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2244 lines
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{
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"fabricate":{
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"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disassemble",
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"dismantle",
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"take apart",
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"break up",
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"dismember",
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"abolish",
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"annihilate",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"eradicate",
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"exterminate",
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"extinguish",
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"flatten",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"ruin",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"wreck",
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"blow up",
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"explode"
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],
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"related":[
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"assemble",
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"build",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"make up",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up",
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"structure",
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"throw up",
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"craft",
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"handcraft",
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"hew",
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"forge",
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"mold",
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"shape",
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"cobble (together or up)",
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"knock out",
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"patch (together)",
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"throw up",
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"prefabricate",
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"create",
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"invent",
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"mint",
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"originate",
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"establish",
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"father",
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"institute",
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"organize",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"design",
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"devise",
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"imagine",
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"think (up)",
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"conceive",
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"envisage",
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"picture",
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"visualize",
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"refashion",
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"remake",
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"remanufacture"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fashion",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"make",
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"manufacture",
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"produce"
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]
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},
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"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clone",
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"copy",
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"copycat",
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"duplicate",
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"imitate",
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"mimic",
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"reduplicate",
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"replicate",
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"reproduce"
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],
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"related":[
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"coin",
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"design",
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"hatch",
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"produce",
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"daydream",
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"dream",
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"fantasize",
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"conceive",
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"envisage",
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"envision",
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"imagine",
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"picture",
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"vision",
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"visualize",
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"ad-lib",
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"extemporize",
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"improvise"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concoct",
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"construct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"devise",
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"drum up",
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"excogitate",
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"invent",
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"make up",
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"manufacture",
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"think (up)",
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"trump up",
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"vamp (up)"
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]
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},
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"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
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"antonyms":[
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"demount",
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"disassemble",
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"dismantle",
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"dismember",
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"knock down",
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"strike",
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"take down",
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"tear down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"flatten",
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"level",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"ruin",
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"ruinate",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"wreck",
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"blow up",
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"explode",
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"detach",
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"disengage",
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"disconnect",
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"disjoin",
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"disunite",
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"divide",
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"separate"
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],
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"related":[
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"carpenter",
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"fashion",
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"forge",
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"frame",
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"hammer",
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"handcraft",
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"manufacture",
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"mold",
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"produce",
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"shape",
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"prefabricate",
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"begin",
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"coin",
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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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"constitute",
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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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"conceive",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"design",
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"devise",
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"imagine",
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"think (up)",
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"reassemble",
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"rebuild",
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"reconstruct",
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"redevelop",
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"reedify",
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"retrofit",
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"jerry-build",
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"rig (up)",
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"throw up",
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"combine",
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"unite"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assemble",
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"build",
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"confect",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"make",
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"make up",
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"piece",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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]
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},
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"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assert",
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"swear",
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"testify",
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"authenticate",
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"confirm",
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"substantiate",
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"validate",
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"verify"
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],
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"related":[
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"forswear",
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"foreswear",
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"perjure",
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"equivocate",
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"fudge",
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"palter",
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"beguile",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
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"delude",
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"dupe",
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"fool",
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"gull",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"kid",
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"snow",
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"take in",
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"trick",
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"defame",
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"libel",
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"slander",
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"traduce",
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"falsify",
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"misreport",
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"misrepresent",
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"misstate",
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"distort",
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"garble",
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"dissemble",
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"dissimulate",
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"misguide",
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"misinform",
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"mislead"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fib",
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"lie",
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"prevaricate"
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]
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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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"fabrications":{
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"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
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"examples":[
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"her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fables",
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"fairy tales",
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"falsehoods",
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"falsities",
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"fibs",
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"lies",
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"mendacities",
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"prevarications",
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"stories",
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"tales",
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"taradiddles",
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"tarradiddles",
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"untruths",
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"whoppers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"distortions",
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"exaggerations",
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"half-truths",
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"ambiguities",
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"equivocations",
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"obliquities",
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"defamations",
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"libels",
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"slanders",
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"perjuries",
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"bluffs",
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"fictions",
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"poses",
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"pretenses",
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"pretences",
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"humbug",
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"jives",
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"nonsense",
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"canards",
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"fallacies",
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"misconceptions",
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"myths",
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"falsifications",
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"misinformation",
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"misreports",
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"misrepresentations",
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"misstatements",
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"deceits",
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"dishonesties",
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"duplicities",
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"fraudulences"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"facts",
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"truisms",
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"verities",
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"honesties",
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"veracities",
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"authentications",
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"confirmations",
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"substantiations",
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"validations",
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"verifications"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"truths"
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]
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},
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"something that is the product of the imagination":{
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"examples":[
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"the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fables",
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"fantasies",
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"phantasies",
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"fictions",
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"figments",
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"inventions"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anecdotes",
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"anecdota",
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"narratives",
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"novels",
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"stories",
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"tales",
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"yarns",
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"fairy tales",
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"falsehoods",
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"falsities",
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"fibs",
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"lies",
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"mendacities",
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"misrepresentations",
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"prevarications",
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"untruths",
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"whoppers",
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"make-believe"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actualities"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"facts",
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"materialities",
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"realities"
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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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"fabulous":{
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"based on, described in, or being a myth":{
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"examples":[
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"the city of Phoenix is named after a fabulous bird that every 500 years destroys itself with fire, only to rise again from its own ashes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"legendary",
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"mythical",
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"mythic"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"famed",
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"romanticized",
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"storied",
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"chimerical",
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"chimeric",
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"fabricated",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"fictional",
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"fictitious",
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"fanciful",
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"imaginary",
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"imagined",
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"invented",
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"made-up",
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"make-believe",
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"pretend",
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"unreal",
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"allegorical",
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"mythological",
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"mythologic",
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"semilegendary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actual",
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"existent",
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"real",
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"real-world",
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"historical",
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"factual",
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"true",
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"attested",
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"authenticated",
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"confirmed",
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"established",
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"proven",
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"substantiated",
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"validated",
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"verified",
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"authentic",
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"bona fide",
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"genuine",
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"real-life"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"causing wonder or astonishment":{
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"examples":[
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"the fabulous sites of dazzlingly lit Las Vegas"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amazing",
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"astonishing",
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"astounding",
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"awesome",
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"awful",
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"eye-opening",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"miraculous",
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"portentous",
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"prodigious",
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"staggering",
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"stunning",
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"stupendous",
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"sublime",
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"surprising",
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"wonderful",
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"wondrous"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"incomprehensible",
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"inconceivable",
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"incredible",
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"unbelievable",
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"unimaginable",
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"unthinkable",
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"extraordinary",
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"phenomenal",
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"rare",
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"sensational",
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"spectacular",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted",
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"conspicuous",
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"notable",
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"noticeable",
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"outstanding",
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"remarkable",
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"impressive",
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"smashing",
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"striking",
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"mind-bending",
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"mind-blowing",
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"mind-boggling",
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"animating",
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"energizing",
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"enlightening",
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"enlivening",
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"exciting",
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"galvanizing",
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"invigorating",
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"stimulating",
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"alluring",
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"attracting",
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"attractive",
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"beguiling",
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"bewitching",
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"captivating",
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"charming",
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"enchanting",
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"entertaining",
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"enthralling",
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"fascinating",
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"interesting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unimpressive",
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"uninspiring",
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"unremarkable",
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"boring",
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"dull",
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"jading",
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"monotonous",
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"tedious",
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"tiring",
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"uninspired",
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"uninteresting",
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"wearisome",
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"weary",
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"wearying",
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"common",
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"customary",
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"mundane",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"usual",
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"draining",
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"enervating",
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"exhausting",
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"fatiguing",
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"wearing",
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"debilitating",
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"enfeebling",
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"demoralizing",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"dispiriting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
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"examples":[
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"a story of a fabulous land where the people know nothing of war and live together in perfect harmony"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chimerical",
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"chimeric",
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"fanciful",
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"fantasied",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"fictional",
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"fictitious",
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"ideal",
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"imaginal",
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"imaginary",
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"imagined",
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"invented",
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"made-up",
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"make-believe",
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"mythical",
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"mythic",
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"notional",
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"phantasmal",
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"phantasmic",
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"phantom",
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"pretend",
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"unreal",
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"visionary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"legendary",
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"romantic",
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"abstract",
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"hypothetical",
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"theoretical",
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"theoretic",
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"unbelievable",
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"unconvincing",
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"unlikely",
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"conceived",
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"envisaged",
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"envisioned",
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"pictured",
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"visualized",
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"daydreamlike",
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"deceptive",
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"delusional",
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"delusive",
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"hallucinatory",
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"illusory",
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"phantasmagoric",
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"phantasmagorical",
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"concocted",
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"fabricated",
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"feigned",
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"fictive",
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"inexistent",
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"nonexistent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"authentic",
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"genuine",
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"true",
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"factual",
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"verifiable",
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"verified",
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"believable",
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"convincing",
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"realistic",
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"corporeal",
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"material",
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"physical",
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"solid",
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"substantial",
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"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had a fabulous time on our vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabulousness":{
|
|
"as in greatness , specialness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"marvellousness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"specialness",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"sterlingness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"superlativeness",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"supremeness",
|
|
"exceptionality",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"commonplaceness",
|
|
"everydayness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"mundaneness",
|
|
"mundanity",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"normalness",
|
|
"passibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"second-rateness",
|
|
"typicality",
|
|
"typicalness",
|
|
"unremarkableness",
|
|
"usualness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fable":{
|
|
"a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this classic Christmas film is essentially a fable showing how every person's life has meaning and touches the lives of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allegory",
|
|
"apologue",
|
|
"parable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beast fable",
|
|
"bestiary",
|
|
"morality play",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythology",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to an ancient fable the waters of the mountain spring are the tears of a woman weeping for her lost children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegory",
|
|
"parable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stories of lost cities of gold may have been fables deliberately concocted by Native Americans to dupe the Spanish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"invention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper",
|
|
"make-believe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"realness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fables that people tell themselves to rationalize their failures and shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"perjury",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabric":{
|
|
"a woven or knitted material (as of cotton or nylon)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fabric that is supposed to repel rain while at the same time allowing the wearer's perspiration to escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloth",
|
|
"textile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"thread",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"rag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't expect the fabric of society to survive if you do away with all moral imperatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"architecture",
|
|
"armature",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"edifice",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skeleton",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"chassis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabricating":{
|
|
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"structuring",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"hewing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"patching (together)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"prefabricating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"minting",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visualizing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remanufacturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"taking apart",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"drumming up",
|
|
"excogitating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"trumping up",
|
|
"vamping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coining",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing",
|
|
"ad-libbing",
|
|
"extemporizing",
|
|
"improvising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloning",
|
|
"copycatting",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"replicating",
|
|
"reproducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"confecting",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"piecing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentering",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"prefabricating",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"coining",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"reedifying",
|
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"retrofitting",
|
|
"jerry-building",
|
|
"rigging (up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruinating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounting",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"prevaricating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"perjuring",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"misreporting",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"testifying",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabulist":{
|
|
"a person who tells lies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricator",
|
|
"fibber",
|
|
"liar",
|
|
"prevaricator",
|
|
"storyteller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerator",
|
|
"mythomaniac",
|
|
"calumniator",
|
|
"defamer",
|
|
"libeler",
|
|
"libelist",
|
|
"slanderer",
|
|
"perjurer",
|
|
"distorter",
|
|
"falsifier",
|
|
"equivocator",
|
|
"palterer",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"dissimulator",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"pretender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fables":{
|
|
"a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this classic Christmas film is essentially a fable showing how every person's life has meaning and touches the lives of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allegories",
|
|
"apologues",
|
|
"parables"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beast fables",
|
|
"bestiaries",
|
|
"morality plays",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"mythologies",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"tales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to an ancient fable the waters of the mountain spring are the tears of a woman weeping for her lost children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"mythoi",
|
|
"myths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegories",
|
|
"parables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"sagas",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stories of lost cities of gold may have been fables deliberately concocted by Native Americans to dupe the Spanish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"inventions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"novels",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers",
|
|
"make-believe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"materialities",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fables that people tell themselves to rationalize their failures and shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"taradiddles",
|
|
"tarradiddles",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"ambiguities",
|
|
"equivocations",
|
|
"obliquities",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"perjuries",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canards",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"falsifications",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"dishonesties",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fraudulences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"veracities",
|
|
"authentications",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"verifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabricated":{
|
|
"as in manufactured":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"processed",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"industrial",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"ersatz",
|
|
"faux",
|
|
"imitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"raw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fictional , fictitious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"storied",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"allegorical",
|
|
"mythological",
|
|
"mythologic",
|
|
"semilegendary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"real-world",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real-life"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"structured",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"hewed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"patched (together)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remanufactured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"took apart",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"drummed up",
|
|
"excogitated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"trumped up",
|
|
"vamped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"ad-libbed",
|
|
"extemporized",
|
|
"improvised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloned",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"confected",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"pieced",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carpentered",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"reedified",
|
|
"retrofitted",
|
|
"retrofit",
|
|
"jerry-built",
|
|
"rigged (up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruinated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"lied",
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"prevaricated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"forswore",
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"foreswore",
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"perjured",
|
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"equivocated",
|
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"fudged",
|
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"paltered",
|
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"beguiled",
|
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"cozened",
|
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"deceived",
|
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"deluded",
|
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"duped",
|
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"fooled",
|
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"gulled",
|
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"hoaxed",
|
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"hoodwinked",
|
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"kidded",
|
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"snowed",
|
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"took in",
|
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"tricked",
|
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"defamed",
|
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"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
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"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"misreported",
|
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"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
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"distorted",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
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"dissimulated",
|
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"misguided",
|
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"misinformed",
|
|
"misled"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"asserted",
|
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"swore",
|
|
"testified",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
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"confirmed",
|
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"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabricators":{
|
|
"a person who tells lies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been a fabricator for so long that it no longer occurs to him to tell the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fibbers",
|
|
"liars",
|
|
"prevaricators",
|
|
"storytellers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerators",
|
|
"mythomaniacs",
|
|
"calumniators",
|
|
"defamers",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"libelists",
|
|
"slanderers",
|
|
"perjurers",
|
|
"distorters",
|
|
"falsifiers",
|
|
"equivocators",
|
|
"palterers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"dissimulators",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"pretenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabrication":{
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"perjury",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"invention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper",
|
|
"make-believe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"realness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabricator":{
|
|
"a person who tells lies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been a fabricator for so long that it no longer occurs to him to tell the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fibber",
|
|
"liar",
|
|
"prevaricator",
|
|
"storyteller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerator",
|
|
"mythomaniac",
|
|
"calumniator",
|
|
"defamer",
|
|
"libeler",
|
|
"libelist",
|
|
"slanderer",
|
|
"perjurer",
|
|
"distorter",
|
|
"falsifier",
|
|
"equivocator",
|
|
"palterer",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"dissimulator",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"pretender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |