9988 lines
198 KiB
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9988 lines
198 KiB
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{
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"high roads":{
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"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"hair-raising tales of outlaws who ambushed coaches traveling the high roads"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"causeways",
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"autobahns",
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"autoroutes",
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"autostradas",
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"autostrade",
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"dual carriageways",
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"interstates",
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"motorways",
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"superhighways",
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"beltways",
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"bypasses",
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"parkways",
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"ring roads",
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"corniches",
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"switchbacks",
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"through streets",
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"high streets",
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"Main Streets",
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"backstreets",
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"branches",
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"bystreets",
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"byways",
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"crossroads",
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"secondary roads",
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"shunpikes",
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"side roads",
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"side streets",
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"alleys",
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"alleyways",
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"circles",
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"lanes",
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"laneways",
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"mews",
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"places",
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"closes",
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"culs-de-sac",
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"cul-de-sacs",
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"dead ends",
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"corridors",
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"tracks",
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"trails"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arterials",
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"arteries",
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"avenues",
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"boulevards",
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"carriageways",
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"drags",
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"drives",
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"expressways",
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"freeways",
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"highways",
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"passes",
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"pike",
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"pikes",
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"roads",
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"roadways",
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"routes",
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"rows",
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"streets",
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"thoroughfares",
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"thruways",
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"traces",
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"turnpikes",
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"ways"
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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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"high street":{
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"as in Main Street":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"Main Street",
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"through street",
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"backstreet",
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"branch",
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"bystreet",
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"byway",
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"crossroad",
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"secondary road",
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"shunpike",
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"side road",
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"side street",
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"corniche",
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"switchback",
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"alley",
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"alleyway",
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"beltway",
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"bypass",
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"parkway",
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"ring road",
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"circle",
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"lane",
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"laneway",
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"mews",
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"place",
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"autobahn",
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"autoroute",
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"autostrada",
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"dual carriageway",
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"interstate",
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"motorway",
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"superhighway",
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"close",
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"cul-de-sac",
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"dead end",
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"causeway"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"high-flown":{
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"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
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"examples":[
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"gave a high-flown reply instead of a simple \"yes\" or \"no\" answer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aureate",
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"florid",
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"flowery",
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"grandiloquent",
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"high-sounding",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"magnific",
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"ornate",
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"purple",
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"rhetorical",
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"rhetoric"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affected",
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"bloated",
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"fancy-pants",
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"grandiose",
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"inflated",
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"pompous",
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"pretentious",
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"stilted",
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"excessive",
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"flattering",
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"fulsome",
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"boastful",
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"bombastic",
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"elevated",
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"eloquent",
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"lofty",
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"bookish",
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"inkhorn",
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"learned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"prosaic",
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"unpoetic",
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"bald",
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"direct",
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"lean",
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"matter-of-fact",
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"plain",
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"plainspoken",
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"simple",
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"spare",
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"stark",
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"straightforward",
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"unadorned",
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"natural",
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"unaffected",
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"unpretentious"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"very dignified in form, tone, or style":{
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"examples":[
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"high-flown speeches about the nobleness of their cause"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"elevated",
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"eloquent",
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"formal",
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"lofty",
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"majestic",
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"stately",
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"towering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affected",
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"bombastic",
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"declamatory",
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"florid",
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"flowery",
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"grandiloquent",
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"grandiose",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"oratorical",
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"pompous",
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"pretentious",
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"rhetorical",
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"rhetoric",
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"stilted",
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"Attic",
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"cultured",
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"refined",
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"classy",
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"courtly",
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"fine",
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"graceful",
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"tasteful",
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"aristocratic",
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"genteel",
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"patrician",
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"correct",
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"educated",
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"grammatical",
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"proper",
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"academic",
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"academical",
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"bookish",
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"learned",
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"literary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"casual",
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"colloquial",
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"conversational",
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"informal",
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"nonformal",
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"slangy",
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"unbookish",
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"unliterary",
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"vernacular",
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"coarse",
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"common",
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"crass",
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"crude",
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"gross",
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"ill-bred",
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"indecent",
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"lowbred",
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"lowbrow",
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"rough",
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"rough-hewn",
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"rude",
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"tasteless",
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"uncouth",
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"uncultivated",
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"uncultured",
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"unpolished",
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"unrefined",
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"vulgar",
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"incorrect",
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"substandard",
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"uneducated",
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"ungrammatical",
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"unlearned"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ineloquent",
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"low",
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"undignified"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"high-handed":{
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"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
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"examples":[
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"the manager displayed a high-handed demeanor that increasingly demoralized the members of his staff"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arrogant",
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"assumptive",
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"bumptious",
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"cavalier",
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"chesty",
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"haughty",
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"high-and-mighty",
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"high-hat",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"huffish",
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"huffy",
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"imperious",
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"important",
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"lofty",
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"lordly",
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"masterful",
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"overweening",
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"peremptory",
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"pompous",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous",
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"pretentious",
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"self-asserting",
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"self-assertive",
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"sniffy",
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"stiff-necked",
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"supercilious",
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"superior",
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"toplofty",
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"toploftical",
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"uppish",
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"uppity"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"authoritarian",
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"bossy",
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"dominant",
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"dominating",
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"domineering",
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"magisterial",
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"pontifical",
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"pontificating",
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"condescending",
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"disdainful",
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"patronizing",
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"impertinent",
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"impudent",
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"saucy",
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"snobbish",
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"snobby",
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"snooty",
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"blusterous",
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"blustery",
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"boastful",
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"bombastic",
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"braggart",
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"bragging",
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"braggy",
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"cocky",
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"swaggering",
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"vain",
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"vainglorious",
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"complacent",
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"conceited",
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"egocentric",
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"egoistic",
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"egoistical",
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"egotistic",
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"egotistical",
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"hubristic",
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"narcissistic",
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"orgulous",
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"prideful",
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"proud",
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"self-affected",
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"self-applauding",
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"self-centered",
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"self-complacent",
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"self-conceited",
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"self-pleased",
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"self-satisfied",
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"smug",
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"stuck-up",
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"self-flattering",
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"self-loving",
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"self-promoting",
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"brash",
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"forward",
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"uninhibited",
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"unreserved",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"immodest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bashful",
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"cowering",
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"cringing",
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"demure",
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"diffident",
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"introverted",
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"mousy",
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"mousey",
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"overmodest",
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"self-critical",
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"self-doubting",
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"sheepish",
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"shrinking",
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"shy",
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"subdued",
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"timid",
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"acquiescent",
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"compliant",
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"deferential",
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"meek",
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"passive",
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"submissive",
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"unaggressive",
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"unassertive",
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"unassuming",
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"unobtrusive",
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"yielding",
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"quiet",
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"reserved",
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"retiring"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"humble",
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"lowly",
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"modest",
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"unarrogant",
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"unpretentious"
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]
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},
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"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
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"examples":[
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"that country club tends to be rather high-handed about whom they let in and whom they shut out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arbitrary",
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"dictatorial",
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"imperious",
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"peremptory",
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"willful",
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"wilful"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arrogant",
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"commanding",
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"demanding",
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"dominant",
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"domineering",
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"haughty",
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"imperative",
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"lordly",
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"masterful",
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"overbearing",
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"presumptuous",
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"authoritarian",
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"autocratic",
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"autocratical",
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"despotic",
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"totalitarian",
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"tyrannical",
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"tyrannic",
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"tyrannous",
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"capricious",
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"changeable",
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"erratic",
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"inconsistent",
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"mercurial",
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"whimsical",
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"biased",
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"inequitable",
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"partisan",
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"prejudiced",
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"unequal",
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"unfair",
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"unjust",
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"unrealistic",
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"unreasonable",
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"unconscionable",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"disinterested",
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"dispassionate",
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"equal",
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"equitable",
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"evenhanded",
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"fair",
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"impartial",
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"just",
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"nonpartisan",
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"objective",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"understanding",
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"unbiased",
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"unprejudiced",
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"ethical",
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"honorable",
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"irreproachable",
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"law-abiding",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"unimpeachable"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"high-handedness":{
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"as in bossiness , dominance":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"authoritativeness",
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"bossiness",
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"bowwow",
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"brag",
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"dominance",
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"arrogance",
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"assumption",
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"bumptiousness",
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"consequence",
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"haughtiness",
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"hauteur",
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"high horse",
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"huffiness",
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"imperiousness",
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"loftiness",
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"lordliness",
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"masterfulness",
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"peremptoriness",
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"pomposity",
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"pompousness",
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"presumptuousness",
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"pretense",
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"pretence",
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"pretension",
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"pretentiousness",
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"self-consequence",
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"self-importance",
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"superciliousness",
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"superiority",
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"toploftiness",
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"condescension",
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"disdain",
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"scorn",
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"chest-thumping",
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"inflation",
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"self-assertion",
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"side",
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"snobbery",
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"snobbishness",
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"snobbism",
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"snootiness",
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"attitude",
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"cheek",
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"cheekiness",
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"impertinence",
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"impudence",
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"sauciness",
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"boastfulness",
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"bombast",
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"braggadocio",
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"bravado",
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"strut",
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"swagger",
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"triumphalism",
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"vaingloriousness",
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"vainglory",
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"cockiness",
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"complacence",
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"conceit",
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"egoism",
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"egotism",
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"pride",
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"pridefulness",
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"self-assumption",
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"self-centeredness",
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"self-complacency",
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"self-conceit",
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"self-content",
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"self-contentment",
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"self-opinion",
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"self-partiality",
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"self-satisfaction",
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"smugness",
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"swelled head",
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"vanity",
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"superiority complex"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"humility",
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"modesty",
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"unassumingness",
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"unpretentiousness",
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"bashfulness",
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"demureness",
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"retiringness",
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"shyness",
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"diffidence",
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"self-distrust",
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"self-doubt",
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"timidity",
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"timidness",
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"lowliness",
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"meekness",
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"mousiness",
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"passiveness",
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"passivity",
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"submissiveness",
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"quietness",
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"reserve",
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"reservedness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"high-hatted":{
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"to show contempt for":{
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"examples":[
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"one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contemned",
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"disdained",
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"disrespected",
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"dissed",
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"looked down (on or upon)",
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"scorned",
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"slighted",
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"sniffed (at)",
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"snooted",
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"snubbed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"scouted",
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"abhorred",
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"abominated",
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"despised",
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"detested",
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"execrated",
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"hated",
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"loathed",
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"belittled",
|
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"deplored",
|
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"deprecated",
|
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"disparaged",
|
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"disapproved (of)",
|
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"discountenanced",
|
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"disfavored",
|
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"frowned (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"cherished",
|
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"prized",
|
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"treasured",
|
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"valued",
|
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"admired",
|
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"esteemed",
|
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"lionized",
|
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"hallowed",
|
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"revered",
|
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"venerated",
|
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"worshipped",
|
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"worshiped",
|
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"accepted",
|
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"appreciated",
|
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"approved (of)",
|
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"cared (for)",
|
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"countenanced",
|
|
"favored",
|
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"OK'd",
|
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"okayed",
|
|
"subscribed (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"honored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
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"cut",
|
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"slighted",
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"snubbed",
|
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"stiff-armed",
|
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"stiffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolated",
|
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"ostracized",
|
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"brushed (aside or off)",
|
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"disdained",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"shrugged off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-muck-a-mucks":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-pressures":{
|
|
"as in distributes , markets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"trades (in)",
|
|
"vends",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in threatens , blackmails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmails",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"sandbags",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-strung":{
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dog that tends to be high-strung is not the best pet for young children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highballed":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highballing":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highjack":{
|
|
"to take control of (a vehicle) by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commandeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carjack",
|
|
"skyjack",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"confiscate",
|
|
"expropriate",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highlighting":{
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"playing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the TV schedule, this week's \"Astronomy Today\" highlights the accomplishments of Maria Mitchell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"overplaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"foregrounding",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"punctuating",
|
|
"stressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highlights":{
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the TV schedule, this week's \"Astronomy Today\" highlights the accomplishments of Maria Mitchell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"foregrounds",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"punctuates",
|
|
"stresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"overplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizes",
|
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"understates",
|
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"belittles",
|
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"discounts",
|
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"disparages",
|
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"minimizes"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"plays down"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"as in breaks , clinchers":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"breaks",
|
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"cappers",
|
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"clinchers",
|
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"crushers",
|
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"toppers",
|
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"climacterics",
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"climaxes",
|
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"corners",
|
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"landmarks",
|
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"mileposts",
|
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"milestones",
|
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"turning points",
|
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"watersheds",
|
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"conversions",
|
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"metamorphoses",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
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"transformations",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
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"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
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"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in features , attractions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
|
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"showpieces",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"trophies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"defects",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"eyesores",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"messes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highly":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though she didn't win, she was highly satisfied with her personal results for the marathon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a large extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that is highly different from your first idea for a family vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"big-time",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"massively",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"sizably",
|
|
"staggeringly",
|
|
"stupendously",
|
|
"tremendously",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"vastly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"healthily",
|
|
"plentifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"imperceptibly",
|
|
"infinitesimally",
|
|
"insignificantly",
|
|
"invisibly",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highspots":{
|
|
"as in highs , highlights":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hightailed (it)":{
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when a fight broke out, we hightailed it out of the bar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"made off",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped (out)",
|
|
"skirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hightailing (it)":{
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when a fight broke out, we hightailed it out of the bar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"skedaddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"eloping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"getting (away)",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"making off",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping (out)",
|
|
"skirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-minded":{
|
|
"having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-minded efforts to improve the lives of people who are less fortunate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"sublime"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"small-minded",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was too high-minded to admit publicly to watching trashy movies, but privately she loved them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"la-di-da",
|
|
"la-de-da",
|
|
"lah-de-dah",
|
|
"lah-dee-dah",
|
|
"lah-di-dah",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"self-aggrandizing",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highest":{
|
|
"being at a point or level higher than all others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the highest grade",
|
|
"the highest flag on the pole"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loftiest",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"uppermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"loftier",
|
|
"upper",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"maximal",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"uttermost",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nether",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"underneath",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"sunken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottommost",
|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"rock-bottom",
|
|
"undermost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coming before all others in importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turned to the highest authority for answers",
|
|
"the highest official in the land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cardinal",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"last",
|
|
"least"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-water mark":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hit the high-water mark of his acting career when he played Tiny Tim in a school play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"highspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-pressuring":{
|
|
"as in distributing , marketing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"trading (in)",
|
|
"vending",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in threatening , blackmailing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmailing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy":{
|
|
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quilt was a higgledy-piggledy patchwork of odd-shaped fabric scraps, each of which held a fond memory for the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in topsy-turvy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"spottily",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highball":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
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"poke"
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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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"high-powered":{
|
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"as in dynamic , robust":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamic",
|
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"energetic",
|
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"forceful",
|
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"robust",
|
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"vigorous",
|
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"celebrated",
|
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"distinguished",
|
|
"dominant",
|
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"eminent",
|
|
"famed",
|
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"famous",
|
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"great",
|
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"illustrious",
|
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"noble",
|
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"notable",
|
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"noteworthy",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
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"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highlight":{
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the TV schedule, this week's \"Astronomy Today\" highlights the accomplishments of Maria Mitchell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"foreground",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"point (up)",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"punctuate",
|
|
"stress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"overplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"underemphasize",
|
|
"understate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasize",
|
|
"play down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in break , clincher":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"clincher",
|
|
"crusher",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"watershed",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in feature , attraction":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpiece",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"trophy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"eyesore",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"mess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high roller":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the carefree environment of a vacation, even a person of modest means has the urge to play the high roller"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-hatting":{
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemning",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disrespecting",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"looking down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"sniffing (at)",
|
|
"snooting",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"frowning (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"lionizing",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"subscribing (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"stiff-arming",
|
|
"stiffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highjackings":{
|
|
"the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a country in which hijackings of foreign executives has become commonplace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abductions",
|
|
"kidnappings",
|
|
"kidnapings",
|
|
"rapes",
|
|
"snatches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressments",
|
|
"seizures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-grade":{
|
|
"as in fine , valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"marketable",
|
|
"merchantable",
|
|
"salable",
|
|
"saleable",
|
|
"sellable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonsalable",
|
|
"unmarketable",
|
|
"unsalable",
|
|
"unsellable",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high road":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hair-raising tales of outlaws who ambushed coaches traveling the high roads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-speed":{
|
|
"as in fast , rapid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highfalutin":{
|
|
"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his highfalutin paean to the working class failed to win over a crowd that wanted to hear down-to-earth proposals for economic relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aureate",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"purple",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"fancy-pants",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"learned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"unpoetic",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her highfalutin relatives from New York made the snide remark that her little house \"has that lived-in look\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to be intimidated by the highfalutin manner of the sales staff in the fashionable boutique"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"masterful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"apologetic",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"fine Southern cuisine\" sounds a bit highfalutin for a barbecue shack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"la-di-da",
|
|
"la-de-da",
|
|
"lah-de-dah",
|
|
"lah-dee-dah",
|
|
"lah-di-dah",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"self-aggrandizing",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-spirited":{
|
|
"joyously unrestrained":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a high-spirited crowd loudly cheering the basketball team on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"gamesome",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vivacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"overexuberant",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"saucy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a lively display of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the band struck up a high-spirited march as the President's motorcade approached"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"gingery",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highland":{
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude(s)",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"mesa",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"ridge",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"sugarloaf",
|
|
"foothill",
|
|
"hillock",
|
|
"hummock",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"knoll",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dingle",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"tidewater"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-mindedly":{
|
|
"in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-mindedly gave his colleagues all the credit for the successful completion of the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatheartedly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"honorably",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"nobly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"venerably",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"majestically",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"chivalrously",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"valiantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"contemptibly",
|
|
"despicably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"pitiably",
|
|
"sorrily",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"degenerately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"basely",
|
|
"currishly",
|
|
"dishonorably",
|
|
"ignobly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"adverb"
|
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]
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},
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"highflier":{
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"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
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"go-getter",
|
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"hummer",
|
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"hustler",
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"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beaver",
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"doer",
|
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"enterpriser",
|
|
"he-man",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"trifler",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"ignorer",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"neglecter",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"high":{
|
|
"extending to a great distance upward":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"as the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest is mountaineering's holy grail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudinous",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"towering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"high-rise",
|
|
"statuesque"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"squat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being at a higher level than average":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gasoline prices are high right now",
|
|
"a high fever",
|
|
"people with high incomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overlarge",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"under"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"low"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"located at a greater height than average or usual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an eagle's nest high on the cliff",
|
|
"an old house with high ceilings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"nosebleed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendant",
|
|
"ascendent",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"overhead",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"upper",
|
|
"uppermost",
|
|
"upward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sunken",
|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"undermost",
|
|
"abreast",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"level"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-lying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being far along in development":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cabal of self-proclaimed Luddites who argued that the evils of high technology far outweighed its virtues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"full-scale",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"grown",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"cutting-edge",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"leading-edge",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newest",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"underdeveloped",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"underweight",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"germinal",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"Neandertal",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nonprogressive",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"undeveloped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not only has he never been high , he has never even tasted alcohol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concert tickets weren't cheap\u2014you don't even want to know how high they were"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had the highest intentions, but her \"help\" turned out to be a disaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"sublime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"small-minded",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highest in rank or authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high government officials",
|
|
"lord high executioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"presiding",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"supereminent",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"officiating",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regnant",
|
|
"reigning",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"supervisory",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"predominate",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"ascendant",
|
|
"ascendent",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"upper",
|
|
"uppermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancillary",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"under"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's clean now, but when he was younger he used to get high every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took days for the high of the World Series win to wear off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloud nine",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"swoon",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"blessedness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"reverie",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"lightheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"V formations of honking geese on high mean winter will soon be here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"heaven(s)",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"welkin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midair",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"skyline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a luxurious manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after he had won the lottery Philip lived pretty high \u2014until all the money was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expensively",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"fatly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"luxuriously",
|
|
"opulently",
|
|
"palatially",
|
|
"plushly",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"sumptuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imposingly",
|
|
"impressively",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"grandiosely",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"affluently",
|
|
"comfortably",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"wealthily",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"indulgently",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"prodigally",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"wastefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"cheaply",
|
|
"economically",
|
|
"frugally",
|
|
"inexpensively",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"sparingly",
|
|
"thriftily",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"restrainedly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"temperately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austerely",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"simply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highspot":{
|
|
"as in high , highlight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-muckety-mucks":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highlands":{
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"foothills",
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"hummocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highways":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-test":{
|
|
"as in high-grade , premium":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in high-octane":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-octane",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"watered-down",
|
|
"watery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-hat":{
|
|
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the wedding reception the bride's high-hat relatives did their considerable best to ignore us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"persnickety",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"toffee-nosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
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"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"swellheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"egalitarian",
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
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"antielitist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several high-hat society types arrived after we did, but they got seated first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemn",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"look down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"sniff (at)",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"lionize",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"subscribe (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"shrug off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cowboy hat , baseball cap":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-hats":{
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemns",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disrespects",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"looks down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"sniffs (at)",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"lionizes",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"subscribes (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"stiff-arms",
|
|
"stiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"shrugs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cowboy hats , baseball caps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-end":{
|
|
"appealing to affluent consumers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a high-end haberdashery that serves its clients by appointment only"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"upmarket",
|
|
"upscale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"expensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"down-market",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"low-end"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-end digital cameras intended for professionals and serious amateurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highballs":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to make up for lost time, the train just highballed through the station without stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
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"hurls",
|
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"hurries",
|
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"hurtles",
|
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"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
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"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
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"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
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"scuds",
|
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"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-pressured":{
|
|
"as in intense , intensive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenetic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in distributed , marketed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"traded (in)",
|
|
"vended",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in threatened , blackmailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmailed",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"higher-ups":{
|
|
"as in directors , executives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"boss men",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"forewomen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"taskmasters",
|
|
"taskmistresses",
|
|
"leadmen",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"standard-bearers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"gangers",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czarinas",
|
|
"tsarinas",
|
|
"tzarinas",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
|
"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
|
"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high seas":{
|
|
"as in waters , blue water":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue water",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brine",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"Neptune",
|
|
"ocean",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"seven seas",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"Davy Jones's locker",
|
|
"depths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-and-mighty":{
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss so high-and-mighty that no one could reason with him about anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highway":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high hats":{
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemns",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"disrespects",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"looks down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"sniffs (at)",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"lionizes",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"subscribes (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"stiff-arms",
|
|
"stiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"shrugs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cowboy hats , baseball caps":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highbrows":{
|
|
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"intellectualists",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"longhairs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"bluestockings",
|
|
"Brahmins",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"intellectualizers",
|
|
"pseuds",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"philistines"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high school":{
|
|
"as in public school , middle school":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common school",
|
|
"elementary school",
|
|
"grammar school",
|
|
"junior high school",
|
|
"kindergarten",
|
|
"middle school",
|
|
"primary school",
|
|
"public school",
|
|
"secondary school",
|
|
"senior high school",
|
|
"trade school",
|
|
"training school",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academy",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"seminary",
|
|
"boarding school",
|
|
"prep",
|
|
"preparatory school",
|
|
"prep school",
|
|
"charter school",
|
|
"magnet school",
|
|
"minischool",
|
|
"madrassa",
|
|
"madrasa",
|
|
"madrassah",
|
|
"madrasah",
|
|
"Sunday school",
|
|
"yeshiva",
|
|
"yeshivah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-ticket":{
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specialty store selling high-ticket goods to a well-heeled clientele"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high priestess":{
|
|
"as in priestess":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"diva",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"prima donna"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high priestesses":{
|
|
"as in priestesses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"divas",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"prima donnas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highbrowed":{
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"highbrowed readers were not bothered by the novel's lack of a conventional plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highs":{
|
|
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took days for the high of the World Series win to wear off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloud nine",
|
|
"ecstasies",
|
|
"elations",
|
|
"euphorias",
|
|
"exhilarations",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"rhapsodies",
|
|
"seventh heaven",
|
|
"swoons",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exaltations",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"reveries",
|
|
"trances",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"exuberances",
|
|
"gaieties",
|
|
"gayeties",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"jubilances",
|
|
"jubilations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"woes",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejections",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"despairs",
|
|
"despondencies",
|
|
"disheartenments",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"melancholies",
|
|
"mopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"V formations of honking geese on high mean winter will soon be here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"firmaments",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"skies",
|
|
"welkins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midairs",
|
|
"horizons",
|
|
"skylines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highjacking":{
|
|
"the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a country in which hijackings of foreign executives has become commonplace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"rape",
|
|
"snatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressment",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"shanghaiing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take control of (a vehicle) by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commandeering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"skyjacking",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"confiscating",
|
|
"expropriating",
|
|
"seizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-tech":{
|
|
"relating to or using new electronic devices and technology":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-tech devices",
|
|
"The methods they use are very high-tech ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high hat":{
|
|
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the wedding reception the bride's high-hat relatives did their considerable best to ignore us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"persnickety",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"toffee-nosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"swellheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"egalitarian",
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"antielitist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several high-hat society types arrived after we did, but they got seated first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemn",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"look down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"sniff (at)",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"lionize",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"subscribe (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"shrug off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cowboy hat , baseball cap":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highwayman":{
|
|
"a man especially in the past who stopped travelers on roads and robbed them":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"brigand",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"tearaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high court":{
|
|
"as in supreme court":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"supreme court",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"bench",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"tribunal",
|
|
"judicatory",
|
|
"judicature",
|
|
"judiciary",
|
|
"civil court",
|
|
"criminal court",
|
|
"trial court",
|
|
"court-martial",
|
|
"drumhead court-martial",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"kangaroo court"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"higher learning":{
|
|
"as in higher education":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"higher education",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tuition",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"didactics",
|
|
"pedagogics",
|
|
"pedagogy",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"preparation",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highfliers":{
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrappers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beavers",
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"he-men",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"triflers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"ignorers",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"neglecters",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-spiritedness":{
|
|
"as in festivity , cheer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-headedness",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"goofiness",
|
|
"puerility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high and low":{
|
|
"in every place or in all places":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been looking high and low for my glasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"everyplace",
|
|
"everywhere",
|
|
"far and wide",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"every which way",
|
|
"right and left"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nowhere"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highborn":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skeptics have argued that these dramatic masterpieces must have been written by someone more highborn than one William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-class":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had some surprisingly high-class food at the church supper"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-water marks":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hit the high-water mark of his acting career when he played Tiny Tim in a school play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"highspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highwaymen":{
|
|
"a man especially in the past who stopped travelers on roads and robbed them":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"brigands",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"gangbangers",
|
|
"gangstas",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gorillas",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"plug-uglies",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"yobbos",
|
|
"yobboes",
|
|
"yobs",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"pickpockets",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"thieves",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"juvenile delinquents",
|
|
"tearaways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high horse":{
|
|
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I won't deal with you until you get off your high horse and stop patronizing me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bossiness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-toned":{
|
|
"as in intellectual , highbrow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"hypercivilized",
|
|
"overcivilized",
|
|
"oversophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"polyester",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in airy , high-flown":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"la-di-da",
|
|
"la-de-da",
|
|
"lah-de-dah",
|
|
"lah-dee-dah",
|
|
"lah-di-dah",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"self-aggrandizing",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-sounding":{
|
|
"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-sounding speeches full of promises that the candidates would never keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aureate",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"purple",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"fancy-pants",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"learned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"unpoetic",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high comedy":{
|
|
"as in low comedy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"low comedy",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"improv",
|
|
"stand-up",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high and dry":{
|
|
"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inadequate supplies of vaccine left many people high and dry when the flu season arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"hog-tied",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"unaggressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high rollers":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the carefree environment of a vacation, even a person of modest means has the urge to play the high roller"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterers",
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spenders",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"squanderers",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wastrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizers",
|
|
"penny-pinchers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high commands":{
|
|
"as in homes , centers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"capitals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-pressure":{
|
|
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a high-pressure salesman who wouldn't take \"no\" for an answer",
|
|
"\"for a limited time only\" and other standbys of high-pressure advertising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"trigger-happy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"hyperaggressive",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"unapologetic",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"bare-knuckle",
|
|
"bare-knuckled",
|
|
"bare-knuckles",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in distribute , market":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"trade (in)",
|
|
"vend",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in threaten , blackmail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmail",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"obligate",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"sandbag",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"prevail (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"talk (into)",
|
|
"win (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highjacked":{
|
|
"to take control of (a vehicle) by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commandeered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carjacked",
|
|
"skyjacked",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"expropriated",
|
|
"seized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"higher education":{
|
|
"attendance as a student at a college or university":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of higher education ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"higher learning",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tuition",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"didactics",
|
|
"pedagogics",
|
|
"pedagogy",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"preparation",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-level":{
|
|
"of great importance or high rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"These military secrets are known only to a few high-level government officials."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cardinal",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"least"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high schooler":{
|
|
"as in middle schooler , kindergartner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"middler",
|
|
"middle schooler",
|
|
"coed",
|
|
"collegian",
|
|
"postgraduate",
|
|
"undergraduate",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"sophomore",
|
|
"schoolfellow",
|
|
"schoolmate",
|
|
"underclassman",
|
|
"undergrad",
|
|
"upperclassman",
|
|
"day student",
|
|
"preppy",
|
|
"preppie",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"exchange student",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"studier",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"student"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-flying":{
|
|
"as in aggressive , opportunistic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"hard-driving",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"competitive",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"rivalrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highflyer":{
|
|
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootstrapper",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eager beaver",
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"he-man",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"trifler",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"ignorer",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"neglecter",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high jinks":{
|
|
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the team's dismal record, the players have won over many fans with their exuberant high jinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownery",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"boisterousness",
|
|
"rambunctiousness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rowdyism",
|
|
"rumbustiousness",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting",
|
|
"sportiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high ground":{
|
|
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one would have thought that having the superior product would have given the company the high ground in the video format war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"catbird seat",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inside track",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"stead",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"whip hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"odds",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"transcendency",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"seniority",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"unevenness",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highbrow":{
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally, a TV series that appeals to a highbrow audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"double-dome",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"bluestocking",
|
|
"Brahmin",
|
|
"mandarin",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"intellectualizer",
|
|
"pseud",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"simpleton"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy hitter",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"muckety-muck",
|
|
"muck-a-muck",
|
|
"mucky-muck",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high courts":{
|
|
"as in supreme courts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"supreme courts",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"benches",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"tribunals",
|
|
"judicatories",
|
|
"judicatures",
|
|
"judiciaries",
|
|
"civil courts",
|
|
"criminal courts",
|
|
"trial courts",
|
|
"courts-martial",
|
|
"court-martials",
|
|
"drumhead court-martials",
|
|
"inquisitions",
|
|
"kangaroo courts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-mindedness":{
|
|
"as in blamelessness , scrupulousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"reputability",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"right-mindedness",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"uprightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"corruptibility",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"disgracefulness",
|
|
"disreputableness",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"venality",
|
|
"blameworthiness",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"unrighteousness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"rottenness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high schools":{
|
|
"as in public schools , middle schools":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common schools",
|
|
"elementary schools",
|
|
"grammar schools",
|
|
"junior high schools",
|
|
"kindergartens",
|
|
"middle schools",
|
|
"primary schools",
|
|
"public schools",
|
|
"secondary schools",
|
|
"senior high schools",
|
|
"trade schools",
|
|
"training schools",
|
|
"academes",
|
|
"academies",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"seminaries",
|
|
"boarding schools",
|
|
"preparatory schools",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"prep schools",
|
|
"charter schools",
|
|
"magnet schools",
|
|
"minischools",
|
|
"madrassas",
|
|
"madrasas",
|
|
"madrassahs",
|
|
"madrasahs",
|
|
"Sunday schools",
|
|
"yeshivas",
|
|
"yeshivot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high-rise":{
|
|
"as in statuesque":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"altitudinous",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"towering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"higher":{
|
|
"being far along in development":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an institute of higher learning",
|
|
"higher primates, such as the apes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"high",
|
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"improved",
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"late",
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"progressive",
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"refined"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"precocious",
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"full-blown",
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"full-fledged",
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"full-scale",
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"aged",
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"grown",
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"mature",
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"matured",
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"perfected",
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"ripe",
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"ripened",
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"civilized",
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"educated",
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"enhanced",
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"enlightened",
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"contemporary",
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"current",
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"cutting-edge",
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"latest",
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"leading-edge",
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"mod",
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"modern",
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"new",
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"newest",
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"newfangled",
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"new-fashioned",
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"novel",
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"now",
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"present-day",
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"recent",
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"space-age",
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"supermodern",
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"ultramodern",
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"up-to-date"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"green",
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"immature",
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"underdeveloped",
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"undersized",
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"undersize",
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"underweight",
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"unripe",
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"unripened",
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"savage",
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"uncivilized",
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"uneducated",
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"early",
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"embryonic",
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"germinal",
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"primeval",
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"primordial",
|
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"antediluvian",
|
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"antiquated",
|
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"antique",
|
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"dated",
|
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"fusty",
|
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"hoary",
|
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"musty",
|
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"Neanderthal",
|
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"Neandertal",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"backward",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nonprogressive",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"undeveloped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high priest":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"the high priest of tax relief for the state's property owners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who brings an art or science to full realization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the high priest of nouvelle cuisine, he was enormously influential in the food world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"practitioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"doyen",
|
|
"grand old man",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"philosopher",
|
|
"theorist",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |