11466 lines
224 KiB
JSON
11466 lines
224 KiB
JSON
{
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"chic":{
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"being in the latest or current fashion":{
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"examples":[
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"a chic new hairstyle that makes her look very sophisticated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"\u00e0 la mode",
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"a la mode",
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"au courant",
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"cool",
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"exclusive",
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"fashionable",
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"fresh",
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"happening",
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"hip",
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"in",
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"modish",
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"sharp",
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"smart",
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"snappy",
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"stylish",
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"supercool",
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"swell",
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"swish",
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"trendy",
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"voguish"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"downtown",
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"edgy",
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"funky",
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"dapper",
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"dashing",
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"dressy",
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"kicky",
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"natty",
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"rakish",
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"sassy",
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"saucy",
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"spiffy",
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"spruce",
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"chichi",
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"classy",
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"flossy",
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"haute",
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"haut",
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"nobby",
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"posh",
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"ritzy",
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"soign\u00e9",
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"soign\u00e9e",
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"swank",
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"swanky",
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"elegant",
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"graceful",
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"handsome",
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"majestic",
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"refined",
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"sophisticated",
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"stately",
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"tasteful",
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"understated",
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"doggish",
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"doggy",
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"flashy",
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"gallant",
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"dandyish",
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"dudish",
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"foppish",
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"ultrachic",
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"ultracool",
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"ultrahip",
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"ultraposh",
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"ultrasmart",
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"ultrasophisticated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cheesy",
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"tacky",
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"unattractive",
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"unbecoming",
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"graceless",
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"inelegant",
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"tasteless",
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"trashy",
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"unhandsome",
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"frowsy",
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"frowzy",
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"sloppy",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"messy",
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"mussy",
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"rumpled",
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"wrinkled",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dowdy",
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"out",
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"outmoded",
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"styleless",
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"unchic",
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"uncool",
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"unfashionable",
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"unmodish",
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"unstylish"
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]
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},
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"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
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"examples":[
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"mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buzz",
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"craze",
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"dernier cri",
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"enthusiasm",
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"fad",
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"fashion",
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"flavor",
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"go",
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"hot ticket",
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"last word",
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"latest",
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"mode",
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"rage",
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"sensation",
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"style",
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"ton",
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"trend",
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"vogue"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nine days' wonder",
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"nine day wonder",
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"new wave",
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"crush",
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"infatuation",
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"fervor",
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"passion",
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"furor",
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"fuss",
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"hullabaloo",
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"to-do",
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"uproar",
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"bandwagon",
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"crusade",
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"cult",
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"movement",
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"novelty",
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"wrinkle",
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"caprice",
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"fancy",
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"whim"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"classic",
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"standard"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"chiffon":{
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"as in fine , delicate":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"delicate",
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"fine",
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"slick",
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"creamy",
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"ultrasoft",
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"cottony",
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"downy",
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"satin",
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"satiny",
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"silken",
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"silklike",
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"silky",
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"soft",
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"velvetlike",
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"velvety"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coarse",
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"harsh",
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"rough",
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"scratchy",
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"bumpy",
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"irregular",
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"jagged",
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"lumpy",
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"pebbly",
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"broken",
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"jagged",
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"ragged",
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"roughened",
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"rugged",
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"scraggy",
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"grainy",
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"granular",
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"gritty"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"childlike":{
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"resembling or suggesting a child; like that of a child":{
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"examples":[
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"a childlike honesty",
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"He had a childlike innocence that others found endearing."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dewy-eyed",
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"gee-whiz",
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"impressionable",
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"inexperienced",
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"malleable",
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"persuadable",
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"persuasible",
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"simpleminded",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unworldly",
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"wide-eyed",
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"artless",
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"genuine",
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"guileless",
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"honest",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"natural",
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"real",
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"simple",
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"sincere",
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"true",
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"unaffected",
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"unpretending",
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"unpretentious",
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"spontaneous",
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"unforced",
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"unstudied",
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"candid",
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"direct",
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"frank",
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"free",
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"free-spoken",
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"open",
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"openhearted",
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"plain",
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"plainspoken",
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"single-minded",
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"straight",
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"straightforward",
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"unguarded",
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"trustful",
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"trusting",
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"exploitable",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"susceptible",
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"unwary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unchildlike",
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"cosmopolitan",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise",
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"critical",
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"cynical",
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"mistrustful",
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"skeptical",
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"suspicious",
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"wary",
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"civilized",
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"cultivated",
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"cultured",
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"polished",
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"refined",
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"seasoned",
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"crooked",
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"deceitful",
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"deceptive",
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"devious",
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"double-dealing",
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"hypocritical",
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"manipulative",
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"two-faced",
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"arch",
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"calculating",
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"canny",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"designing",
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"foxy",
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"knavish",
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"scheming",
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"sharp",
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"shifty",
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"shrewd",
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"slick",
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"slippery",
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"sly",
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"subtle",
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"tricky",
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"underhanded",
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"wily",
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"flattering",
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"mealymouthed",
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"smooth",
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"sycophantic",
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"unctuous",
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"feigned",
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"forced",
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"strained",
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"affected",
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"artful",
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"artificial",
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"assuming",
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"dishonest",
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulating",
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"fake",
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"false",
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"guileful",
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"insincere",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretentious"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"chilly":{
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"uncomfortably cool":{
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"examples":[
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"those chilly nights when a warm fire can be especially comforting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bitter",
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"bleak",
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"chill",
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"chilling",
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"nipping",
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"nippy",
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"raw",
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"sharp"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bracing",
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"brisk",
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"crisp",
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"invigorating",
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"rigorous",
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"snappy",
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"arctic",
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"cold",
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"coolish",
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"freezing",
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"frigid",
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"frosty",
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"glacial",
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"ice-cold",
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"icy",
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"numbing",
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"polar",
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"shivery",
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"wintry",
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"wintery",
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"subfreezing",
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"subzero",
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"frore",
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"frosted",
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"frozen",
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"iced",
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"refrigerated",
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"unheated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"warm",
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"lukewarm",
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"tepid",
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"heated",
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"warmed"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
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"examples":[
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"a chilly glare directed at the person who tried to go to the head of the line"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antiseptic",
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"arctic",
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"brittle",
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"chill",
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"clammy",
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"cold",
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"cold-blooded",
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"cold-eyed",
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"coldish",
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"cool",
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"frigid",
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"frosty",
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"frozen",
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"gelid",
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"glacial",
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"hard-eyed",
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"icy",
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"uncordial",
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"unfriendly",
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"unsympathetic",
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"wintry",
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"wintery"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bloodless",
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"coldhearted",
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"hard-hearted",
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"heartless",
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"kindless",
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"pitiless",
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"uncaring",
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"unfeeling",
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"reserved",
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"soulless",
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"undemonstrative",
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"unemotional",
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"unresponsive",
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"apathetic",
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"indifferent",
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"unenthusiastic",
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"uninterested",
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"aloof",
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"detached",
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"dispassionate",
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"impersonal",
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"offish",
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"standoffish",
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"antisocial",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compassionate",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"demonstrative",
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"emotional",
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"expressive",
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"eager",
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"enthusiastic",
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"passionate"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"happy",
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"hearty",
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"sympathetic",
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"warm",
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"warm-blooded",
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"warmhearted"
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]
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},
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"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
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"examples":[
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"a chilly spring morning"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"algid",
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"arctic",
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"bitter",
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"bone-chilling",
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"chill",
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"cold",
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"coldish",
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"cool",
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"coolish",
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"freezing",
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"frigid",
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"frosty",
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"gelid",
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"glacial",
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"ice-cold",
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"icy",
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"nipping",
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"nippy",
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"numbing",
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"polar",
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"shivery",
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"snappy",
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"wintry",
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"wintery"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cryogenic",
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"subfreezing",
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"subzero",
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"ultracold",
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"cutting",
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"keen",
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"penetrating",
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"piercing",
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"sharp",
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"bracing",
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"brisk",
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"crisp",
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"invigorating",
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"rigorous",
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"chilled",
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"cooled",
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"frosted",
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"frozen",
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"iced",
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"refrigerated",
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"unheated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lukewarm",
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"tepid",
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"heated",
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"overheated",
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"reheated",
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"warmed",
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"snug",
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"toasty",
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"warm",
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"feverish",
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"flushed",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"canicular",
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"equatorial",
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"muggy",
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"steamy",
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"summery",
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"tropical"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ardent",
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"blazing",
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"boiling",
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"broiling",
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"burning",
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"fervent",
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"fervid",
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"fiery",
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"glowing",
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"hot",
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"igneous",
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"molten",
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"piping hot",
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"red-hot",
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"roasting",
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"scalding",
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"scorching",
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"searing",
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"seething",
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"sizzling",
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"sultry",
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"sweltering",
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"torrid",
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"ultrahot",
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"warming",
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"white-hot"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"chime":{
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"a series of short high ringing sounds":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the welcoming chimes on our doorbell"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"clatter",
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"jangle",
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"rattle",
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"chink",
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"clang",
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"clank",
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"clink",
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"ding-dong",
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"ping",
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"ring",
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"chirr",
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"ripple",
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"trill",
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"warble"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"jingle",
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"tinkle",
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"tintinnabulation"
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]
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},
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"peaceful coexistence":{
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"antonyms":[
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"conflict",
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"discord",
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"dissension",
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"dissention",
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"variance"
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],
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"examples":[
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"firmly believes that science and religion can keep chime with one another"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antagonism",
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"antipathy",
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"enmity",
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"hatred",
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"hostility",
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"unfriendliness",
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"alienation",
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"breach",
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"divorce",
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"estrangement",
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"rupture",
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"schism",
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"scission",
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"severance",
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"dissent",
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"dissidence",
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"anarchy",
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"disorder",
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"disturbance",
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"strife",
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"turmoil"
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],
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"related":[
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"amity",
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"companionship",
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"compatibleness",
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"congeniality",
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"fellowship",
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"fraternization",
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"friendship",
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"collaboration",
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"reciprocity",
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"symbiosis",
|
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"agreement",
|
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"consensus",
|
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"unanimity",
|
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"cohesion",
|
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"cohesiveness",
|
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"unity",
|
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"affinity",
|
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"connection",
|
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"empathy",
|
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"kinship",
|
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"oneness",
|
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"rapport",
|
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"solidarity",
|
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"sympathy",
|
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"understanding",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
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"serenity",
|
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"sweetness and light",
|
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"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"comity",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"cancel (out)",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"correlate",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"harmonize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"gong",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"ping",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"tinkle",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"resonate",
|
|
"resound",
|
|
"reverberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bong",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"peal",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to say or state again":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"reword",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"reecho",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"parrot",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"din",
|
|
"iterate",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"reiterate",
|
|
"repeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimed":{
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"harmonized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"correlated",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonged",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"pealed",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"clanged",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"ding-donged",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"gonged",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jingled",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"tanged",
|
|
"tingled",
|
|
"tinkled",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"resonated",
|
|
"resounded",
|
|
"reverberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to say or state again":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinned",
|
|
"iterated",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"reiterated",
|
|
"repeated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrased",
|
|
"reworded",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"reechoed",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"recapped",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimes in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I don't like that show at all,\" my friend chimed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"cuts in",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"horns in",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"puts in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"harmonizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"correlates",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"cancels (out)",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiming in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I don't like that show at all,\" my friend chimed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"horning in",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"harmonizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"correlating",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinchillas":{
