dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/hal_MWT.json
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{
"halcyon":{
"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
"examples":[
"a halcyon era following the American Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"hushed",
"lown",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"still",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"untroubled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"windless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blizzardy",
"blizzardly",
"blustery",
"squally",
"windy",
"extreme",
"foul",
"intemperate",
"nasty",
"severe"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"angry",
"inclement",
"restless",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"unquiet",
"unsettled"
]
},
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
"examples":[
"during those early halcyon years the company's potential for growth seemed unlimited"
],
"synonyms":[
"booming",
"boomy",
"flourishing",
"golden",
"healthy",
"lush",
"palmy",
"prospering",
"prosperous",
"roaring",
"successful",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affluent",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"substantial",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dying",
"failing",
"floundering",
"languishing",
"struggling",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressed",
"unprosperous",
"unsuccessful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hale":{
"enjoying health and vigor":{
"examples":[
"still hale and strong at 80, often outdoing his younger golfing buddies"
],
"synonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"bouncing",
"fit",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"well-conditioned",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard",
"hardy",
"iron",
"lusty",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"ambulatory",
"nondisabled",
"uncrippled",
"active",
"agile",
"chipper",
"lively",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"spry",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"blooming",
"clean-cut",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"all right",
"good",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"infirm",
"run-down",
"sickened",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakened",
"weakly",
"worn-out",
"challenged",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"differently abled",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"malnourished",
"undernourished",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"bad",
"poorly"
],
"antonyms":[
"ailing",
"diseased",
"ill",
"sick",
"unfit",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
]
},
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
"examples":[
"the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"drag",
"draw",
"haul",
"lug",
"pull",
"tow",
"tug"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attract",
"heave",
"jerk",
"yank",
"carry",
"convey",
"ferry",
"move",
"transport"
],
"near antonyms":[
"shove",
"thrust"
],
"antonyms":[
"drive",
"propel",
"push"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"half bath":{
"as in powder room":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"powder room",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room",
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"bath",
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"half baths":{
"as in powder rooms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"half-and-half":{
"as in intermixture , interfusion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absorption",
"blending",
"coalescence",
"coalition",
"commingling",
"commixture",
"compost",
"concretion",
"homogenization",
"immingling",
"immixture",
"incorporation",
"integration",
"interfusion",
"intermingling",
"mergence",
"merger",
"merging",
"mingling",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"cocktail",
"combination",
"composite",
"compound",
"conflation",
"emulsion",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"meld",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis",
"assortment",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jumble",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"mishmash",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"potpourri",
"variety",
"accumulation",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"half-baked":{
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"he's always got some half-baked \"solution\" to a difficult, complex problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"half-cocked":{
"as in ill-advised , half-baked":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"half-pint":{
"a person of no importance or influence":{
"antonyms":[
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"bigwig",
"eminence",
"figure",
"kahuna",
"kingpin",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"personage",
"somebody",
"VIP"
],
"examples":[
"when I called the company to complain, I was shuttled from one half-pint to the next"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chief",
"head",
"lead",
"leader",
"celebrity",
"luminary",
"notable",
"personality",
"planet",
"star",
"superstar",
"authority",
"superior",
"great power",
"party",
"power"
],
"related":[
"no-name",
"noncelebrity",
"least",
"inferior",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity",
"figurehead",
"puppet"
],
"synonyms":[
"cipher",
"dwarf",
"insect",
"insignificancy",
"lightweight",
"morsel",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"nullity",
"number",
"pip-squeak",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"shrimp",
"snippersnapper",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"of a size that is less than average":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"examples":[
"one of those half-pint refrigerators that are designed for small apartments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"related":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"half-truth":{
"a statement that is only partly true and that is intended to deceive people":{
"examples":[
"I'm tired of all these half-truths \u2014I want to know the real story."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper",
"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",
"truth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halfpence":{
"as in smidgens , iotas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"ha'pennies",
"haets",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halfpennies":{
"as in smidgens , iotas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"ha'pennies",
"haets",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hall":{
"the entrance room of a building":{
"examples":[
"the dinner guests hung their coats in the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"foyer",
"hallway",
"lobby",
"vestibule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"lounge",
"waiting room",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"portal",
"threshold"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
"examples":[
"the bedroom is at the end of the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"concourse",
"corridor",
"gallery",
"hallway",
"passageway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcade",
"breezeway",
"cloister",
"loggia",
"piazza"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
"examples":[
"the concert hall was full"
],
"synonyms":[
"amphitheater",
"arena",
"auditorium",
"garden",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arena theater",
"music hall",
"odeum",
"playhouse",
"theater-in-the-round",
"ballroom",
"lyceum",
"chamber",
"house",
"senate",
"cafetorium"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior":{
"examples":[
"from the main hall of the museum, turn left to see the ancient pottery collection and turn right to see the mummies"
],
"synonyms":[
"foyer",
"lobby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"hallway",
"vestibule",
"concourse",
"corridor",
"gallery",
"passageway",
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"chamber",
"waiting room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"Lord Plentiworth has opened his family's hereditary home, Richley Hall , to visitors on Tuesdays"
],
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplace",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"great house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
"examples":[
"on your right, you will see Parliament Hall , a splendid example of Georgian architecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"cathedral",
"edifice",
"palace",
"tower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"construction",
"erection",
"structure",
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"countryseat",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"manor",
"manor house",
"mansion",
"showplace",
"villa",
"mausoleum",
"memorial",
"monument"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hallelujah":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"how delightful":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hallelujah , the bank is approving our loan application"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alack",
"alas",
"aw",
"boo"
],
"related":[
"wow",
"zowie",
"ooh",
"gee",
"gee whiz",
"gosh"
],
"synonyms":[
"glory",
"glory be",
"ha",
"hah",
"hey",
"hooray",
"hurrah",
"hurray",
"hot dog",
"huzzah",
"wahoo",
"whee",
"whoopee",
"yahoo",
"yippee"
]
},
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun"
]
},
"hallooing":{
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
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"examples":[
"far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering"
],
"related":[
"crowing",
"whooping",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"shrilling",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"caterwauling",
"howling",
"ululating",
"wailing",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"hailing",
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawling",
"baying",
"bellowing",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"sounding off",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hallucinating":{
"to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever."
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halos":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
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"examples":[
"the halo of unimpeachable honesty in which the politician had long basked"
],
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"related":[
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"mystiques",
"romances",
"genius locis",
"feelings",
"feels",
"sensations",
"senses",
"spirits",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"images",
"marks",
"notions",
"peculiarities",
"pictures",
"properties",
"traits",
"colors",
"illusions",
"overtones",
"semblances",
"suggestions",
"tones"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"ambiences",
"ambiances",
"aromas",
"atmospheres",
"auras",
"climates",
"flavors",
"karmas",
"moods",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses",
"notes",
"odors",
"patinas",
"patinae",
"smells",
"tempers",
"vibrations"
]
},
"an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
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"examples":[
"a naturalistic depiction of Saint Peter that shows him as a humble fisherman and without the traditional halo"
],
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"related":[
"starbursts",
"sunbursts",
"auras",
"coronas"
],
"synonyms":[
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"glories",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halt":{
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
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"examples":[
"negotiations are at a halt , with neither management nor the union budging on the issue of salary limits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dead end",
"bind",
"bottleneck",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"fix",
"hole",
"jam",
"morass",
"pickle",
"pinch",
"plight",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"quandary",
"spot",
"difficulty",
"problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadlock",
"gridlock",
"impasse",
"logjam",
"Mexican standoff",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"standstill"
]
},
"as in paralyzed , lame":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
],
"examples":[
"gardening came to a halt during the week of solid rain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"related":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"related":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"traffic was halted by the parade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"bottleneck",
"clog",
"dam",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"choke off",
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bring up",
"catch",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
],
"examples":[
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"related":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"antonyms":[
"dive (in)",
"plunge (in)"
],
"examples":[
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decide",
"budge",
"stir",
"advance",
"continue"
],
"related":[
"haw",
"hem",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"linger",
"pause",
"procrastinate",
"wait",
"back down",
"chicken (out)",
"consider",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"oscillate",
"sway",
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"waffle"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"dither",
"falter",
"hang back",
"hesitate",
"scruple",
"shilly-shally",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble"
]
},
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
"antonyms":[
"stride"
],
"examples":[
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"glide",
"sail"
],
"related":[
"hitch",
"blunder",
"falter",
"flounder",
"lurch",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"dodder"
],
"synonyms":[
"hobble",
"limp"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"halter":{
"as in rope , lasso":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"lasso",
"rope",
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halts":{
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"traffic was halted by the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrests",
"brings up",
"catches",
"checks",
"draws up",
"fetches up",
"holds up",
"pulls up",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"balks",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"bottlenecks",
"clogs",
"dams",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"snags",
"stems",
"concludes",
"cuts off",
"ends",
"terminates",
"calls",
"discontinues",
"suspends",
"chokes off",
"reins (in)",
"represses",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps (on)",
"keeps up",
"persists",
"runs on",
"advances",
"fares",
"goes along",
"marches",
"moves",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"wends",
"actuates",
"budges",
"drives",
"goads",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"spurs",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts off",
"cuts out",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"closes (down)",
"deactivates",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"calls",
"suspends",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"clamps down",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
"examples":[
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
],
"synonyms":[
"hobbles",
"limps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hitches",
"blunders",
"falters",
"flounders",
"lurches",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"teeters",
"totters",
"wavers",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"dodders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezes",
"glides",
"sails"
],
"antonyms":[
"strides"
]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
],
"synonyms":[
"balances",
"dithers",
"falters",
"hangs back",
"hesitates",
"scruples",
"shilly-shallies",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"vacillates",
"wavers",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haws",
"hems",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"lingers",
"pauses",
"procrastinates",
"waits",
"backs down",
"chickens (out)",
"considers",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"oscillates",
"sways",
"equivocates",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"waffles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decides",
"budges",
"stirs",
"advances",
"continues"
],
"antonyms":[
"dives (in)",
"plunges (in)"
]
},
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
"examples":[
"negotiations are at a halt , with neither management nor the union budging on the issue of salary limits"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"gridlocks",
"impasses",
"logjams",
"Mexican standoffs",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"standstills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead ends",
"binds",
"bottlenecks",
"corners",
"dilemmas",
"fixes",
"holes",
"jams",
"morasses",
"pickles",
"pinches",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"quandaries",
"spots",
"difficulties",
"problems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"gardening came to a halt during the week of solid rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"halve":{
"as in dissect , subdivide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld",
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halves":{
"as in dissects , subdivides":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"either of a pair matched in one or more qualities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's the bottom half of the ninth inning, and the Yankees are up at bat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antipodes",
"antitheses",
"contraries",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"related":[
"coordinates",
"coequals",
"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"likes",
"parallels",
"peers",
"rivals",
"carbon copies",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"facsimiles",
"identical twins",
"likenesses",
"mirror images",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"similarities"
],
"synonyms":[
"companions",
"fellows",
"matches",
"mates",
"twins"
]
},
"one of two equal or nearly equal parts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to be fair, we should each get half the pie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"sums",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"related":[
"halvers",
"hemispheres",
"meridians",
"semicircles",
"components",
"constituents",
"divisions",
"elements",
"fractions",
"parts",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"synonyms":[
"moieties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"half-pints":{
"a person of no importance or influence":{
"examples":[
"when I called the company to complain, I was shuttled from one half-pint to the next"
],
"synonyms":[
"ciphers",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"insects",
"insignificancies",
"lightweights",
"morsels",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"nullities",
"numbers",
"pip-squeaks",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"snippersnappers",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-names",
"noncelebrities",
"leasts",
"inferiors",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities",
"figureheads",
"puppets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"leads",
"celebrities",
"luminaries",
"notables",
"personalities",
"planets",
"stars",
"superstars",
"authorities",
"superiors",
"great powers",
"parties",
"powers"
],
"antonyms":[
"big shots",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"eminences",
"figures",
"kahunas",
"kingpins",
"magnates",
"nabobs",
"personages",
"somebodies",
"VIPs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"haloing":{
"as in enhaloing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enhaloing",
"beaming",
"beating (down)",
"radiating",
"shining",
"floodlighting",
"brightening",
"highlighting",
"spotlighting",
"bathing",
"beaconing",
"emblazing",
"illuminating",
"illuming",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"lighting",
"blazing",
"burning",
"firing",
"flaming",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"igniting",
"incinerating",
"kindling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"gleaming",
"glistening",
"glittering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"darkening",
"obfuscating",
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring",
"covering",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hallucinations":{
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
"examples":[
"were the voices real, or merely a hallucination ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"figments",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignes fatui",
"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"visualizations",
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
"cloudlands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"daymares",
"nightmares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the common hallucination that gluttony during the holiday season doesn't have consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusions",
"errors",
"fallacies",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"illusions",
"misbeliefs",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"old wives' tales",
"untruths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoids",
"superstitions",
"fictions",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"distortions",
"inaccuracies",
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings",
"misinformation",
"misknowledges",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"sophisms",
"sophistries",
"fibs",
"half-truths",
"lies",
"stories",
"tales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truths",
"verities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halters":{
"as in ropes , lassos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"half-blood":{
"as in interbred , crossbred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crossbred",
"crossed",
"half-bred",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"pure-blooded",
"pure-blood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred",
"well-bred",
"inbred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"haltered":{
"as in roped , lassoed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halberd":{
"as in trident , harpoon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gaff",
"harpoon",
"leister",
"trident",
"javelin",
"lance",
"pike",
"pikestaff",
"shaft",
"spear",
"dart",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hallucinated":{
"to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations":{
"examples":[
"The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreamed",
"stargazed",
"conceited",
"conceived",
"conjured (up)",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"fancied",
"fantasied",
"fantasized",
"featured",
"ideated",
"imaged",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"saw",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"re-created",
"recreated",
"reflected",
"relived",
"reminisced",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"mused",
"pondered",
"ruminated",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"planned",
"projected",
"foresaw",
"prefigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"haltering":{
"as in roping , lassoing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halbert":{
"as in trident , harpoon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gaff",
"harpoon",
"leister",
"trident",
"javelin",
"lance",
"pike",
"pikestaff",
"shaft",
"spear",
"dart",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hallow":{
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow \u2014this ground\""
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"sacralize",
"sanctify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptize",
"canonize",
"spiritualize",
"chasten",
"cleanse",
"lustrate",
"purify",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"expurgate",
"commit",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"reconsecrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defile",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"dirty",
"foul",
"pollute",
"soil",
"taint",
"violate",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"cuss",
"damn",
"execrate",
"cast out",
"condemn",
"damn",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrate",
"desacralize",
"desanctify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halfheartedly":{
"as in casually , listlessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"halterbroken":{
"as in broken , trained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"housebroken",
"trained",
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"tame",
"tamed",
"docile",
"familiar",
"gentle",
"semidomesticated",
"subdued",
"submissive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feral",
"savage",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wild",
"unbroken",
"untrained",
"wildish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"half-lives":{
"as in times , durations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"continuances",
"dates",
"durations",
"life spans",
"lifetimes",
"lives",
"runs",
"standings",
"times",
"spans",
"tenures",
"terms",
"ages",
"longevities",
"hitches",
"tours",
"turns",
"spells",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hallucinatory":{
"as in surreal , phantasmagoric":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreamlike",
"deceptive",
"delusional",
"delusive",
"illusory",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"surreal",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary",
"fabled",
"legendary",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"hypothetical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unbelievable",
"unconvincing",
"unlikely",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"feigned",
"fictive",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"genuine",
"true",
"factual",
"verifiable",
"verified",
"believable",
"convincing",
"realistic",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"solid",
"substantial",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"haltingly":{
"as in tentatively , hesitantly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"falteringly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"leisurely",
"slowly",
"deliberately",
"studiedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"pell-mell",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly",
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"half-lifes":{
"as in times , durations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"continuances",
"dates",
"durations",
"life spans",
"lifetimes",
"lives",
"runs",
"standings",
"times",
"spans",
"tenures",
"terms",
"ages",
"longevities",
"hitches",
"tours",
"turns",
"spells",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halo":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"the halo of unimpeachable honesty in which the politician had long basked"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"flavor",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
"examples":[
"a naturalistic depiction of Saint Peter that shows him as a humble fisherman and without the traditional halo"
],
"synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"glory",
"nimbus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"starburst",
"sunburst",
"aura",
"corona"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in enhalo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enhalo",
"beam",
"beat (down)",
"radiate",
"shine",
"floodlight",
"brighten",
"highlight",
"spotlight",
"bathe",
"beacon",
"emblaze",
"illume",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"light",
"lighten",
"blaze",
"burn",
"fire",
"flame",
"glare",
"glow",
"ignite",
"incinerate",
"kindle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"gleam",
"glisten",
"glitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacken",
"darken",
"obfuscate",
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure",
"cover",
"shroud",
"veil",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"half-and-halfs":{
"as in intermixtures , immixtures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgamations",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"cocktails",
"combinations",
"composites",
"compounds",
"conflations",
"emulsions",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"melds",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"syntheses",
"absorptions",
"coalescences",
"coalitions",
"commixtures",
"composts",
"concretions",
"homogenizations",
"immixtures",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"interfusions",
"mergences",
"mergers",
"assortments",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jumbles",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"mishmashes",
"motleys",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"varieties",
"accumulations",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"ingredients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Hall of Fame":{
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"With that over-the top reception, she won a place in the wedding planners' Hall of Fame ."
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hallowed":{
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"examples":[
"the college's hallowed tradition of ringing the chapel bell one hundred times before commencement ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"revered",
"reverend",
"sacred",
"venerable",
"venerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
"examples":[
"a church erected on one of Christianity's most hallowed sites"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrate",
"consecrated",
"holy",
"sacral",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"ceremonial",
"liturgical",
"priestly",
"religious",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"spiritual",
"biblical",
"scriptural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"unspiritual",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
]
},
"not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with":{
"examples":[
"hallowed traditions that bind the present generation with all those that have gone before"
],
"synonyms":[
"holy",
"inviolable",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"unassailable",
"untouchable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inviolate",
"pure",
"privileged",
"protected",
"secure",
"shielded",
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"irreverent",
"profane",
"sacrilegious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow \u2014this ground\""
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"sacralized",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"canonized",
"spiritualized",
"chastened",
"cleansed",
"lustrated",
"purified",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"expurgated",
"committed",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"reconsecrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiled",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"tainted",
"violated",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"cussed",
"damned",
"execrated",
"cast out",
"condemned",
"damned",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"desanctified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"half-life":{
"as in time , duration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"continuance",
"date",
"duration",
"life",
"life span",
"lifetime",
"run",
"standing",
"time",
"span",
"tenure",
"term",
"age",
"longevity",
"hitch",
"tour",
"turn",
"spell",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"haled":{
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
"examples":[
"the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"dragged",
"drew",
"hauled",
"lugged",
"pulled",
"towed",
"tugged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attracted",
"heaved",
"hove",
"jerked",
"yanked",
"carried",
"conveyed",
"ferried",
"moved",
"transported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"shoved",
"thrust"
],
"antonyms":[
"drove",
"propelled",
"pushed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"half-wits":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"some half-wit had left the gate open, and all the sheep had gotten loose"
],
"synonyms":[
"berks",
"boobies",
"charlies",
"charleys",
"cuckoos",
"ding-a-lings",
"dingbats",
"ding-dongs",
"dipsticks",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"featherheads",
"fools",
"geese",
"gits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"mooncalves",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"madmen",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"goons",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks",
"stocks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"butts",
"dupes",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"monkeys",
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sages",
"thinkers",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"even a half-wit knows that ice cream melts if it's not in the freezer"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halting":{
"as in uncertain , faltering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"doubtful",
"faltering",
"indecisive",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"questioning",
"skeptical",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"unsure",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"disinclined",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"reticent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decided",
"decisive",
"determined",
"resolute",
"unquestioning",
"assured",
"confident",
"sanguine",
"self-assured",
"certain",
"convinced",
"positive",
"sure",
"ready",
"willing",
"disposed",
"inclined"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ending , termination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"stopping",
"termination",
"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"abandonment",
"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recall",
"recision",
"repeal",
"rescission",
"revocation",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"traffic was halted by the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bringing up",
"catching",
"checking",
"drawing up",
"fetching up",
"holding up",
"pulling up",
"stalling",
"staying",
"stilling",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"bottlenecking",
"clogging",
"damming",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"snagging",
"stemming",
"concluding",
"cutting off",
"ending",
"terminating",
"calling",
"discontinuing",
"suspending",
"choking off",
"reining (in)",
"repressing",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping (on)",
"keeping up",
"persisting",
"running on",
"advancing",
"faring",
"going along",
"marching",
"moving",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"wending",
"actuating",
"budging",
"driving",
"goading",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"cutting off",
"cutting out",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"ending",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"leaving off",
"packing (up or in)",
"quitting",
"shutting off",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"closing (down)",
"deactivating",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"damming",
"delaying",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"kiboshing",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"calling",
"suspending",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"clamping down",
"reining (in)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stamping",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abolishing",
"aborting",
"annulling",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dissolving",
"killing",
"ruining",
"scuttling",
"snuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping up",
"running on",
