9275 lines
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9275 lines
185 KiB
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{
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"entente cordiale":{
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"as in entente":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entente",
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"accord",
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"alliance",
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"compact",
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"convention",
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"covenant",
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"pact",
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"treaty",
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"bargain",
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"bond",
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"charter",
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"concord",
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"contract",
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"deal",
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"settlement",
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"understanding",
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"projet"
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"enter (into or upon)":{
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"conclude",
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"end",
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"finish",
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"terminate"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a series of counseling sessions intended to help young couples about to enter into the trials and tribulations of marriage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cease",
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"desist",
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"discontinue",
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"halt",
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"knock off",
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"lay off",
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"quit",
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"stop",
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"close",
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"complete",
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"abandon",
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"forsake",
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"leave",
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"abolish",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"exterminate",
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"extinguish",
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"phase out"
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],
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"related":[
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"create",
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"generate",
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"inaugurate",
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"initiate",
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"innovate",
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"invent",
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"originate",
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"adopt",
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"embrace",
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"take on",
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"take up",
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"establish",
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"father",
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"found",
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"institute",
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"organize",
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"pioneer",
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"set up",
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"spawn",
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"get around (to)",
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"get down (to)",
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"get round (to)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"begin",
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"commence",
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"embark (on or upon)",
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"fall (to)",
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"get off",
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"kick off",
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"launch",
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"lead off",
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"open",
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"start",
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"strike (into)"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"entering (into or upon)":{
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"beginning",
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"commencing",
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"embarking (on or upon)",
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"falling (to)",
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"getting off",
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"kicking off",
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"launching",
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"leading off",
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"opening",
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"starting",
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"striking (into)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"creating",
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"generating",
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"inaugurating",
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"initiating",
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"innovating",
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"inventing",
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"originating",
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"adopting",
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"embracing",
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"taking on",
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"taking up",
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"establishing",
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"fathering",
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"founding",
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"instituting",
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"organizing",
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"pioneering",
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"setting up",
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"spawning",
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"getting around (to)",
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"getting down (to)",
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"getting round (to)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ceasing",
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"desisting",
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"discontinuing",
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"halting",
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"knocking off",
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"laying off",
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"quitting",
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"stopping",
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"closing",
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"completing",
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"abandoning",
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"forsaking",
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"leaving",
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"abolishing",
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"demolishing",
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"destroying",
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"exterminating",
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"extinguishing",
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"phasing out"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"concluding",
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"ending",
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"finishing",
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"terminating"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"entertainer":{
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"as in performer , player":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"busker",
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"performer",
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"player",
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"trouper",
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"mime",
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"mimic",
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"mummer",
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"pantomime",
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"pantomimist",
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"aper",
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"imitator",
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"impersonator",
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"impressionist",
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"clown",
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"pantaloon"
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"entertainment":{
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"the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{
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"examples":[
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"we didn't stay for the featured entertainment because we don't care for comedy acts",
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"the film is purely for entertainment and not meant to be taken seriously"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amusement",
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"distraction",
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"diversion",
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"recreation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nightlife",
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"show business",
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"delectation",
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"delight",
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"enjoyment",
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"joy",
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"mirth",
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"gratification",
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"relaxation",
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"relief",
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"satisfaction",
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"exhibition",
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"performance",
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"presentation",
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"presentment",
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"production",
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"show",
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"spectacle",
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"escapism"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
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"examples":[
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"what do you do for entertainment in this town?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delight",
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"distraction",
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"diversion",
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"divertissement",
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"fun",
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"pleasure",
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"recreation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"escape",
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"pastime",
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"time killer",
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"binge",
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"fling",
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"frolic",
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"gambol",
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"lark",
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"revel",
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"rollick",
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"romp",
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"spree",
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"frolicking",
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"rollicking",
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"carousing",
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"conviviality",
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"festivity",
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"gaiety",
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"gayety",
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"hilarity",
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"jollification",
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"jollity",
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"merrymaking",
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"reveling",
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"revelling",
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"revelry",
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"whoopee",
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"picnic",
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"laugh",
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"riot",
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"scream",
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"activity",
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"game"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"killjoy",
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"party pooper"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bore",
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"bummer",
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"downer",
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"drag"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"entertains":{
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"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
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"examples":[
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"entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amuses",
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"disports",
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"diverts",
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"regales",
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"solaces"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"absorbs",
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"busies",
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"distracts",
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"engages",
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"engrosses",
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"immerses",
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"interests",
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"involves",
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"occupies",
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"beguiles",
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"bewitches",
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"captivates",
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"charms",
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"delights",
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"enchants",
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"enthralls",
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"enthrals",
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"fascinates",
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"grips",
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"hypnotizes",
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"intrigues",
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"mesmerizes",
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"coddles",
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"gratifies",
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"humors",
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"indulges",
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"mollycoddles",
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"pampers",
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"pleases",
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"pleasures",
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"spoils",
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"appeases",
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"comforts",
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"conciliates",
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"consoles",
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"contents",
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"mollifies",
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"obliges",
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"pacifies",
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"placates",
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"propitiates",
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"soothes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bores",
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"jades",
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"drains",
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"enervates",
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"exhausts",
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"fatigues",
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"tires",
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"wearies",
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"wears",
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"wears out",
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"aggravates",
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"annoys",
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"bothers",
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"bugs",
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"chafes",
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"disturbs",
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"exasperates",
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"frets",
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"galls",
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"grates",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"irks",
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"nettles",
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"peeves",
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"perturbs",
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"pesters",
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"piques",
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"upsets",
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"vexes"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give serious and careful thought to":{
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"examples":[
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"have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chews over",
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"cogitates",
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"considers",
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"contemplates",
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"debates",
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"deliberates",
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"eyes",
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"kicks around",
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"meditates",
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"mulls (over)",
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"perpends",
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"ponders",
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"pores (over)",
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"questions",
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"revolves",
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"ruminates",
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"studies",
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"thinks (about or over)",
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"turns",
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"weighs",
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"wrestles (with)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"muses (upon)",
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"reflects (on or upon)",
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"reminisces",
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"analyzes",
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"explores",
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"reviews",
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"concludes",
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"reasons",
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"second-guesses",
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"speculates (about)",
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"broods (about or over)",
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"dwells (on or upon)",
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"fixates (on or upon)",
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"frets (about or over)",
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"obsesses (about or over)",
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"believes",
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"conceives",
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"opines",
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"absorbs",
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"assimilates",
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"digests",
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"drinks (in)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disregards",
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"ignores",
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"overlooks",
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"slights",
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"dismisses",
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"pooh-poohs",
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"poohs",
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"rejects"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
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"examples":[
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"I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bears",
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"cherishes",
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"harbors",
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"has",
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"holds",
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"nurses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cultivates",
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"fosters",
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"nurtures",
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"supports",
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"sustains",
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"carries",
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"keeps",
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"maintains",
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"preserves",
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"remembers",
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"retains",
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"treasures",
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"cleaves (to)",
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"clings (to)",
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"hugs",
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"sticks (to)",
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"broods (about or over)",
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"fixates (on or upon)",
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"obsesses (about or over)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disregards",
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"drops",
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"forgets",
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"ignores",
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"neglects",
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"overlooks",
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"abjures",
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"declines",
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"denies",
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"disdains",
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"refuses",
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"rejects",
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"repudiates",
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"scorns",
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"abandons",
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"deserts",
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"discards",
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"forsakes",
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"gives up",
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"parts (with)",
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"quits",
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"renounces",
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"throws out",
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"erases",
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"expunges"
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],
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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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"enthralled":{
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"having the mind fixed on something":{
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"antonyms":[
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"absent",
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"absentminded",
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"abstracted",
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"distracted",
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"inattentive",
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"inobservant",
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"unabsorbed",
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"unfocused",
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"unfocussed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"gave her speech to several hundred enthralled listeners"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"daydreaming",
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"dreamy",
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"faraway",
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"foggy",
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"hazy",
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"lost",
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"oblivious",
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"preoccupied",
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"remote",
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"apathetic",
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"disinterested",
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"uninterested"
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],
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"related":[
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"engaged",
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"interested",
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"intrigued",
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"involved",
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"hypnotized",
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"mesmerized",
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"alert",
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"alive",
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"conscious",
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"open-eyed",
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"watchful",
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"wide-awake"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absorbed",
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"attentive",
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"deep",
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"engrossed",
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"focused",
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"focussed",
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"immersed",
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"intent",
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"observant",
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"rapt"
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]
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},
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"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"delighted",
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"gladdened",
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"gratified",
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"pleased",
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"satisfied",
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"bewitched",
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"captivated",
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"charmed",
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"enchanted",
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"fascinated",
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"elated",
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"excited",
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"exhilarated",
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"stirred"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carried away",
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"enraptured",
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"entranced",
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"rapped",
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"raptured",
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"ravished",
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"transported"
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]
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},
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"to hold the attention of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bored",
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"jaded",
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"palled",
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"tired",
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"wearied"
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],
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"related":[
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"allured",
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"attracted",
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"beguiled",
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"bewitched",
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"captivated",
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"charmed",
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"enchanted",
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"obsessed",
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"hypnotized",
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"mesmerized",
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"distracted",
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"preoccupied",
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"hogged",
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"monopolized"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absorbed",
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"bemused",
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"busied",
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"caught up",
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"engaged",
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"engrossed",
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"enwrapped",
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"fascinated",
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"gripped",
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"immersed",
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"interested",
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"intrigued",
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"involved",
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"occupied"
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]
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},
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"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
|
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"involved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"spellbound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthralls":{
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"spellbinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"thrills",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"involves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"elates",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"exhilarates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"occupies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"obsesses",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"hogs",
|
|
"monopolizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthrones":{
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"enskies",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"magnifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"idealizes",
|
|
"romanticizes",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"sugarcoats",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enticed":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"decoyed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drew in",
|
|
"inveigled",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"magnetized",
|
|
"wiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"drove (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"turned away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entices":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draws in",
|
|
"inveigles",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"magnetizes",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"drives (away or off)",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"turns away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entire":{
|
|
"not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this matter is important, so please give me your entire attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"fragmental",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"unbroken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"undivided",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entire team needs to be present for the photograph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unabridged",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiminished",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"maximal",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-bore",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"full-on",
|
|
"full-out",
|
|
"full-scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plenary",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a shocking revelation that would destroy entire the false little world that she had carefully constructed for herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entirety":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"entireness",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"wholeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"indefectibility",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"all-inclusiveness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"exhaustiveness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"inclusiveness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"thoroughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"limitedness",
|
|
"narrowness",
|
|
"patchiness",
|
|
"sketchiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"imperfectness",
|
|
"incompleteness",
|
|
"unsoundness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entitle":{
|
|
"to give a right to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"certificate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"reaccredit",
|
|
"reapprove",
|
|
"recertify",
|
|
"recharter",
|
|
"revalidate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"disempower",
|
|
"disenfranchise",
|
|
"decertify",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"delegitimize",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"christen",
|
|
"clepe",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"stigmatize",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"miscall",
|
|
"misname",
|
|
"mistitle",
|
|
"code-name",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"rechristen",
|
|
"relabel",
|
|
"rename",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entitles":{
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"stigmatizes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"miscalls",
|
|
"misnames",
|
|
"mistitles",
|
|
"code-names",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"rechristens",
|
|
"relabels",
|
|
"renames",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"christens",
|
|
"clepes",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a right to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"disempowers",
|
|
"disenfranchises",
|
|
"decertifies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"delegitimizes",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"nullifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"certificates",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"reaccredits",
|
|
"reapproves",
|
|
"recertifies",
|
|
"recharters",
|
|
"revalidates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entitling":{
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"branding",
|
|
"stigmatizing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"miscalling",
|
|
"misnaming",
|
|
"mistitling",
|
|
"code-naming",
|
|
"nicknaming",
|
|
"rechristening",
|
|
"relabeling",
|
|
"relabelling",
|
|
"renaming",
|
|
"surnaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"christening",
|
|
"cleping",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"styling",
|
|
"terming",
|
|
"titling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a right to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"disempowering",
|
|
"disenfranchising",
|
|
"decertifying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"delegitimizing",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"certificating",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"reaccrediting",
|
|
"reapproving",
|
|
"recertifying",
|
|
"rechartering",
|
|
"revalidating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"privileging",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entourage":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cortege",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"retinue",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"retainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrance":{
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entrance to the club is by invitation only"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"open door",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"admittance",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entr\u00e9e",
|
|
"entree",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"ingress",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"passport",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when you come, use the entrance on the right side of the building"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"hatchway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"way"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"elate",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"exhilarate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entranceway":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"foyer",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"lobby",
|
|
"vestibule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechamber",
|
|
"anteroom",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"waiting room",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrancing":{
|
|
"having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"travelers to India say that it has an entrancing beauty that is hard to describe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charismatic",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"magnetic",
|
|
"seductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"unalluring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rapturing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entreating":{
|
|
"asking humbly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suppliant",
|
|
"supplicant",
|
|
"supplicating",
|
|
"supplicatory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bludging",
|
|
"cadging",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"impetrating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"supplicating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrenching":{
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"beating (into)",
|
|
"driving (into)",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"uprooting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrusting":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"tasking",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"investing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrustment":{
|
|
"as in consignment , commendation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"consignment",
|
|
"accreditation",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"delegation",
|
|
"empowerment",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"ordering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entr\u00e9es":{
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"open doors",
|
|
"welcome mats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"admittances",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"ingresses",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entwining":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"platting",
|
|
"pleaching",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrees":{
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"admittances",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"ingresses",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"open doors",
|
|
"welcome mats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entombment":{
|
|
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombing",
|
|
"inhumation",
|
|
"interment",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"obsequy",
|
|
"obsequies",
|
|
"sepulture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embalmment",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"inurnment",
|
|
"reburial",
|
|
"reinterment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cremation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterment",
|
|
"exhumation",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entered (into or upon)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"embarked (on or upon)",
|
|
"fell (to)",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"led off",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"got around (to)",
|
|
"got down (to)",
|
|
"got round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthusiastic":{
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as soon as the gates to the concert area opened, enthusiastic fans rushed to get the best seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entangle":{
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"intertwist",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"entwist",
|
|
"inweave",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknot",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"unweave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unsnarl",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"untwist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entoil",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"birdlime",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complexify",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"sophisticate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"oversimplify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrapping":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"ensnarling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entoiling",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"birdliming",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"miring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"untangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthrallment":{
|
|
"a focusing of the mind on something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child's enthrallment with the new toy lasted about 30 minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"immersion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"preoccupation",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"raptness",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"rumination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"abstractedness",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unconsciousness",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inattention"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entangled":{
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"entwisted",
|
|
"inwove",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotted",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"unwove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entoiled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"birdlimed",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"untangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexed",
|
|
"complexified",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"oversimplified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrepreneurial":{
|
|
"a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessman",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"dealer",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"trafficker",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"marketer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"storekeeper",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"engrosser",
|
|
"monopolist",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"provider",
|
|
"provisioner",
|
|
"purveyor",
|
|
"supplier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entwined":{
|
|
"as in twisted , twined":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled",
|
|
"untwisted",
|
|
"undeviating",
|
|
"unswerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"inwove",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"plied",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"platted",
|
|
"pleached",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"blent",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"zigzagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entoiling":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entoiled by the strings of fate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"ensnarling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"birdliming",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"miring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"untangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrusts":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"invests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthusiast":{
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skiing enthusiasts can't wait for the first snowfall of the season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groupie",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"detractor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entablature":{
|
|
"as in architrave , cornice":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"architrave",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cornice",
|
|
"frieze",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"socle",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"dais",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"podium",
|
|
"rostrum",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"tribune",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"plinth",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entanglement":{
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mesh(es)",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"noose",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quicksand",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tanglement",
|
|
"toil(s)",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cat's cradle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"cobweb",
|
|
"spiderweb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enterprising":{
|
|
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company is claiming that there will be huge financial rewards for enterprising sales representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"trigger-happy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"hyperaggressive",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"unapologetic",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"bare-knuckle",
|
|
"bare-knuckled",
|
|
"bare-knuckles",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enterprising people of vision were responsible for the boom in technological industries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"swashbuckling",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrepreneurs":{
|
|
"a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessmen",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"traffickers",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"marketers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"storekeepers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"engrossers",
|
|
"monopolists",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"providers",
|
|
"provisioners",
|
|
"purveyors",
|
|
"suppliers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entailing":{
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"subsuming",
|
|
"taking in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprising",
|
|
"consisting (of)",
|
|
"bracketing",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"leaving (out)",
|
|
"missing out",
|
|
"omitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entitlement":{
|
|
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entitlements to local school districts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocation",
|
|
"allotment",
|
|
"annuity",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"subvention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"block grant",
|
|
"grant-in-aid",
|
|
"set-aside",
|
|
"foreign aid",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"state aid",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"stipend",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"trust fund"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entertaining":{
|
|
"providing amusement or enjoyment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"recreational",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"solacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasuring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"cleaving (to)",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"sticking (to)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enterable":{
|
|
"as in navigable , passable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"navigable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unobstructed",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"yawning",
|
|
"unbarred",
|
|
"unbolted",
|
|
"unclasped",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlatched",
|
|
"unlocked",
|
|
"unsealed",
|
|
"unbuttoned",
|
|
"unclenched",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unfurled",
|
|
"unzipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"uncleared",
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrant":{
|
|
"a person who enters something (such as a competition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.",
|
|
"There were thousands of new entrants into the competition."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"probationer",
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"novitiate",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"seeker",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"learner",
|
|
"student",
|
|
"trainee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"noncandidate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entombments":{
|
|
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burials",
|
|
"inhumations",
|
|
"interments",
|
|
"obsequies",
|
|
"sepultures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embalmments",
|
|
"funerals",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"inurnments",
|
|
"reburials",
|
|
"reinterments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cremations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterments",
|
|
"exhumations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entablatures":{
|
|
"as in architraves , cornices":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"architraves",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"cornices",
|
|
"friezes",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"socles",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"daises",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"podiums",
|
|
"podia",
|
|
"rostra",
|
|
"rostrums",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"tribunes",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"plinths",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entr'actes":{
|
|
"as in interstices , subintervals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuities",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"hiatuses",
|
|
"hiccups",
|
|
"hiccoughs",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"interregnums",
|
|
"interregna",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"interstices",
|
|
"intervals",
|
|
"parentheses",
|
|
"caesuras",
|
|
"caesurae",
|
|
"commas",
|
|
"interspaces",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"time lags",
|
|
"windows",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"adjournments",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"subintervals",
|
|
"bumpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"continuities",
|
|
"continua",
|
|
"continuums",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entryways":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small entryway to receive visitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceways",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"foyers",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"lobbies",
|
|
"vestibules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechambers",
|
|
"anterooms",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"waiting rooms",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"portals",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entreated":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"conjured",
|
|
"impetrated",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"pleaded (to)",
|
|
"pled (to)",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"prayed",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"supplicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludged",
|
|
"cadged",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enterprises":{
|
|
"a commercial or industrial activity or organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"firms",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"outfits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"corporations",
|
|
"multinationals",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"agencies",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"microenterprises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"crapshoots",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthusiasms":{
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this year's enthusiasm is often next year's laughingstock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chics",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"dernier cris",
|
|
"fads",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hot tickets",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"vogues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine days' wonders",
|
|
"nine day wonders",
|
|
"new waves",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entity":{
|
|
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the question of whether extrasensory perception will ever be a scientifically recognized entity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"integer",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonentity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entwisted":{
|
|
"as in wove , inwove":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"inwove",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted",
|
|
"unknotted",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"unwove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthralling":{
|
|
"holding the attention or provoking interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an enthralling account of life in the scientific community in Antarctica"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"entertaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"operose",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"uninteresting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"involving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rapturing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"occupying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"obsessing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"preoccupying",
|
|
"hogging",
|
|
"monopolizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entertain":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"perpend",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muse (upon)",
|
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"second-guess",
|
|
"speculate (about)",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"cleave (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"stick (to)",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entwist":{
|
|
"as in weave , inweave":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"inweave",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"writhe",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"intertwist",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unsnarl",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"untwist",
|
|
"unknot",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"unweave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enter":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"breeze (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"waltz (in)",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"stray (into)",
|
|
"wander (into)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"gate-crash",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patriotic young men and women entering the armed services",
|
|
"debutantes entering society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlist (in)",
|
|
"enroll (in)",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"sign on (for)",
|
|
"sign up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlist",
|
|
"reenroll",
|
|
"reenter",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"re-up",
|
|
"get in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drop out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"slate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"reschedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delete"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club enters only five new members a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"ratify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"blacklist",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entombs":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"hearses",
|
|
"inhumes",
|
|
"inters",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"tombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"inurns",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"reburies",
|
|
"reinters",
|
|
"coffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncoffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"exhumes",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entoil":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entoiled by the strings of fate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"birdlime",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entente cordiales":{
|
|
"as in ententes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"projets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthusiasts":{
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skiing enthusiasts can't wait for the first snowfall of the season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"fanciers",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9s",
|
|
"habitues",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"junkies",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"maniacs",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"suckers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groupies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"collectors",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"rooters",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"faddists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"detractors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entoils":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entoiled by the strings of fate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"birdlimes",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrails":{
|
|
"the internal organs of the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in ancient Rome predictions of future events would sometimes be based on an examination of the entrails of a sacrificial animal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"inside(s)",
|
|
"inwards",
|
|
"viscera",
|
|
"vitals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowel(s)",
|
|
"intestine(s)",
|
|
"chitterlings",
|
|
"chitlins",
|
|
"giblet(s)",
|
|
"variety meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enters":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"breezes (in)",
|
|
"bursts (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzes (in)",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"pops (in)",
|
|
"strays (into)",
|
|
"wanders (into)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"gate-crashes",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"intrudes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"leaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patriotic young men and women entering the armed services",
|
|
"debutantes entering society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlists (in)",
|
|
"enrolls (in)",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"signs on (for)",
|
|
"signs up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlists",
|
|
"reenrolls",
|
|
"reenters",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"re-ups",
|
|
"gets in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops out",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
"slates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"books",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"reschedules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deletes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club enters only five new members a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"ratifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"blacklists",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrapped":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entoiled",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"birdlimed",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"untangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthral":{
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"involve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"elate",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"exhilarate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"occupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"obsess",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"preoccupy",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"monopolize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entombing":{
|
|
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entombing of the pharaohs in the pyramids must have been a magnificent sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombment",
|
|
"inhumation",
|
|
"interment",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"obsequy",
|
|
"obsequies",
|
|
"sepulture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embalmment",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"inurnment",
|
|
"reburial",
|
|
"reinterment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cremation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterment",
|
|
"exhumation",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"hearsing",
|
|
"inhuming",
|
|
"interring",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"tombing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"inurning",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"reburying",
|
|
"reinterring",
|
|
"coffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncoffining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"exhuming",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthusiastically":{
|
|
"in an enthusiastic manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sportswriters have praised this new pitching find so enthusiastically you'd think he's going to pitch nothing but no-hitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"rhapsodically",
|
|
"sky-high"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avidly",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"excitedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"fanatically",
|
|
"rabidly",
|
|
"warmly",
|
|
"zealously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofly",
|
|
"disinterestedly",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"incuriously",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetically",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lukewarmly",
|
|
"perfunctorily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthused":{
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't seem that enthused about the idea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbors invited us over just so we could enthuse over their new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"rhapsodized",
|
|
"slobbered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"emoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entraps":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entoils",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"birdlimes",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entreaties":{
|
|
"an earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjurations",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleadings",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"prayers",
|
|
"solicitations",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"suppliances",
|
|
"supplications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"insistences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entr'acte":{
|
|
"as in interstice , subinterval":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hiccup",
|
|
"hiccough",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interregnum",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"interstice",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"caesura",
|
|
"comma",
|
|
"interspace",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"time lag",
|
|
"window",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"adjournment",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"subinterval",
|
|
"bumper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"continuum",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entwisting":{
|
|
"as in weaving , inweaving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untwisting",
|
|
"unknotting",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"unweaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrust":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"hand in",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"recommit",
|
|
"redeliver",
|
|
"retransfer",
|
|
"retransmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entities":{
|
|
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the question of whether extrasensory perception will ever be a scientifically recognized entity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"commodities",
|
|
"existents",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"integers",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"realities",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"materials",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonentities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrenches":{
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"beats (into)",
|
|
"drives (into)",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"uproots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthuse":{
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbors invited us over just so we could enthuse over their new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"emote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthroning":{
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"sugarcoating",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entremets":{
|
|
"as in dessert , candy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"afters",
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dessert",
|
|
"pastry",
|
|
"confectionary",
|
|
"confectionery",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"confection",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetmeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrapments":{
|
|
"as in entanglements , enmeshments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshments",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"envelopments",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in arrests , captures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"detainments",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"house arrests",
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"servitudes",
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"impoundments",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"prisons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"redemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthrals":{
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"spellbinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"thrills",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"involves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"elates",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"exhilarates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"occupies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"obsesses",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"hogs",
|
|
"monopolizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthroned":{
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthusing":{
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighbors invited us over just so we could enthuse over their new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"rhapsodizing",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"emoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entanglements":{
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nooses",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quicksands",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tanglements",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"webs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cat's cradles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"cobwebs",
|
|
"spiderwebs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enterprisers":{
|
|
"as in doers , comers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"bootstrappers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
|
"self-starters",
|
|
"eager beavers",
|
|
"he-men",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"triflers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"ignorers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"neglecters",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in entrepreneurs , businessmen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessmen",
|
|
"businesspersons",
|
|
"businesswomen",
|
|
"entrepreneurs",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"marketers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"dealers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"traffickers",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"providers",
|
|
"provisioners",
|
|
"purveyors",
|
|
"suppliers",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"founding fathers",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
"initiators",
|
|
"instituters",
|
|
"institutors",
|
|
"originators",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"factories",
|
|
"manufactories",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"groundbreakers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"planners",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"researchists",
|
|
"agriculturists",
|
|
"agriculturalists",
|
|
"agronomists",
|
|
"cultivators",
|
|
"farmers",
|
|
"growers",
|
|
"planters",
|
|
"tillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthronement":{
|
|
"as in enshrinement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enshrinement",
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bay(s)",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"r\u00e9clame",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"sun",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"preferment",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dethronement",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"impeachment",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"removal",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demotion",
|
|
"disrating",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"reduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entailed":{
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"subsumed",
|
|
"took in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"consisted (of)",
|
|
"bracketed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"left (out)",
|
|
"missed out",
|
|
"omitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrains":{
|
|
"as in enplanes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enplanes",
|
|
"emplanes",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"climbs (aboard)",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"embarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"gets down",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"deplanes",
|
|
"detrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entitled":{
|
|
"to give a right to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"certificated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"chartered",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"legitimized",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"reaccredited",
|
|
"reapproved",
|
|
"recertified",
|
|
"rechartered",
|
|
"revalidated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"disempowered",
|
|
"disenfranchised",
|
|
"decertified",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"delegitimized",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"cleped",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"styled",
|
|
"termed",
|
|
"titled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branded",
|
|
"stigmatized",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"miscalled",
|
|
"misnamed",
|
|
"mistitled",
|
|
"code-named",
|
|
"nicknamed",
|
|
"rechristened",
|
|
"relabeled",
|
|
"relabelled",
|
|
"renamed",
|
|
"surnamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entice":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draw in",
|
|
"inveigle",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"magnetize",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"drive (away or off)",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"turn away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enticements":{
|
|
"something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hospital often offers T-shirts or caps as enticements for people to donate blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"siren songs",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"turn-ons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"seducements",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"mousetraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarnings",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enticement of the party buffet was just too great to ignore for very long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"temptations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren songs",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entryway":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small entryway to receive visitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"foyer",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"lobby",
|
|
"vestibule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechamber",
|
|
"anteroom",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"waiting room",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enticement":{
|
|
"something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hospital often offers T-shirts or caps as enticements for people to donate blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"siren song",
|
|
"temptation",
|
|
"turn-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"seducement",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"mousetrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enticement of the party buffet was just too great to ignore for very long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"temptation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren song",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entry":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please wait in the entry while I get the person you want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"foyer",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"lobby",
|
|
"vestibule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechamber",
|
|
"anteroom",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"waiting room",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believed that a college education was one's entry to a life of luxury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"admittance",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entr\u00e9e",
|
|
"entree",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"ingress",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"passport",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"open door",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entering":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessing",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"breezing (in)",
|
|
"bursting (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzing (in)",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"straying (into)",
|
|
"wandering (into)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"gate-crashing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patriotic young men and women entering the armed services",
|
|
"debutantes entering society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlisting (in)",
|
|
"enrolling (in)",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"signing on (for)",
|
|
"signing up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlisting",
|
|
"re-enlisting",
|
|
"reenrolling",
|
|
"re-enrolling",
|
|
"reentering",
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"re-upping",
|
|
"getting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"scheduling",
|
|
"slating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"carding",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"compiling",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"rescheduling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deleting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club enters only five new members a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"fellowshipping",
|
|
"fellowshiping",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"ratifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"blacklisting",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrusted":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"tasked",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"invested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"handed in",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"recommitted",
|
|
"redelivered",
|
|
"retransferred",
|
|
"retransmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enticing":{
|
|
"as in tempting , tantalizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charismatic",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"magnetic",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"unalluring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"decoying",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing in",
|
|
"inveigling",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"driving (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"turning away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entrap":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entoil",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"birdlime",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entangles":{
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"intertwists",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"entwists",
|
|
"inweaves",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknots",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"unweaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"untwists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entoils",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"birdlimes",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexes",
|
|
"complexifies",
|
|
"complicates",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"sophisticates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"straightens (out)",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"oversimplifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entr\u00e9e":{
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"admittance",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"ingress",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"passport",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"open door",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enters (into or upon)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"leads off",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"gets around (to)",
|
|
"gets down (to)",
|
|
"gets round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"entirely":{
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entreats":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"conjures",
|
|
"impetrates",
|
|
"implores",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleads (to)",
|
|
"prays",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"supplicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludges",
|
|
"cadges",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entranceways":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"entryways",
|
|
"foyers",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"lobbies",
|
|
"vestibules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechambers",
|
|
"anterooms",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"waiting rooms",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"portals",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entertained":{
|
|
"as in amused":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"thrilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"fed up",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sick and tired",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"solaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"busied",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"pleasured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"stuck (to)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entries":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please wait in the entry while I get the person you want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceways",
|
|
"entryways",
|
|
"foyers",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"lobbies",
|
|
"vestibules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechambers",
|
|
"anterooms",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"waiting rooms",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"portals",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believed that a college education was one's entry to a life of luxury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"admittances",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entr\u00e9es",
|
|
"entrees",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"ingresses",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"open doors",
|
|
"welcome mats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entombed":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"hearsed",
|
|
"inhumed",
|
|
"interred",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"tombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"inurned",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"reburied",
|
|
"reinterred",
|
|
"coffined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"cremated",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncoffined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"exhumed",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entered":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"breezed (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"bursted (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzed (in)",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"strayed (into)",
|
|
"wandered (into)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"gate-crashed",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"left"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become a member of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patriotic young men and women entering the armed services",
|
|
"debutantes entering society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlisted (in)",
|
|
"enrolled (in)",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"signed on (for)",
|
|
"signed up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenlisted",
|
|
"re-enlisted",
|
|
"reenrolled",
|
|
"re-enrolled",
|
|
"reentered",
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"re-upped",
|
|
"got in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"scheduled",
|
|
"slated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"carded",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"compiled",
|
|
"tabulated",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"rescheduled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deleted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club enters only five new members a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"fellowshipped",
|
|
"fellowshiped",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enthrall":{
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"involve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"elate",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"exhilarate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"occupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"obsess",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"preoccupy",
|
|
"hog",
|
|
"monopolize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entree":{
|
|
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"admittance",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"ingress",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"passport",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"open door",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"entireties":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"entireness",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"wholeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"indefectibility",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"all-inclusiveness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"exhaustiveness",
|
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"extensiveness",
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"inclusiveness",
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"soundness",
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"thoroughness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"limitedness",
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"narrowness",
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"patchiness",
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"sketchiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"imperfection",
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"imperfectness",
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"incompleteness",
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"unsoundness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"entourages":{
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"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
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"examples":[
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"the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"corteges",
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"cort\u00e8ges",
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"followings",
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"posses",
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"retinues",
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"suites",
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"tails",
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"trains"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crews",
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"personnels",
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"staffs",
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"staves",
|
|
"courts",
|
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"assistants",
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"attendants",
|
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"helpers",
|
|
"retainers"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
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}
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} |