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},
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
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"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans"
],
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"association",
"board",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"society",
"sodality"
],
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"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
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},
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
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"a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations"
],
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"community",
"corps",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"sodality",
"vocation"
],
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"calling",
"profession",
"association",
"club",
"federation",
"guild",
"gild",
"organization",
"society"
],
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},
"the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions":{
"examples":[
"the brotherhood that existed between the medical missionaries and the villagers they served"
],
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"camaraderie",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradery",
"comradeship",
"fellowship",
"society"
],
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"amity",
"benevolence",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"charity",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"compassion",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"chumminess",
"familiarity",
"inseparability",
"intimacy",
"nearness",
"affection",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forlornness",
"loneliness",
"lonesomeness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"kindly concern, interest, or support":{
"examples":[
"in a display of brotherhood , other writers rushed to the defense of the jailed journalist"
],
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"amity",
"benevolence",
"charity",
"cordiality",
"cordialness",
"fellowship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
"good-fellowship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"neighborliness"
],
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"bonhomie",
"camaraderie",
"collegiality",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"rapprochement",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"communion",
"empathy",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tolerance",
"altruism",
"philanthropy",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"intolerance",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hate",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"incivility",
"malice",
"rancor",
"belligerency",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"venom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"browbeat":{
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
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"examples":[
"they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"steel",
"convince",
"persuade"
],
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"trash-talk",
"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"scare",
"shock",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"menace",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound",
"bludgeon",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"force",
"make",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure",
"push around",
"demoralize",
"psych (out)",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"bogart",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"bullyrag",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"strong-arm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in intimidated , bullied":{
"examples":[],
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"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"crushed",
"downtrodden",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tyrannized",
"abused",
"maltreated",
"mistreated",
"abject",
"despairing",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"hopeless"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"examples":[
"they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"
],
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"blackjacked",
"bogarted",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"strong-armed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustered",
"trash-talked",
"affrighted",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"menaced",
"terrorized",
"threatened",
"badgered",
"harassed",
"hounded",
"bludgeoned",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"dragooned",
"forced",
"made",
"obliged",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed around",
"demoralized",
"psyched (out)",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"steeled",
"convinced",
"persuaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"browbeating":{
"as in bullying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bullying",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"determined",
"firm",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"dour",
"gruff",
"dogged",
"intractable",
"obstinate",
"relentless",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"callous",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"hard-line",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"merciless",
"ossified",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"rock-ribbed",
"stiff",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"flinty",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding",
"charitable",
"kind",
"merciful",
"mild",
"patient",
"soft",
"softhearted",
"accepting",
"compromising",
"yielding",
"responsive",
"willing",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bullying , bulldozing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"arm-twisting",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"force",
"pressure",
"fear",
"intimidation",
"menace",
"sword",
"terror",
"terrorism",
"threat",
"violence",
"squeeze",
"squeeze play",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength",
"hardheadedness",
"self-will",
"willfulness",
"strain",
"stress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreement",
"approval",
"consent",
"permission",
"convincing",
"persuasion",
"reason",
"suasion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"examples":[
"they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacking",
"bogarting",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"intimidating",
"strong-arming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustering",
"trash-talking",
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"horrifying",
"scaring",
"shocking",
"spooking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"menacing",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"bludgeoning",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"forcing",
"making",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing around",
"demoralizing",
"psyching (out)",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"discomposing",
"disconcerting",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"steeling",
"convincing",
"persuading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"brownie":{
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
"examples":[
"some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk"
],
"synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little people",
"kelpie",
"nixie",
"changeling",
"imp",
"banshee",
"ghoul",
"hag",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broad-mindedness":{
"as in tolerance , open-mindedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"fence-sitting",
"straddling",
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"subjectiveness",
"subjectivity",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brought about":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brought forth":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"His poetry brings forth an emotional response in many readers."
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"The spring rain brought forth an abundance of lush greenery."
],
"synonyms":[
"carved (out)",
"developed",
"forged",
"ground (out)",
"hammered out",
"thrashed (out)",
"worked out",
"worked up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churned out",
"cranked out",
"turned out",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"threw up",
"composed",
"constructed",
"crafted",
"created",
"engineered",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"framed",
"generated",
"manufactured",
"minted",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"shaped",
"tailored",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"hatched",
"invented",
"originated",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried out",
"effected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dismantled",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"undid",
"unmade",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"brouhaha":{
"great excitement or concern about something":{
"examples":[
"A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bedlam",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"uproar",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brokenhearted":{
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"she was brokenhearted when the relationship ended"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"brought to account":{
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
"examples":[
"The treasurer was brought to account in front of the whole town."
],
"synonyms":[
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"objurgated",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chastised",
"castigated",
"punished",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"chewed out",
"cut up",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"told off",
"upbraided",
"belittled",
"criticized",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"hailed",
"honored",
"eulogized",
"lauded",
"praised",
"approved",
"blessed",
"blest",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"cited",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"broken free":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"The hostages managed to break free before anyone got hurt."
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broken out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"lammed",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"gone",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"taken off",
"walked out",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"come back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"broker":{
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
"examples":[
"the broker in the hostage situation was a prominent reporter that the gunman felt he could trust"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"troubleshooter",
"moderator",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"liaison",
"medium",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire",
"adviser",
"advisor",
"counselor",
"counsellor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
"examples":[
"all of the local yacht brokers were at the boat show"
],
"synonyms":[
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"auctioneer",
"concessionaire",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"bootlegger",
"fence",
"fencer",
"hustler",
"scalper",
"smuggler",
"trafficker",
"discounter",
"distributor",
"e-tailer",
"exporter",
"jobber",
"reseller",
"retailer",
"wholesaler",
"chapman",
"hawker",
"huckster",
"peddler",
"pedlar",
"salesclerk",
"salesman",
"salesperson",
"saleswoman",
"shopgirl",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"horse trader",
"palterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumer",
"end user",
"user"
],
"antonyms":[
"buyer",
"purchaser"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broiler":{
"as in oven , stove":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fryer",
"frier",
"microwave",
"microwave oven",
"oven",
"roaster",
"rotisserie",
"stove",
"toaster",
"toaster oven",
"cooker",
"cookstove",
"range"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broiled":{
"as in fried , roasted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baked",
"boiled",
"braised",
"fried",
"grilled",
"heated",
"roasted",
"saut\u00e9ed",
"sauteed",
"overdone",
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"scorched",
"well-done",
"cooked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raw",
"uncooked",
"unheated",
"rare"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"instead of broiling themselves in internal strife, they should band together against the common enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogged (down)",
"embrangled",
"embroiled",
"mired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"broadness":{
"as in earthiness , saltiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broadswords":{
"as in sabers , rapiers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cutlasses",
"rapiers",
"sabers",
"sabres",
"scimitars",
"smallswords",
"blades",
"brands",
"steels",
"swords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bromides":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper editorial offering the timeworn bromide that people should settle their differences peacefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"banalities",
"chestnuts",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"groaners",
"homilies",
"platitudes",
"shibboleths",
"tropes",
"truisms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdoms",
"party lines",
"routines",
"inanities",
"generalities",
"generalizations",
"simplifications",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"old wives' tales",
"stereotypes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broken up":{
"as in unyoked , dissevered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging",
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
"examples":[
"the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"dissolved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demobilized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorporated",
"consolidated",
"hung together"
],
"antonyms":[
"banded",
"joined",
"united"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken off",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"gone",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"given over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broken down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawn out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broken",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"riven",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"torn",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded"
],
"antonyms":[
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken down",
"cracked",
"flipped (out)",
"freaked (out)",
"melted down",
"wigged (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken",
"broken off",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"given over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"packed (up or in)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"run on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"driven",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken",
"busted",
"bust",
"disintegrated",
"dismembered",
"disrupted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"riven",
"rived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomized",
"crushed",
"ground",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"blasted",
"blown up",
"burst",
"bursted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"popped",
"shattered",
"shivered",
"smashed",
"chipped",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"imploded",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"cackled",
"chortled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"hee-hawed",
"laughed",
"roared",
"screamed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grinned",
"smiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"howled",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"broached":{
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"surfaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerged",
"rose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"drowned",
"foundered",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
"examples":[
"broached the topic of plans for next year's parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought up",
"introduced",
"mooted",
"placed",
"raised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluded (to)",
"cited",
"mentioned",
"named",
"referred (to)",
"offered",
"proposed",
"suggested",
"aired",
"expressed",
"spoke (of)",
"talked (about)",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"interjected",
"interrupted",
"debated",
"discussed",
"thrashed (out or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censored",
"hushed (up)",
"quieted",
"silenced",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brownout":{
"as in blackout , dimout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackout",
"dimout",
"midnight",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"gloom",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"half-light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness",
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brood (about or over)":{
"as in obsess (about or over) , fixate (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixate (on or upon)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"cleave (to)",
"cling (to)",
"hug",
"stick (to)",
"carry",
"keep",
"maintain",
"preserve",
"remember",
"retain",
"treasure",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurture",
"support",
"sustain",
"bear",
"cherish",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"have",
"hold",
"nurse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"drop",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"abjure",
"decline",
"deny",
"disdain",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"scorn",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"give up",
"part (with)",
"quit",
"renounce",
"throw out",
"erase",
"expunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"broomstick":{
"as in grip , hilt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grip",
"haft",
"handgrip",
"handle",
"helve",
"bail",
"bow",
"loop",
"hilt",
"shaft",
"bar",
"handlebar",
"crop",
"whipstock"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brown dwarfs":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
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"don't disturb the hen while she's brooding"
],
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"sat",
"set"
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"spawned"
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"choleric",
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"cranky",
"cross",
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"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"testy",
"waspish",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"dour",
"gloomy",
"morose",
"huffy",
"sensitive",
"temperamental",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"pouty",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly"
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"sociable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gladsome",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"perky",
"sunny",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed"
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"as in expectant , pregnant":{
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"big",
"caught",
"enceinte",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"gravid",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick",
"conceiving",
"impregnated",
"childbearing",
"gestational",
"parturient",
"prenatal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpregnant",
"barren",
"infertile",
"aborting",
"miscarrying",
"delivered"
],
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},
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"don't disturb the hen while she's brooding"
],
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"hatching",
"incubating",
"setting",
"sitting"
],
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"laying",
"spawning"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"brown dwarf":{
"as in neutron star , white dwarf":{
"examples":[],
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"binary star",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red dwarf",
"red giant",
"red star",
"subdwarf",
"supercluster",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broken off":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch"
],
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"broken",
"broken up",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
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"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"given over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"packed (up or in)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
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"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"run on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"driven",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands"
],
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"broken up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"gone",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"given over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broken down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawn out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broiling":{
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"the office was broiling because the air conditioning was on the blink"
],
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"ardent",
"boiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"instead of broiling themselves in internal strife, they should band together against the common enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogging (down)",
"embrangling",
"embroiling",
"miring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"ensnarling",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"snaring",
"tangling",
"trapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"brought out":{
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"examples":[
"he ever so casually brings out the names of celebrities with whom he's supposedly buddy-buddy"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated",
"passed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aired",
"discussed",
"gave",
"looked",
"shared",
"sounded",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced",
"blabbered",
"blurted",
"bolted",
"got off",
"shot",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"lipped",
"mouthed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"spouted",
"whispered",
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"formulated",
"formulized",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded",
"commented",
"piped up (with)",
"remarked",
"ripped (out)",
"snarled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"a blue scarf would bring out the color of your eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"italicized",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"augmented",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"heightened",
"magnified",
"maximized",
"supplemented",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"minimized",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"understated",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brought":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"in the end, the lawsuit brought distress to everyone, including the plaintiff"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
"examples":[
"nothing will ever bring her to admit she's wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"brought around",
"converted",
"convinced",
"gained",
"got",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"satisfied",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandished",
"blarneyed",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"entreated",
"exhorted",
"fast-talked",
"urged",
"wheedled",
"allured",
"beguiled",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"snowed",
"tempted",
"brainwashed",
"overpersuaded",
"inclined",
"influenced",
"prompted",
"sold",
"swayed",
"attracted",
"drew",
"enticed",
"interested",
"chewed over",
"conversed",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"reasoned (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"unsold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a price of":{
"examples":[
"the antique will probably bring at least $1000 at auction"
],
"synonyms":[
"cost",
"fetched",
"ran",
"run",
"sold (for)",
"went (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"listed (for)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"commanded",
"exacted",
"asked",
"demanded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broadsword":{
"as in saber , rapier":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cutlass",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"scimitar",
"smallsword",
"blade",
"brand",
"steel",
"sword"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"browbeats":{
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"examples":[
"they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"bogarts",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"cows",
"hectors",
"intimidates",
"strong-arms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusters",
"trash-talks",
"affrights",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"frightens",
"horrifies",
"scares",
"shocks",
"spooks",
"startles",
"terrifies",
"menaces",
"terrorizes",
"threatens",
"badgers",
"harasses",
"hounds",
"bludgeons",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"dragoons",
"forces",
"makes",
"obliges",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes around",
"demoralizes",
"psychs (out)",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"discomposes",
"disconcerts",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"steels",
"convinces",
"persuades"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broke out (of)":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran away",
"ran off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broad-gauged":{
"covering everything or all important points":{
"examples":[
"a broad-gauge book about roses that covers just about everything you could want to know about roses"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"broken out":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out , and there was a mad rush for flu shots"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed (up)",
"burst (forth)",
"bursted (forth)",
"erupted",
"exploded",
"flamed",
"flared (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"ballooned",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed",
"blown up",
"detonated",
"touched off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brought to light":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"The investigation brought to light several new facts about the case."
],
"synonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unbosomed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confided",
"shared",
"debunked",
"showed up",
"unclothed",
"undraped",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"brought out",
"declared",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"gave away",
"leaked",
"informed",
"squealed",
"talked",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"related",
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"owned",
"disinterred",
"raked up",
"smoked out",
"unearthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"broke out":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out , and there was a mad rush for flu shots"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed (up)",
"burst (forth)",
"bursted (forth)",
"erupted",
"exploded",
"flamed",
"flared (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"ballooned",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"blew up",
"detonated",
"touched off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broken the law":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"It's not like she broke the law , so go easy on her."
],
"synonyms":[
"erred",
"fallen",
"offended",
"sinned",
"strayed",
"transgressed",
"trespassed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breached",
"broken",
"infringed",
"violated",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"messed up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiven",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"regretted",
"repented",
"rued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"brouhahas":{
"great excitement or concern about something":{
"examples":[
"A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president."
],
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"bedlam",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"uproar",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brougham":{
"as in phaeton , landau":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"barouche",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broken out (with)":{
"as in got , gone down (with)":{
"examples":[],
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"caught",
"come down (with)",
"contracted",
"gone down (with)",
"got",
"gotten",
"sickened (with)",
"taken",
"failed",
"languished",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened",
"died (from)",
"succumbed (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered (from)",
"shaken (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brooking":{
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I will not brook insults from my own employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brotherly":{
"of, relating to, or befitting brothers":{
"examples":[
"the brotherly love that exists between the members of the scout troop"
],
"synonyms":[
"fraternal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"familial",
"sisterly",
"chummy",
"friendly",
"neighborly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"broaden":{
"to increase the width, breadth, or scope of":{
"examples":[
"They decided to broaden the road by adding an additional lane.",
"You'll find if you broaden your horizons that there are many right paths to choose."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enlarge",
"expand",
"widen",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch",
"add (to)",
"amplify",
"augment",
"build up",
"swell",
"accentuate",
"amp (up)",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen",
"emphasize",
"point (up)",
"sharpen",
"stress",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"restrengthen",
"supplement",
"maximize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"narrow (down)",
"constrict",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broad-gauge":{
"covering everything or all important points":{
"examples":[
"a broad-gauge book about roses that covers just about everything you could want to know about roses"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"broaches":{
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"surfaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerges",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"drops",
"drowns",
"founders",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
"examples":[
"broached the topic of plans for next year's parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings up",
"introduces",
"moots",
"places",
"raises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alludes (to)",
"cites",
"mentions",
"names",
"refers (to)",
"offers",
"proposes",
"suggests",
"airs",
"expresses",
"speaks (of)",
"talks (about)",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"interjects",
"interrupts",
"debates",
"discusses",
"thrashes (out or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"hushes (up)",
"quiets",
"silences",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brooklets":{
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
"examples":[
"a little brooklet trickled past the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"becks",
"bourns",
"bournes",
"brooks",
"burns",
"creeks",
"gills",
"rills",
"rivulets",
"runlets",
"runnels",
"runs",
"streamlets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyos",
"billabongs",
"freshes",
"freshets",
"runoffs",
"bayous",
"coulees",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues",
"streams",
"washes",
"canals",
"channels",
"cutoffs",
"cuts",
"guts",
"kills",
"millraces",
"millstreams",
"races",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"affluents",
"branches",
"confluents",
"distributaries",
"influents",
"tributaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brought to bear":{
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"The group brought all their strength to bear in trying to remove the car from the mud."
],
"synonyms":[
"applied",
"employed",
"exercised",
"exploited",
"harnessed",
"operated",
"used",
"utilized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handled",
"manipulated",
"wielded",
"directed",
"ran",
"run",
"worked",
"wrought",
"cannibalized",
"recycled",
"reused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"misapplied",
"misused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"broilers":{
"as in ovens , stoves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fryers",
"friers",
"microwave ovens",
"microwaves",
"ovens",
"roasters",
"rotisseries",
"stoves",
"toaster ovens",
"toasters",
"cookers",
"cookstoves",
"ranges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broadcasted":{
"as in telecast , newscast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting",
"release",
"broadside",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"fly sheet",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"plugola",
"spot",
"word",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"annunciation",
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"examples":[
"broadcast the information only to people who needed to know"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulate",
"disseminate",
"propagate",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"radiate",
"sprawl",
"diffuse",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter",
"sow",
"communicate",
"convey",
"impart",
"pass (on)",
"transmit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"hold (in)",
"mask",
"obscure",
"secrete",
"shroud",
"veil",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in aired , published":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"heralded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"spotlighted",
"nonclassified",
"unclassified",
"well-known",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"general",
"popular",
"communal",
"shared",
"open",
"public",
"reported",
"reputed",
"rumored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidential",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"classified",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"intimate",
"personal",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"reserved",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"broke off (with)":{
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
"examples":[
"sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew off",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"jilted",
"kissed off",
"left"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"cold-shouldered",
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"snubbed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hooked up (with)",
"took",
"befriended",
"latched (on or onto)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broadens":{
"to increase the width, breadth, or scope of":{
"examples":[
"They decided to broaden the road by adding an additional lane.",
"You'll find if you broaden your horizons that there are many right paths to choose."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enlarges",
"expands",
"widens",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches",
"adds (to)",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"builds up",
"swells",
"accentuates",
"amps (up)",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens",
"emphasizes",
"points (up)",
"sharpens",
"stresses",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"restrengthens",
"supplements",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constricts",
"narrows (down)",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"browsing":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"cows browsing in fields are a common sight along that stretch of the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"foraging",
"grazing",
"pasturing",
"rustling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eating",
"feeding",
"nibbling",
"ranging",
"stocking",
"overgrazing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"glancing",
"glimpsing",
"glinting",
"peeking",
"skimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeking",
"peeping",
"blinking",
"squinting",
"looking over",
"perusing",
"raking",
"scanning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examining",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"questioning",
"surveying",
"studying",
"viewing",
"peering",
"prying",
"gawking",
"goggling",
"rubbernecking",
"leering",
"ogling"
],
"antonyms":[
"gazing",
"staring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bromidic":{
"as in platitudinous , platitudinal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"twice-told",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"browses":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"cows browsing in fields are a common sight along that stretch of the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"forages",
"grazes",
"pastures",
"rustles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eats",
"feeds",
"nibbles",
"ranges",
"stocks",
"overgrazes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"glints",
"peeks",
"skims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeks",
"peeps",
"blinks",
"squints",
"looks over",
"peruses",
"rakes",
"scans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examines",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"questions",
"surveys",
"studies",
"views",
"peers",
"pries",
"gawks",
"goggles",
"rubbernecks",
"leers",
"ogles"
],
"antonyms":[
"gazes",
"stares"
]
},
"as in scans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scans",
"oeillades",
"ogles",
"blinks",
"flashes",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"peeks",
"peeps",
"sights",
"stimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aspects",
"eyes",
"gapes",
"gazes",
"regards",
"scrutinies",
"stares",
"glares",
"glowers",
"contemplations",
"fixations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bronzes":{
"as in golds , silvers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"golds",
"silvers",
"crowns",
"insignia",
"insignias",
"laurels",
"ribbons",
"titles",
"badges",
"buttons",
"chevrons",
"clasps",
"cockades",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"rosettes",
"stars",
"decorations",
"honors",
"distinctions",
"medallions",
"medals",
"orders",
"awards",
"prizes",
"trophies",
"citations",
"commendations"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brooks":{
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
"examples":[
"there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook"
],
"synonyms":[
"becks",
"bourns",
"bournes",
"brooklets",
"burns",
"creeks",
"gills",
"rills",
"rivulets",
"runlets",
"runnels",
"runs",
"streamlets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyos",
"billabongs",
"freshes",
"freshets",
"runoffs",
"bayous",
"coulees",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues",
"streams",
"washes",
"canals",
"channels",
"cutoffs",
"cuts",
"guts",
"kills",
"millraces",
"millstreams",
"races",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"affluents",
"branches",
"confluents",
"distributaries",
"influents",
"tributaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I will not brook insults from my own employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"broomsticks":{
"as in grips , hilts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grips",
"hafts",
"handgrips",
"handles",
"helves",
"bails",
"bows",
"loops",
"hilts",
"shafts",
"bars",
"handlebars",
"crops",
"whipstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brothers":{
"a male connected with another person by a common parent":{
"examples":[
"When was the last time you called your brother ?"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"siblings",
"sisters",
"stepbrothers",
"stepsisters",
"cousins",
"kinsmen",
"kinswomen",
"relations",
"relatives",
"in-laws",
"kissing cousins",
"blood",
"clans",
"families",
"folk",
"folks",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"lineages",
"lines",
"people",
"races",
"stocks",
"tribes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of a religious community of men":{
"examples":[
"He was loved and respected among his brothers at the monastery."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"high priests",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"reverends",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"nuns",
"abbesses",
"anchoresses",
"ancresses",
"cloistresses",
"conventuals",
"mother superior",
"novices",
"prioresses",
"religious",
"Reverend Mother",
"votaries",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"high priestesses",
"priestesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors",
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a man with whom one feels a sense of solidarity":{
"examples":[
"As veterans, we support our brothers and sisters in the military."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comrades",
"alter egos",
"amigos",
"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"confidantes",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"musketeers",
"pals",
"acquaintances",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"fellows",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"partners",
"peers",
"sports",
"blood brothers",
"main men",
"sisters",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"pen pals",
"benefactors",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers",
"friendlies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"competitors",
"opponents",
"rivals",
"archenemies",
"nemeses",
"enemies",
"foes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brown dwarves":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broken-down":{
"in a bad or weak condition because of being old, not well cared for, etc.":{
"examples":[
"A broken-down car was blocking one of the lanes of the road.",
"His body was now broken-down after many years of hard living."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"run-down",
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"when presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drawn up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"festered",
"fouled",
"molded",
"moldered",
"perished",
"putrefied",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"soured",
"turned",
"turned off",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"addled",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"mortified",
"rusted",
"crumbled",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"dilapidated",
"sunk",
"withered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown",
"matured",
"ripened",
"refreshed",
"renewed",
"restored",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"assembled",
"composed",
"integrated",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"examples":[
"if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyzed",
"anatomized",
"assayed",
"cut",
"deconstructed",
"dissected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessed",
"diagnosed",
"evaluated",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"scrutinized",
"arranged",
"assorted",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"categorized",
"classified",
"codified",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"enumerated",
"indexed",
"ordered",
"schematized",
"sorted",
"tabulated",
"divided",
"reduced",
"segmented",
"separated",
"subdivided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerated",
"aggregated",
"amalgamated",
"assimilated",
"coalesced",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"integrated",
"synthesized",
"unified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"cut out",
"died",
"failed",
"given out",
"stalled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzled",
"sputtered",
"wheezed",
"acted up",
"malfunctioned",
"jammed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"started (up)"
]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken up",
"cracked",
"flipped (out)",
"freaked (out)",
"melted down",
"wigged (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"dismounted",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"stricken",
"taken down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"broken up",
"disaggregated",
"disarticulated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"erected",
"pitched",
"combined",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembled",
"constructed"
]
},
"to cause to break with violence and much noise":{
"examples":[
"firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"shattered",
"smashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"busted",
"bust",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"annihilated",
"bashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"pulverized",
"ruined",
"torn down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"shivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"cracked",
"crunched",
"crushed",
"snapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"brought on":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"this legislation will surely bring on some unintended consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brought off":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salvaged",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"recovered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adventured",
"compromised",
"endangered",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeopardized",
"periled",
"perilled",
"risked",
"ventured"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brokers":{
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
"examples":[
"the broker in the hostage situation was a prominent reporter that the gunman felt he could trust"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffers",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"honest brokers",
"interceders",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"interposers",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"troubleshooters",
"moderators",
"bargainers",
"negotiants",
"negotiators",
"appeasers",
"pacificators",
"pacifiers",
"reconcilers",
"agents",
"attorneys",
"deputies",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"liaisons",
"mediums",
"media",
"ambassadors",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"messengers",
"delegates",
"representatives",
"busybodies",
"interferers",
"meddlers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"judges",
"referees",
"umpires",
"advisers",
"advisors",
"counselors",
"counsellors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
"examples":[
"all of the local yacht brokers were at the boat show"
],
"synonyms":[
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"auctioneers",
"concessionaires",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"bootleggers",
"fencers",
"fences",
"hustlers",
"scalpers",
"smugglers",
"traffickers",
"discounters",
"distributors",
"e-tailers",
"exporters",
"jobbers",
"resellers",
"retailers",
"wholesalers",
"chapmen",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"salesclerks",
"salesmen",
"salespeople",
"saleswomen",
"shopgirls",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"horse traders",
"palterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users"
],
"antonyms":[
"buyers",
"purchasers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broadly":{
"to a large extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"the new policy is broadly applicable"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomically",
"big-time",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modestly",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"broken out (of)":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"lammed",
"run away",
"run off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"gone",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"taken off",
"walked out",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"come back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"broke in":{
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
"examples":[
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"burgled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"held up",
"looted",
"plundered",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stuck up",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"devastated",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"ravaged",
"sacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
"examples":[
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimed in",
"chipped in",
"cut in",
"interposed",
"interrupted",
"intruded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barged (in)",
"bothered",
"horned in",
"added",
"contributed",
"put in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"brownnoser":{
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"surrounded himself with brainless brownnosers , so no wonder the company went down the tubes"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polisher",
"bootlicker",
"fawner",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lickspittle",
"suck-up",
"sycophant",
"toady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-man",
"apparatchik",
"company man",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lapdog",
"minion",
"running dog",
"satellite",
"slave",
"stooge",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"groveler",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"adherent",
"camp follower",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"me-tooer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broken":{
"forcibly separated into many pieces":{
"examples":[
"a broken vase that could not be repaired"
],
"synonyms":[
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"collapsed",
"imploded",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"pulverized",
"ruinate",
"ruined",
"wrecked",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disintegrated",
"dynamited",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"frangible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbroken"
]
},
"having an uneven edge or outline":{
"examples":[
"the broken rim of the antique vase greatly reduces its value"
],
"synonyms":[
"craggy",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"scraggly",
"scraggy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"saw-toothed",
"serrate",
"serrated",
"harsh",
"rough",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"nonuniform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regular",
"uniform",
"flat",
"flush",
"level",
"plane"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"even",
"smooth",
"soft",
"unbroken"
]
},
"not having a level or smooth surface":{
"examples":[
"that portion of the hiking trail consists of a long, broken mountain ridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"ragged",
"rough",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby",
"burred",
"harsh",
"sandpapery",
"scraggly",
"scratchy",
"nonuniform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken up",
"busted",
"bust",
"disintegrated",
"dismembered",
"disrupted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"riven",
"rived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomized",
"crushed",
"ground",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"reduced",
"blasted",
"blown up",
"burst",
"bursted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"popped",
"shattered",
"shivered",
"smashed",
"chipped",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"imploded",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the final vote broke the deadlock"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken off",
"broken up",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"given over",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"packed (up or in)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"run on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"driven",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander"
],
"synonyms":[
"busted",
"bust",
"degraded",
"demoted",
"disrated",
"downgraded",
"reduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canned",
"cashiered",
"dismissed",
"downsized",
"fired",
"laid off",
"sacked",
"abased",
"debased",
"demeaned",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hired"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"elevated",
"promoted",
"raised"
]
},
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
"examples":[
"Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park mathematicians broke the Enigma code being used by the Nazis"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracked",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"decrypted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descrambled",
"unscrambled",
"rendered",
"translated",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"garbled",
"jumbled (up)",
"mixed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"ciphered",
"coded",
"enciphered",
"encoded",
"encrypted"
]
},
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
"examples":[
"she broke from her ruminations to find that it was already dinnertime"
],
"synonyms":[
"paused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitated",
"broken in",
"interrupted",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"finished",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"lapsed",
"let up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continued",
"persisted",
"advanced",
"progressed",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"stretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
"examples":[
"farmers once broke fields with horse-drawn plows"
],
"synonyms":[
"furrowed",
"plowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultivated",
"tilled",
"fallowed",
"harrowed",
"hoed",
"listed",
"raked",
"rototilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to keep":{
"examples":[
"had to confess that he had broken his promise not to share their conversation with anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"breached",
"contravened",
"fractured",
"infringed (on or upon)",
"offended",
"traduced",
"transgressed",
"violated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"blown off",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"flouted",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"defied",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"served",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched"
],
"antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed"
]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"Professor Bates broke the problem when she realized that it was possible to synthesize the necessary compounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"I broke a tooth on the hard candy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"bloodied",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"endamaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"washed out",
"worn (away)",
"blighted",
"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"done in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"torn down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"rectified",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
]
},
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"after working for 30 years, the pump simply broke one day"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken down",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"cut out",
"died",
"failed",
"given out",
"stalled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzled",
"sputtered",
"wheezed",
"acted up",
"malfunctioned",
"jammed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"started (up)"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the herd of gazelles broke when they saw the lions racing toward them from the ridge above"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flown",
"hightailed (it)",
"retreated",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"gotten (away)",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"the trek up the mountain just about broke me"
],
"synonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"busted",
"bust",
"done in",
"done up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outworn",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"worn",
"worn out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"as soon as the scandal broke , the CEO fled the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulated",
"come out",
"got about",
"gotten about",
"got around",
"gotten around",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"got round",
"gotten round",
"leaked (out)",
"outed",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developed",
"transpired",
"unfolded",
"disclosed",
"revealed",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushed (up)",
"suppressed",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"hid",
"masked",
"secreted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"another bad investment could break him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupted",
"busted",
"bust",
"ruined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggared",
"impoverished",
"pauperized",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cleaned (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"richened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the crisis had passed, and a new day was breaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualized",
"appeared",
"arisen",
"begun",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"formed",
"materialized",
"originated",
"set in",
"sprung",
"started"
],
"near synonyms":[
"been",
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"arrived",
"come on",
"emerged",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
"continued",
"endured",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
]
},
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the running back broke to his left before running out of bounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"sheered",
"swerved",
"veered",
"yawed",
"zagged",
"zigged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewed",
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"wheeled",
"about-faced",
"pivoted",
"circled",
"coiled",
"curled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"weaved",
"zigzagged",
"deviated",
"strayed",
"wandered",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightened"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sunk",
"written down",
"written off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrunk",
"shrunken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloated",
"blown up",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"a menu with prices that is likely to break the budgets of all but the wealthiest of diners"
],
"synonyms":[
"exceeded",
"outreached",
"outrun",
"overpassed",
"overreached",
"overrun",
"overshot",
"overstepped",
"surpassed",
"transcended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroached",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"overdone",
"overused",
"overutilized",
"overworked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"dolphins were breaking all around the boat"
],
"synonyms":[
"broached",
"surfaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerged",
"risen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"drowned",
"foundered",
"plunged",
"submerged",
"submersed",
"sunk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"broken off (with)":{
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
"examples":[
"sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"blown off",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"jilted",
"kissed off",
"left"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"cold-shouldered",
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"snubbed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hooked up (with)",
"taken",
"befriended",
"latched (on or onto)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Bronx cheer":{
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"a baseball legend who seems never to have forgotten the Bronx cheer he once received from the hometown ingrates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird",
"boo",
"catcall",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"razz",
"snort"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt",
"whistle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applause",
"clapping"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brooded (about or over)":{
"as in obsessed (about or over) , fixated (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixated (on or upon)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"cleaved (to)",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"stuck (to)",
"carried",
"kept",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"remembered",
"retained",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"supported",
"sustained",
"bore",
"cherished",
"entertained",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"nursed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"dropped",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"abjured",
"declined",
"denied",
"disdained",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"scorned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"parted (with)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"renounced",
"threw out",
"erased",
"expunged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"bronzed":{
"as in brown , tanned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan",
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"brother":{
"a male connected with another person by a common parent":{
"examples":[
"When was the last time you called your brother ?"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sibling",
"sister",
"stepbrother",
"stepsister",
"cousin",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relation",
"relative",
"in-law",
"kissing cousin",
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"folk",
"house",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of a religious community of men":{
"examples":[
"He was loved and respected among his brothers at the monastery."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"high priest",
"minister",
"preacher",
"reverend",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"nun",
"abbess",
"anchoress",
"ancress",
"cloistress",
"conventual",
"mother superior",
"novice",
"prioress",
"Reverend Mother",
"religious",
"votary",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"high priestess",
"priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a man with whom one feels a sense of solidarity":{
"examples":[
"As veterans, we support our brothers and sisters in the military."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comrade",
"alter ego",
"amigo",
"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"confidant",
"confidante",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal",
"acquaintance",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"companion",
"fellow",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"partner",
"peer",
"sport",
"blood brother",
"main man",
"sister",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"pen pal",
"benefactor",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher",
"friendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"competitor",
"opponent",
"rival",
"archenemy",
"nemesis",
"enemy",
"foe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"browser":{
"as in surfer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"surfer",
"cybercitizen",
"cybernaut",
"cybersurfer",
"netizen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in prospect , shopper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prospect",
"shopper",
"window-shopper",
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"purchaser",
"vendee",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"consumer",
"end user",
"user",
"regular",
"account",
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"browse":{
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
"examples":[
"cows browsing in fields are a common sight along that stretch of the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"forage",
"graze",
"pasture",
"rustle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eat",
"feed",
"nibble",
"range",
"stock",
"overgraze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"glint",
"peek",
"skim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keek",
"peep",
"blink",
"squint",
"look over",
"peruse",
"rake",
"scan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examine",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"question",
"survey",
"study",
"view",
"peer",
"pry",
"gawk",
"goggle",
"rubberneck",
"leer",
"ogle"
],
"antonyms":[
"gaze",
"stare"
]
},
"as in scan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scan",
"oeillade",
"ogle",
"blink",
"flash",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep",
"sight",
"stime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aspect",
"eye",
"gape",
"gaze",
"regard",
"scrutiny",
"stare",
"glare",
"glower",
"contemplation",
"fixation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"brochures":{
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
"examples":[
"handed out brochures giving practical hints about environment-friendly practices that every family can adopt"
],
"synonyms":[
"booklets",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"folders",
"leaflets",
"pamphlets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dodgers",
"flysheets",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"throwaways",
"advertisements",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"shoppers",
"tracts",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"pocket books",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"instructions",
"manuals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"browbeatings":{
"as in bulldozings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldozings",
"arm-twistings",
"coercions",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"duresses",
"forces",
"pressures",
"fears",
"intimidations",
"menaces",
"swords",
"terrorisms",
"terrors",
"threats",
"violences",
"squeeze plays",
"squeezes",
"mights",
"muscles",
"potencies",
"puissances",
"strengths",
"self-wills",
"strains",
"stresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreements",
"approvals",
"consents",
"permissions",
"persuasions",
"reasons",
"suasions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brood":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"don't disturb the hen while she's brooding"
],
"synonyms":[
"hatch",
"incubate",
"set",
"sit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lay",
"spawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in litter , hatch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatch",
"litter",
"young",
"fruit",
"get",
"issue",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"spawn",
"child",
"scion",
"family",
"kin",
"lineage",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"parent",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bevy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bevy",
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite",
"colony",
"gaggle",
"pack",
"plump",
"pod",
"swarm",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"drove",
"flock",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"assemblage",
"conglomeration",
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"absorption",
"blending",
"coalescence",
"coalition",
"commingling",
"commixture",
"concretion",
"homogenization",
"immingling",
"immixture",
"incorporation",
"integration",
"interfusion",
"intermingling",
"mergence",
"merger",
"merging",
"mingling",
"assortment",
"hash",
"hotchpotch",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"mishmash",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"potpourri",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"cocktail",
"combination",
"composite",
"compound",
"conflation",
"emulsion",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"meld",
"mix",
"synthesis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit",
"individual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bromide":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper editorial offering the timeworn bromide that people should settle their differences peacefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"banality",
"chestnut",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdom",
"party line",
"routine",
"inanity",
"generality",
"generalization",
"simplification",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brochure":{
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
"examples":[
"handed out brochures giving practical hints about environment-friendly practices that every family can adopt"
],
"synonyms":[
"booklet",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"folder",
"leaflet",
"pamphlet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dodger",
"flysheet",
"handbill",
"handout",
"throwaway",
"advertisement",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"shopper",
"tract",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket book",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"instructions",
"manual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broke free":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"The hostages managed to break free before anyone got hurt."
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broke out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran away",
"ran off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"broad-brush":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"an unfair, broad-brush accusation of corruption in the statehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bronco":{
"as in pony , mustang":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mustang",
"pony",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"equid",
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"brown":{
"having a skin color darkened by the sun":{
"examples":[
"It was easy to tell who among the beachgoers worked outside, as their bodies were brown from the sun."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bronchos":{
"as in ponies , mustangs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"equids",
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"broadminded":{
"not bound by traditional ways or beliefs":{
"examples":[
"a broad-minded philosophy of parenting"
],
"synonyms":[
"liberal",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"radical",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"forbearing",
"indulgent",
"large-minded",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"tolerant",
"extreme",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard",
"rigid",
"strict",
"doctrinal",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"bigoted",
"blinkered",
"intolerant",
"narrow-minded",
"reactionary",
"unreconstructed"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"conventional",
"hidebound",
"nonprogressive",
"old-fashioned",
"orthodox",
"stodgy",
"traditional"
]
},
"willing to consider new or different ideas":{
"examples":[
"we have to be broad-minded on this issue, since traditional solutions no longer work"
],
"synonyms":[
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impartial",
"neutral",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"easygoing",
"nonjudgmental",
"tolerant",
"calm",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"impressionable",
"suggestible",
"susceptible",
"persuadable",
"persuasible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biased",
"narrow",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"bigoted",
"intolerant"
],
"antonyms":[
"narrow-minded",
"unreceptive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"broken bread":{
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"They always enjoy breaking bread with friends."
],
"synonyms":[
"dined",
"eaten",
"fared",
"fed",
"partaken",
"refreshed",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"repasted",
"chowed (down)",
"dug in",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overeaten",
"overfed",
"pigged out",
"grazed",
"nibbled",
"noshed",
"picked",
"snacked",
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