dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/car_MWT.json
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{
"carabinier":{
"as in cavalryman , dragoon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"servicewoman",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"care (for)":{
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"will you care for the lawn while we're gone?"
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"mind",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrate",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"manage",
"operate",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"guard",
"patrol",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"baby",
"babysit",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"mother",
"shepherd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"he is caring for his mother while she's sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"minister (to)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"approve (of)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
]
},
"to wish to have":{
"examples":[
"I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it"
],
"synonyms":[
"like",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"welcome",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show partiality toward":{
"examples":[
"she generally doesn't care for war movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"favor",
"lean (toward or towards)",
"like",
"prefer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adore",
"cotton (to)",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"choose",
"cull",
"handpick",
"name",
"pick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"take",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"hanker (for or after)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"incline (toward)",
"tend (to)",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"mislike",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"care and feeding":{
"the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"devotes too much time to the care and feeding of her buggy computer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dereliction",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"inattention",
"neglect",
"negligence",
"damage",
"demolition",
"destruction",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"ruin",
"ruination"
],
"related":[
"conservancy",
"support",
"sustaining",
"care",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"defense",
"guarding",
"protection",
"safeguarding",
"safekeeping"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservation",
"conserving",
"keep",
"maintenance",
"preservation",
"preserving",
"sustentation",
"upkeep"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cared-for":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he is caring for his mother while she's sick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"related":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
],
"examples":[
"I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
"related":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"approved (of)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
]
},
"to show partiality toward":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she generally doesn't care for war movies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"misliked",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"related":[
"adored",
"cottoned (to)",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"chose",
"culled",
"handpicked",
"named",
"picked",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"took",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"hankered (for or after)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"biased",
"biassed",
"prejudiced",
"inclined (toward)",
"tended (to)",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"synonyms":[
"favored",
"leaned (toward or towards)",
"liked",
"preferred"
]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will you care for the lawn while we're gone?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"related":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched"
]
},
"to wish to have":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"welcomed",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"liked",
"wanted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"careens":{
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"examples":[
"the sled careened as it barreled down the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurches",
"pitches",
"rocks",
"rolls",
"seesaws",
"sways",
"tosses",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bucks",
"dodders",
"falters",
"flounders",
"halts",
"hitches",
"hobbles",
"jerks",
"jolts",
"reels",
"shakes",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"teeters",
"toddles",
"totters",
"tumbles",
"vacillates",
"vibrates",
"waddles",
"wavers",
"weaves",
"oscillates",
"undulates",
"waggles",
"wags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"examples":[
"he careened unsteadily to the couch after hitting his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocks",
"rolls",
"seesaws",
"swags",
"sways",
"wavers",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"barges",
"blunders",
"clomps",
"clumps",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"tramps",
"tromps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"sounding its siren, an ambulance careened through the intersection"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"career":{
"as in practice , lifework":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lifework",
"practice",
"practise",
"livelihood",
"living",
"duty",
"mission",
"posting",
"service",
"task",
"engagement",
"gig",
"line",
"racket",
"calling",
"pursuit",
"trade",
"vocation",
"office",
"spot",
"work",
"business",
"employ",
"employment",
"occupation",
"profession",
"appointment",
"berth",
"billet",
"capacity",
"connection",
"function",
"job",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocation",
"joblessness",
"unemployment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"careered":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"careering":{
"as in barreling , hurrying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"carefree":{
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
"examples":[
"passengers on a luxury cruise ship enjoying a carefree vacation",
"carefree college students on spring break"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"debonair",
"devil-may-care",
"gay",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"slaphappy",
"unconcerned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"breezy",
"cavalier",
"nonchalant",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"somber",
"sombre",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"wary",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"upset",
"worried",
"long-suffering",
"overburdened",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"careworn"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"caressing":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gently caressed her hair"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"fondling",
"gentling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caring (for)":{
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"will you care for the lawn while we're gone?"
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"he is caring for his mother while she's sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"approving (of)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"backing (up)",
"concurring (in)",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"tolerating",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"commending",
"recommending",
"enjoying",
"liking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"disliking",
"minding",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"dissenting (from)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
]
},
"to wish to have":{
"examples":[
"I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it"
],
"synonyms":[
"liking",
"wanting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"welcoming",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show partiality toward":{
"examples":[
"she generally doesn't care for war movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"favoring",
"leaning (toward or towards)",
"liking",
"preferring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"cottoning (to)",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"choosing",
"culling",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"picking",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"taking",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"hankering (for or after)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"prejudicing",
"inclining (toward)",
"tending (to)",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"misliking",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carjack":{
"as in skyjack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"skyjack",
"commandeer",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"appropriate",
"confiscate",
"expropriate",
"seize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carmine":{
"as in red , crimson":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodred",
"crimson",
"incarnadine",
"red",
"reddish",
"ruby",
"sanguine",
"sanguineous",
"bloodstained",
"bloody",
"gory",
"sanguinary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"carnality":{
"excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures":{
"examples":[
"a rich playboy who was undone by his own carnality"
],
"synonyms":[
"debauchery",
"hedonism",
"sensuality",
"sybaritism",
"voluptuousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"venery",
"wantonness",
"greed",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"ravenousness",
"dissipation",
"gluttony",
"immoderation",
"intemperance",
"self-indulgence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"asceticism",
"sobriety",
"temperance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caroches":{
"as in barouches , jaunting cars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouches",
"broughams",
"buckboards",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carom":{
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a ball caromed off the wall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brush",
"graze",
"nudge",
"rake",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bump",
"contact",
"hit",
"kiss",
"touch",
"sideswipe",
"reflect"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caromed":{
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"a ball caromed off the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounced",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"grazed",
"nudged",
"raked",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bumped",
"contacted",
"hit",
"kissed",
"touched",
"sideswiped",
"reflected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carpenters":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carpers":{
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
"examples":[
"eventually, almost everyone learned to avoid the ski school's resident carper"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"crucifiers",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"ranters",
"rebukers",
"reproachers",
"reprovers",
"scolds",
"upbraiders",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"grumblers",
"whiners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carpetbag":{
"as in kit , duffel bag":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duffel bag",
"kit",
"kit bag",
"cosmetic case",
"traveling case",
"backpack",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack",
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag",
"weekender",
"attach\u00e9",
"attach\u00e9 case",
"briefcase",
"valise",
"carryall",
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"baggage",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carping":{
"given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things":{
"examples":[
"a peevish and carping old woman who is not a favorite at the nursing home"
],
"synonyms":[
"captious",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"judgmental",
"overcritical",
"rejective"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"judicious",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"nitpicky",
"particular",
"picky",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"harsh",
"merciless",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undiscriminating",
"undemanding",
"unfussy",
"charitable",
"forgiving"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncritical"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"someone who carps and whines about everything is a pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
"examples":[
"carped about the order of names on the wedding invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"niggling",
"nitpicking",
"quibbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criticizing",
"faulting",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"griping",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"moaning",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"murmuring",
"muttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"praising",
"recommending",
"approving",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"carps (at)":{
"as in nitpicks , fusses (about or over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fusses (about or over)",
"nitpicks",
"dogs",
"henpecks",
"hounds",
"nags",
"needles",
"pecks (at)",
"annoys",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"irks",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"rides",
"vexes",
"yaps (at)",
"eggs",
"goads",
"incites",
"prods",
"prompts",
"spurs",
"urges",
"exhorts",
"insists",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"wheedles",
"begs",
"importunes",
"pleads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliments",
"commends",
"lauds",
"praises",
"recommends",
"touts",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"builds up",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carriage":{
"a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers":{
"examples":[
"a museum with a large collection of beautiful, old carriages"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipage",
"rig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"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",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a general way of holding the body":{
"examples":[
"her Ladyship's carriage is upright and regal"
],
"synonyms":[
"attitude",
"poise",
"posture",
"stance",
"station"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attention",
"body language",
"pose",
"seat",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"conduct",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"air",
"presence",
"aspect",
"look",
"mien"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carriageways":{
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an American who apparently was not used to driving in England, as he was traveling down the wrong side of the carriageway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"causeways",
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places",
"closes",
"culs-de-sac",
"cul-de-sacs",
"dead ends",
"corridors",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carried":{
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"all of the television networks will carry the president's speech"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"paraded",
"showed",
"showed off",
"unveiled",
"previewed",
"acted",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"played",
"portrayed",
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"represented",
"extended",
"proffered",
"tendered"
],
"synonyms":[
"gave",
"mounted",
"offered",
"presented",
"staged"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
],
"examples":[
"the idea of equality carries with it a number of other concepts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"related":[
"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehended",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"involved",
"numbered",
"subsumed",
"took in"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"erected a trellis to carry the vine"
],
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"related":[
"steadied",
"trussed",
"underlay"
],
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"bolstered",
"bore",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"propped (up)",
"shored (up)",
"stayed",
"supported",
"sustained",
"undergirded",
"underpinned",
"upheld"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
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"examples":[
"during that difficult time the grieving parents carried themselves with unfailing grace and dignity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted up",
"carried on",
"cut up",
"misbehaved",
"misconducted"
],
"related":[
"checked",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"handled",
"inhibited",
"quieted",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"moderated",
"modulated",
"tempered",
"acted",
"impersonated",
"played"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquitted",
"behaved",
"bore",
"comported",
"conducted",
"demeaned",
"deported",
"quit",
"quitted"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
],
"examples":[
"carried off the award for best picture of the year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"related":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"pulled down",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"each camper must be able to carry his or her own backpack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delivered",
"handed over",
"transferred",
"forwarded",
"sent",
"shipped",
"transmitted",
"brought",
"fetched",
"took",
"moved",
"removed",
"shifted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"carted",
"conveyed",
"ferried",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"packed",
"toted",
"transported"
]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I always carry a camera with me so as to never miss a great shot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flaunted",
"showed off",
"sported",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"paraded",
"showed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"packed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carry out":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully"
],
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"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carrying a torch (for)":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"idealizing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"delighting (in)",
"doting (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonizing",
"displeasing",
"disapproving (of)",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"disgusting",
"nauseating",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"carrying away":{
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the beauty of the music carried him away"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"elating",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"stirring"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"rapping",
"rapturing",
"ravishing",
"transporting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carrying the day":{
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
"antonyms":[
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"They had a bad start, but the home team managed to carry the day in the end."
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"folding",
"washing out",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning"
],
"related":[
"overcoming",
"sweeping",
"squeaking",
"squeezing",
"contending",
"vying",
"succeeding",
"breezing",
"romping"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"carrying through":{
"as in surviving , prevailing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"surviving",
"lingering",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in doing , carrying out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying out",
"discharging",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"performing",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"following through (with)",
"sticking out",
"machining",
"refining",
"rounding (off or out)",
"shining",
"touching up",
"completing",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"perfecting",
"polishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"forsaking",
"quitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cartels":{
"a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cartel of oil-producing nations that controls production and influences prices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chains",
"conglomerates",
"megacorporations",
"multinationals",
"associations",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"organizations",
"partnerships",
"pools",
"unions"
],
"synonyms":[
"combinations",
"combines",
"syndicates",
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cartridges":{
"as in ammunitions , projectiles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunitions",
"cannonballs",
"caps",
"charges",
"dumdums",
"gunshots",
"leads",
"loads",
"missiles",
"pops",
"projectiles",
"rounds",
"shells",
"shots",
"slugs",
"balls",
"bullets",
"pellets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in containers , bottles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basins",
"bottles",
"bowls",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats",
"baskets",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"containers",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"coolers",
"warmers",
"carriers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carves (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program"
],
"synonyms":[
"develops",
"forges",
"grinds (out)",
"hammers out",
"thrashes (out)",
"works out",
"works up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churns out",
"cranks out",
"turns out",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"throws up",
"composes",
"constructs",
"crafts",
"creates",
"engineers",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"frames",
"generates",
"manufactures",
"mints",
"models",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"invents",
"originates",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dismantles",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"wrecks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caryatides":{
"as in pedestals":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carved (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program"
],
"synonyms":[
"developed",
"forged",
"ground (out)",
"hammered out",
"thrashed (out)",
"worked out",
"worked up"
],
"related":[
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"careened":{
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"examples":[
"the sled careened as it barreled down the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurched",
"pitched",
"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"swayed",
"tossed",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"bucked",
"doddered",
"faltered",
"floundered",
"halted",
"hitched",
"hobbled",
"jerked",
"jolted",
"reeled",
"shook",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"teetered",
"toddled",
"tottered",
"tumbled",
"vacillated",
"vibrated",
"waddled",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"oscillated",
"undulated",
"wagged",
"waggled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"examples":[
"he careened unsteadily to the couch after hitting his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"swagged",
"swayed",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"barged",
"blundered",
"clomped",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"tramped",
"tromped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"sounding its siren, an ambulance careened through the intersection"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carrying out":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caricatured":{
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesqued",
"did",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"mocked",
"parodied",
"sent up",
"spoofed",
"travestied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooned",
"pasquinaded",
"satirized",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"ridiculed",
"aped",
"copycatted",
"monkeyed",
"parroted",
"duplicated",
"emulated",
"replicated",
"reproduced",
"acted",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"pretended",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"magnified",
"padded",
"played up",
"stretched",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"overdrew",
"overstated",
"put on",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"personated",
"played"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caroms":{
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"a ball caromed off the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes",
"grazes",
"nudges",
"rakes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bumps",
"contacts",
"hits",
"kisses",
"touches",
"sideswipes",
"reflects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"car":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car"
],
"synonyms":[
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carry off":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has"
],
"synonyms":[
"claim",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"kill",
"slay",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bump off",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"finish",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"scrag",
"snuff",
"take out",
"waste",
"whack",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow",
"slaughter",
"smite",
"assassinate",
"execute",
"martyr",
"terminate",
"euthanize",
"euthanatize",
"put down",
"suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"nurture"
],
"antonyms":[
"animate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cardsharps":{
"as in blacklegs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blacklegs",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carte blanche":{
"permission to do something in any way you choose to do it":{
"examples":[
"We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caressed":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"gently caressed her hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"fondled",
"gentled",
"loved",
"patted",
"petted",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billed",
"canoodled",
"cuddled",
"necked",
"nestled",
"nosed",
"nuzzled",
"snuggled",
"spooned",
"felt up",
"pawed",
"cradled",
"embraced",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"bounced",
"dandled",
"kneaded",
"massaged",
"babied",
"coddled",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"careless":{
"not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble":{
"examples":[
"a careless reporter who often doesn't get his facts straight",
"a careless mistake that caused the plane to crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"heedless",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"unguarded",
"unsafe",
"unwary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bold",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"inattentive",
"regardless",
"blithe",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"absentminded",
"forgetful",
"unmindful",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"imprudent",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"inadvertent",
"unintentional",
"unplanned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"chary",
"observant",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"calculating",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"considerate",
"thoughtful",
"ultracareful",
"ultracautious"
],
"antonyms":[
"alert",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"failing to give proper care and attention":{
"examples":[
"a careless effort that made an unnecessary mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"derelict",
"disregardful",
"lax",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"neglecting",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heedless",
"incautious",
"irresponsible",
"reckless",
"wild",
"unguarded",
"unwary",
"forgetful",
"disregarding",
"inattentive",
"oblivious",
"thoughtless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"delinquent",
"loose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"alert",
"heedful",
"heeding",
"mindful",
"observant",
"regardful",
"regarding",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"responsible",
"thinking",
"thoughtful",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"antonyms":[
"attentive",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"nonnegligent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"caroling":{
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
"examples":[
"she caroled with glee when she heard the good news"
],
"synonyms":[
"chanting",
"descanting",
"singing",
"vocalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belting",
"crooning",
"harmonizing",
"humming",
"lilting",
"quavering",
"scatting",
"sharping",
"slurring",
"trilling",
"trolling",
"warbling",
"yodeling",
"yodelling",
"serenading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hymning",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising",
"resounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carried off":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought 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 deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has"
],
"synonyms":[
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"slew",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carouser":{
"as in bacchanal , binger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanal",
"binger",
"party animal",
"wassailer",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"partyer",
"partier",
"partygoer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer",
"cutup",
"skylarker",
"noisemaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caricaturists":{
"as in satirists , parodists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquers",
"lampooners",
"mockers",
"parodists",
"satirists",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics",
"personators",
"mimers",
"mimes",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"actors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apes",
"copycats",
"echoes",
"echos",
"parrots",
"rubber stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carousing":{
"as in festivity , revelry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"hilarity",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"frolicking",
"rollicking",
"picnic",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"escape",
"pastime",
"time killer",
"activity",
"game",
"delight",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"divertissement",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"pleasure",
"recreation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag",
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"birling",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carrying weight":{
"to be of importance":{
"examples":[
"His opinion doesn't carry much weight with the people who'll make the final decision."
],
"synonyms":[
"counting",
"importing",
"mattering",
"meaning",
"signifying",
"weighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"carded":{
"as in noted , filed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"booked",
"filed",
"noted",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"enrolled",
"entered",
"indexed",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"scheduled",
"slated",
"classified",
"compiled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"rescheduled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in combed , raked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combed",
"raked",
"laid",
"pressed",
"spread",
"surfaced",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"pared",
"pruned",
"shaved",
"trimmed",
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"smoothened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughed",
"roughened",
"coarsened",
"rumpled",
"wrinkled",
"bent",
"kinked",
"dented",
"pitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carnivals":{
"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
"examples":[
"the town's annual Fourth of July carnival"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrations",
"festivals",
"festivities",
"fests",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"fiestas",
"galas",
"jubilees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jamborees",
"jollifications",
"jollities",
"merriments",
"merrymakings",
"rejoicings",
"revelries",
"revels",
"exhibitions",
"exhibits",
"expositions",
"fairs",
"shows",
"exercises",
"honors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carjacked":{
"as in skyjacked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"skyjacked",
"commandeered",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"appropriated",
"confiscated",
"expropriated",
"seized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carps":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"the usual carp about that restaurant is that the service is slow"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"grievances",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"someone who carps and whines about everything is a pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
"examples":[
"carped about the order of names on the wedding invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavils",
"fusses",
"niggles",
"nitpicks",
"quibbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criticizes",
"faults",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"moans",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"murmurs",
"mutters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"praises",
"recommends",
"approves",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cardsharpers":{
"as in blacklegs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blacklegs",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carnal":{
"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
"examples":[
"the preacher warned that those who were interested only in carnal pursuits would not see the kingdom of heaven"
],
"synonyms":[
"earthborn",
"earthbound",
"earthly",
"fleshly",
"material",
"mundane",
"sublunary",
"temporal",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"daily",
"diurnal",
"unspiritual",
"anthropic",
"anthropical",
"anthropocentric"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celestial",
"Elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"supernal",
"metaphysical",
"devotional",
"divine",
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual",
"utopian",
"ethereal",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavenly",
"nontemporal",
"unearthly",
"unworldly"
]
},
"of or relating to the human body":{
"examples":[
"a missionary who tends to the carnal needs of the people as well as to their spiritual concerns"
],
"synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"fleshly",
"material",
"physical",
"somatic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anatomic",
"anatomical",
"physiological",
"physiologic",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cerebral",
"inner",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"psychological",
"psychologic",
"bodiless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical"
]
},
"pleasing to the physical senses":{
"examples":[
"carnal attractions of that gambling mecca in the desert"
],
"synonyms":[
"fleshly",
"luscious",
"lush",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"voluptuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"agreeable",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"gratifying",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"scrumptious",
"epicurean",
"luxurious",
"self-indulgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harsh",
"painful",
"uncomfortable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"hideous",
"icky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cartons":{
"as in crates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crates",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cases",
"caskets",
"chests",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"coffins",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"canteens",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"bandboxes",
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carrefour":{
"a place where roads meet":{
"examples":[
"our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour"
],
"synonyms":[
"corner",
"crossing",
"crossroad",
"crossway(s)",
"intersection",
"junction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloverleaf",
"interchange",
"overpass",
"underpass",
"circle",
"rotary",
"roundabout",
"traffic circle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carton":{
"as in crate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crate",
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"locker",
"trunk",
"footlocker",
"sea chest",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"coffin",
"compartment",
"vault",
"canteen",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"bandbox",
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carrion":{
"the flesh of dead animals":{
"examples":[
"Vultures live chiefly on carrion ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carnage",
"bones",
"cadaver",
"carcass",
"corpse",
"corpus",
"corse",
"relics",
"remains",
"stiff",
"mummy",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caregiving":{
"as in caretaking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caretaking",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"parenthood",
"parenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carouse":{
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"the Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bender",
"binge",
"bust",
"carousal",
"drunk",
"jamboree",
"spree",
"toot",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"revel",
"revelry",
"bibbery",
"bibulousness",
"drunkenness",
"inebriation",
"inebriety",
"intoxication",
"jag",
"tipsiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"birl",
"revel",
"roister",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booze",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"liquor (up)",
"soak",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carriage trade":{
"as in plutocracy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plutocracy",
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat",
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carp (at)":{
"as in nitpick , fuss (about or over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fuss (about or over)",
"nitpick",
"dog",
"henpeck",
"hound",
"nag",
"needle",
"peck (at)",
"annoy",
"badger",
"bait",
"bother",
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"irk",
"pester",
"plague",
"ride",
"vex",
"yap (at)",
"egg",
"goad",
"incite",
"prod",
"prompt",
"spur",
"urge",
"exhort",
"insist",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"wheedle",
"beg",
"importune",
"plead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliment",
"commend",
"laud",
"praise",
"recommend",
"tout",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"build up",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caroused":{
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates"
],
"synonyms":[
"binged",
"birled",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roistered",
"wassailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozed",
"drank",
"guzzled",
"liquored (up)",
"soaked",
"tippled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carrying off":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has"
],
"synonyms":[
"claiming",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"killing",
"slaying",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping off",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"finishing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"scragging",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"wasting",
"whacking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing",
"slaughtering",
"smiting",
"assassinating",
"executing",
"martyring",
"terminating",
"euthanizing",
"euthanatizing",
"putting down",
"suiciding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"nurturing"
],
"antonyms":[
"animating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carvings":{
"as in sculptures , models":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"sculptures",
"busts",
"figureheads",
"dummies",
"forms",
"manikins",
"mannikins",
"mannequins",
"dollies",
"dolls",
"hand puppets",
"marionettes",
"puppets",
"figures",
"figurines",
"statuettes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colossi"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carbon copy":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the child is a carbon copy of his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"a clothing company that makes carbon copies of designer duds"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carpentered":{
"as in produced , hammered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fashioned",
"forged",
"framed",
"hammered",
"handcrafted",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"assembled",
"built",
"confected",
"constructed",
"erected",
"fabricated",
"made",
"made up",
"pieced",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"prefabricated",
"began",
"coined",
"created",
"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"invented",
"originated",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"reassembled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"redeveloped",
"reedified",
"retrofitted",
"retrofit",
"jerry-built",
"rigged (up)",
"threw up",
"combined",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"took down",
"tore down",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruinated",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caravel":{
"as in galleon , yacht":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantine",
"bugeye",
"ca\u00efque",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bark",
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caricaturing":{
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesquing",
"doing",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"mocking",
"parodying",
"sending up",
"spoofing",
"travestying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooning",
"pasquinading",
"satirizing",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"ridiculing",
"aping",
"copycatting",
"monkeying",
"parroting",
"duplicating",
"emulating",
"replicating",
"reproducing",
"acting",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"pretending",
"shamming",
"simulating",
"elaborating",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"playing up",
"stretching",
"amplifying",
"enhancing",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"overdrawing",
"overstating",
"putting on",
"miming",
"pantomiming",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"personating",
"playing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carried out":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cares (for)":{
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"will you care for the lawn while we're gone?"
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"he is caring for his mother while she's sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"ministers (to)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves (of)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
]
},
"to wish to have":{
"examples":[
"I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it"
],
"synonyms":[
"likes",
"wants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"welcomes",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show partiality toward":{
"examples":[
"she generally doesn't care for war movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"favors",
"leans (toward or towards)",
"likes",
"prefers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"cottons (to)",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"chooses",
"culls",
"handpicks",
"names",
"picks",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"takes",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"hankers (for or after)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"biases",
"biasses",
"prejudices",
"inclines (toward)",
"tends (to)",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"mislikes",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carolling":{
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
"examples":[
"she caroled with glee when she heard the good news"
],
"synonyms":[
"chanting",
"descanting",
"singing",
"vocalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belting",
"crooning",
"harmonizing",
"humming",
"lilting",
"quavering",
"scatting",
"sharping",
"slurring",
"trilling",
"trolling",
"warbling",
"yodeling",
"yodelling",
"serenading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hymning",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising",
"resounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cares a hang":{
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"I don't give a hang what you do, as long as you leave me alone."
],
"synonyms":[
"bothers",
"fears",
"frets",
"fusses",
"stews",
"stresses",
"sweats",
"troubles",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonizes",
"longs",
"pines",
"yearns",
"chafes",
"despairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"abides",
"bears",
"endures",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"sustains",
"takes",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"carpentering":{
"as in producing , hammering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fashioning",
"forging",
"framing",
"hammering",
"handcrafting",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up",
"prefabricating",
"beginning",
"coining",
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"redeveloping",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"jerry-building",
"rigging (up)",
"throwing up",
"combining",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruinating",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caravanning":{
"as in backpacking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpacking",
"bedding (down)",
"sleeping out",
"tenting",
"bivouacking",
"camping (out)",
"encamping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cartel":{
"a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage":{
"examples":[
"a cartel of oil-producing nations that controls production and influences prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"combination",
"combine",
"syndicate",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain",
"conglomerate",
"megacorporation",
"multinational",
"association",
"guild",
"gild",
"organization",
"partnership",
"pool",
"union",
"big business"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caravan":{
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
"examples":[
"a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"armada",
"cavalcade",
"fleet",
"line",
"motorcade",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argosy",
"convoy",
"flotilla",
"navy",
"column",
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"parade",
"procession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[
"bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California"
],
"synonyms":[
"camper",
"motor home",
"recreational vehicle",
"RV",
"trailer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailer",
"mobile home",
"coach",
"van"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backpack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpack",
"bed (down)",
"sleep out",
"tent",
"bivouac",
"camp (out)",
"encamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carsick":{
"as in seasick , airsick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airsick",
"seasick",
"nauseated",
"nauseous",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"dizzy",
"light-headed",
"shaky",
"woozy",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish",
"achy",
"feverish",
"symptomatic",
"diseased",
"disordered",
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"poorly",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"decrepit",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakly",
"afflicted",
"troubled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome",
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"cured",
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"carry-cots":{
"as in cribs , cradles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinets",
"cradles",
"cribs",
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sleigh beds",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bedsteads",
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"pallets",
"beds",
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"pads",
"racks",
"sacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carouses":{
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"the Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing"
],
"synonyms":[
"benders",
"binges",
"busts",
"carousals",
"drunks",
"jamborees",
"sprees",
"toots",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"bacchanalia",
"orgies",
"revelries",
"revels",
"bibberies",
"inebriations",
"inebrieties",
"intoxications",
"jags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates"
],
"synonyms":[
"binges",
"birls",
"revels",
"roisters",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozes",
"drinks",
"guzzles",
"liquors (up)",
"soaks",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carrier":{
"as in mover , hauler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hauler",
"mover",
"conveyance",
"transport",
"transportation",
"vehicle",
"transit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in courier , messenger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bearer",
"courier",
"go-between",
"liaison",
"messenger",
"delivery boy",
"deliverer",
"deliveryman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in container , bag":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"bottle",
"bowl",
"bucket",
"can",
"jar",
"jug",
"keg",
"kettle",
"kit",
"pack",
"pail",
"pitcher",
"pot",
"tub",
"vat",
"basket",
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"carton",
"case",
"casket",
"crate",
"handbasket",
"locker",
"trunk",
"container",
"holder",
"receptacle",
"vessel",
"bag",
"hamper",
"pocket",
"sack",
"cooler",
"warmer",
"cartridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caricature":{
"a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something":{
"examples":[
"that TV network's reporting is a mere caricature of real journalism"
],
"synonyms":[
"cartoon",
"farce",
"joke",
"mockery",
"parody",
"sham",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"comedy",
"lampoon",
"takeoff",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feigning",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"simulation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homage",
"tribute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"the artist creates caricatures of famous paintings by replacing humans with cats"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"parody",
"put-on",
"rib",
"send-up",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"mockery",
"satire",
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor",
"sketch",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"imitation",
"impersonation",
"mimicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"examples":[
"the mayor has presented only a caricature of his opponent's views"
],
"synonyms":[
"coloring",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"embroidery",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding",
"stretching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplification",
"enhancement",
"fabrication",
"misrepresentation",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"hype",
"puffery",
"superlative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"minimizing",
"poor-mouthing"
],
"antonyms":[
"meiosis",
"understatement"
]
},
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"mock",
"parody",
"send up",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"pasquinade",
"satirize",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"ridicule",
"ape",
"copycat",
"monkey",
"parrot",
"duplicate",
"emulate",
"replicate",
"reproduce",
"act",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulate",
"elaborate",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"exaggerate",
"magnify",
"pad",
"play up",
"stretch",
"amplify",
"enhance",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"overdraw",
"overstate",
"put on",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"personate",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"caring":{
"having or showing concern for the well-being of others":{
"examples":[
"There are many caring people in the community."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attentive",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"concerned",
"considerate",
"cordial",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"solicitous",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted",
"thoughtful",
"warmhearted",
"altruistic",
"brotherly",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"helpful",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"noble",
"openhearted",
"patient",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"selfless",
"understanding",
"unselfish",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"hard-hearted",
"indifferent",
"offish",
"pitiless",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"disaffected",
"unconcerned",
"uninvolved",
"cold",
"frigid",
"unfriendly",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"hard-boiled",
"heartless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"soulless",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"unloving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"a teacher who cares what happens to her students long after they leave her classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"looking out (for)",
"minding",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"heeding",
"regarding",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"empathizing (with)",
"feeling (for)",
"sympathizing (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"carry the torch (for)":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[
"She still carries a torch for her husband after over 30 years of marriage."
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"cherish",
"love",
"worship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idealize",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"delight (in)",
"dote (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonize",
"displease",
"disapprove (of)",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"carriages":{
"a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers":{
"examples":[
"a museum with a large collection of beautiful, old carriages"
],
"synonyms":[
"equipages",
"rigs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barouches",
"broughams",
"buckboards",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a general way of holding the body":{
"examples":[
"her Ladyship's carriage is upright and regal"
],
"synonyms":[
"attitudes",
"poises",
"postures",
"stances",
"stations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentions",
"body languages",
"poses",
"seats",
"bearings",
"behaviors",
"conducts",
"demeanors",
"deportments",
"airs",
"presences",
"aspects",
"looks",
"miens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carve":{
"to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material":{
"examples":[
"carved a statue out of rare marble"
],
"synonyms":[
"sculpt",
"sculpture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chisel",
"engrave",
"etch",
"grave",
"incise",
"inscribe",
"knap",
"cast",
"form",
"model",
"mold",
"shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cared":{
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"a teacher who cares what happens to her students long after they leave her classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"looked out (for)",
"minded",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"heeded",
"regarded",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"empathized (with)",
"felt (for)",
"sympathized (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carjacks":{
"as in skyjacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"skyjacks",
"commandeers",
"hijacks",
"highjacks",
"appropriates",
"confiscates",
"expropriates",
"seizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carpoolers":{
"as in drivers , automobilists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"automobilists",
"drivers",
"motorists",
"wheelmen",
"operators",
"chauffeurs",
"codrivers",
"co-drivers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carcasses":{
"a dead body":{
"examples":[
"the carcass of a squirrel that had been run over"
],
"synonyms":[
"bones",
"cadavers",
"corpora",
"corpses",
"corses",
"relics",
"remains",
"stiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mummies",
"carnages",
"carrions",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carping (at)":{
"as in nitpicking , fussing (about or over)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fussing (about or over)",
"nitpicking",
"dogging",
"henpecking",
"hounding",
"nagging",
"needling",
"pecking (at)",
"annoying",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"irking",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"riding",
"vexing",
"yapping (at)",
"egging",
"goading",
"inciting",
"prodding",
"prompting",
"spurring",
"urging",
"exhorting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"wheedling",
"begging",
"importuning",
"pleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complimenting",
"commending",
"lauding",
"praising",
"recommending",
"touting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"building up",
"eulogizing",
"extolling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caravanserai":{
"a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests":{
"examples":[
"a caravansary designed specifically for self-styled cheapskates"
],
"synonyms":[
"auberges",
"hospices",
"hostelries",
"hostels",
"hotels",
"inns",
"lodges",
"public houses",
"taverns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"B and Bs",
"bed-and-breakfasts",
"guesthouses",
"apartment hotels",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rests",
"courts",
"motels",
"motor courts",
"motor inns",
"motor lodges",
"resorts",
"spas",
"tourist courts",
"youth hostels",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"bunkhouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"boardinghouses",
"lodging houses",
"rooming houses",
"doss-houses",
"fleabags",
"flophouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carried away":{
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"the beauty of the music carried him away"
],
"synonyms":[
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"rapped",
"raptured",
"ravished",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"elated",
"excited",
"exhilarated",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carries on":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"a toddler crying and carrying on in the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts out",
"acts up",
"misbehaves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconducts",
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"clowns (around)",
"cuts up",
"fools around",
"horses around",
"kids (around)",
"shows off",
"roughhouses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obeys",
"acquits",
"acts",
"bears",
"comports",
"conducts",
"demeans",
"deports",
"quits",
"complies",
"conforms",
"checks",
"collects",
"composes",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"handles",
"inhibits",
"moves",
"quiets",
"represses",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband"
],
"synonyms":[
"perseveres",
"persists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digs in",
"hangs on",
"keeps up",
"follows through (with)",
"knuckles down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gives up",
"knocks off",
"quits",
"bows",
"gives in",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"falters",
"hangs back",
"hesitates",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillates",
"wavers",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"carries on a business and still manages to run the household"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"handles",
"keeps",
"manages",
"operates",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"watches",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"micromanages",
"stage-manages",
"codirects",
"comanages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"careers":{
"as in practices , lifeworks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lifeworks",
"practices",
"practises",
"livelihoods",
"livings",
"duties",
"missions",
"postings",
"services",
"tasks",
"engagements",
"gigs",
"lines",
"rackets",
"callings",
"pursuits",
"trades",
"vocations",
"offices",
"spots",
"works",
"businesses",
"employments",
"employs",
"occupations",
"professions",
"appointments",
"berths",
"billets",
"capacities",
"connections",
"functions",
"jobs",
"places",
"positions",
"posts",
"situations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocations",
"unemployments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carried the day":{
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
"examples":[
"They had a bad start, but the home team managed to carry the day in the end."
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcame",
"swept",
"squeaked",
"squeezed",
"contended",
"vied",
"succeeded",
"breezed",
"romped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"folded",
"washed out",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"caress":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"gently caressed her hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"fondle",
"gentle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bill",
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"neck",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cardboard":{
"as in conventional , cookie-cutter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canned",
"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",
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"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":[
"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",
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"carjacking":{
"as in kidnapping , abduction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abduction",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"banditry",
"piracy",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in skyjacking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"skyjacking",
"commandeering",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"appropriating",
"confiscating",
"expropriating",
"seizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cardinal virtues":{
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"examples":[
"the cardinal virtue of wool is that it retains its insulating properties even when wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinctions",
"excellences",
"excellencies",
"graces",
"merits",
"values",
"virtues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"superiorities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defects",
"failings",
"faults",
"flaws",
"drawbacks",
"minuses",
"negatives"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"demerits",
"disvalues"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carrions":{
"the flesh of dead animals":{
"examples":[
"Vultures live chiefly on carrion ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carnages",
"bones",
"cadavers",
"carcasses",
"corpora",
"corpses",
"corses",
"relics",
"remains",
"stiffs",
"mummies",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carnival":{
"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
"examples":[
"the town's annual Fourth of July carnival"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebration",
"fest",
"festival",
"festivity",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"fiesta",
"gala",
"jubilee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jamboree",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"revel",
"revelry",
"exhibit",
"exhibition",
"exposition",
"fair",
"show",
"exercises",
"honors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in riotous , carnivalesque":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callithumpian",
"carnivalesque",
"larrikin",
"raffish",
"rampageous",
"riotous",
"rowdyish",
"ruffianly",
"boisterous",
"hell-raising",
"knockabout",
"rambunctious",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"roisterous",
"rollicking",
"rowdy",
"rumbustious",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"uncontrollable",
"uncontrolled",
"undisciplined",
"ungovernable",
"uninhibited",
"unmanageable",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"unruly",
"wild",
"willful",
"wilful",
"bubbly",
"buoyant",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"impassioned",
"lively",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"clamorous",
"loudmouthed",
"noisy",
"openmouthed",
"rackety",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"howling",
"screaming",
"yelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"orderly",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"decorous",
"dignified",
"proper",
"seemly",
"calm",
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"serene",
"silent",
"soundless",
"tranquil",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"controlled",
"imperturbable",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"self-controlled",
"unflappable",
"unruffled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"subdued",
"temperate",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"depressed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"indifferent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"carapace":{
"a hard shell on the back of some animals (such as turtles or crabs)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"exoskeleton",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell",
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carried a torch (for)":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"cherished",
"loved",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"idealized",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"delighted (in)",
"doted (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonized",
"displeased",
"disapproved (of)",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"cardsharper":{
"as in blackleg":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackleg",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"prankster",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cargos":{
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
"examples":[
"we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consignments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"manifests",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caretaker":{
"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
"examples":[
"hired a caretaker for the mansion during the winter months"
],
"synonyms":[
"custodian",
"guardian",
"janitor",
"keeper",
"warden",
"watchman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocurator",
"curator",
"sexton",
"steward"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who has responsibility for the care of another":{
"examples":[
"most primary caretakers of elderly parents are women"
],
"synonyms":[
"caregiver",
"carer",
"guardian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foster parent",
"babysitter",
"minder",
"nanny",
"nannie",
"nurse",
"sitter",
"custodian",
"guard",
"keep",
"keeper",
"protector",
"attendant",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"companion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"client",
"dependent",
"ward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carjacker":{
"as in hijacker , stowaway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hijacker",
"stowaway",
"hitcher",
"hitchhiker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carry away":{
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"the beauty of the music carried him away"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"rap",
"rapture",
"ravish",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"elate",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"careen":{
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"examples":[
"the sled careened as it barreled down the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurch",
"pitch",
"rock",
"roll",
"seesaw",
"sway",
"toss",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"buck",
"dodder",
"falter",
"flounder",
"halt",
"hitch",
"hobble",
"jerk",
"jolt",
"reel",
"shake",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"teeter",
"toddle",
"totter",
"tumble",
"vacillate",
"vibrate",
"waddle",
"waver",
"weave",
"oscillate",
"undulate",
"wag",
"waggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"examples":[
"he careened unsteadily to the couch after hitting his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rock",
"roll",
"seesaw",
"swag",
"sway",
"waver",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"barge",
"blunder",
"clomp",
"clump",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"tramp",
"tromp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"sounding its siren, an ambulance careened through the intersection"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
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"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cartooned":{
"as in caricatured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caricatured",
"drew",
"pictured",
"crayoned",
"inked",
"penciled",
"pencilled",
"outlined",
"profiled",
"scrawled",
"scribbled",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carbons":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"this new digital camera is a carbon of a well-known model costing almost twice as much"
],
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"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"the bell tower is a carbon of an earlier one that toppled in an earthquake"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"card":{
"a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{
"examples":[
"the diners asked if there were any specials on the card for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"menu"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"chuck",
"cuisine",
"fare",
"grub",
"provender",
"table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
"examples":[
"you're really a card , but save the jokes for after class"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"jester",
"joker",
"jokester",
"wag",
"wit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comedienne",
"entertainer",
"banterer",
"cutup",
"kidder",
"knockabout",
"practical joker",
"prankster",
"quipper",
"quipster",
"teaser",
"wisecracker",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"fool",
"harlequin",
"zany",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in note , file":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"book",
"file",
"note",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"schedule",
"slate",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in comb , rake":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comb",
"rake",
"lay",
"press",
"spread",
"surface",
"clip",
"crop",
"pare",
"prune",
"shave",
"trim",
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough",
"roughen",
"coarsen",
"rumple",
"wrinkle",
"bend",
"kink",
"dent",
"pit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carcanet":{
"as in torque , beads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"rivi\u00e8re",
"torque",
"torc",
"choker",
"collar",
"dog collar",
"lei",
"necklace",
"rope",
"strand",
"bangle",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"locket",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carried on":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"a toddler crying and carrying on in the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted out",
"acted up",
"misbehaved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconducted",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"clowned (around)",
"cut up",
"fooled around",
"horsed around",
"kidded (around)",
"showed off",
"roughhoused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obeyed",
"acquitted",
"acted",
"bore",
"comported",
"conducted",
"demeaned",
"deported",
"quit",
"quitted",
"complied",
"conformed",
"checked",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"handled",
"inhibited",
"moved",
"quieted",
"repressed",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband"
],
"synonyms":[
"persevered",
"persisted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dug in",
"hung on",
"kept up",
"followed through (with)",
"knuckled down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"knocked off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"bowed",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"hung back",
"shilly-shallied",
"vacillated",
"wavered",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"carries on a business and still manages to run the household"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"handled",
"kept",
"managed",
"operated",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"watched",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"micromanaged",
"stage-managed",
"codirected",
"co-directed",
"comanaged",
"co-managed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cars":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cargo":{
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
"examples":[
"we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consignment",
"boatload",
"carload",
"shipload",
"trainload",
"truckload",
"wagonload",
"ballast",
"deadweight",
"overload",
"surcharge",
"bale",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"shipment",
"manifest",
"body",
"bulk",
"mass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carried the torch (for)":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"cherished",
"loved",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"idealized",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"delighted (in)",
"doted (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonized",
"displeased",
"disapproved (of)",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"cartridge":{
"as in ammunition , projectile":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunition",
"cannonball",
"cap",
"charge",
"dumdum",
"gunshot",
"lead",
"load",
"missile",
"pop",
"projectile",
"round",
"shell",
"shot",
"slug",
"ball",
"bullet",
"pellet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blank"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in container , bottle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"bottle",
"bowl",
"bucket",
"can",
"jar",
"jug",
"keg",
"kettle",
"kit",
"pack",
"pail",
"pitcher",
"pot",
"tub",
"vat",
"basket",
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"carton",
"case",
"casket",
"crate",
"handbasket",
"locker",
"trunk",
"container",
"holder",
"receptacle",
"vessel",
"bag",
"hamper",
"pocket",
"sack",
"cooler",
"warmer",
"carrier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cargoes":{
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
"examples":[
"we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consignments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"manifests",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carer":{
"a person who has responsibility for the care of another":{
"examples":[
"a workshop for parents and other carers of autistic children"
],
"synonyms":[
"caregiver",
"caretaker",
"guardian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foster parent",
"babysitter",
"minder",
"nanny",
"nannie",
"nurse",
"sitter",
"custodian",
"guard",
"keep",
"keeper",
"protector",
"attendant",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"companion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"client",
"dependent",
"ward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carried through":{
"as in survived , prevailed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"survived",
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in did , carried out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carried out",
"did",
"discharged",
"executed",
"fulfilled",
"performed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"followed through (with)",
"stuck out",
"machined",
"refined",
"rounded (off or out)",
"shone",
"shined",
"touched up",
"completed",
"consummated",
"finalized",
"finished",
"perfected",
"polished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"forsook",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carload":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"he always has a carload of ideas for a new product launch"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carpets":{
"to form a layer over":{
"examples":[
"leaves carpeted the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"coats",
"covers",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"overspreads",
"sheets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encloses",
"incloses",
"enrobes",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"mantles",
"shawls",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"cloaks",
"clothes",
"curtains",
"veils",
"circles",
"encircles",
"encompasses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carpet":{
"to form a layer over":{
"examples":[
"leaves carpeted the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"coat",
"cover",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"overspread",
"sheet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enclose",
"inclose",
"enrobe",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"mantle",
"shawl",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"cloak",
"clothe",
"curtain",
"veil",
"circle",
"encircle",
"encompass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carelessly":{
"as in casually , indiscriminately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically",
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"carry the day":{
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
"examples":[
"They had a bad start, but the home team managed to carry the day in the end."
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcome",
"sweep",
"squeak",
"squeeze",
"contend",
"vie",
"succeed",
"breeze",
"romp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"fold",
"wash out",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cardinal virtue":{
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"examples":[
"the cardinal virtue of wool is that it retains its insulating properties even when wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"grace",
"merit",
"value",
"virtue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"superiority"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defect",
"failing",
"fault",
"flaw",
"drawback",
"minus",
"negative"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"demerit",
"disvalue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carryalls":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"took only a small carryall on the plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"wallets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags",
"weekenders",
"cosmetic cases",
"traveling cases",
"carpetbags",
"duffel bags",
"kit bags",
"kits",
"backpacks",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks",
"attach\u00e9 cases",
"attach\u00e9s",
"briefcases",
"valises",
"baggages",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carelessness":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"the only errors you made were from carelessness , not lack of knowledge"
],
"synonyms":[
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"remissness",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carrefours":{
"a place where roads meet":{
"examples":[
"our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour"
],
"synonyms":[
"corners",
"crossings",
"crossroads",
"crossways",
"intersections",
"junctions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloverleafs",
"cloverleaves",
"interchanges",
"overpasses",
"underpasses",
"circles",
"rotaries",
"roundabouts",
"traffic circles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cart":{
"a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling":{
"examples":[
"a cart piled up with hay"
],
"synonyms":[
"wagon",
"wain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dray",
"jolt-wagon",
"oxcart",
"spring wagon",
"wagonette",
"barrow",
"hand truck",
"pushcart",
"tram",
"truck",
"wheelbarrow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"carted a knapsack filled with books from class to class"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"carry",
"convey",
"ferry",
"haul",
"lug",
"pack",
"tote",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"hand over",
"transfer",
"forward",
"send",
"ship",
"transmit",
"bring",
"fetch",
"take",
"move",
"remove",
"shift"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carollers":{
"one who sings":{
"examples":[
"those feathered carolers outside my window every morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"singers",
"songsters",
"vocalists",
"vocalizers",
"voices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belters",
"crooners",
"harmonizers",
"hummers",
"warblers",
"yodelers",
"serenaders",
"cantors",
"chanters",
"choristers",
"chansonniers",
"chanteuses",
"songstresses",
"bards",
"troubadours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carry through":{
"as in survive , prevail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"survive",
"linger",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"abide",
"bide",
"continue",
"endure",
"hold on",
"hold up",
"keep up",
"last",
"perdure",
"persist",
"remain",
"run on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"desist",
"die",
"discontinue",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"abate",
"die (down)",
"ebb",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in do , carry out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carry out",
"discharge",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"perform",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"follow through (with)",
"stick out",
"machine",
"refine",
"round (off or out)",
"shine",
"touch up",
"complete",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"perfect",
"polish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"forsake",
"quit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caroche":{
"as in barouche , jaunting car":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"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"
]
},
"carers":{
"a person who has responsibility for the care of another":{
"examples":[
"a workshop for parents and other carers of autistic children"
],
"synonyms":[
"caregivers",
"caretakers",
"guardians"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foster parents",
"babysitters",
"minders",
"nannies",
"nurses",
"sitters",
"custodians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"keeps",
"protectors",
"attendants",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"clients",
"dependents",
"wards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carabiniers":{
"as in cavalrymen , dragoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"servicewomen",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"dogfaces",
"fighters",
"legionaries",
"legionnaires",
"men-at-arms",
"regulars",
"servicemen",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"warriors",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"card tables":{
"as in bed tables":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bed tables",
"buffets",
"sideboards",
"side tables",
"bars",
"counters",
"coffee tables",
"refectory tables",
"tea tables",
"boards",
"tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carcinomata":{
"as in cancers , melanomas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cancers",
"lymphomas",
"lymphomata",
"malignancies",
"melanomas",
"melanomata",
"polyps",
"outgrowths",
"cysts",
"tubercles",
"warts",
"excrescences",
"excrescencies",
"growths",
"lumps",
"neoplasms",
"tumors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"care package":{
"as in box , foy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"box",
"foy",
"alms",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"charity",
"contribution",
"dole",
"handout",
"oblation",
"offering",
"philanthropy",
"tithe",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"bestowal",
"comp",
"donation",
"donative",
"fairing",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"handsel",
"lagniappe",
"largesse",
"largess",
"present",
"presentation",
"remembrance",
"tribute",
"valentine",
"bonus",
"boon",
"windfall",
"courtesy",
"favor",
"generosity",
"sacrifice",
"gratuity",
"propine",
"tip",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"dowry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"loan",
"bribe",
"douceur",
"peace offering",
"sop"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caroming":{
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"a ball caromed off the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing",
"grazing",
"nudging",
"raking",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bumping",
"contacting",
"hitting",
"kissing",
"touching",
"sideswiping",
"reflecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carbon":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"this new digital camera is a carbon of a well-known model costing almost twice as much"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"the bell tower is a carbon of an earlier one that toppled in an earthquake"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carnage":{
"the killing of a large number of people":{
"examples":[
"the appalling carnage in that war-torn country requires that the outside world intervene"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodbath",
"butchery",
"death",
"holocaust",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodletting",
"bloodshed",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"murder",
"slaying",
"mortality",
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishing",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"eradication",
"extermination",
"genocide",
"pogrom",
"assassination",
"execution"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carcinomas":{
"as in cancers , melanomas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cancers",
"lymphomas",
"lymphomata",
"malignancies",
"melanomas",
"melanomata",
"polyps",
"outgrowths",
"cysts",
"tubercles",
"warts",
"excrescences",
"excrescencies",
"growths",
"lumps",
"neoplasms",
"tumors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carding":{
"as in noting , filing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"booking",
"filing",
"noting",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in combing , raking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combing",
"raking",
"laying",
"pressing",
"spreading",
"surfacing",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"paring",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"trimming",
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing",
"coarsening",
"rumpling",
"wrinkling",
"bending",
"kinking",
"denting",
"pitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caryatid":{
"as in pedestal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pedestal",
"column",
"pier",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"post",
"stanchion",
"buttress",
"flying buttress",
"needle",
"obelisk",
"pile",
"piling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carves":{
"to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material":{
"examples":[
"carved a statue out of rare marble"
],
"synonyms":[
"sculpts",
"sculptures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chisels",
"engraves",
"etches",
"graves",
"incises",
"inscribes",
"knaps",
"casts",
"forms",
"models",
"molds",
"shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carryall":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"took only a small carryall on the plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry-on",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"wallet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag",
"weekender",
"cosmetic case",
"traveling case",
"carpetbag",
"duffel bag",
"kit",
"kit bag",
"backpack",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack",
"attach\u00e9",
"attach\u00e9 case",
"briefcase",
"valise",
"baggage",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carry-ons":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"the airline allows two carry-ons per person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carryalls",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"wallets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags",
"weekenders",
"cosmetic cases",
"traveling cases",
"carpetbags",
"duffel bags",
"kit bags",
"kits",
"backpacks",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks",
"attach\u00e9 cases",
"attach\u00e9s",
"briefcases",
"valises",
"baggages",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"car sickness":{
"as in morning sickness , altitude sickness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airsickness",
"altitude sickness",
"morning sickness",
"motion sickness",
"mountain sickness",
"seasickness",
"qualm",
"nausea",
"nauseousness",
"qualmishness",
"queasiness",
"queerness",
"sickness",
"squeamishness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carols":{
"a religious song":{
"examples":[
"sang carols at the Christmas Eve service"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthems",
"canticles",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"psalms",
"spirituals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"Gloria Patris",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"masses",
"oratorios",
"processionals",
"recessionals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
"examples":[
"she caroled with glee when she heard the good news"
],
"synonyms":[
"chants",
"descants",
"sings",
"vocalizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"croons",
"harmonizes",
"hums",
"lilts",
"quavers",
"scats",
"sharps",
"slurs",
"trills",
"trolls",
"warbles",
"yodels",
"serenades"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"hymns",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises",
"resounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"belauds",
"deifies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"renowns",
"salutes",
"chants",
"cheers",
"eulogizes",
"rhapsodizes",
"cites",
"flatters",
"cracks up",
"recommends",
"touts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"criticizes",
"reproves",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"keelhauls",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"castigates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carbine":{
"as in assault weapon , assault rifle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"speargun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carving (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program"
],
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"developing",
"forging",
"grinding (out)",
"hammering out",
"thrashing (out)",
"working out",
"working up"
],
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"churning out",
"cranking out",
"turning out",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"throwing up",
"composing",
"constructing",
"crafting",
"creating",
"engineering",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"framing",
"generating",
"manufacturing",
"minting",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"shaping",
"tailoring",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"hatching",
"inventing",
"originating",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dismantling",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"wrecking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carry":{
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"each camper must be able to carry his or her own backpack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"cart",
"convey",
"ferry",
"haul",
"lug",
"pack",
"tote",
"transport"
],
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"deliver",
"hand over",
"transfer",
"forward",
"send",
"ship",
"transmit",
"bring",
"fetch",
"take",
"move",
"remove",
"shift"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"I always carry a camera with me so as to never miss a great shot"
],
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"bear",
"pack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunt",
"show off",
"sport",
"display",
"exhibit",
"parade",
"show"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"examples":[
"all of the television networks will carry the president's speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"give",
"mount",
"offer",
"present",
"stage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"parade",
"show",
"show off",
"unveil",
"preview",
"act",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"play",
"portray",
"depict",
"dramatize",
"enact",
"render",
"represent",
"extend",
"proffer",
"tender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"the idea of equality carries with it a number of other concepts"
],
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"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"involve",
"number",
"subsume",
"take in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"bracket",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
"form",
"make",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"eliminate",
"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"erected a trellis to carry the vine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bolster",
"brace",
"buttress",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"stay",
"support",
"sustain",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steady",
"truss",
"underlie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"carried off the award for best picture of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"during that difficult time the grieving parents carried themselves with unfailing grace and dignity"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquit",
"bear",
"behave",
"comport",
"conduct",
"demean",
"deport",
"quit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"check",
"collect",
"compose",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"handle",
"inhibit",
"quiet",
"repress",
"restrain",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"act",
"impersonate",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act up",
"carry on",
"cut up",
"misbehave",
"misconduct"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carries the torch (for)":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"idealizes",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"delights (in)",
"dotes (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonizes",
"displeases",
"disapproves (of)",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"disgusts",
"nauseates",
"repels",
"repulses",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"carries a torch (for)":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"idealizes",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"delights (in)",
"dotes (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonizes",
"displeases",
"disapproves (of)",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"disgusts",
"nauseates",
"repels",
"repulses",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"carrying the torch (for)":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"idealizing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"delighting (in)",
"doting (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonizing",
"displeasing",
"disapproving (of)",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"disgusting",
"nauseating",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"carjackers":{
"as in hijackers , stowaways":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hijackers",
"stowaways",
"hitchers",
"hitchhikers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caregiver":{
"a person who has responsibility for the care of another":{
"examples":[
"he could no longer keep up his role as caregiver for his sick wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"carer",
"caretaker",
"guardian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foster parent",
"babysitter",
"minder",
"nanny",
"nannie",
"nurse",
"sitter",
"custodian",
"guard",
"keep",
"keeper",
"protector",
"attendant",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"companion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"client",
"dependent",
"ward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carpeted":{
"to form a layer over":{
"examples":[
"leaves carpeted the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"coated",
"covered",
"overlaid",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"sheeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enrobed",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"mantled",
"shawled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"cloaked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"curtained",
"veiled",
"circled",
"encircled",
"encompassed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caravanned":{
"as in backpacked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpacked",
"bedded (down)",
"slept out",
"tented",
"bivouacked",
"camped (out)",
"encamped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carolers":{
"one who sings":{
"examples":[
"those feathered carolers outside my window every morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"singers",
"songsters",
"vocalists",
"vocalizers",
"voices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belters",
"crooners",
"harmonizers",
"hummers",
"warblers",
"yodelers",
"serenaders",
"cantors",
"chanters",
"choristers",
"chansonniers",
"chanteuses",
"songstresses",
"bards",
"troubadours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carline":{
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
"examples":[
"there's no appeasing the auld carline who lives at the far end of the loch"
],
"synonyms":[
"beldam",
"beldame",
"crone",
"hag",
"hellcat",
"trot",
"witch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harpy",
"shrew",
"virago"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caretaking":{
"as in caregiving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caregiving",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"mothering",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"parenthood",
"parenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carper":{
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
"examples":[
"eventually, almost everyone learned to avoid the ski school's resident carper"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"criticizer",
"disparager",
"faultfinder",
"hypercritic",
"knocker",
"niggler",
"nitpicker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemner",
"condemnor",
"denouncer",
"belittler",
"decrier",
"denigrator",
"derider",
"detractor",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"crucifier",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"admonisher",
"haranguer",
"railer",
"ranter",
"rebuker",
"reproacher",
"reprover",
"scold",
"upbraider",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"grumbler",
"whiner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commender",
"praiser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caregivers":{
"a person who has responsibility for the care of another":{
"examples":[
"he could no longer keep up his role as caregiver for his sick wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"carers",
"caretakers",
"guardians"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foster parents",
"babysitters",
"minders",
"nannies",
"nurses",
"sitters",
"custodians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"keeps",
"protectors",
"attendants",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"clients",
"dependents",
"wards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caravansary":{
"a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests":{
"examples":[
"a caravansary designed specifically for self-styled cheapskates"
],
"synonyms":[
"auberge",
"hospice",
"hostel",
"hostelry",
"hotel",
"inn",
"lodge",
"public house",
"tavern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"B and B",
"bed-and-breakfast",
"guesthouse",
"apartment hotel",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rest",
"court",
"motel",
"motor court",
"motor inn",
"motor lodge",
"resort",
"spa",
"tourist court",
"youth hostel",
"camp",
"campground",
"bunkhouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"boardinghouse",
"lodging house",
"rooming house",
"doss-house",
"fleabag",
"flophouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cardboardy":{
"as in gristly , leathery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fibrous",
"gristly",
"sinewy",
"stringy",
"chewy",
"leathery",
"tough",
"brittle",
"crunchy",
"hard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"mushy",
"soft"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"carved":{
"to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material":{
"examples":[
"carved a statue out of rare marble"
],
"synonyms":[
"sculpted",
"sculptured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"engraved",
"etched",
"graved",
"incised",
"inscribed",
"knapped",
"cast",
"formed",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"molded",
"shaped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carrying charge":{
"as in surcharge , service charge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overcharge",
"service charge",
"service fee",
"surcharge",
"price point",
"rate",
"tariff",
"unit price",
"deduction",
"discount",
"markdown",
"reduction",
"sale",
"asking price",
"list price",
"sticker price",
"deposit",
"fair market value",
"market value",
"valuation",
"value",
"down payment",
"ante",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"fee",
"figure",
"freight",
"price",
"price tag",
"account",
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"tab"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carolled":{
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
"examples":[
"she caroled with glee when she heard the good news"
],
"synonyms":[
"chanted",
"descanted",
"sang",
"sung",
"vocalized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belted",
"crooned",
"harmonized",
"hummed",
"lilted",
"quavered",
"scatted",
"sharped",
"slurred",
"trilled",
"trolled",
"warbled",
"yodeled",
"yodelled",
"serenaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"hymned",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised",
"resounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"belauded",
"deified",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"renowned",
"saluted",
"chanted",
"cheered",
"eulogized",
"rhapsodized",
"cited",
"flattered",
"cracked up",
"recommended",
"touted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"criticized",
"reproved",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"keelhauled",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"castigated",
"lambasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carrying":{
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"each camper must be able to carry his or her own backpack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"carting",
"conveying",
"ferrying",
"hauling",
"lugging",
"packing",
"toting",
"transporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"handing over",
"transferring",
"forwarding",
"sending",
"shipping",
"transmitting",
"bringing",
"fetching",
"taking",
"moving",
"removing",
"shifting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"I always carry a camera with me so as to never miss a great shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"packing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunting",
"showing off",
"sporting",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"parading",
"showing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"examples":[
"all of the television networks will carry the president's speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"giving",
"mounting",
"offering",
"presenting",
"staging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"parading",
"showing",
"showing off",
"unveiling",
"previewing",
"acting",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"playing",
"portraying",
"depicting",
"dramatizing",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"representing",
"extending",
"proffering",
"tendering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"the idea of equality carries with it a number of other concepts"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehending",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"involving",
"numbering",
"subsuming",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"erected a trellis to carry the vine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"bolstering",
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"staying",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"undergirding",
"underpinning",
"upholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadying",
"trussing",
"underlying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"carried off the award for best picture of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"during that difficult time the grieving parents carried themselves with unfailing grace and dignity"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquitting",
"bearing",
"behaving",
"comporting",
"conducting",
"demeaning",
"deporting",
"quitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"checking",
"collecting",
"composing",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"handling",
"inhibiting",
"quieting",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"moderating",
"modulating",
"tempering",
"acting",
"impersonating",
"playing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting up",
"carrying on",
"cutting up",
"misbehaving",
"misconducting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caravaned":{
"as in backpacked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpacked",
"bedded (down)",
"slept out",
"tented",
"bivouacked",
"camped (out)",
"encamped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caravanserais":{
"a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests":{
"examples":[
"a caravansary designed specifically for self-styled cheapskates"
],
"synonyms":[
"auberges",
"hospices",
"hostelries",
"hostels",
"hotels",
"inns",
"lodges",
"public houses",
"taverns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"B and Bs",
"bed-and-breakfasts",
"guesthouses",
"apartment hotels",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rests",
"courts",
"motels",
"motor courts",
"motor inns",
"motor lodges",
"resorts",
"spas",
"tourist courts",
"youth hostels",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"bunkhouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"boardinghouses",
"lodging houses",
"rooming houses",
"doss-houses",
"fleabags",
"flophouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caravans":{
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
"examples":[
"a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"armadas",
"cavalcades",
"fleets",
"lines",
"motorcades",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argosies",
"convoys",
"flotillas",
"navies",
"columns",
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"parades",
"processions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[
"bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California"
],
"synonyms":[
"campers",
"motor homes",
"recreational vehicles",
"RVs",
"trailers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"coaches",
"vans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backpacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backpacks",
"beds (down)",
"sleeps out",
"tents",
"bivouacs",
"camps (out)",
"encamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carbon copies":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the child is a carbon copy of his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"a clothing company that makes carbon copies of designer duds"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carries through":{
"as in survives , prevails":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"survives",
"lingers",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"abides",
"bides",
"continues",
"endures",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps up",
"lasts",
"perdures",
"persists",
"remains",
"runs on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"desists",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in does , carries out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carries out",
"discharges",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"performs",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"follows through (with)",
"sticks out",
"machines",
"refines",
"rounds (off or out)",
"shines",
"touches up",
"completes",
"consummates",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"perfects",
"polishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"forsakes",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carnivore":{
"an animal that eats meat; a meat eater \u2014 sometimes used humorously to refer to people who eat meat":{
"examples":[
"Many of my friends are vegetarians, but I'm a carnivore ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insectivore",
"omnivore",
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"creature",
"critter",
"blastie",
"varmint",
"vermin",
"biped",
"quadruped",
"invertebrate",
"vertebrate",
"domestic animal",
"pet",
"feral",
"livestock",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"herbivore",
"vegan",
"vegetarian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carriageway":{
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
"examples":[
"an American who apparently was not used to driving in England, as he was traveling down the wrong side of the carriageway"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causeway",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place",
"close",
"cul-de-sac",
"dead end",
"corridor",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carrying on":{
"to behave badly":{
"examples":[
"a toddler crying and carrying on in the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting out",
"acting up",
"misbehaving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misconducting",
"disobeying",
"rebelling",
"clowning (around)",
"cutting up",
"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"kidding (around)",
"showing off",
"roughhousing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obeying",
"acquitting",
"acting",
"bearing",
"comporting",
"conducting",
"demeaning",
"deporting",
"quitting",
"complying",
"conforming",
"checking",
"collecting",
"composing",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"handling",
"inhibiting",
"moving",
"quieting",
"repressing",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
"examples":[
"she bravely carried on despite the loss of her husband"
],
"synonyms":[
"persevering",
"persisting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digging in",
"hanging on",
"keeping up",
"following through (with)",
"knuckling down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"knocking off",
"quitting",
"bowing",
"giving in",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"faltering",
"hanging back",
"hesitating",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"carries on a business and still manages to run the household"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"managing",
"operating",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"care packages":{
"as in boxes , foys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boxes",
"foys",
"alms",
"benefactions",
"beneficences",
"benevolences",
"charities",
"contributions",
"doles",
"handouts",
"oblations",
"offerings",
"philanthropies",
"tithes",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"bestowals",
"comps",
"donations",
"donatives",
"fairings",
"freebies",
"freebees",
"gifts",
"giveaways",
"handsels",
"lagniappes",
"largesses",
"presentations",
"presents",
"remembrances",
"tributes",
"valentines",
"bonuses",
"boons",
"windfalls",
"courtesies",
"favors",
"generosities",
"sacrifices",
"gratuities",
"propines",
"tips",
"awards",
"prizes",
"rewards",
"dowries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"loans",
"bribes",
"douceurs",
"peace offerings",
"sops"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cards":{
"a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{
"examples":[
"the diners asked if there were any specials on the card for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"menus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"chucks",
"cuisines",
"fares",
"grubs",
"provenders",
"tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
"examples":[
"you're really a card , but save the jokes for after class"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedians",
"comics",
"drolls",
"farceurs",
"funnymen",
"gaggers",
"gagmen",
"gagsters",
"humorists",
"jesters",
"jokers",
"jokesters",
"wags",
"wits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comediennes",
"entertainers",
"banterers",
"cutups",
"kidders",
"knockabouts",
"practical jokers",
"pranksters",
"quippers",
"quipsters",
"teasers",
"wisecrackers",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"fools",
"harlequins",
"zanies",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"parodists",
"satirists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in notes , files":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"books",
"files",
"notes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"schedules",
"slates",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"reschedules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in combs , rakes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combs",
"rakes",
"lays",
"presses",
"spreads",
"surfaces",
"clips",
"crops",
"pares",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"trims",
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs",
"coarsens",
"rumples",
"wrinkles",
"bends",
"kinks",
"dents",
"pits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carafe":{
"as in decanter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decanter",
"ewer",
"flagon",
"jug",
"pitcher",
"bucket",
"pail",
"pot",
"bottle",
"canteen",
"cup",
"fiasco",
"flask",
"jorum",
"mug",
"stein",
"stoup",
"tankard",
"kettle",
"teakettle",
"watering can",
"watering pot",
"beaker",
"cruse",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"careful":{
"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
"examples":[
"careful drivers slow down on slick or icy roadways"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"conservative",
"considerate",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"safe",
"wary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertent",
"attentive",
"awake",
"observant",
"regardful",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"hypercautious",
"foresighted",
"foresightful",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"thoughtful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"calculating",
"canny",
"shrewd",
"deliberate",
"slow",
"ultracareful",
"ultracautious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bold",
"brash",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"venturesome",
"asleep",
"inattentive",
"regardless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"imprudent",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"absentminded",
"forgetful",
"inadvertent",
"unintentional",
"unplanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"unguarded",
"unmindful",
"unsafe",
"unwary"
]
},
"taking, showing, or involving great care and effort":{
"examples":[
"that furniture maker was known to be a most careful worker, so his output was small"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscientious",
"fussy",
"loving",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"scrupulous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"indefatigable",
"persevering",
"sedulous",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"alert",
"attentive",
"observant",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"accurate",
"exact",
"precise",
"strict",
"critical",
"demanding",
"discriminating",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"particular",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"wary",
"deliberate",
"plodding",
"slow",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"all-out",
"determined",
"dogged",
"intensive",
"patient",
"tenacious",
"tireless",
"zealous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cursory",
"halfhearted",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unguarded",
"unsafe",
"unwary",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"uncritical",
"undemanding",
"undiscriminating",
"bold",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"lackadaisical",
"lazy",
"lazyish"
],
"antonyms":[
"careless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"carry weight":{
"to be of importance":{
"examples":[
"His opinion doesn't carry much weight with the people who'll make the final decision."
],
"synonyms":[
"count",
"import",
"matter",
"mean",
"signify",
"weigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affect",
"concern",
"influence",
"sway",
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"carlin":{
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
"examples":[
"there's no appeasing the auld carline who lives at the far end of the loch"
],
"synonyms":[
"beldam",
"beldame",
"crone",
"hag",
"hellcat",
"trot",
"witch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harpy",
"shrew",
"virago"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cartes blanches":{
"permission to do something in any way you choose to do it":{
"examples":[
"We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blank check",
"free hand",
"abandon",
"abandonment",
"ease",
"lightheartedness",
"naturalness",
"spontaneity",
"spontaneousness",
"unconstraint",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestraint",
"ardor",
"enthusiasm",
"exuberance",
"fervor",
"spirit",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"zealotry",
"zealousness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"impulsiveness",
"impulsivity",
"indiscretion",
"insouciance",
"recklessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"unself-consciousness",
"casualness",
"offhandedness",
"excess",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"incontinence",
"indulgence",
"intemperance",
"licentiousness",
"permissiveness",
"wantonness",
"wildness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarrassment",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"self-consciousness",
"uneasiness",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"self-restraint",
"suppression",
"carefulness",
"discreetness",
"discretion",
"heedfulness",
"discipline",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"willpower",
"constraint",
"restraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cartoons":{
"a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene":{
"examples":[
"a political cartoon mocking the state legislature"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineations",
"drawings",
"sketches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contours",
"figures",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"caricatures",
"doodles",
"illustrations",
"depictions",
"images",
"likenesses",
"portraits",
"representations",
"engravings",
"etches",
"etchings",
"aquatints",
"charcoals",
"line drawings",
"pastels",
"watercolors",
"blueprints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story":{
"examples":[
"reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"comics",
"comic strips",
"funnies",
"strips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comic books",
"funny papers",
"graphic novels",
"animated cartoons",
"animations",
"caricatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something":{
"examples":[
"in this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"farces",
"jokes",
"mockeries",
"parodies",
"shams",
"travesties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"comedies",
"lampoons",
"takeoffs",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"simulations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homages",
"tributes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in caricatures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"draws",
"pictures",
"crayons",
"inks",
"pencils",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"scrawls",
"scribbles",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"carries away":{
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"the beauty of the music carried him away"
],
"synonyms":[
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"raps",
"raptures",
"ravishes",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates",
"elates",
"excites",
"exhilarates",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"care a hang":{
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"I don't give a hang what you do, as long as you leave me alone."
],
"synonyms":[
"bother",
"fear",
"fret",
"fuss",
"stew",
"stress",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonize",
"long",
"pine",
"yearn",
"chafe",
"despair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"sustain",
"take",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"carnivalesque":{
"as in riotous , raffish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callithumpian",
"carnival",
"larrikin",
"raffish",
"rampageous",
"riotous",
"rowdyish",
"ruffianly",
"boisterous",
"hell-raising",
"knockabout",
"rambunctious",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"roisterous",
"rollicking",
"rowdy",
"rumbustious",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"uncontrollable",
"uncontrolled",
"undisciplined",
"ungovernable",
"uninhibited",
"unmanageable",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"unruly",
"wild",
"willful",
"wilful",
"bubbly",
"buoyant",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"impassioned",
"lively",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"clamorous",
"loudmouthed",
"noisy",
"openmouthed",
"rackety",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"howling",
"screaming",
"yelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"orderly",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"decorous",
"dignified",
"proper",
"seemly",
"calm",
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"serene",
"silent",
"soundless",
"tranquil",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"controlled",
"imperturbable",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"self-controlled",
"unflappable",
"unruffled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"subdued",
"temperate",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"depressed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"indifferent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"caretakers":{
"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
"examples":[
"hired a caretaker for the mansion during the winter months"
],
"synonyms":[
"custodians",
"guardians",
"janitors",
"keepers",
"wardens",
"watchmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocurators",
"co-curators",
"curators",
"sextons",
"stewards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who has responsibility for the care of another":{
"examples":[
"most primary caretakers of elderly parents are women"
],
"synonyms":[
"caregivers",
"carers",
"guardians"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foster parents",
"babysitters",
"minders",
"nannies",
"nurses",
"sitters",
"custodians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"keeps",
"protectors",
"attendants",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"companions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"clients",
"dependents",
"wards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carpooler":{
"as in driver , automobilist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"automobilist",
"driver",
"motorist",
"wheelman",
"operator",
"chauffeur",
"codriver"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carousal":{
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"came home tired and hungover after an all-night carousal with his friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bender",
"binge",
"bust",
"carouse",
"drunk",
"jamboree",
"spree",
"toot",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"revel",
"revelry",
"bibbery",
"bibulousness",
"drunkenness",
"inebriation",
"inebriety",
"intoxication",
"jag",
"tipsiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cargo pants":{
"as in jeans , blue jeans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"breech",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"slacks",
"trousers",
"hose",
"legging",
"leggin",
"sweatpants",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"carefulness":{
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
"examples":[
"her natural carefulness keeps her from having car accidents and the high insurance premiums that go with them"
],
"synonyms":[
"alertness",
"care",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"chariness",
"circumspection",
"gingerliness",
"guardedness",
"heedfulness",
"prudence",
"wariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"providence",
"calculation",
"canniness",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"shrewdness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abruptness",
"hastiness",
"impetuousness",
"precipitousness",
"rashness",
"suddenness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"brashness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"recklessness",
"unwariness"
]
},
"strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"a degree of carefulness is required to get the details just right"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"closeness",
"conscientiousness",
"heed",
"heedfulness",
"meticulosity",
"meticulousness",
"pains",
"scrupulousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"observance",
"observation",
"alertness",
"mindfulness",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"dutifulness",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"punctiliousness",
"responsibility",
"bother",
"effort",
"painstaking",
"trouble",
"exactness",
"particularity",
"precision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inobservance"
],
"antonyms":[
"heedlessness",
"inattentiveness",
"negligence"
]
},
"attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility":{
"examples":[
"with what carefulness they tended the frail princess day and night!"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"lovingness",
"solicitousness",
"solicitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concern",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"kindness",
"thoughtfulness",
"babying",
"coddling",
"pampering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"unconcern",
"unkindness"
],
"antonyms":[
"carelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"carries off":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
"puts through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
"engages (in)",
"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
"reduplicates",
"reenacts",
"repeats",
"actualizes",
"attains",
"realizes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"winds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has"
],
"synonyms":[
"claims",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"kills",
"slays",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps off",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"finishes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"scrags",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"wastes",
"whacks",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows",
"slaughters",
"smites",
"assassinates",
"executes",
"martyrs",
"terminates",
"euthanizes",
"euthanatizes",
"puts down",
"suicides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"nurtures"
],
"antonyms":[
"animates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"carries":{
"to support and take from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"each camper must be able to carry his or her own backpack"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"carts",
"conveys",
"ferries",
"hauls",
"lugs",
"packs",
"totes",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"hands over",
"transfers",
"forwards",
"sends",
"ships",
"transmits",
"brings",
"fetches",
"takes",
"moves",
"removes",
"shifts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wear or have on one's person":{
"examples":[
"I always carry a camera with me so as to never miss a great shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"packs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flaunts",
"shows off",
"sports",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"parades",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
"examples":[
"all of the television networks will carry the president's speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"gives",
"mounts",
"offers",
"presents",
"stages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"parades",
"shows",
"shows off",
"unveils",
"previews",
"acts",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"plays",
"portrays",
"depicts",
"dramatizes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"represents",
"extends",
"proffers",
"tenders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"the idea of equality carries with it a number of other concepts"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehends",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"involves",
"numbers",
"subsumes",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"erected a trellis to carry the vine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bolsters",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"stays",
"supports",
"sustains",
"undergirds",
"underpins",
"upholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadies",
"trusses",
"underlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"carried off the award for best picture of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"during that difficult time the grieving parents carried themselves with unfailing grace and dignity"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquits",
"bears",
"behaves",
"comports",
"conducts",
"demeans",
"deports",
"quits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"checks",
"collects",
"composes",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"handles",
"inhibits",
"quiets",
"represses",
"restrains",
"moderates",
"modulates",
"tempers",
"acts",
"impersonates",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts up",
"carries on",
"cuts up",
"misbehaves",
"misconducts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}