11404 lines
224 KiB
JSON
11404 lines
224 KiB
JSON
{
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"clean":{
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"according to the rules or the law":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dirty",
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"illegally"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a boxer who doesn't fight clean"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ignobly",
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"immorally",
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"underhandedly",
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"unethically",
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"dishonorably"
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],
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"related":[
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"ethically",
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"high-mindedly",
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"morally",
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"nobly",
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"honorably"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleanly",
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"fair",
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"fairly",
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"legally"
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]
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},
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"following or according to the rules":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dirty",
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"foul",
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"nasty",
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"unfair",
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"unsportsmanlike"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a clean check from the other hockey player"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immoral",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unrighteous",
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"unscrupulous",
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"vicious",
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"wrong"
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],
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"related":[
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"just",
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"law-abiding",
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"ethical",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"scrupulous",
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"honorable",
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"irreproachable",
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"unimpeachable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fair",
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"legal",
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"sportsmanlike",
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"sportsmanly"
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]
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},
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"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
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"antonyms":[
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"coarse",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"immodest",
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"impure",
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"indecent",
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"obscene",
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"smutty",
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"unchaste",
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"unclean",
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"vulgar"
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],
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"examples":[
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"only clean songs will be permitted for the performances on the last night of summer camp"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemished",
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"defiled",
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"soiled",
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"spotted",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"tainted",
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"tarnished",
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"improper",
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"indecorous",
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"indelicate",
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"ribald",
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"unseemly",
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"crude",
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"tacky",
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"tasteless",
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"unrefined"
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],
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"related":[
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"lily-white",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"unblemished",
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"undefiled",
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"unsoiled",
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"unspotted",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied",
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"untainted",
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"untarnished",
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"decorous",
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"proper",
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"seemly",
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"cultivated",
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"refined",
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"tasteful",
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"harmless",
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"innocent",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaste",
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"decent",
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"G-rated",
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"immaculate",
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"modest",
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"pure",
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"vestal",
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"virgin",
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"virginal"
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]
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},
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"free from dirt or stain":{
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"antonyms":[
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"besmirched",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grubby",
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"smirched",
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"soiled",
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"spotted",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleaned"
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],
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"examples":[
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"although the soccer team always starts out with clean uniforms, they don't stay that way for long"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dingy",
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"greasy",
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"grimy",
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"mucky",
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"muddy",
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"unwashed",
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"defiled",
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"germy",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"unsterile",
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"unsterilized",
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"blackened",
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"discolored"
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],
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"related":[
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"pure",
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"taintless",
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"undefiled",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted",
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"wholesome",
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"cleanly",
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"germfree",
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"hygienic",
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"sanitary",
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"sterile",
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"abluted",
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"bleached",
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"cleansed",
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"purified",
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"scrubbed",
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"washed",
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"whitened",
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"milky",
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"snowy",
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"white",
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"flawless",
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"unblemished",
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"bright",
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"shiny",
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"sparkling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antiseptic",
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"chaste",
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"fair",
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"immaculate",
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"pristine",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"squeaky-clean",
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"stainless",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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]
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},
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"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the clean joy of running that young children experience"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"equivocal",
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"qualified",
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"questionable",
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"restricted",
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"uncertain"
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],
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"related":[
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"authentic",
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"classic",
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"genuine",
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"real",
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"veritable",
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"constant",
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"endless",
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"eternal",
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"perpetual",
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"undying",
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"unremitting",
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"extreme",
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"unrestricted",
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"confirmed",
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"habitual",
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"hopeless",
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"inveterate",
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"extraordinary",
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"frightful",
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"horrible",
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"huge",
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"main",
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"superlative",
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"supreme",
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"surpassing",
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"terrible",
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"terrific"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absolute",
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"all-out",
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"arrant",
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"blank",
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"blooming",
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"bodacious",
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"categorical",
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"categoric",
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"complete",
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"consummate",
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"crashing",
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"damn",
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"damned",
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"dead",
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"deadly",
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"definite",
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"downright",
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"dreadful",
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"fair",
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"flat",
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"flat-out",
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"out-and-out",
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"outright",
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"perfect",
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"plumb",
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"profound",
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"pure",
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"rank",
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"regular",
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"sheer",
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"simple",
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"stark",
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"stone",
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"straight-out",
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"thorough",
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"thoroughgoing",
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"total",
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"unadulterated",
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"unalloyed",
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"unconditional",
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"unmitigated",
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"unqualified",
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"utter",
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"very"
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]
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},
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"lacking contents that could or should be present":{
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"antonyms":[
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"full"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the ship returned with a clean hold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"complete",
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"replete",
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"furnished",
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"provided",
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"supplied",
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"filled",
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"occupied",
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"flush",
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"overflowing",
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"packed",
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"teeming"
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],
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"related":[
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"barren",
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"hollow",
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"available",
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"clear",
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"free",
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"open",
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"unfilled",
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"unfurnished",
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"unattended",
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"uninhabited",
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"unoccupied",
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"abandoned",
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"deserted",
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"emptied",
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"forsaken",
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"vacated",
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"depleted",
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"drained",
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"dry",
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"exhausted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bare",
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"blank",
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"devoid",
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"empty",
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"stark",
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"toom",
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"vacant",
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"vacuous",
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"void"
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]
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},
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"to a full extent or degree":{
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"antonyms":[
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"half",
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"halfway",
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"incompletely",
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"part",
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"partially",
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"partly"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the thief got clean away"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"kind of",
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"marginally",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely",
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"slightly",
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"superficially",
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"approximately",
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"roughly",
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"somewhat"
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],
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"related":[
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"absolutely",
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"categorically",
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"cold",
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"downright",
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"hands down",
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"plain",
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"stone",
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"stone-cold",
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"unqualifiedly",
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"basically",
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"by and large",
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"chiefly",
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"generally",
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"largely",
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"mainly",
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"more or less",
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"mostly",
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"overall",
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"predominantly",
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"predominately",
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"primarily",
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"principally",
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"substantially",
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"abundantly",
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"copiously",
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"generously",
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"greatly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all",
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"all of",
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"all over",
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"altogether",
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"completely",
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"dead",
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"enough",
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"entire",
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"entirely",
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"even",
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"exactly",
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"fast",
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"flat",
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"full",
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"fully",
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"heartily",
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"out",
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"perfectly",
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"plumb",
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"quite",
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"soundly",
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"thoroughly",
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"through and through",
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"totally",
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"utterly",
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"well",
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"wholly",
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"wide"
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]
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},
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"to remove the dirt from":{
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"antonyms":[
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"besmirch",
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"dirty",
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"foul",
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"soil",
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"spot",
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"stain",
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"sully"
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],
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"examples":[
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"we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"begrime",
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"muddy",
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"defile",
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"pollute",
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"taint",
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"blacken",
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"discolor"
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],
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"related":[
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"decontaminate",
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"purge",
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"purify",
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"disinfect",
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"sanitize",
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"brush",
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"comb",
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"dry-clean",
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"dust",
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"launder",
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"mop",
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"muck (out)",
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"rinse",
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"scour",
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"scrub",
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"shampoo",
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"sponge",
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"swab",
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"sweep",
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"vacuum",
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"wash",
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"wipe",
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"brighten",
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"deodorize",
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"freshen",
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"spruce (up)",
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"sweeten",
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"pick up",
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"straighten (up)",
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"tidy",
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"unclutter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleanse",
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"deterge",
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"GI",
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"turn out"
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]
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},
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"to take the internal organs out of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"cleaned the rabbit before cooking it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bone",
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"dress",
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"cut",
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"excise",
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"extract",
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"remove",
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"withdraw",
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"yank",
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"transplant"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disembowel",
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"draw",
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"eviscerate",
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"gut"
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]
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},
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"trying all possibilities":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"police made a clean sweep of the area before the governor's arrival"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aimless",
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"desultory",
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"haphazard",
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"hit-or-miss",
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"random",
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"cursory",
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"shallow",
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"slipshod",
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"superficial",
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"limited",
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"narrow",
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"restricted"
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],
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"related":[
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"broad",
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"extensive",
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"far-reaching",
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"in-depth",
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"sweeping",
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"wide",
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"wide-ranging",
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"general",
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"global",
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"inclusive",
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"methodical",
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"methodic",
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"systematic",
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"no-holds-barred",
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"unhampered",
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"unrestrained"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all-out",
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"complete",
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"comprehensive",
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"exhaustive",
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"full-scale",
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"out-and-out",
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"thorough",
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"thoroughgoing",
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"total"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"clean (out)":{
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"as in cheat , defraud":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cheat",
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"defraud",
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"shortchange",
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"denude",
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"bankrupt",
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"disfurnish",
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"impoverish",
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"abate",
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"bereave",
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"deprive",
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"divest",
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"strip"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"clean (up)":{
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"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
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"examples":[
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"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pick up",
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"tidy (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"houseclean",
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"housekeep",
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"clean (off)",
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"neaten",
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"police (up)",
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"straighten (up)",
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"turn out",
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"unclutter",
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"arrange",
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"order"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clutter",
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"disarrange",
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"mess (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to remove objectionable parts from":{
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"examples":[
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"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bowdlerize",
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"censor",
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"expurgate",
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"launder",
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"red-pencil"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cleanse",
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"purge",
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"purify",
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"abbreviate",
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"blue-pencil",
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"edit",
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"shorten",
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"bleep",
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"blip",
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"cut (out)",
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"delete",
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"excise",
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"expunge",
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"gut",
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"x (out)",
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"black out",
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"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"scrutinize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exceptionally large return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remittal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clean-cut":{
|
|
"as in simple , tidy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bald-faced",
|
|
"barefaced",
|
|
"bright-line",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luculent",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"cognizable",
|
|
"cognoscible",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"black-and-white",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"readable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"illegible",
|
|
"undecipherable",
|
|
"unreadable",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in thriving , flourishing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaning up one's act":{
|
|
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"shaping up",
|
|
"straightening (up or out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaving",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"regressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleans":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"discolors"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"mucks (out)",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies",
|
|
"unclutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"deterges",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the internal organs out of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned the rabbit before cooking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"yanks",
|
|
"transplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembowels",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"eviscerates",
|
|
"guts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleans (up)":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleans",
|
|
"housekeeps",
|
|
"cleans (off)",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"polices (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"messes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"red-pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"cuts (out)",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"x's (out)",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"scrutinizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
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"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleansed":{
|
|
"as in washed , purified":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tarnished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"deterged",
|
|
"GI'd",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"mucked (out)",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"shampooed",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"swabbed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"vacuumed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"sweetened",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"uncluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear-cut":{
|
|
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clear-cut case of plagiarism that resulted in her immediate dismissal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bald-faced",
|
|
"barefaced",
|
|
"bright-line",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luculent",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cognizable",
|
|
"cognoscible",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"black-and-white",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"readable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"illegible",
|
|
"undecipherable",
|
|
"unreadable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clear-cut instructions that even an idiot should be able to follow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"univocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"unspecific",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear-sighted":{
|
|
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clear-sighted businessman who doesn't let sentimentality or compassion affect his decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"pawky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"uninformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unknowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having unusually keen vision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clear-sighted person could see for almost 20 miles from the observatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eagle-eyed",
|
|
"hawkeyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"stone-blind",
|
|
"visionless",
|
|
"astigmatic",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"nearsighted",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearances":{
|
|
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll need official clearance before publishing this editorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"exclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"grants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"green lights",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleared out":{
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"ingathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"squandered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"broke out (of)",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"emigrated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"bugged off",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buggered off",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"ran along",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"stepped (along)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearing":{
|
|
"a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clearing of his good name became his obsession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"atonement",
|
|
"expiation",
|
|
"compurgation",
|
|
"whitewash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"arraignment",
|
|
"impeachment",
|
|
"incrimination",
|
|
"indictment",
|
|
"prosecution",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conviction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small area of usually open land":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deer browsing in a clearing in the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"field",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"tract"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common(s)",
|
|
"croft",
|
|
"grass",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greensward",
|
|
"lawn",
|
|
"glade",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"heathland",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"pastureland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unblocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"loosening (up)",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"unchoking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"uncluttering",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"cluttering (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the woods of brush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburdening",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"ridding",
|
|
"unburdening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering",
|
|
"bailing (out)",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bogging (down)",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"weighing down",
|
|
"weighting (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"saddling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally cleared the last debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anteing (up)",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"loading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the car windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"purifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"processing",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"elutriating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembarrassing",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"untangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"disburdening",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"loosening (up)",
|
|
"smoothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"blockading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clogging (up)",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"damming (up)",
|
|
"plugging (up)",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"expiating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"avenging",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"revenging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accusing",
|
|
"arraigning",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"impeaching",
|
|
"indicting",
|
|
"convicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminating",
|
|
"incriminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"approbating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"homologating",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"initialing",
|
|
"initialling",
|
|
"rubber-stamping",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"signing off (on)",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"reapproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"illegalizing",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the dishes from the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounting",
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"drawing off",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"siting",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"putting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"clueing (in)",
|
|
"cluing (in)",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"hipping",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"announcing (to)",
|
|
"disclosing (to)",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"netting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"raking (in)",
|
|
"cleaning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without any question":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your grandmother clearly needs to get her finances organized before she gets into further trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"forsooth",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"inarguably",
|
|
"incontestably",
|
|
"incontrovertibly",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"unarguably",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"clearness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of being easily seen through":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness",
|
|
"turbidity",
|
|
"turbidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clearness of a diamond is one of the factors used to judge its quality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"milkiness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"apparentness",
|
|
"observability",
|
|
"visibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"limpidity",
|
|
"limpidness",
|
|
"lucency",
|
|
"translucence",
|
|
"translucency",
|
|
"transparency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaves":{
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"clings",
|
|
"hews",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleft":{
|
|
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my fishing line managed to get wedged in a cleft in the rocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"split"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clement":{
|
|
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Hawaii is known for its delightfully clement climate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"showery",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his clement application of authority was a welcome change after years of managerial heavy-handedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clemently":{
|
|
"as in gently , lightly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"inhumanly",
|
|
"insensately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"obdurately",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"tyrannically",
|
|
"uncharitably",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"unmercifully",
|
|
"unsparingly",
|
|
"abusively",
|
|
"brutishly",
|
|
"savagely",
|
|
"viciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clenched":{
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"fingered",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"cradled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unhanded",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleped":{
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"branded",
|
|
"stigmatized",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"miscalled",
|
|
"misnamed",
|
|
"mistitled",
|
|
"code-named",
|
|
"nicknamed",
|
|
"rechristened",
|
|
"relabeled",
|
|
"relabelled",
|
|
"renamed",
|
|
"surnamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"styled",
|
|
"termed",
|
|
"titled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clever":{
|
|
"showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inventor who was constantly coming up with clever devices for doing everyday chores"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"inventive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"groundbreaking",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"cleverish",
|
|
"gadgety",
|
|
"gimmicky",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"assembly-line",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clever student figured out a trick to do the assignment faster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skillful with the hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Shakers were clever artisans who created many ingenious and highly useful devices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"double-jointed",
|
|
"loose-jointed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"handless",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"unhandy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to or marked by mature intelligent humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clever joke that requires a little bit of thought on the part of the listener"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"witty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"whimsical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having the skill and imagination to create new things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wonder what clever person thought of the digital camera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"innovational",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"innovatory",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"originative",
|
|
"Promethean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"generative",
|
|
"germinal",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"talentless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninventive",
|
|
"unoriginal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaned up one's act":{
|
|
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"shaped up",
|
|
"straightened (up or out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"regressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear (up)":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a simple explanation cleared the matter up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clears off":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"buggers off",
|
|
"bugs off",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"runs along",
|
|
"sallies (forth)",
|
|
"scarpers",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"steps (along)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"vamooses",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"emigrates",
|
|
"adjourns",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"reaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clergywoman":{
|
|
"as in priestess , deaconess":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaves (to)":{
|
|
"as in sticks (to) , clings (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"sticks (to)",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"parts (with)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearance":{
|
|
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll need official clearance before publishing this editorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"authorization",
|
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"concurrence",
|
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"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"green light",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
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"permission",
|
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"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"accreditation",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"grant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"exclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerihews":{
|
|
"as in English sonnets , anacreontics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anacreontics",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"eclogues",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"English sonnets",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"epodes",
|
|
"epopees",
|
|
"eposes",
|
|
"georgics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"limericks",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"odes",
|
|
"pastorales",
|
|
"pastorals",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"rondeaux",
|
|
"rondelets",
|
|
"rondelles",
|
|
"rondels",
|
|
"sonnets",
|
|
"triolets",
|
|
"villanelles",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"poems",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tankas",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"versifications",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearing (up)":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a simple explanation cleared the matter up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"demystifying",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"getting across",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"spelling out",
|
|
"unriddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"annotating",
|
|
"commentating",
|
|
"glossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"obfuscating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleans house":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We should clean house before the guests begin to arrive."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleans",
|
|
"housekeeps",
|
|
"cleans (off)",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"polices (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"messes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clergyperson":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clergyperson of your choice would be the best one to advise on this spiritual matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaved (to)":{
|
|
"as in stuck (to) , clung (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"stuck (to)",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clergymen":{
|
|
"as in fathers , churchmen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clean (off)":{
|
|
"as in turn out , straighten (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"police (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"unclutter",
|
|
"houseclean",
|
|
"housekeep",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"mess (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerical":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clerical duties such as providing spiritual counseling and leading Bible study classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clerkly",
|
|
"ministerial",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"sacerdotal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evangelical",
|
|
"evangelic",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"apostolic",
|
|
"canonical",
|
|
"diaconal",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"episcopal",
|
|
"papal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"churchly",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"ecclesiastical",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monachal",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"caliphal",
|
|
"rabbinic",
|
|
"rabbinical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonclerical",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaned (out)":{
|
|
"as in cheated , defrauded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"disfurnished",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"bereaved",
|
|
"bereft",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleverish":{
|
|
"as in gimmicky , gadgety":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gadgety",
|
|
"gimmicky",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"groundbreaking",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"assembly-line",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerihew":{
|
|
"as in English sonnet , anacreontic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anacreontic",
|
|
"dithyramb",
|
|
"eclogue",
|
|
"elegy",
|
|
"English sonnet",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"epode",
|
|
"epopee",
|
|
"epos",
|
|
"georgic",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"limerick",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"ode",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"pastorale",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"rondeau",
|
|
"rondel",
|
|
"rondelle",
|
|
"rondelet",
|
|
"sonnet",
|
|
"triolet",
|
|
"villanelle",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"poem",
|
|
"rune",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tanka",
|
|
"blank verse",
|
|
"free verse",
|
|
"minstrelsy",
|
|
"poesy",
|
|
"poetry",
|
|
"versification",
|
|
"vers libre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear-eyed":{
|
|
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shows a clear-eyed understanding of what it takes to be successful in business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"pawky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"uninformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unknowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear off":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleanly":{
|
|
"according to the rules or the law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was a cleanly fought match, so you have no grounds for complaint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"legally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethically",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"morally",
|
|
"nobly",
|
|
"honorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignobly",
|
|
"immorally",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"unethically",
|
|
"dishonorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"illegally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sanitary , sterile":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clergy":{
|
|
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when people find out she's a member of the clergy , they suddenly change their manner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"church",
|
|
"cloth",
|
|
"first estate",
|
|
"ministry",
|
|
"spirituality",
|
|
"spiritualty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diaconate",
|
|
"episcopate",
|
|
"hierarchy",
|
|
"presbytery",
|
|
"clerkship",
|
|
"monkhood",
|
|
"priesthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"laity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleared":{
|
|
"allowing passage without obstruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for safety reasons, there must be a cleared staircase at all times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unobstructed",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enterable",
|
|
"navigable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"yawning",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unsealed",
|
|
"unbuttoned",
|
|
"unclenched",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unfurled",
|
|
"unzipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"uncleared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unblocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"loosened (up)",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"unchoked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"cluttered (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the woods of brush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburdened",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"ridded",
|
|
"unburdened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered",
|
|
"bailed (out)",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bogged (down)",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"subjected",
|
|
"weighed down",
|
|
"weighted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdened",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"saddled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally cleared the last debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anted (up)",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"loaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the car windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"purified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"processed",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"elutriated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"leached",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembarrassed",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"untangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"disburdened",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"untwined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"burdened",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"entangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"loosened (up)",
|
|
"smoothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clogged (up)",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"dammed (up)",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"avenged",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"revenged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arraigned",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"convicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminated",
|
|
"incriminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"approbated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"homologated",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"initialed",
|
|
"initialled",
|
|
"rubber-stamped",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"signed off (on)",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"reapproved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"illegalized",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the dishes from the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"drew off",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"sited",
|
|
"situated",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"positioned",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"clued (in)",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"filled in",
|
|
"hipped",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"wised (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"announced (to)",
|
|
"disclosed (to)",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"netted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"cashed in (on)",
|
|
"raked (in)",
|
|
"cleaned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaved":{
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered",
|
|
"clung",
|
|
"hewed",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleansing":{
|
|
"the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"underwent a cleansing before he could enter the temple's most sacred chamber"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"purification",
|
|
"sanctification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rebirth",
|
|
"regeneration",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"atonement",
|
|
"expiation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"violation",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"pollution",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tarnishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cathartic , purifying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cathartic",
|
|
"purificatory",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"impactful",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"inspirational",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repressive",
|
|
"unaffecting",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"sanctifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tarnishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"deterging",
|
|
"GI'ing",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"mucking (out)",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"shampooing",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"swabbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vacuuming",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"sweetening",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying",
|
|
"uncluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"discoloring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clench":{
|
|
"the act or manner of holding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fearful that his suitcase might be stolen, he never once relaxed his clench on the handle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handgrip",
|
|
"handhold",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"toehold",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"hug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"finger",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"paw",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"cradle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"unclasp",
|
|
"unhand",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaving":{
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"clinging",
|
|
"hewing",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"gluing",
|
|
"glueing",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear":{
|
|
"easily seen through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clear glass walls of the aquarium's giant ocean tank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crystal",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"crystalline",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"see-through",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"semitranslucent",
|
|
"semitransparent",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"transparentized",
|
|
"glassy",
|
|
"vitreous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"turbid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"opaque"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meaning of her broad smile was clear to the whole class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bald-faced",
|
|
"barefaced",
|
|
"bright-line",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luculent",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"nonambiguous",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cognizable",
|
|
"cognoscible",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"knowable",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"black-and-white",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"readable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"illegible",
|
|
"undecipherable",
|
|
"unreadable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"nonobvious",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need to be absolutely clear about what you're saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unquestioning",
|
|
"unwavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"unassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not stormy or cloudy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"novice pilots can only fly on clear days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving to put an end to all debate or questioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the evidence is clear : he's innocent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"last"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"determinative",
|
|
"dispositive",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"undebatable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undisputable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"unchallenged",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"allowing passage without obstruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flooding was widespread, and only some roads are clear so far"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unobstructed",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enterable",
|
|
"navigable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"yawning",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unsealed",
|
|
"unbuttoned",
|
|
"unclenched",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unfurled",
|
|
"unzipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"uncleared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from guilt or blame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slept with a clear conscience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guilty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spermaceti candles were once highly prized for the clear flame that they produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"splendid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unblock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"loosen (up)",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"unchoke",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"unclutter",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"clutter (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"block"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the woods of brush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"unburden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter",
|
|
"bail (out)",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"weigh down",
|
|
"weight (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally cleared the last debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"load"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the car windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"purify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"process",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"elutriate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembarrass",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unsnarl",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"untwine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"loosen (up)",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"blockade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"clog (up)",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dam (up)",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atone (for)",
|
|
"expiate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"avenge",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"revenge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuse",
|
|
"arraign",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"impeach",
|
|
"indict",
|
|
"convict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminate",
|
|
"incriminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"approbate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"homologate",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"rubber-stamp",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"sign off (on)",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"reapprove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"illegalize",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the dishes from the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"draw off",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transpose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"clue (in)",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"fill in",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"verse",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"announce (to)",
|
|
"disclose (to)",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"net"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"rake (in)",
|
|
"clean up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gross"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in over , through":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across",
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear out":{
|
|
"to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"squander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"ingather"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"break out (of)",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"elope",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"walk out",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleanness":{
|
|
"as in cleanliness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"gunk",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decency , correctness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"pureness",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"turpitude",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleans up one's act":{
|
|
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"If you want to land a decent job, you need to clean up your act ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"shapes up",
|
|
"straightens (up or out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaves",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"regresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaning (out)":{
|
|
"as in cheating , defrauding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"disfurnishing",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"bereaving",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clenching":{
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"fingering",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"cradling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"unclasping",
|
|
"unhanding",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaned (up)":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleaned",
|
|
"housekept",
|
|
"cleaned (off)",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"policed (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"messed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"red-penciled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"scrutinized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleavages":{
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"disunions",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"fractionalizations",
|
|
"fractionations",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"severances",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disassemblies",
|
|
"dismemberments",
|
|
"segmentations",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"atomizations",
|
|
"dichotomizations",
|
|
"polarizations",
|
|
"diffusions",
|
|
"dispersals",
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"apportionments",
|
|
"distributions",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
"sequestrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"conjunctions",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"linkages",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"consolidations",
|
|
"fusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unifications",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clepes":{
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brewpub, yclept Ye Olde Taverne, has been decorated in Merrie Olde England to within an inch of its life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"christens",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"stigmatizes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"miscalls",
|
|
"misnames",
|
|
"mistitles",
|
|
"code-names",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"rechristens",
|
|
"relabels",
|
|
"renames",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaned up":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleaned",
|
|
"housekept",
|
|
"cleaned (off)",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"policed (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"messed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"red-penciled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"scrutinized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleans up":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleans",
|
|
"housekeeps",
|
|
"cleans (off)",
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"polices (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"messes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"red-pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"cuts (out)",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"x's (out)",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"scrutinizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleared off":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told the onlookers to clear off so that the police could do their work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"bugged off",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buggered off",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"ran along",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"stepped (along)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"emigrated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerisy":{
|
|
"intellectuals considered as a social class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a society lacking a well-established clerisy with a strong commitment to democratic ideals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intelligentsia",
|
|
"literati"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"culturati",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleanliness":{
|
|
"as in hygiene":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"activeness",
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clears":{
|
|
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the early settlers worked hard to clear the land for crops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unblocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"loosens (up)",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"unchokes",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"clutters (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the woods of brush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"rids",
|
|
"unburdens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters",
|
|
"bails (out)",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"weighs down",
|
|
"weights (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"saddles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally cleared the last debt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the contents of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared a drawer so there would be a place to store his clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"loads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the car windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"purifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"elutriates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"leaches",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared himself of any involvement in the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disembarrasses",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"untwines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plows promptly cleared the roads of snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"loosens (up)",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blockades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clogs (up)",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"dams (up)",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had once been accused of embezzlement, but an investigation by the bank cleared her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atones (for)",
|
|
"expiates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"avenges",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"revenges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuses",
|
|
"arraigns",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"impeaches",
|
|
"indicts",
|
|
"convicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminates",
|
|
"incriminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the administration cleared the plan, and building should begin shortly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"approbates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"homologates",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"initials",
|
|
"rubber-stamps",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"signs off (on)",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"reapproves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"illegalizes",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared the dishes from the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"draws off",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please clear my mind about the new arrangement regarding reimbursement for traveling expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"hips",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"announces (to)",
|
|
"discloses (to)",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"cashes in (on)",
|
|
"rakes (in)",
|
|
"cleans up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleanses":{
|
|
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"sanctifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"tarnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleanse the wound with soap and water before applying the bandage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"deterges",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"mucks (out)",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies",
|
|
"unclutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"discolors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaning (off)":{
|
|
"as in turning out , straightening (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"policing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uncluttering",
|
|
"housecleaning",
|
|
"housekeeping",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttering",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"messing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaners":{
|
|
"a substance used for cleaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a kitchen shelf loaded with household cleaners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansers",
|
|
"detergents",
|
|
"soaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disinfectants",
|
|
"purifiers",
|
|
"solvents",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaver":{
|
|
"a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"shiv",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"bodkin",
|
|
"bolo",
|
|
"bowie knife",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"dagger",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"machete",
|
|
"pocketknife",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"sheath knife",
|
|
"stiletto",
|
|
"stylet",
|
|
"switchblade",
|
|
"switch knife",
|
|
"yataghan",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword",
|
|
"scalpel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clepsydras":{
|
|
"as in hourglasses , water clocks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hourglasses",
|
|
"sandglasses",
|
|
"sundials",
|
|
"water clocks",
|
|
"alarm clocks",
|
|
"atomic clocks",
|
|
"cuckoo clocks",
|
|
"grandfather clocks",
|
|
"time clocks",
|
|
"chronographs",
|
|
"stopwatches",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"chronometers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"timekeepers",
|
|
"timepieces",
|
|
"timers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleave":{
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"cling",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleansers":{
|
|
"a substance used for cleaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bathroom cleanser"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaners",
|
|
"detergents",
|
|
"soaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disinfectants",
|
|
"purifiers",
|
|
"solvents",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clenches":{
|
|
"the act or manner of holding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fearful that his suitcase might be stolen, he never once relaxed his clench on the handle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"handholds",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"toeholds",
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"hugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clenched a tissue in his hands as he told his story of misfortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"cradles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"unclasps",
|
|
"unhands",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clepsydra":{
|
|
"as in hourglass , water clock":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hourglass",
|
|
"sandglass",
|
|
"sundial",
|
|
"water clock",
|
|
"alarm clock",
|
|
"atomic clock",
|
|
"cuckoo clock",
|
|
"grandfather clock",
|
|
"time clock",
|
|
"chronograph",
|
|
"stopwatch",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"chronometer",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"timekeeper",
|
|
"timepiece",
|
|
"timer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaned house":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We should clean house before the guests begin to arrive."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleaned",
|
|
"housekept",
|
|
"cleaned (off)",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"policed (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"messed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerics":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearings":{
|
|
"a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clearing of his good name became his obsession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquittals",
|
|
"exculpations",
|
|
"exonerations",
|
|
"vindications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutions",
|
|
"condonations",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"atonements",
|
|
"expiations",
|
|
"compurgations",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accusations",
|
|
"arraignments",
|
|
"impeachments",
|
|
"incriminations",
|
|
"indictments",
|
|
"prosecutions",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"convictions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small area of usually open land":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deer browsing in a clearing in the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"tracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crofts",
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns",
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heathlands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pasturelands",
|
|
"pastures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaning":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we cleaned the clothes before donating them to charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"deterging",
|
|
"GI'ing",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"mucking (out)",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"shampooing",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"swabbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vacuuming",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"sweetening",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying",
|
|
"uncluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"discoloring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the internal organs out of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned the rabbit before cooking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disemboweling",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"eviscerating",
|
|
"gutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boning",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"transplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clear-sightedness":{
|
|
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a loan officer who has the clear-sightedness to know when a business venture is a sure loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerk":{
|
|
"an official whose job is to keep records":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to get a copy of your birth certificate from the office of the town clerk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"register",
|
|
"registrar",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"secretary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archivist",
|
|
"bookkeeper",
|
|
"recorder",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"transcriptionist",
|
|
"annalist",
|
|
"chronicler",
|
|
"documenter",
|
|
"historian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clerk suggested a different brand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"salespeople",
|
|
"salesgirl",
|
|
"saleslady",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"pitchman",
|
|
"pitchwoman",
|
|
"floorwalker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clerks in the rural parishes were for the most part sons of merchants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerkships":{
|
|
"as in priesthoods , monkhoods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monkhoods",
|
|
"priesthoods",
|
|
"diaconates",
|
|
"episcopates",
|
|
"hierarchies",
|
|
"presbyteries",
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"clergies",
|
|
"cloths",
|
|
"first estates",
|
|
"ministries",
|
|
"spiritualities",
|
|
"spiritualties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clean up":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houseclean",
|
|
"housekeep",
|
|
"clean (off)",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"police (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"unclutter",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"mess (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"red-pencil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"x (out)",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"scrutinize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exceptionally large return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remittal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clergies":{
|
|
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when people find out she's a member of the clergy , they suddenly change their manner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"cloths",
|
|
"first estates",
|
|
"ministries",
|
|
"spiritualities",
|
|
"spiritualties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diaconates",
|
|
"episcopates",
|
|
"hierarchies",
|
|
"presbyteries",
|
|
"clerkships",
|
|
"monkhoods",
|
|
"priesthoods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"laities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaning up":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"housecleaning",
|
|
"housekeeping",
|
|
"cleaning (off)",
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"policing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uncluttering",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cluttering",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"messing (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"red-penciling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"cutting (out)",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"scrutinizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleric":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaving (to)":{
|
|
"as in sticking (to) , clinging (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"sticking (to)",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleavage":{
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clemency":{
|
|
"kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge chose to show clemency to the truly repentant embezzler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"lenity",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"uncharitableness",
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"sadism",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"viciousness",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"detestation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clerkly":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when the clerkly duties of a country parson might include long rides on horseback to visit the more isolated members of the flock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"ministerial",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"sacerdotal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evangelical",
|
|
"evangelic",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"apostolic",
|
|
"canonical",
|
|
"diaconal",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"episcopal",
|
|
"papal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"churchly",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"ecclesiastical",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"conventual",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monachal",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"caliphal",
|
|
"rabbinic",
|
|
"rabbinical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonclerical",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleaner":{
|
|
"a substance used for cleaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a kitchen shelf loaded with household cleaners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanser",
|
|
"detergent",
|
|
"soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disinfectant",
|
|
"purifier",
|
|
"solvent",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shampoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleavers":{
|
|
"a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shivs",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"bodkins",
|
|
"bolos",
|
|
"bowie knifes",
|
|
"bowie knives",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"daggers",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"machetes",
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
|
"stilettos",
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
|
"stylets",
|
|
"switchblades",
|
|
"switch knives",
|
|
"yataghans",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"scalpels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleanup":{
|
|
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're expected to clean up after you use the workroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houseclean",
|
|
"housekeep",
|
|
"clean (off)",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"police (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"unclutter",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"mess (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cleaned up the rock star's interview before publishing it in the newspaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"red-pencil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"x (out)",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"scrutinize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly cleaned up the mess that they had created in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exceptionally large return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The couple made a cleanup when they flipped the house."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remittal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clears (up)":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a simple explanation cleared the matter up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clericals":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the state's most prominent clericals have spoken out against the measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cleanser":{
|
|
"a substance used for cleaning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bathroom cleanser"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaner",
|
|
"detergent",
|
|
"soap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disinfectant",
|
|
"purifier",
|
|
"solvent",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shampoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clergyman":{
|
|
"as in father , churchman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"clearheaded":{
|
|
"having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waited until she was clearheaded to make the decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unneurotic",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"aberrant",
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"delirious",
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"disordered",
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"delusional",
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"delusionary",
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"disturbed",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoiac",
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"paranoic",
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"paranoid",
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"paranoidal",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"schizo",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"schizy",
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"schizzy",
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"eccentric",
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"odd",
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"oddball",
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"off",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"potty",
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"queer",
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"strange",
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"foolish",
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"senseless",
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"witless",
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"irrational",
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"mixed-up",
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"unreasonable",
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"depressed",
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"despondent",
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"distracted",
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"distraught",
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"frantic",
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"frenzied",
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"haywire",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"raving",
|
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"wigged-out",
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"amok",
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"amuck",
|
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"ape",
|
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"ballistic",
|
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"berserk",
|
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"nuclear",
|
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"fixated",
|
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"monomaniac",
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"monomaniacal",
|
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"obsessed"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"brainsick",
|
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"crazed",
|
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"crazy",
|
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"demented",
|
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"deranged",
|
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"insane",
|
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"lunatic",
|
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"mad",
|
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"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unsound"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"not having one's mind affected by alcohol":{
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"examples":[
|
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"woke up clearheaded and alert the next morning"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
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} |