"advancing",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
"examples":[
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
],
"synonyms":[
"hobbling",
"limping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hitching",
"blundering",
"faltering",
"floundering",
"lurching",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"doddering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezing",
"gliding",
"sailing"
],
"antonyms":[
"striding"
]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
],
"synonyms":[
"balancing",
"dithering",
"faltering",
"hanging back",
"hesitating",
"scrupling",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hawing",
"hemming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"lingering",
"pausing",
"procrastinating",
"waiting",
"backing down",
"chickening (out)",
"considering",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"oscillating",
"swaying",
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"waffling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deciding",
"budging",
"stirring",
"advancing",
"continuing"
],
"antonyms":[
"diving (in)",
"plunging (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"haloes":{
"as in enhaloes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enhaloes",
"beams",
"beats (down)",
"radiates",
"shines",
"floodlights",
"brightens",
"highlights",
"spotlights",
"bathes",
"beacons",
"emblazes",
"illumes",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"irradiates",
"lightens",
"lights",
"blazes",
"burns",
"fires",
"flames",
"glares",
"glows",
"ignites",
"incinerates",
"kindles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"gleams",
"glistens",
"glitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackens",
"darkens",
"obfuscates",
"dims",
"dulls",
"obscures",
"covers",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hallows":{
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
"examples":[
"Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow \u2014this ground\""
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"sacralizes",
"sanctifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"canonizes",
"spiritualizes",
"chastens",
"cleanses",
"lustrates",
"purifies",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"expurgates",
"commits",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"reconsecrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiles",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"taints",
"violates",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"cusses",
"damns",
"execrates",
"casts out",
"condemns",
"damns",
"punishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrates",
"desacralizes",
"desanctifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"half-blooded":{
"as in interbred , crossbred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crossbred",
"crossed",
"half-bred",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"pure-blooded",
"pure-blood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred",
"well-bred",
"inbred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"half-wit":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"some half-wit had left the gate open, and all the sheep had gotten loose"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"even a half-wit knows that ice cream melts if it's not in the freezer"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halls":{
"the entrance room of a building":{
"examples":[
"the dinner guests hung their coats in the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"foyers",
"hallways",
"lobbies",
"vestibules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antechambers",
"anterooms",
"lounges",
"waiting rooms",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"portals",
"thresholds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
"examples":[
"the bedroom is at the end of the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"concourses",
"corridors",
"galleries",
"hallways",
"passageways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcades",
"breezeways",
"cloisters",
"loggias",
"loggie",
"piazzas",
"piazze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
"examples":[
"the concert hall was full"
],
"synonyms":[
"amphitheaters",
"arenas",
"auditoriums",
"auditoria",
"gardens",
"theaters",
"theatres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arena theaters",
"music halls",
"odea",
"playhouses",
"theaters-in-the-round",
"ballrooms",
"lyceums",
"chambers",
"houses",
"senates",
"cafetoriums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior":{
"examples":[
"from the main hall of the museum, turn left to see the ancient pottery collection and turn right to see the mummies"
],
"synonyms":[
"foyers",
"lobbies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"hallways",
"vestibules",
"concourses",
"corridors",
"galleries",
"passageways",
"antechambers",
"anterooms",
"chambers",
"waiting rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"Lord Plentiworth has opened his family's hereditary home, Richley Hall , to visitors on Tuesdays"
],
"synonyms":[
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"estates",
"haciendas",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"manses",
"mansions",
"palaces",
"villas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplaces",
"abodes",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"housings",
"nests",
"quarters",
"residencies",
"roofs",
"great houses",
"country houses",
"countryseats",
"aeries",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"town houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
"examples":[
"on your right, you will see Parliament Hall , a splendid example of Georgian architecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"cathedrals",
"edifices",
"palaces",
"towers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constructions",
"erections",
"structures",
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"countryseats",
"estates",
"haciendas",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"mansions",
"showplaces",
"villas",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"memorials",
"monuments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"half-bred":{
"as in grade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grade",
"cold-blooded",
"cross",
"crossbred",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel",
"dihybrid",
"trihybrid",
"crossed",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred",
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"inbred",
"linebred",
"straightbred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cross , intercross":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbred",
"crossbreed",
"hybrid",
"intercross",
"mongrel",
"mule",
"outcross"
],
"near antonyms":[
"full-blood",
"pureblood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"hallucinoses":{
"as in schizophrenias , paranoias":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hypomanias",
"paranoias",
"schizophrenias",
"deliriums",
"frenzies",
"hysterias",
"senile dementias",
"instabilities",
"irrationalities",
"delusions",
"hallucinations",
"aberrations",
"dementias",
"derangements",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"manias",
"rages",
"monomanias",
"obsessions",
"phobias",
"neuroses",
"psychoses",
"abnormalities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lucidities",
"rationalities",
"reasonabilities",
"normalities",
"minds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halyard":{
"as in lanyard , guy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guy",
"lanyard",
"stay",
"cable",
"cord",
"lace",
"lacing",
"line",
"rope",
"string",
"wire",
"bungee cord",
"whipcord"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halloos":{
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls",
"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sounds off",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"ululates",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"hails",
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hallmarking":{
"as in stamping , earmarking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captioning",
"earmarking",
"stamping",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"marking",
"tagging",
"ticketing",
"calling",
"designating",
"identifying",
"naming",
"tabbing",
"entitling",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"branding",
"stigmatizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hallo":{
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"hail",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halfhearted":{
"showing little or no interest or enthusiasm":{
"examples":[
"a halfhearted attempt to clean the house before the arrival of the in-laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"neutral",
"uncaring",
"uninterested",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"listless",
"perfunctory",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"unfeeling",
"unsympathetic",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"unfriendly",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agog",
"ardent",
"avid",
"exuberant",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"gung ho",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"intense",
"raring",
"red-hot",
"vehement",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"interested",
"ready",
"willing",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"hearty",
"keen",
"passionate",
"warm",
"wholehearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"halfheartedness":{
"as in hard-heartedness , obduracy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodlessness",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"heartlessness",
"imperturbability",
"insensitivity",
"obduracy",
"affectlessness",
"apathy",
"emotionlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"blankness",
"deadness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"sensibility",
"compassion",
"empathy",
"pity",
"sympathy",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensitivity",
"solicitude",
"tenderness",
"understanding",
"warmth",
"hand-wringing",
"histrionics",
"hysteria",
"hysterics",
"melodrama",
"vehemence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halfway houses":{
"as in homes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"homes",
"hospices",
"sanatoriums",
"sanatoria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitaria",
"sanitoriums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitaria",
"sanitariums",
"sanitoria",
"sanitoriums",
"sickrooms",
"clinics",
"hospitals",
"infirmaries",
"medical centers",
"sick bays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"half-witted":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"the young genius mastered calculus while his peers, who seemed half-witted in comparison, labored over basic addition and subtraction"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"had the half-witted idea to try to swim across the raging river, and would have drowned if someone hadn't rescued him"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"haloed":{
"as in enhaloed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enhaloed",
"beamed",
"beat (down)",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"brightened",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"bathed",
"beaconed",
"emblazed",
"illumed",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"fired",
"flamed",
"glared",
"glowed",
"ignited",
"incinerated",
"kindled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"gleamed",
"glistened",
"glittered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"darkened",
"obfuscated",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured",
"covered",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hallelujahs":{
"as in hails , hurrahs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hails",
"hosannas",
"hurrahs",
"hoorays",
"hoorahs",
"huzzahs",
"huzzas",
"acclamations",
"applauses",
"cheers",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"raves",
"r\u00e9clames",
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"kudos",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes",
"kudos",
"praises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boos",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"raspberries",
"smirks",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"snorts",
"whistles",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halving":{
"as in dissecting , subdividing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"subdividing",
"trisecting",
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding",
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halted":{
"as in arrested , stopped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrested",
"ended",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"receding",
"regressing",
"retrogressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afoot",
"ongoing",
"proceeding",
"functioning",
"happening",
"operating",
"working",
"afloat",
"alive",
"going"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"traffic was halted by the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"brought up",
"caught",
"checked",
"drew up",
"fetched up",
"held up",
"pulled up",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"stilled",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"balked",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"bottlenecked",
"clogged",
"dammed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"snagged",
"stemmed",
"concluded",
"cut off",
"ended",
"terminated",
"called",
"discontinued",
"suspended",
"choked off",
"reined (in)",
"repressed",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept (on)",
"kept up",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"fared",
"marched",
"moved",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"wended",
"went along",
"actuated",
"budged",
"drove",
"goaded",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"broke off",
"broke up",
"canned",
"ceased",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desisted (from)",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"ended",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"left off",
"packed (up or in)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"shut off",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"finished",
"closed (down)",
"deactivated",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"dammed",
"delayed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"kiboshed",
"obstructed",
"stemmed",
"called",
"suspended",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"clamped down",
"reined (in)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stamped",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abolished",
"aborted",
"annulled",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"dissolved",
"killed",
"ruined",
"scuttled",
"snuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept up",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
"examples":[
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
],
"synonyms":[
"hobbled",
"limped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hitched",
"blundered",
"faltered",
"floundered",
"lurched",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"wavered",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"doddered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezed",
"glided",
"sailed"
],
"antonyms":[
"strode"
]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"dithered",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"hung back",
"scrupled",
"shilly-shallied",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"vacillated",
"wavered",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hawed",
"hemmed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"lingered",
"paused",
"procrastinated",
"waited",
"backed down",
"chickened (out)",
"considered",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"oscillated",
"swayed",
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"waffled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decided",
"budged",
"stirred",
"advanced",
"continued"
],
"antonyms":[
"dived (in)",
"dove (in)",
"plunged (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"halvers":{
"as in half , moiety":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"half",
"moiety",
"hemisphere",
"meridian",
"semicircle",
"component",
"constituent",
"division",
"element",
"fraction",
"part",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"sum",
"total",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"hallmark":{
"a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark":{
"examples":[
"the hallmark of the Primrose Pottery Works is the small rose emblem etched on each piece"
],
"synonyms":[
"emblem",
"ensign",
"impresa",
"logo",
"symbol",
"totem",
"trademark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attribute",
"icon",
"ikon",
"pictograph",
"logogram",
"logograph",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"cognizance",
"crest",
"insignia",
"monogram",
"colophon",
"stamp",
"token"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"regards kindness and gentleness as the hallmarks of a real man"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stamp , earmark":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caption",
"earmark",
"stamp",
"label",
"mark",
"tag",
"ticket",
"call",
"designate",
"identify",
"name",
"tab",
"entitle",
"style",
"term",
"title",
"brand",
"stigmatize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hallmarked":{
"as in stamped , earmarked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captioned",
"earmarked",
"stamped",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"marked",
"tagged",
"ticketed",
"called",
"designated",
"identified",
"named",
"tabbed",
"entitled",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled",
"branded",
"stigmatized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"halfpenny":{
"as in smidgen , iota":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"ha'penny",
"haet",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hallucination":{
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
"examples":[
"were the voices real, or merely a hallucination ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"illusion",
"nonentity",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignis fatuus",
"mirage",
"will-o'-the-wisp",
"brainchild",
"idea",
"concoction",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fiction",
"invention",
"envisaging",
"imaging",
"visualization",
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
"cloudland",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"daymare",
"nightmare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the common hallucination that gluttony during the holiday season doesn't have consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoid",
"superstition",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"distortion",
"inaccuracy",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"sophism",
"sophistry",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"halyards":{
"as in lanyards , guys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guys",
"lanyards",
"stays",
"cables",
"cords",
"laces",
"lacings",
"lines",
"ropes",
"strings",
"wires",
"bungee cords",
"bungees",
"whipcords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"half-wittedness":{
"as in doltishness , feeblemindedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"feeblemindedness",
"foolishness",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brain",
"brainpower",
"gray matter",
"headpiece",
"intellect",
"intellectuality",
"intelligence",
"mentality",
"reason",
"sense",
"smarts",
"eggheadedness",
"highbrowism",
"intellectualism",
"braininess",
"brilliance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hales":{
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
"examples":[
"the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"drags",
"draws",
"hauls",
"lugs",
"pulls",
"tows",
"tugs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attracts",
"heaves",
"jerks",
"yanks",
"carries",
"conveys",
"ferries",
"moves",
"transports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"shoves",
"thrusts"
],
"antonyms":[
"drives",
"propels",
"pushes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}