|
|
"as in rabbit , otters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"beavers",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"ermines",
|
|
"fishers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"martens",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"minks",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"muskrats",
|
|
"otters",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lambs",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"rabbits",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"raccoons",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"racoons",
|
|
"sables",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"bearskins",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"coonskins",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"karakuls",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"kolinskies",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"sealskins",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"moutons",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinned":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"kibitzed",
|
|
"kibbitzed",
|
|
"nattered",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"schmoozed",
|
|
"shmoozed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chip":{
|
|
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"spall",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"disk",
|
|
"disc",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"flinders",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watch out for the chip on the rim of that drinking glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"kerf",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"notch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"nock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"slot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slice , grind":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"kibble",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"puree",
|
|
"pur\u00e9e",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"dice",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"dissect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipped in":{
|
|
"to make a donation as part of a group effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"pitched in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"doled (out)",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"intruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"horned in",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipping in":{
|
|
"to make a donation as part of a group effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"pitching in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"doling (out)",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"providing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"horning in",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirking (up)":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"presented her with an inspirational book to chirk her up during her prolonged hospitalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"psyching (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing up",
|
|
"bucking up",
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"inspiriting",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirps":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"chirrups",
|
|
"chitters",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"tweets",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"trills",
|
|
"warbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squawks , squeals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"blats",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"caws",
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"crakes",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"honks",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"lows",
|
|
"meows",
|
|
"miaows",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"moos",
|
|
"neighs",
|
|
"oinks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"whinnies",
|
|
"yaps",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"yips",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirr":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chirr of dragonflies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"suspiration",
|
|
"susurration",
|
|
"susurrus",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burr",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"churr",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"thrum",
|
|
"whir",
|
|
"whirr",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in churr":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiseling":{
|
|
"as in cheating , swindling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"extortion",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"highway robbery",
|
|
"overcharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiseling (in)":{
|
|
"as in invading , infringing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiselled":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chisellers":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chiseler made off with nearly a million dollars before anyone realized what was going on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesmen",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slicksters",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"wheeler-dealers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"blacklegs",
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiselling":{
|
|
"as in cheating , swindling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"extortion",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"highway robbery",
|
|
"overcharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chitchats":{
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfests",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivvied":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"intruded (upon)",
|
|
"pestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"dunned",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtruded",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickens (out)":{
|
|
"as in wimps out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivalrousness":{
|
|
"as in chivalry , knighthood":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chivalry",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentlemanliness",
|
|
"knighthood",
|
|
"knightliness",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"ceremonialness",
|
|
"ceremoniousness",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"seemliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childbirth":{
|
|
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accouchement",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"parturition",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birth pang",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pregnancy",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"miscarriage",
|
|
"cesarean section",
|
|
"caesarean section",
|
|
"natural childbirth",
|
|
"childbed",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"lying-in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chisel (in)":{
|
|
"as in invade , infringe":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirruped":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kitten chirruped insistently for her dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeped",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"chittered",
|
|
"jargoned",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"piped",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"tweeted",
|
|
"twittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"warbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimera":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chip in":{
|
|
"to make a donation as part of a group effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"dole (out)",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"horn in",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chintzy":{
|
|
"costing little":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the party I want chintzy plates that we can throw away afterward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affordable",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"cheapo",
|
|
"cut-price",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapish",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"fire-sale",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"prohibitory",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"superexpensive",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"luxurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her husband can be pretty chintzy when it comes to buying gifts for others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken feed":{
|
|
"a very small sum of money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm sick of working for chicken feed \u2014I want a job where I can bring home some real dough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"two cents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big buck(s)",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabuck(s)",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinchilla":{
|
|
"as in rabbit , otter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lamb",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sealskin",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"mouton",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipped":{
|
|
"as in sliced , ground":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"kibbled",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pureed",
|
|
"pur\u00e9ed",
|
|
"sliced",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"diced",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"carved",
|
|
"dissected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilled":{
|
|
"as in nipped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"numbed",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"anesthetized",
|
|
"cocainized",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in frozen , refrigerated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"cryogenic",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"white-hot",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"equatorial",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to lose heat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air-conditioned",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"quick-froze",
|
|
"supercooled",
|
|
"ventilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"boiled",
|
|
"broiled",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"heat-treated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"microwaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you want to hang out with us and just chill this weekend?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"decompressed",
|
|
"de-stressed",
|
|
"loosened up",
|
|
"mellowed (out)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"vegetated",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"zoned out",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tensed (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"investors chilled by the floundering economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of going out tonight, let's stay in and chill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"lazied",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"vegged out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"piddled",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"estivated",
|
|
"aestivated",
|
|
"hibernated",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"swanned",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"malingered",
|
|
"truanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimes":{
|
|
"a series of short high ringing sounds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the welcoming chimes on our doorbell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"tinkle",
|
|
"tintinnabulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"ping",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"chirr",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"warble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"harmonizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"correlates",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"cancels (out)",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bongs",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"peals",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"gongs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"plinks",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"tangs",
|
|
"tingles",
|
|
"tinkles",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"resonates",
|
|
"resounds",
|
|
"reverberates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to say or state again":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"iterates",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"reiterates",
|
|
"repeats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"rewords",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"reechos",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"recapitulates",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinking":{
|
|
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinking",
|
|
"jingling",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"tinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clangoring",
|
|
"clanking",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"clacking",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"ding-donging",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"gonging",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"pinging",
|
|
"plinking",
|
|
"ringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chips":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slices , grinds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"kibbles",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"purees",
|
|
"pur\u00e9es",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"dissects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chip on one's shoulder":{
|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"placability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"chin-wag":{
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tireless practitioner of chin-wag , she makes every other talker seem a little taciturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinks":{
|
|
"a vulnerable point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Achilles' heels",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"jugulars",
|
|
"soft spots",
|
|
"underbellies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings",
|
|
"hamartias",
|
|
"tragic flaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"hairlines",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incisions",
|
|
"slits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"tingles",
|
|
"tinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"clacks",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"chimes",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"gongs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"plinks",
|
|
"rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivying":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"intruding (upon)",
|
|
"pestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"dunning",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"cutting in (on)",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chitters":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy",
|
|
"the cell phone chittered in his pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"chirrups",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"tweets",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"trills",
|
|
"warbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken snake":{
|
|
"as in garter snake , diamondback rattlesnake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"worm snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chits":{
|
|
"as in sisters , lasses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"sheilas",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"debs",
|
|
"debutantes",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"colleens",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"senhoritas",
|
|
"senoritas",
|
|
"se\u00f1oritas",
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"demoiselles",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childhood":{
|
|
"the state or time of being a child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enjoy your childhood \u2014it won't last forever"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nonage",
|
|
"springtime",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyhood",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"toddlerhood",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"juvenescence",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"babyhood",
|
|
"infancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"middle age",
|
|
"midlife",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adulthood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chippy":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a chippy , defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"assaultive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"brawly",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"hot-tempered",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stroppy",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-imperialist",
|
|
"antimilitarist",
|
|
"unwarlike",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"mild"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggressive",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"unbelligerent",
|
|
"uncombative",
|
|
"uncontentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childbed":{
|
|
"as in confinement , lying-in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"lying-in",
|
|
"cesarean section",
|
|
"caesarean section",
|
|
"natural childbirth",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"miscarriage",
|
|
"pregnancy",
|
|
"birth pang",
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"accouchement",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"childbirth",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"parturition",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chins":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken":{
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch hawk during the drumbeat for war, he proved to be a chicken when it came to actually fighting it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dastard",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"sissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"scaramouch",
|
|
"scaramouche"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"valiant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too chicken to go through with the stunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just concentrate on the important duties of the job and forget about the chicken stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chide":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"tick off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"upbraid",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chides":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"ticks off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"upbraids",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chis":{
|
|
"a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concept of chi is of central importance in acupuncture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"energies",
|
|
"kis",
|
|
"vibes",
|
|
"vibrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inner lights",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"orgones",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"lifebloods",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"Shaktis",
|
|
"Saktis",
|
|
"world souls",
|
|
"karmas",
|
|
"manas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinas":{
|
|
"as in wares , potteries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinawares",
|
|
"crockeries",
|
|
"earthenwares",
|
|
"porcelains",
|
|
"potteries",
|
|
"stonewares",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"dinnerwares",
|
|
"tablewares",
|
|
"place settings",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"crystals",
|
|
"glasswares",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"saucers",
|
|
"cups",
|
|
"demitasses",
|
|
"glasses",
|
|
"goblets",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"teacups",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"casseroles",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"platters",
|
|
"tureens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirped":{
|
|
"as in whispered , muttered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"sonant",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeped",
|
|
"chirruped",
|
|
"chittered",
|
|
"jargoned",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"piped",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"tweeted",
|
|
"twittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"warbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chine":{
|
|
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uncovered the chine of some animal while digging in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"spinal column",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"vertebral column"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"spinal cord",
|
|
"vertebra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipping":{
|
|
"as in slicing , grinding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"kibbling",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"pureeing",
|
|
"pur\u00e9eing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"dissecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chink":{
|
|
"a vulnerable point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Achilles' heel",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"jugular",
|
|
"soft spot",
|
|
"underbelly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"hamartia",
|
|
"tragic flaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"tinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"clack",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"gong",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"ping",
|
|
"plink",
|
|
"ring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirrs":{
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chirr of dragonflies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"suspirations",
|
|
"susurrations",
|
|
"susurruses",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in churrs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"currs",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiseled":{
|
|
"as in cut":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beer-bellied",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimney stacks":{
|
|
"as in chimneys , flues":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chimneys",
|
|
"flues",
|
|
"smokestacks",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"penstocks",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"tubes",
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"standpipes",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"tiles",
|
|
"waste pipes",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"pipages",
|
|
"pipeages",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"pipings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chill out":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop making that racket, and just chill out !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"zone out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't chill out , you're going to get an ulcer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"de-stress",
|
|
"decompress",
|
|
"loosen up",
|
|
"mellow (out)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"vegetate",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"zone out",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tense (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimerical":{
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the time being, interplanetary travel remains a chimerical feature of life in the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chid":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"ticked off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"upbraided",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"china closet":{
|
|
"as in taboret , chest":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookcase",
|
|
"breakfront",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"credenza",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
|
|
"etagere",
|
|
"secretary",
|
|
"showcase",
|
|
"taboret",
|
|
"tabouret",
|
|
"vitrine",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"cabinet",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"cupboard",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"sideboard",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"dresser",
|
|
"pie safe",
|
|
"armoire",
|
|
"clothespress",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"cabinetry",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chin music":{
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after listening to chin music all afternoon, I was ready for the sounds of silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"child":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"preschooler",
|
|
"rug rat",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolkid",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weanling",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"jackanapes",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"subteen",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a recently born person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"newborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"foundling",
|
|
"nursling",
|
|
"suckling",
|
|
"preemie",
|
|
"premie",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"afterclap",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"blowback",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"fallout",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childbeds":{
|
|
"as in confinements , lyings-in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"lyings-in",
|
|
"lying-ins",
|
|
"cesarean sections",
|
|
"caesarean sections",
|
|
"natural childbirths",
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"pregnancies",
|
|
"birth pangs",
|
|
"contractions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"childbirths",
|
|
"deliveries",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"travails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimeric":{
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the time being, interplanetary travel remains a chimerical feature of life in the 21st century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinawares":{
|
|
"as in potteries , wares":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinas",
|
|
"crockeries",
|
|
"earthenwares",
|
|
"porcelains",
|
|
"potteries",
|
|
"stonewares",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"dinnerwares",
|
|
"tablewares",
|
|
"place settings",
|
|
"settings",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"crystals",
|
|
"glasswares",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"saucers",
|
|
"cups",
|
|
"demitasses",
|
|
"glasses",
|
|
"goblets",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"teacups",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"casseroles",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"platters",
|
|
"tureens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chichis":{
|
|
"as in fineries , froufrous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiseled (in)":{
|
|
"as in invaded , infringed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"interceded",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"tampered",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"interloped",
|
|
"intermeddled",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"meddled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"mucked (about or around)",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"obtruded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"snooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirks (up)":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"presented her with an inspirational book to chirk her up during her prolonged hospitalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears up",
|
|
"bucks up",
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"inspirits",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"saddens",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"psychs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirping":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeping",
|
|
"chirruping",
|
|
"chittering",
|
|
"jargoning",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"tweeting",
|
|
"twittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chief justice":{
|
|
"as in circuit judge , justice of the peace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuit judge",
|
|
"justice of the peace",
|
|
"squire",
|
|
"adjudicator",
|
|
"beak",
|
|
"bench",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"jurist",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"magistrate",
|
|
"auditor",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"jurisconsult",
|
|
"jurisprudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiefs":{
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"brunts",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"quanta",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum totals",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our chief is out on a business trip right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"boss men",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"directresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"higher-ups",
|
|
"leadmen",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"standard-bearers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"dominators",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
|
"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
|
"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders",
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"gangers",
|
|
"micromanagers",
|
|
"subchiefs",
|
|
"sub-chiefs",
|
|
"subdirectors",
|
|
"sub-directors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"secondaries",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chichi":{
|
|
"as in extravagant , ostentatious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"gimmicked (up)",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"souped-up",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"Byzantine",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"involuted",
|
|
"labyrinthian",
|
|
"labyrinthine",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unfancy",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"plain-vanilla",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"unvarnished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in finery , froufrou":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivied":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"intruded (upon)",
|
|
"pestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconvenienced",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"dunned",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtruded",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chillness":{
|
|
"as in chilliness , coldness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"frigidness",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"wintriness",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"cold front",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold wave",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"heat wave",
|
|
"dog days",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicaneries":{
|
|
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that candidate only won the election through chicanery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiselled (in)":{
|
|
"as in invaded , infringed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"interceded",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"tampered",
|
|
"butted in",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"interloped",
|
|
"intermeddled",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"meddled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"mucked (about or around)",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"obtruded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"snooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chick":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"preschooler",
|
|
"rug rat",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolkid",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weanling",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"jackanapes",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"subteen",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiefly":{
|
|
"for the most part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"unqualifiedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chime in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I don't like that show at all,\" my friend chimed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"horn in",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"chime",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"harmonize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"correlate",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"cancel (out)",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chief":{
|
|
"coming before all others in importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our chief priority this year will be cutting the budget"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cardinal",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"last",
|
|
"least"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highest in rank or authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chief administrator will be retiring soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"presiding",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"supereminent",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"officiating",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regnant",
|
|
"reigning",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"supervisory",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"predominate",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"ascendant",
|
|
"ascendent",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"upper",
|
|
"uppermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancillary",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"under"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"brunt",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"quantum",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our chief is out on a business trip right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"jefe",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"directress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"governor",
|
|
"hierarch",
|
|
"higher-up",
|
|
"leadman",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"overseer",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"skipper",
|
|
"standard-bearer",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"straw boss",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"dominator",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"top dog",
|
|
"top gun",
|
|
"cohead",
|
|
"coleader",
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"ganger",
|
|
"micromanager",
|
|
"subchief",
|
|
"subdirector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"children":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a recently born person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"foundlings",
|
|
"nurslings",
|
|
"sucklings",
|
|
"preemies",
|
|
"premies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"afterclaps",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"blowbacks",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"fallouts",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicane":{
|
|
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most get-rich-quick schemes involve more than a smidgen of chicane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"fudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crib",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"hedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirrup":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kitten chirruped insistently for her dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"chitter",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"tweet",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"warble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childishness":{
|
|
"as in nonsense , silliness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"boisterousness",
|
|
"rambunctiousness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"rumbustiousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"sportiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inexperience , rawness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese copies":{
|
|
"as in spitting images , carbon copies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"effigies",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"parallels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"chills out":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop making that racket, and just chill out !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"pipes down",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"zones out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"skylarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"cuts up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't chill out , you're going to get an ulcer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"decompresses",
|
|
"de-stresses",
|
|
"loosens up",
|
|
"mellows (out)",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"vegetates",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"zones out",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tenses (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirring":{
|
|
"as in churring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churring",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burring",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"whirring",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"thrumming",
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"cooing",
|
|
"curring",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiming":{
|
|
"as in flowing , mellifluous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"canorous",
|
|
"euphonic",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"symphonic",
|
|
"symphonious",
|
|
"tuneful",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"songful",
|
|
"songlike",
|
|
"chordal",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"homophonic",
|
|
"orchestral",
|
|
"polyphonic",
|
|
"polyphonous",
|
|
"tonal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"tuneless",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"metallic",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"atonal",
|
|
"off-key"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"harmonizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"correlating",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"dovetailing",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonging",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"pealing",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinking",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clanking",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clinking",
|
|
"ding-donging",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"gonging",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jingling",
|
|
"pinging",
|
|
"plinking",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"tanging",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"tinkling",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonating",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"reverberating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to say or state again":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"iterating",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"reiterating",
|
|
"repeating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paraphrasing",
|
|
"rewording",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"reechoing",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"recapping",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childish":{
|
|
"having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you almost spoiled the ceremony for everyone with your childish giggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"puerile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simplistic",
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unchildlike",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chittered":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy",
|
|
"the cell phone chittered in his pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeped",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"chirruped",
|
|
"jargoned",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"piped",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"tweeted",
|
|
"twittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"warbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chills":{
|
|
"to cause to lose heat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"refrigerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air-conditions",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"quick-freezes",
|
|
"supercools",
|
|
"ventilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"heat-treats",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"microwaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heats",
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
"warms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you want to hang out with us and just chill this weekend?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
"decompresses",
|
|
"de-stresses",
|
|
"loosens up",
|
|
"mellows (out)",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"vegetates",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"zones out",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tenses (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"investors chilled by the floundering economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"saddens",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"scares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of going out tonight, let's stay in and chill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"piddles",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"estivates",
|
|
"aestivates",
|
|
"hibernates",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"swans",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingers",
|
|
"truants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiseller":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chiseler made off with nearly a million dollars before anyone realized what was going on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiselling (in)":{
|
|
"as in invading , infringing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"interceding",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"tampering",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"interloping",
|
|
"intermeddling",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"mucking (about or around)",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilling":{
|
|
"uncomfortably cool":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Southern visitor who was unused to the chilling air of a Northeast winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"frore",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to lose heat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"refrigerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air-conditioning",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"quick-freezing",
|
|
"supercooling",
|
|
"ventilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baking",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"heat-treating",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"microwaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heating",
|
|
"toasting",
|
|
"warming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you want to hang out with us and just chill this weekend?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"decompressing",
|
|
"de-stressing",
|
|
"loosening up",
|
|
"mellowing (out)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"vegetating",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"zoning out",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tensing (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"investors chilled by the floundering economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"scaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"nerving",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of going out tonight, let's stay in and chill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"lazying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"vegging out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"estivating",
|
|
"aestivating",
|
|
"hibernating",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"swanning",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"malingering",
|
|
"truanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"putting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimed in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I don't like that show at all,\" my friend chimed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"intruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"horned in",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a pleasing relationship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"harmonized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"correlated",
|
|
"corresponded",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chicken Little":{
|
|
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some called him Chicken Little , but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Cassandra",
|
|
"doomsayer",
|
|
"doomsdayer",
|
|
"doomster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"naysayer",
|
|
"negativist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"handwringer",
|
|
"worrier",
|
|
"worrywart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chitchat":{
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinaware":{
|
|
"as in pottery , ware":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"china",
|
|
"crockery",
|
|
"earthenware",
|
|
"porcelain",
|
|
"pottery",
|
|
"stoneware",
|
|
"ware",
|
|
"dinnerware",
|
|
"tableware",
|
|
"place setting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"crystal",
|
|
"glassware",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"saucer",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"demitasse",
|
|
"glass",
|
|
"goblet",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"teacup",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"casserole",
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"tureen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirrups":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kitten chirruped insistently for her dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"chitters",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"tweets",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"trills",
|
|
"warbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirked (up)":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"presented her with an inspirational book to chirk her up during her prolonged hospitalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"bucked up",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"inspirited",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"psyched (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chided":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my wife chided me for forgetting to offer our guests some refreshments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"ticked off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"upbraided",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirp":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirrup",
|
|
"chitter",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"tweet",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"warble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squawk , squeal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"caw",
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"crake",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"honk",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"meow",
|
|
"miaow",
|
|
"mew",
|
|
"moo",
|
|
"neigh",
|
|
"oink",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"whinny",
|
|
"yap",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yip",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicaned":{
|
|
"to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"finagled",
|
|
"fudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cribbed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"hedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chitter":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy",
|
|
"the cell phone chittered in his pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"chirrup",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"tweet",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"warble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chirrupy":{
|
|
"as in bright , cheerful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chit":{
|
|
"as in sister , lass":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"sheila",
|
|
"sister",
|
|
"deb",
|
|
"debutante",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"colleen",
|
|
"mademoiselle",
|
|
"senhorita",
|
|
"senorita",
|
|
"se\u00f1orita",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"damsel",
|
|
"demoiselle",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickenhearted":{
|
|
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too chickenhearted to speak up, even though she knew a terrible injustice was being committed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimney":{
|
|
"as in smokestack , flue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chimney stack",
|
|
"flue",
|
|
"smokestack",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"penstock",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"tube",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"hydrant",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"standpipe",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"tile",
|
|
"waste pipe",
|
|
"waterspout",
|
|
"pipage",
|
|
"pipeage",
|
|
"pipeline",
|
|
"piping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"china closets":{
|
|
"as in taborets , chests":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookcases",
|
|
"breakfronts",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credenzas",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
|
|
"etageres",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"taborets",
|
|
"tabourets",
|
|
"vitrines",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"sideboards",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"dressers",
|
|
"pie safes",
|
|
"armoires",
|
|
"clothespresses",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"wardrobes",
|
|
"cabinetries",
|
|
"shelvings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chipper":{
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're awfully chipper this morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"canty",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chimeras":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignes fatui",
|
|
"mirages",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisps",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
|
|
"cloudlands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"daymares",
|
|
"nightmares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken (out)":{
|
|
"as in wimp out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wimp out",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"back out",
|
|
"cop out",
|
|
"fink out",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"backpedal",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"beg off",
|
|
"cry off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chinese copy":{
|
|
"as in spitting image , carbon copy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"effigy",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chitterlings":{
|
|
"as in giblet(s) , variety meat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"giblet(s)",
|
|
"variety meat",
|
|
"bowel(s)",
|
|
"intestine(s)",
|
|
"entrails",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"inside(s)",
|
|
"inwards",
|
|
"viscera",
|
|
"vitals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivvies":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"intrudes (upon)",
|
|
"pesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gnaws",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"butts in",
|
|
"cuts in (on)",
|
|
"obtrudes",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivalry":{
|
|
"speech or behavior that is honorable and polite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Gentlemen who were lucky enough to gain invites to the state dinner are expected to act with the finest chivalry .",
|
|
"In an act of rare chivalry , the driver allowed several cars stopped at a \"yield\" sign to go ahead."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chivalrousness",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentlemanliness",
|
|
"knighthood",
|
|
"knightliness",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"ceremonialness",
|
|
"ceremoniousness",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chitlins":{
|
|
"as in giblet(s) , variety meat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"giblet(s)",
|
|
"variety meat",
|
|
"bowel(s)",
|
|
"intestine(s)",
|
|
"entrails",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"inside(s)",
|
|
"inwards",
|
|
"viscera",
|
|
"vitals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Chicken Littles":{
|
|
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some called him Chicken Little , but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Cassandras",
|
|
"doomsayers",
|
|
"doomsdayers",
|
|
"doomsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"fatalists",
|
|
"naysayers",
|
|
"negativists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"handwringers",
|
|
"worriers",
|
|
"worrywarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicken snakes":{
|
|
"as in garter snakes , diamondback rattlesnakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"worm snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chignons":{
|
|
"as in buns , updos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beehives",
|
|
"big hairs",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"French twists",
|
|
"pageboys",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"updos",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"Afros",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"cornrows",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"permanents",
|
|
"perms",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"buzz cuts",
|
|
"crew cuts",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"Mohawks",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"coiffures",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"haircuts",
|
|
"hairdos",
|
|
"hairstyles",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"pigtails",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"ponytails",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"comb-overs",
|
|
"ducktails",
|
|
"pompadours",
|
|
"roaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilled out":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop making that racket, and just chill out !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"zoned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"skylarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't chill out , you're going to get an ulcer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"decompressed",
|
|
"de-stressed",
|
|
"loosened up",
|
|
"mellowed (out)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"vegetated",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"zoned out",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tensed (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickens":{
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch hawk during the drumbeat for war, he proved to be a chicken when it came to actually fighting it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowards",
|
|
"cravens",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dastards",
|
|
"funks",
|
|
"poltroons",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"sissies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"quitters",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"milquetoasts",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"caitiffs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"scaramouches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"valiants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivy":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"intrude (upon)",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"cut in (on)",
|
|
"obtrude",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chiropodists":{
|
|
"as in podiatrists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"podiatrists",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"docs",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicos",
|
|
"medics",
|
|
"physicians",
|
|
"sawbones",
|
|
"sawboneses",
|
|
"anesthesiologists",
|
|
"dermatologists",
|
|
"gynecologists",
|
|
"internists",
|
|
"neurologists",
|
|
"ob-gyns",
|
|
"obstetricians",
|
|
"ophthalmologists",
|
|
"optometrists",
|
|
"orthopedists",
|
|
"pathologists",
|
|
"pediatricians",
|
|
"pediatrists",
|
|
"physiatrists",
|
|
"radiologists",
|
|
"urologists",
|
|
"family doctors",
|
|
"family physicians",
|
|
"family practitioners",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"attendings",
|
|
"clinicians",
|
|
"hospitalists",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"plastic surgeons",
|
|
"surgeons",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"internes",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"aidmen",
|
|
"nurse-practitioners",
|
|
"nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nondoctors",
|
|
"nonphysicians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chilliness":{
|
|
"an uncomfortable degree of coolness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lingering chilliness in the church prompted everyone to put on jackets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"bleakness",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"nippiness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness",
|
|
"frostiness",
|
|
"gelidity",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"wintriness",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"hotness",
|
|
"sultriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chivvying":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"intruding (upon)",
|
|
"pestering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"dunning",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"cutting in (on)",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chips in":{
|
|
"to make a donation as part of a group effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"pitches in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"doles (out)",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"provides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"cuts in",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"horns in",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"puts in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chippies":{
|
|
"a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detectives wanted to talk to the chippies who were regulars at the bar\u2014to learn if they had seen anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doxies",
|
|
"fancy women",
|
|
"floozies",
|
|
"hoochies",
|
|
"hussies",
|
|
"Jezebels",
|
|
"minxes",
|
|
"queans",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"trollops",
|
|
"wenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"grisettes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"trulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chieftainship":{
|
|
"as in directorship , commandership":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandership",
|
|
"directorship",
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"driver's seat",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"rein(s)",
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"vanguard",
|
|
"captainship",
|
|
"chairmanship",
|
|
"deanship",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"governorship",
|
|
"kingship",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"premiership",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"presidentship",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"throne",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ranks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chickening (out)":{
|
|
"as in wimping out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wimping out",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backing out",
|
|
"copping out",
|
|
"finking out",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"backpedaling",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"begging off",
|
|
"crying off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinning":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"nattering",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"schmoozing",
|
|
"shmoozing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"childbearings":{
|
|
"the act or process of giving birth to children":{
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"examples":[
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"in olden days many women died in childbearing"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"accouchements",
|
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"childbirths",
|
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"deliveries",
|
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"labors",
|
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"parturitions",
|
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"travails"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"birth pangs",
|
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"contractions",
|
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"pains",
|
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"pregnancies",
|
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"abortions",
|
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"miscarriages",
|
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"cesarean sections",
|
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"caesarean sections",
|
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"natural childbirths",
|
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"childbeds",
|
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"confinements",
|
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"lyings-in",
|
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"lying-ins"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"chisel":{
|
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
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"bleed",
|
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"cheat",
|
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"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
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"cozen",
|
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"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
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"do in",
|
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"euchre",
|
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"fiddle",
|
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"fleece",
|
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"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chisels":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chicks":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"chinked":{
|
|
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"jingled",
|
|
"tingled",
|
|
"tinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clanged",
|
|
"clangored",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"clacked",
|
|
"clattered",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"ding-donged",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"gonged",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"rang"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |