24096 lines
483 KiB
JSON
24096 lines
483 KiB
JSON
{
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"impacted":{
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"as in embedded , entrenched":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"entrenched",
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"intrenched",
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"implanted",
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"anchored",
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"clamped",
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"attached",
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"bound",
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"fastened",
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"secured",
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"bonded",
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"cemented",
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"glued",
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"immovable",
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"unyielding",
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"fast",
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"firm",
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"frozen",
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"jammed",
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"lodged",
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"set",
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"snug",
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"stuck",
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"tight",
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"wedged"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"insecure",
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"loose",
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"detached",
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"dislodged",
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"freed",
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"loosened",
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"unattached",
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"unbound",
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"undone",
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"unfastened",
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"unsecured",
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"movable",
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"moveable",
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"yielding"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
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"examples":[
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"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affected",
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"impressed",
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"influenced",
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"moved",
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"reached",
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"struck",
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"swayed",
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"told (on)",
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"touched"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carried away",
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"dazzled",
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"enraptured",
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"enthralled",
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"entranced",
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"ravished",
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"transported",
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"biased",
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"biassed",
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"colored",
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"inspired",
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"stirred",
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"engaged",
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"interested",
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"involved",
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"penetrated",
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"pierced",
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"afflicted",
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"agitated",
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"bothered",
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"concerned",
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"discomforted",
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"discomposed",
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"disquieted",
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"distressed",
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"disturbed",
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"flustered",
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"harassed",
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"harried",
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"perturbed",
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"pestered",
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"plagued",
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"smote",
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"strained",
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"stressed",
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"tried",
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"troubled",
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"upset",
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"worried",
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"wrung",
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"allured",
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"attracted",
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"bewitched",
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"captivated",
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"charmed",
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"enchanted",
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"fascinated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bored",
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"jaded",
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"palled",
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"tired",
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"wearied",
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"underwhelmed"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
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"examples":[
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"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"bumped",
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"collided",
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"crashed",
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"hit",
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"impinged",
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"knocked",
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"rammed",
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"slammed",
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"smashed",
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"struck",
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"swiped",
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"thudded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bounced",
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"caromed",
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"clunked",
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"glanced",
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"rebounded",
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"ricocheted",
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"ricochetted",
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"skimmed",
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"skipped",
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"contacted",
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"landed",
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"touched",
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"brushed",
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"grazed",
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"kissed",
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"nudged",
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"scraped",
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"shaved",
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"swept",
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"bulldozed",
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"jostled",
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"muscled",
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"pressed",
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"pushed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"missed",
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"skirted"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
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"examples":[
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"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedded",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"enrooted",
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"entrenched",
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"intrenched",
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"fixed",
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"implanted",
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"ingrained",
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"engrained",
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"lodged",
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"rooted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"imbued",
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"infused",
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"instilled",
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"beat (into)",
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"drove (into)",
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"established",
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"placed",
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"put",
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"settled",
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"stuck"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"eliminated",
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"eradicated",
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"ejected",
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"expelled",
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"detached",
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"disconnected",
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"disengaged",
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"removed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dislodged",
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"rooted (out)",
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"uprooted"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"impactful":{
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"having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{
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"antonyms":[
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"unaffecting",
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"unemotional",
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"unimpressive"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an impactful story of love and redemption"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"dispassionate",
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"emotionless",
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"deadpan"
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],
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"related":[
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"eloquent",
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"expressive",
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"meaningful",
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"significant",
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"demonstrative",
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"excitable",
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"feeling",
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"passionate",
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"responsive",
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"sensitive",
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"exciting",
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"inspirational",
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"provoking",
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"rousing",
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"stimulating",
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"dramatic",
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"histrionic",
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"melodramatic",
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"theatrical",
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"theatric",
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"cathartic"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affecting",
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"emotional",
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"impressive",
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"moving",
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"poignant",
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"stirring",
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"touching"
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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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"impaired":{
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"being under the influence of alcohol":{
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"examples":[
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"driving while impaired is against the law"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"besotted",
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"blasted",
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"blind",
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"blitzed",
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"blotto",
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"bombed",
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"boozy",
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"canned",
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"cockeyed",
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"crocked",
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"drunk",
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"drunken",
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"fried",
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"gassed",
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"hammered",
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"high",
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"inebriate",
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"inebriated",
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"intoxicated",
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"juiced",
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"lit",
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"lit up",
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"loaded",
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"looped",
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"oiled",
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"pickled",
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"pie-eyed",
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"plastered",
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"potted",
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"ripped",
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"sloshed",
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"smashed",
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"sottish",
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"soused",
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"sozzled",
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"squiffed",
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"squiffy",
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"stewed",
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"stiff",
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"stinking",
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"stoned",
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"tanked",
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"tiddly",
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"tight",
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"tipsy",
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"wasted",
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"wet",
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"wiped out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"maudlin",
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"beery",
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"befuddled",
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"bleary-eyed",
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"crapulous",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"rocky",
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"strung out",
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"stupefied",
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"debauched",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute",
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"alcoholic",
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"bibulous",
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"dipsomaniacal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abstemious",
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"abstinent",
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"dry",
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"temperate",
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"teetotal",
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"clearheaded",
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"cool",
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"level",
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"steady"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"sober",
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"straight"
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]
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},
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"deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities":{
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"examples":[
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"special devices for sight- impaired visitors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"challenged",
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"differently abled",
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"disabled",
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"exceptional"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"special-needs",
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"halt",
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"lame",
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"paralyzed",
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"quadriplegic",
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"immobile",
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"immobilized",
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"ailing",
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"diseased",
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"ill",
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"incapacitated",
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"sick",
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"unfit",
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"unhealthy",
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"unsound",
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"unwell",
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"blind",
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"hard of hearing",
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"mute"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bouncing",
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"chipper",
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"fit",
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"hale",
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"healthy",
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"hearty",
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"robust",
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"sound",
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"well",
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"whole",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"abled",
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"nondisabled",
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"unimpaired"
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]
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},
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"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
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"examples":[
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"already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blemished",
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"bloodied",
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"broke",
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"compromised",
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"crabbed",
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"crippled",
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"crossed (up)",
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"damaged",
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"defaced",
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"disfigured",
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"endamaged",
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"flawed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"injured",
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"marred",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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"vitiated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deteriorated",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"undermined",
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"weakened",
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"eroded",
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"scoured",
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"washed out",
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"wore (away)",
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"blighted",
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"tarnished",
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"dented",
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"dinged",
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"dinted",
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"botched",
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"gummed (up)",
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"queered",
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"lacerated",
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"wounded",
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"disabled",
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"hamstrung",
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"lamed",
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"maimed",
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"mangled",
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"mutilated",
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"tormented",
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"tortured",
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"annihilated",
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"banged up",
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"bashed",
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"battered",
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"clobbered",
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"crushed",
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"dashed",
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"decimated",
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"demolished",
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"desolated",
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"destroyed",
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"devastated",
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"did in",
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"pulverized",
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"razed",
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"ruined",
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"scourged",
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"shattered",
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"smashed",
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"tore down",
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"totaled",
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"totalled",
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"wasted",
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"wiped out",
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"wrecked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cured",
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"healed",
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"helped",
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"rectified",
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"rehabilitated",
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"remedied",
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"edited",
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"remodeled",
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"revised",
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"ameliorated",
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"bettered",
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"enhanced",
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"enriched",
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"improved",
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"meliorated",
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"perfected",
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"refined"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"doctored",
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"fixed",
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"mended",
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"patched",
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"rebuilt",
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"reconditioned",
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"reconstructed",
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"renovated",
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"repaired",
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"revamped"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"impairing":{
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"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"doctoring",
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"fixing",
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"mending",
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"patching",
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"rebuilding",
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"reconditioning",
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"reconstructing",
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"renovating",
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"repairing",
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"revamping"
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],
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"examples":[
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"already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"curing",
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"healing",
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"helping",
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"rectifying",
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"rehabilitating",
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"remedying",
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"editing",
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"remodeling",
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"revising",
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"ameliorating",
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"bettering",
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"enhancing",
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"enriching",
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"improving",
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"meliorating",
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"perfecting",
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"refining"
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],
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"related":[
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"deteriorating",
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"enervating",
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"enfeebling",
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"undermining",
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"weakening",
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"eroding",
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"scouring",
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"washing out",
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"wearing (away)",
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"blighting",
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"tarnishing",
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"denting",
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"dinging",
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"dinting",
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"botching",
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"gumming (up)",
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"queering",
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"lacerating",
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"wounding",
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"disabling",
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"hamstringing",
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"laming",
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"maiming",
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"mangling",
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"mutilating",
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"tormenting",
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"torturing",
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"annihilating",
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"banging up",
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"bashing",
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"battering",
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"clobbering",
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"crushing",
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"dashing",
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"decimating",
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"demolishing",
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"desolating",
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"destroying",
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"devastating",
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"doing in",
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"pulverizing",
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"razing",
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"ruining",
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"scourging",
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"shattering",
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"smashing",
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"tearing down",
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"totaling",
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"totalling",
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"wasting",
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"wiping out",
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"wrecking"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blemishing",
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"bloodying",
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"breaking",
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"compromising",
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"crabbing",
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"crippling",
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"crossing (up)",
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"damaging",
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"defacing",
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"disfiguring",
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"endamaging",
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"flawing",
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"harming",
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"hurting",
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"injuring",
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"marring",
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"spoiling",
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"vitiating"
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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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"impale":{
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"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
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"examples":[
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"impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impanel":{
|
|
"as in induct , enlist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imparity":{
|
|
"as in inequality , nonequivalence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"diverseness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coequality",
|
|
"coordinateness",
|
|
"equality",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"parity",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"comparability",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"correlation",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"similitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imparted (to)":{
|
|
"as in informed , briefed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"reeducated",
|
|
"reschooled",
|
|
"retaught",
|
|
"retrained",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"moralized",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"mentored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassioned":{
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impassioned plea for justice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"orgiastic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"overheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"undemonstrative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassively":{
|
|
"as in disinterestedly , incuriously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aloofly",
|
|
"disinterestedly",
|
|
"incuriously",
|
|
"apathetically",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lukewarmly",
|
|
"perfunctorily",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enthusiastically",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"rhapsodically",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"avidly",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"excitedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"fanatically",
|
|
"rabidly",
|
|
"warmly",
|
|
"zealously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impatience":{
|
|
"urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"desirousness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"thirst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"appetence",
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"readiness",
|
|
"willingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"lukewarmness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeachment":{
|
|
"as in arraignment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arraignment",
|
|
"counteraccusation",
|
|
"countercharge",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"crimination",
|
|
"recrimination",
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"indictment",
|
|
"rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impearled":{
|
|
"as in diamonded , jeweled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeccable":{
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the etiquette expert was celebrated for her absolutely impeccable manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from guilt or blame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the head of the investigation must be a person of impeccable probity and honesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guilty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from sin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that there can be no such thing as an impeccable soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"sinless",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lecherous",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"libidinous",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"oversexed",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"virtueless",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"peccant",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"sinning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeccably":{
|
|
"without any flaws or errors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he speaks French impeccably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faultlessly",
|
|
"flawlessly",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"perfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"superiorly",
|
|
"superlatively",
|
|
"terrifically",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"fancily",
|
|
"specially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"fallibly",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"defectively",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"imperfectly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impecunious":{
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were so impecunious that they couldn't afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeding":{
|
|
"as in blocking , hindering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"retardant",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"precautionary",
|
|
"preventative",
|
|
"preventive",
|
|
"prophylactic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the construction work impeded the smooth running of the office for several months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"cramping",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"hog-tying",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"short-circuiting",
|
|
"stymieing",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"reining",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"leashing",
|
|
"tethering",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"roadblocking",
|
|
"bogging (down)",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"muzzling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"hedging (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"making way",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"helping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impel":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"prevail (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"talk (into)",
|
|
"win (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"blackmail",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"obligate",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"sandbag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gasoline impels a car's engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impelled":{
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gasoline impels a car's engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"blackmailed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impended":{
|
|
"to be about to happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"loomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"drew on",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"threatened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died down",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"fell back",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperfect":{
|
|
"having a fault":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imperfect representation of the circumstances surrounding Paul Revere's famous ride"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
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"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"unspoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"perfect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperilled":{
|
|
"as in endangered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"done for",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventured",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"gambled (with)",
|
|
"hazarded",
|
|
"jeoparded",
|
|
"jeopardized",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"periled",
|
|
"perilled",
|
|
"risked",
|
|
"ventured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"subjected",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"wagered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"resumed",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperious":{
|
|
"fond of ordering people around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"regimental",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"directorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"stern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imperious movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"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 showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an office administrator with an imperious manner that really grates on people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"needing immediate attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as war casualties mounted, the need for trained nurses became imperious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"unstable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"nonurgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperiousness":{
|
|
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the imperiousness of that fashion designer irritates everyone around her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperium":{
|
|
"controlling power or influence over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nation whose economic imperium waned after the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascendance",
|
|
"ascendence",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"hegemony",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"predominancy",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"lordship",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"choke hold",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"takeover",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetrating":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since deists do not believe in a Creator who interferes in human affairs, they generally regard as fruitless any effort to impetrate Him for divine favors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"supplicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludging",
|
|
"cadging",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetuous":{
|
|
"acting or done quickly and without thought; controlled by emotion rather than thought":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He's always been an impetuous young man, rushing into things without asking questions first.",
|
|
"made an impetuous decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"poor-spirited",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"uncourageous",
|
|
"ungallant",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"weakhearted",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetus":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reward money should be sufficient impetus for someone to come forward with information about the robbery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impinged":{
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thudded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"caromed",
|
|
"clunked",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"ricocheted",
|
|
"ricochetted",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"kissed",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impingement":{
|
|
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impingement of the hailstones on the metal roof was making quite a racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"wallop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impishness":{
|
|
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her irrepressible impishness means that no one is ever safe from her practical jokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"starchiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"kittenishness",
|
|
"archness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"whimsicality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"larkiness",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"sportfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"tricksiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boys' impishness was easy to forgive, since it caused no real harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"misbehavior",
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"troublemaking",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"goings-on",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"dido",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguery",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"waggishness",
|
|
"wickedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implacability":{
|
|
"as in obduracy , pitilessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"exactingness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"stringency",
|
|
"dourness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austereness",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"monasticism",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"stubbornness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implanted":{
|
|
"as in embedded , instilled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"irradicable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"bred-in-the-bone",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"deep-rooted",
|
|
"deep-seated",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"chronic",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lifelong",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infixed",
|
|
"inseminated",
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"instilled",
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"planted",
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"sowed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"drove",
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"hammered",
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"pounded",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"entrenched",
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"intrenched",
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"fixed",
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"lodged",
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"rooted",
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"imbued",
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"infused",
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"ingrained",
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"engrained",
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"inoculated",
|
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"invested",
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"steeped",
|
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"suffused"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
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"examples":[
|
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"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bedded",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
|
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"enrooted",
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"entrenched",
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"intrenched",
|
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"fixed",
|
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"impacted",
|
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"ingrained",
|
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"engrained",
|
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"lodged",
|
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"rooted"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"imbued",
|
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"infused",
|
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"instilled",
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"drove (into)",
|
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"established",
|
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"placed",
|
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"put",
|
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"settled",
|
|
"stuck"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"eliminated",
|
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"eradicated",
|
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"ejected",
|
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"expelled",
|
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"detached",
|
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"disconnected",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
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"removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"dislodged",
|
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"rooted (out)",
|
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"uprooted"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"implications":{
|
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"an idea that is conveyed often indirectly":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"He took issue with the implication that he could not be trusted with the assignment."
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"inferences",
|
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"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
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"messages",
|
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"connotations",
|
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"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"topics",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"significations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a future condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were concerned with the possible implications of the new legislation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"afterclaps",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"blowbacks",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"fallouts",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Employees were shocked by the implication of the company's CEO in the crime."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accusations",
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"criminations",
|
|
"counteraccusations",
|
|
"counter-accusations",
|
|
"countercharges",
|
|
"counter-charges",
|
|
"arraignments",
|
|
"impeachments",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"recriminations",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"indictments",
|
|
"raps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impolitely":{
|
|
"as in rudely , inconsiderately":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"baldly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"import":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being important":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't overemphasize the import of this examination on your future academic career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"worthiness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"centrality",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"essentialness",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't understand all the technical jargon, but got the general import of the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"signification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imported":{
|
|
"as in introduced , transplanted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"multiculti",
|
|
"multicultural",
|
|
"multilateral",
|
|
"multinational",
|
|
"foreign-born",
|
|
"nonindigenous",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"overseas",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"endemic",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"indigenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"mattered",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"spelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"symboled",
|
|
"symbolled",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"importune":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"impetrate",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"supplicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludge",
|
|
"cadge",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in distressing , burdensome":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"importuned":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"conjured",
|
|
"entreated",
|
|
"impetrated",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"petitioned",
|
|
"pleaded (to)",
|
|
"pled (to)",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"prayed",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"supplicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludged",
|
|
"cadged",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impose (on":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impose (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposed":{
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"pardoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"penalized",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"inflicted",
|
|
"wreaked",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"reapplied",
|
|
"reimposed",
|
|
"relaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"levied",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposes (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"capitalizes (on)",
|
|
"cashes in (on)",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"pimps",
|
|
"plays (on or upon)",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks around",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"commercializes",
|
|
"commodifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposter":{
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man who claimed to be a prince turned out to be an impostor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impound":{
|
|
"to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impound stray animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impounded":{
|
|
"to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impound stray animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"gated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impounding":{
|
|
"to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impound stray animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impoverish":{
|
|
"as in beggar , pauperize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in deplete , consume":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impractical":{
|
|
"not capable of being put to use or account":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"ultrapractical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"utilizable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flimsy little toy shovel was cute, but completely impractical for digging up tree stumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"acquirable",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"obtainable",
|
|
"procurable",
|
|
"reachable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"inaccessible",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unobtainable",
|
|
"unreachable",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"nonpractical",
|
|
"unserviceable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprecise":{
|
|
"not precisely correct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"ultraprecise",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"3.14 is an imprecise approximation of the value of pi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"validated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"mistaken",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"unconfirmed",
|
|
"unsubstantiated",
|
|
"unsupported"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"approximative",
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"squishy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprecision":{
|
|
"as in inaccuracy , inexactness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"specificity",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"finicalness",
|
|
"finickiness",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"meticulosity",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"scrupulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impression":{
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a shoe impression in the dirt that could lead police to the culprit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a vague impression that the guide would be female"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"prepossession",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"cognition",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"brain wave",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"cogitation",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"intellection",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressionability":{
|
|
"as in credulity , gullibility":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressionable":{
|
|
"easy to influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The teacher was accused of forcing his political beliefs on impressionable teenagers.",
|
|
"The book had a profound effect on his impressionable young mind."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"suggestible",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unimpressionable",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"insusceptible",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improperness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the improperness of such behavior at a religious ceremony should have been achingly obvious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"wrongness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extraneousness",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"inadmissibility",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"inauspiciousness",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"intolerability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"undesirableness",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"unbecomingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admissibility",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"pointedness",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"fittingness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvident":{
|
|
"not thinking about and providing for the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the improvident view that the wearing away of the ozone layer need not concern us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"economic",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improving":{
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a little salt would improve this bland food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remediating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"refurbishing",
|
|
"rehabbing",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"honing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"retouching",
|
|
"touching up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvisational":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an improvisational comedy sketch that showcased his lightning-fast wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvised":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled through an improvised reply to an unexpected question at the press conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libbed",
|
|
"clapped (together or up)",
|
|
"clapt (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporized",
|
|
"faked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"dashed (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvises":{
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"claps (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporizes",
|
|
"fakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"dashes (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvising":{
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"rehearsing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"dashing (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libbing",
|
|
"clapping (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporizing",
|
|
"faking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impudent":{
|
|
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unabashed",
|
|
"unblushing",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"mouthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impugning":{
|
|
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He impugned his rival's character.",
|
|
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"calling (on)",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"accusing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"criminating",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"impeaching",
|
|
"incriminating",
|
|
"indicting",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"arraigning",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"summoning",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"inculpating",
|
|
"informing (against)",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"recriminating",
|
|
"retaliating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shriving",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impulse":{
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the universal, fundamental impulse of self-preservation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impulsion":{
|
|
"as in impulse , compulsion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impulsivity":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impinges":{
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprecated":{
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"cussed (out)",
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprudent":{
|
|
"showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very sweet girl, but so imprudent that no one trusts her with a secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"inadvisable",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implore":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"impetrate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"supplicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bludge",
|
|
"cadge",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impact":{
|
|
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the glass shattered immediately upon impact with the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"impingement",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"wallop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the story has real dramatic impact"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"punch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fascination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"underwhelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"drive (into)",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposed (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"capitalized (on)",
|
|
"cashed in (on)",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"leveraged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"pimped",
|
|
"played (on or upon)",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked around",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"commercialized",
|
|
"commodified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"impromptu":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our dinner guest thanked us with an impromptu song"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although five different lines had been written, the best choice turned out to be an impromptu from the tired actor himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"extemporization",
|
|
"improv",
|
|
"improvisation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"routine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spontaneously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeaching":{
|
|
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accusing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"criminating",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"incriminating",
|
|
"indicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"calling (on)",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"impugning",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"arraigning",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"summoning",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"inculpating",
|
|
"informing (against)",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"recriminating",
|
|
"retaliating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"oppugning",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"kicking (about)",
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"swallowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposing":{
|
|
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president of the bank is exactly the sort of imposing figure that one might expect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distingu\u00e9",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"noble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corporation's imposing headquarters were designed by one of the nation's cutting-edge architects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"putting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"wreaking",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"reimposing",
|
|
"relaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"pardoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprinting":{
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branding",
|
|
"engraving",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"infixing",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"stamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impracticality":{
|
|
"as in optimism , idealism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeached":{
|
|
"as in accused , indicted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"criminated",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"incriminated",
|
|
"indicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"called (on)",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"impugned",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"appealed",
|
|
"arraigned",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"summoned",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"inculpated",
|
|
"informed (against)",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"recriminated",
|
|
"retaliated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrived",
|
|
"shrove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"oppugned",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"kicked (about)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impotent":{
|
|
"not able to produce fruit or offspring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most mules are impotent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"desexed",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"spayed",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fertilized",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impotent ruler who was just a figurehead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"high and dry",
|
|
"hog-tied",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impregnating":{
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impregnated the cloth with furniture polish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"macerating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"marinating",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"presoaking",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"moistening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wringing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impulsiveness":{
|
|
"an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his irrepressible impulsiveness sometimes got him into trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"whimsicalness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mercurialness",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"unpredictability",
|
|
"willfulness",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"flakiness",
|
|
"arbitrariness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"volatileness",
|
|
"volatility",
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"immutability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"invariability",
|
|
"changelessness",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"steadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassable":{
|
|
"impossible to get through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road was impassable until snowplows cleared it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"impregnable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"porous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impedes":{
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the construction work impeded the smooth running of the office for several months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"hog-ties",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"short-circuits",
|
|
"stymies",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"leashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"roadblocks",
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"hedges (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"makes way",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"helps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossibly":{
|
|
"as in incredibly , improbably":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
"supposedly",
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperturbabilities":{
|
|
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his imperturbability in a crisis is legendary among hospital staffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"sangfroid",
|
|
"self-composedness",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"excitableness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not easily panicked or upset":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef was absolutely imperturbable \u2014even when the kitchen caught on fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"steely",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"shakable",
|
|
"shakeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imp":{
|
|
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scooped up the little imp and took him to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"urchin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"larker",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"skylarker",
|
|
"ragamuffin",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"disrupter",
|
|
"misbehaver",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"gamin",
|
|
"gamine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an evil spirit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"ghoulie",
|
|
"shaitan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"afreet",
|
|
"afrit",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"wraith",
|
|
"brownie",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elf",
|
|
"faerie",
|
|
"faery",
|
|
"fairy",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"gnome",
|
|
"goblin",
|
|
"gremlin",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"kobold",
|
|
"leprechaun",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"puck",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impersonations":{
|
|
"as in performances , portrayals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"colors",
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"glosses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
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"affectations",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"dissimulations",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"perfidies",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pretexts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candors",
|
|
"sincerities",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
|
|
"naivetes",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impinge":{
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implication":{
|
|
"an idea that is conveyed often indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took issue with the implication that he could not be trusted with the assignment."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"allusion",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"innuendo",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"topic",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"signification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a future condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were concerned with the possible implications of the new legislation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"afterclap",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"blowback",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"fallout",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Employees were shocked by the implication of the company's CEO in the crime."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"crimination",
|
|
"counteraccusation",
|
|
"countercharge",
|
|
"arraignment",
|
|
"impeachment",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"recrimination",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"indictment",
|
|
"rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impearls":{
|
|
"as in diamonds , jewels":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"accessorizes",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"tricks (out)",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"smartens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fillets",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"redecorates",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"adorns",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"beautifies",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"embosses",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fancies up",
|
|
"fancifies",
|
|
"festoons",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"glitzes (up)",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"gussies up",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"pretties (up)",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"uglifies",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impromptus":{
|
|
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although five different lines had been written, the best choice turned out to be an impromptu from the tired actor himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"extemporizations",
|
|
"improvisations",
|
|
"improvs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"routines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impacting":{
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"biasing",
|
|
"biassing",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"underwhelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thudding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"clunking",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"beating (into)",
|
|
"driving (into)",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"uprooting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvs":{
|
|
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the performance features a two-minute improv as well as scripted segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"extemporizations",
|
|
"impromptus",
|
|
"improvisations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"routines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperilment":{
|
|
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city has reduced the number of its firefighters, to the imperilment of every homeowner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"harm's way",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"vulnerability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"susceptibleness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"inviolability",
|
|
"invulnerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"safeness",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"secureness",
|
|
"security"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impotency":{
|
|
"as in impotence , powerlessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"death grip",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rein(s)",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"jurisdiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implemented":{
|
|
"to carry out effectively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"executed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"legislated",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"promulgated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imputations":{
|
|
"a slyly or subtly derogatory remark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impecuniousness":{
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her claims of impecuniousness rang false when we noticed the luxuries she had bought for herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implementing":{
|
|
"to carry out effectively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"executing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"promulgating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassiveness":{
|
|
"a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child's inexplicable impassiveness , after all he'd been through, was a source of concern for his relatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectlessness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"emotionlessness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"hysterics",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"vehemence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensibility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impenetrability":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impenetrability of her prose is apparently the basis of her appeal to literary snobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"numinousness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"uncanniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"profundity",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"shadowiness",
|
|
"vagueness",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocality",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"unintelligibility",
|
|
"unintelligibleness",
|
|
"inexplicability",
|
|
"inexplicableness",
|
|
"unanswerability",
|
|
"unknowability",
|
|
"abstruseness",
|
|
"abstrusity",
|
|
"esotericism",
|
|
"hermetism",
|
|
"reconditeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"understandability",
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"transparency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposes":{
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"puts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"inflicts",
|
|
"wreaks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"reimposes",
|
|
"relays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"pardons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperturbable":{
|
|
"not easily panicked or upset":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef was absolutely imperturbable \u2014even when the kitchen caught on fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"steely",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"shakable",
|
|
"shakeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposingly":{
|
|
"as in impressively , magnificently":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressively",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"expensively",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"fatly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"luxuriously",
|
|
"opulently",
|
|
"palatially",
|
|
"plushly",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"sumptuously",
|
|
"grandiosely",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"affluently",
|
|
"comfortably",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"wealthily",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"indulgently",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"prodigally",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"wastefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austerely",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"cheaply",
|
|
"economically",
|
|
"frugally",
|
|
"inexpensively",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"sparingly",
|
|
"thriftily",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"restrainedly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"temperately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impugns":{
|
|
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He impugned his rival's character.",
|
|
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"calls (on)",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"accuses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"criminates",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"impeaches",
|
|
"incriminates",
|
|
"indicts",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"arraigns",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"inculpates",
|
|
"informs (against)",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"recriminates",
|
|
"retaliates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrives",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetuosity":{
|
|
"as in capriciousness , whimsicality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"fancifulness",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"freakishness",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"bee",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"maggot",
|
|
"megrim",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"vagary",
|
|
"vagrancy",
|
|
"whim",
|
|
"whimsy",
|
|
"whimsey",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"mind's eye",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in impulsiveness , impetuousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hotheadedness",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"beeline",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetrates":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since deists do not believe in a Creator who interferes in human affairs, they generally regard as fruitless any effort to impetrate Him for divine favors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"conjures",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"implores",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleads (to)",
|
|
"prays",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"supplicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludges",
|
|
"cadges",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improbable":{
|
|
"not likely to be true or to occur":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unlikely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"liable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improbability":{
|
|
"as in unlikelihood , unlikeliness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unlikelihood",
|
|
"unlikeliness",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"dubiousness",
|
|
"impracticability",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"implausibility",
|
|
"incredibility",
|
|
"incredibleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"likelihood",
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"plausibility",
|
|
"plausibleness",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"feasibleness",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"viability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposing (on or upon)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"capitalizing (on)",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"leveraging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"playing (on or upon)",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerking around",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"commercializing",
|
|
"commodifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"impaled":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressionists":{
|
|
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrated impressionist who can do enough rapid-fire imitations to populate an entire stage with characters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"personators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquers",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"mimers",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"troupers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"rubber stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implausibility":{
|
|
"as in incredibleness , incredibility":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incredibility",
|
|
"incredibleness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fraudulentness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"beguilement",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"indirection",
|
|
"insidiousness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendaciousness",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"untruthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"believability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"plausibility",
|
|
"plausibleness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"honorableness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"right-mindedness",
|
|
"scrupulosity",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impervious":{
|
|
"not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the material for this coat is supposed to be impervious to rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"leakproof",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"lightproof",
|
|
"soundproof",
|
|
"waterproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"leaky",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"pervious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible to get through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain forest is impervious to all but the most dedicated explorers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impregnable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"porous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improprieties":{
|
|
"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such improprieties as asking people how much money they make"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"familiarities",
|
|
"faux pas",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"indiscretions",
|
|
"solecisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"discourtesies",
|
|
"incivilities",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"civilities",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"formalities",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"pleasantries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impolite":{
|
|
"showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the librarian was shocked that anyone could be so impolite as to continue talking despite repeated warnings to be quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"caddish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implores":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"conjures",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"impetrates",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleads (to)",
|
|
"prays",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"supplicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludges",
|
|
"cadges",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impertinency":{
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shameless impertinency of the teenagers at the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impanels":{
|
|
"as in inducts , enlists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"matriculates",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"conscripts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"wait-lists",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
"checks in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delists",
|
|
"checks off",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impacts":{
|
|
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the glass shattered immediately upon impact with the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"concussions",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"impingements",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"jounces",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"wallops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"bashings",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"prestiges",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominations",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"biasses",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"underwhelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"impinges",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"beats (into)",
|
|
"drives (into)",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"uproots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprisonment":{
|
|
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the offense is punishable by a fine or imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"impoundment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"prison"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"house arrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long years of imprisonment had taken their toll on his mind and spirit as well as his body"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"incarceration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imputes":{
|
|
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"ascribes",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"chalks up",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fathers (on)",
|
|
"imputes (to)",
|
|
"pins (on)",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"links"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improperly":{
|
|
"in a mistaken or inappropriate way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the manufacturer's warranty is no longer valid if the appliance is used improperly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"mistakenly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"wrongly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misguidedly",
|
|
"fallibly",
|
|
"imperfectly",
|
|
"extraneously",
|
|
"irrelevantly",
|
|
"meaninglessly",
|
|
"pointlessly",
|
|
"senselessly",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"undesirably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"unwisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infallibly",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"germanely",
|
|
"meaningfully",
|
|
"pertinently",
|
|
"relevantly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sagely",
|
|
"wisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impertinence":{
|
|
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disciplinarian of the old school, he refused to tolerate any impertinence from his children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluffness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impertinence of deliberately ignoring waiting customers while they finished their conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinency",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impertinence of that issue renders any discussion of it a waste of our time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extraneousness",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inconsequentiality",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"uselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperial":{
|
|
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"envisioned an imperial city that would rival the capitals of Europe for beauty and magnificence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in treasure , jewel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dilly",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdinger",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implant":{
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infix",
|
|
"inseminate",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"inoculate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"suffuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"drive (into)",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprecate":{
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"beshrew",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"maledict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"cuss (out)",
|
|
"fulminate (against)",
|
|
"rail (against)",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"congratulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprinted":{
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branded",
|
|
"engraved",
|
|
"etched",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"infixed",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impersonator":{
|
|
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a versatile impersonator , he conjures up a glittering array of female stars and divas in the course of his act"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"personator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquer",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimer",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"trouper",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"parrot",
|
|
"rubber stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gifted impersonator who can convincingly portray both heroes and heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"thesp",
|
|
"thespian",
|
|
"trouper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"enactor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"actress",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"coactor",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"extra",
|
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"spear-carrier",
|
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"supernumerary",
|
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"walk-on",
|
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"monologuist",
|
|
"monologist",
|
|
"prima donna",
|
|
"scene-stealer",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"tragedian",
|
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"tragedienne",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"masker",
|
|
"masquerader",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"personator",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressment":{
|
|
"as in seizure , shanghaiing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"rape",
|
|
"snatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetuosities":{
|
|
"as in whimsicalities , fantasies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"whimsicalities",
|
|
"bees",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"maggots",
|
|
"megrims",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"vagrancies",
|
|
"whims",
|
|
"whimsies",
|
|
"whimseys",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"mind's eyes",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impoliteness":{
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such flagrant impoliteness must never be tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impertinency",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impotence":{
|
|
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the congressional committee's essential impotence in affecting the management of the war was frustrating to its members"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disqualification",
|
|
"inaptitude",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"sinew",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"potency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imploring":{
|
|
"asking humbly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the imploring boy tearfully asked the veterinarian to do what he could to save the life of his dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suppliant",
|
|
"supplicant",
|
|
"supplicating",
|
|
"supplicatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in beseeching , pleading":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"supplication",
|
|
"evensong",
|
|
"matins",
|
|
"vespers",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"litany",
|
|
"requiescat",
|
|
"thanksgiving",
|
|
"orison",
|
|
"prayer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"impetrating",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"supplicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludging",
|
|
"cadging",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imploding":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a controlled demolition during which the entire building imploded in a matter of seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implements":{
|
|
"to carry out effectively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"executes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"effectuates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"promulgates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an article intended for use in work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gardening implements such as hoes, spades, and pruners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"utensils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparatuses",
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"contraptions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"gadgets",
|
|
"gizmos",
|
|
"gismos",
|
|
"jiggers",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"attachments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impunities":{
|
|
"freedom from punishment, harm, or loss":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"forgiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"susceptibleness",
|
|
"vulnerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implausibly":{
|
|
"as in incredibly , improbably":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impossibly",
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
"supposedly",
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impieties":{
|
|
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unspeakable impiety of spitting in a church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemies",
|
|
"defilements",
|
|
"desecrations",
|
|
"irreverences",
|
|
"profanations",
|
|
"sacrileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"violations",
|
|
"contaminations",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"pollutions",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consecrations",
|
|
"purifications",
|
|
"sanctifications",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprudence":{
|
|
"as in indiscretion , indiscreetness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indiscreetness",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indecorum",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unseemliness",
|
|
"untowardness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impersonating":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"masquerading (as)",
|
|
"personating",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"travestying",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"portraying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"portraying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"dramatizing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"acting out",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"role-playing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"overacting",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"underplaying",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"hamming",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"posing (as)",
|
|
"starring (in)",
|
|
"coacting",
|
|
"co-acting",
|
|
"costarring",
|
|
"co-starring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improved":{
|
|
"being far along in development":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an improved version of the software is now available"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a little salt would improve this bland food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"upgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remediated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"retouched",
|
|
"touched up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impermissible":{
|
|
"that may not be permitted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trial juries must be able to discern the difference between a permissible inference and impermissible speculation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"verboten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"unmentionable",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"unobjectionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"sufferable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impenitent":{
|
|
"not sorry for having done wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impenitent criminal who said he'd do it all over again, given the chance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unashamed",
|
|
"unrepentant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"unfeeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apologetic",
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"compunctious",
|
|
"contrite",
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"penitent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"remorseful",
|
|
"repentant",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implement":{
|
|
"to carry out effectively":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"execute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"legislate",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"promulgate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an article intended for use in work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gardening implements such as hoes, spades, and pruners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"device",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"utensil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gizmo",
|
|
"gismo",
|
|
"jigger",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accoutrement",
|
|
"accouterment",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"attachment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impartiality":{
|
|
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the defense lawyers challenged the impartiality of the presiding judge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"equity",
|
|
"evenhandedness",
|
|
"fair-mindedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"neutralism",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectiveness",
|
|
"objectivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"nepotism",
|
|
"subjectiveness",
|
|
"subjectivity",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"favoritism",
|
|
"nonobjectivity",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeach":{
|
|
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accuse",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"criminate",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"incriminate",
|
|
"indict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"call (on)",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"impugn",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"arraign",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"summon",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"inculpate",
|
|
"inform (against)",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"recriminate",
|
|
"retaliate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"oppugn",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"kick (about)",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impenitence":{
|
|
"as in remorselessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"remorselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"penitence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprecation":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"malison",
|
|
"winze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"excommunication",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"whammy",
|
|
"pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benison",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprint":{
|
|
"a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found an imprint on the road where something apparently had been dragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"footmark",
|
|
"footprint",
|
|
"footstep",
|
|
"hoofprint",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"artifact",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"relic",
|
|
"remain(s)",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"reminder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"whiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imprint of a dinosaur's foot embedded in the limestone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"engrave",
|
|
"etch",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"infix",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperatives":{
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behests",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"counterorders",
|
|
"counter-orders",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"prescripts",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"ordinances",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"statutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"entreaties",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"urgings",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"recommendations",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he had little taste for the social imperatives that come with being governor, he put on a brave face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"devoirs",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"incumbencies",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oaths",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"prearrangements",
|
|
"pre-arrangements",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"payments",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"onuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"postponements",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"waivers",
|
|
"loopholes",
|
|
"alternatives",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impoundments":{
|
|
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"prisons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"servitudes",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"detainments",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"house arrests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"redemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impoundment":{
|
|
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"prison"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"house arrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impearl":{
|
|
"as in diamond , jewel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"redecorate",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"adorn",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"beautify",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"emboss",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fancify",
|
|
"fancy up",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"glitz (up)",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"pretty (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implies":{
|
|
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alludes",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"signalizes",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"smacks (of)",
|
|
"smells (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"describes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressions":{
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a shoe impression in the dirt that could lead police to the culprit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a vague impression that the guide would be female"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstractions",
|
|
"cogitations",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"intellections",
|
|
"mind's eyes",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"thoughts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"preconceptions",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"prepossessions",
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"whims",
|
|
"cognitions",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"brain waves",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impost":{
|
|
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"consumers steadfastly resisted any impost on merchandise purchased over the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"direct tax",
|
|
"personal tax",
|
|
"capitation",
|
|
"custom(s)",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"hidden tax",
|
|
"income tax",
|
|
"poll tax",
|
|
"property tax",
|
|
"sales tax",
|
|
"single tax",
|
|
"sin tax",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"value-added tax",
|
|
"withholding tax",
|
|
"supertax",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"surtax",
|
|
"death tax",
|
|
"estate tax",
|
|
"inheritance tax",
|
|
"flat tax",
|
|
"proportional tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvements":{
|
|
"an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a great improvement in your handwriting\u2014I can actually read it!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"breakthroughs",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"refinements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quantum leaps",
|
|
"ameliorations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"meliorations",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"betterments",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gestations",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"maturations",
|
|
"perfections",
|
|
"civilizations",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"educations",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"renaissances",
|
|
"renascences",
|
|
"revivals",
|
|
"discoveries",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"languishments",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperceptibly":{
|
|
"as in fractionally":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"crescively",
|
|
"increasingly",
|
|
"progressively",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"hierarchically",
|
|
"gradationally",
|
|
"gradually",
|
|
"inchmeal",
|
|
"little by little",
|
|
"piece by piece",
|
|
"piecemeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"steeply",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperfectness":{
|
|
"as in imperfection , incompleteness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"incompleteness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"limitedness",
|
|
"narrowness",
|
|
"patchiness",
|
|
"sketchiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"entireness",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"indefectibility",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"all-inclusiveness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"exhaustiveness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"inclusiveness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"thoroughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprimatur":{
|
|
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could not begin the project without the boss's imprimatur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"finalization",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"homologation",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"rubber stamp",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"thumbs-up",
|
|
"vote",
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reprehension",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprobation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressiveness":{
|
|
"as in grandeur , greatness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"kingliness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"stateliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impolitic":{
|
|
"as in unwise , imprudent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"inadvisable",
|
|
"inexpedient",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"tactical",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"utilitarian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in undiplomatic , tactless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"untactful",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"caddish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clodhopping",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"disregardful",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imparting":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"imparted the latest information on the approaching snowstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transfusing",
|
|
"transmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"coming down (with)",
|
|
"contracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improbably":{
|
|
"as in incredibly , impossibly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"impossibly",
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
"supposedly",
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impersonation":{
|
|
"as in performance , portrayal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"persona",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"unfaithfulness",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperials":{
|
|
"as in treasures , jewels":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"crown jewels",
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"plums",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauts",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"daisies",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"dillies",
|
|
"doozies",
|
|
"doozers",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdingers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lollapaloozas",
|
|
"lulus",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"pippins",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"rippers",
|
|
"ripsnorters",
|
|
"snorters",
|
|
"sockdolagers",
|
|
"sockdologers",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"sweethearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprecations":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"malisons",
|
|
"winzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"excommunications",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"whammies",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"poxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"benisons",
|
|
"blessings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impartialities":{
|
|
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impartial evaluation of the job applicant's qualifications that does not consider age, gender, or race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"ex parte",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unjust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the defense lawyers challenged the impartiality of the presiding judge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"equity",
|
|
"evenhandedness",
|
|
"fair-mindedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"neutralism",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectiveness",
|
|
"objectivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"straddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"nepotism",
|
|
"subjectiveness",
|
|
"subjectivity",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"favoritism",
|
|
"nonobjectivity",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impersonators":{
|
|
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a versatile impersonator , he conjures up a glittering array of female stars and divas in the course of his act"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"personators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquers",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"mimers",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"troupers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"rubber stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gifted impersonator who can convincingly portray both heroes and heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"thespians",
|
|
"thesps",
|
|
"troupers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"enactors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"actresses",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"coactors",
|
|
"co-actors",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"spear-carriers",
|
|
"supernumeraries",
|
|
"walk-ons",
|
|
"monologuists",
|
|
"monologists",
|
|
"prima donnas",
|
|
"scene-stealers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"tragedians",
|
|
"tragediennes",
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"maskers",
|
|
"masqueraders",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"personators",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impoverished":{
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in beggared , pauperized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"richened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in depleted , consumed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"overspent",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"splurged",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"fiddled away",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"trifled (away)",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"laid out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprints":{
|
|
"a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found an imprint on the road where something apparently had been dragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"footmarks",
|
|
"footprints",
|
|
"footsteps",
|
|
"hoofprints",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"ruts",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"artifacts",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remainders",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"reminders",
|
|
"remnants",
|
|
"residuals",
|
|
"residues",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"whiffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imprint of a dinosaur's foot embedded in the limestone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"engraves",
|
|
"etches",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implacable":{
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an implacable judge who knew in his bones that the cover-up extended to the highest levels of government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an implacable dedication to the proposition that everyone is entitled to a quality education"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"unappeasable",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"unforgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imputes (to)":{
|
|
"as in charges , blames":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fathers (on)",
|
|
"pins (on)",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"ascribes",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"chalks up",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"imputes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"links"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposters":{
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man who claimed to be a prince turned out to be an impostor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"poseurs",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impinging":{
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thudding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"clunking",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprudently":{
|
|
"as in recklessly , rashly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressionist":{
|
|
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrated impressionist who can do enough rapid-fire imitations to populate an entire stage with characters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"personator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquer",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimer",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"trouper",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"parrot",
|
|
"rubber stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in impressionistic , expressionist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expressionist",
|
|
"expressionistic",
|
|
"impressionistic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"nonfigurative",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"nonrepresentational",
|
|
"symbolist",
|
|
"symbolistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"figurative",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"nonabstract",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"representational",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impudently":{
|
|
"as in rudely , ungraciously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"timidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassible":{
|
|
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of living behind bars had rendered him impassible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"passionless",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"unmoved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"stone-faced",
|
|
"straight-faced",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"vehement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impalpable":{
|
|
"not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rich colors used in the wall coverings and furniture give the room an impalpable warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"intangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tactile",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"touchable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not perceptible by a sense or by the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any difference between the two sound systems is impalpable to all but the most discerning audiophiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"insensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaudible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unseeable",
|
|
"unseen",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"liminal",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"unapparent",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audible",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"ponderable",
|
|
"sensible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imps":{
|
|
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scooped up the little imp and took him to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"urchins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"larkers",
|
|
"madcaps",
|
|
"skylarkers",
|
|
"ragamuffins",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"disrupters",
|
|
"misbehavers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"juvenile delinquents",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"gamins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an evil spirit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"ghoulies",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"shaitans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"nightmares",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"afreets",
|
|
"afrits",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"wraiths",
|
|
"brownies",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"elves",
|
|
"faeries",
|
|
"fairies",
|
|
"fays",
|
|
"gnomes",
|
|
"goblins",
|
|
"gremlins",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"kobolds",
|
|
"leprechauns",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"pucks",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"importunities":{
|
|
"something that someone insists upon having":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"overwhelmed by the often conflicting importunities of pressure groups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"ultimatums",
|
|
"ultimata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"basics",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"provisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"resented the importunity of those annoying telemarketers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"bedevilments",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"harassments",
|
|
"vexations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggros",
|
|
"molestations",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"persecutions",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"devilments",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"mischiefs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impresa":{
|
|
"a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family's selection of the lily as its impresa dates from the 16th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"logo",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"totem",
|
|
"trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"logogram",
|
|
"logograph",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"monogram",
|
|
"colophon",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imparting (to)":{
|
|
"as in informing , briefing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"homeschooling",
|
|
"reeducating",
|
|
"reschooling",
|
|
"reteaching",
|
|
"retraining",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"moralizing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"mentoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impregnates":{
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impregnated the cloth with furniture polish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"macerates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"marinates",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"presoaks",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"moistens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrings (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impregnable":{
|
|
"incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impregnable fortress that had foiled one invader after another over the centuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"insuperable",
|
|
"insurmountable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"unstoppable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inviolable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unbreachable",
|
|
"untouchable",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"unbeaten",
|
|
"unbowed",
|
|
"unconquered",
|
|
"undefeated",
|
|
"unsubdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"defenseless",
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"superable",
|
|
"surmountable",
|
|
"vincible",
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible to get through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the castle's supposedly impregnable walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"porous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperils":{
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"gambles (with)",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"jeopards",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impercipient":{
|
|
"not having or showing a deep understanding of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impercipient interpretations of the novel failed to note its dark humor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imperceptive",
|
|
"insentient",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"contemplative",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"thoughtful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassions":{
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"revs (up)",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impregnated":{
|
|
"as in conceiving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpregnant",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"delivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impregnated the cloth with furniture polish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"macerated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"marinated",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"presoaked",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"moistened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrung (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetuousness":{
|
|
"as in impulsiveness , impetuosity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hotheadedness",
|
|
"impetuosity",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"beeline",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impotently":{
|
|
"as in ineffectually , uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imponderable":{
|
|
"impossible to measure or judge exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the imponderable vastness of space"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unsearchable",
|
|
"arcane",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"mystical",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperturbably":{
|
|
"as in unconcernedly , peacefully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperturbability":{
|
|
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his imperturbability in a crisis is legendary among hospital staffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"sangfroid",
|
|
"self-composedness",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"excitableness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impresarios":{
|
|
"a person who manages a performance (such as a concert or play)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was the actor's dream to work under the renowned impresario ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"producers",
|
|
"stage managers",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"regisseurs",
|
|
"stage directors",
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"directresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"importances":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being important":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a final exam has great importance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"worthiness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"centrality",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"essentialness",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impotences":{
|
|
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the congressional committee's essential impotence in affecting the management of the war was frustrating to its members"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disqualification",
|
|
"inaptitude",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"sinew",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"potency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible":{
|
|
"incapable of being solved or accomplished":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seemingly impossible problem of world hunger",
|
|
"fitting everything in my backpack seemed an impossible task"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"insolvable",
|
|
"insuperable",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"unrealizable",
|
|
"unsolvable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"infeasible",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"plausible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"soluble",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imparted":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"imparted the latest information on the approaching snowstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transfused",
|
|
"transmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"infected",
|
|
"poisoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came down (with)",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impartial":{
|
|
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impartial evaluation of the job applicant's qualifications that does not consider age, gender, or race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"ex parte",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unjust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impious":{
|
|
"not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impious act that horrified their pious mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemous",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"sacrilegious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agnostic",
|
|
"atheistic",
|
|
"atheistical",
|
|
"godless",
|
|
"heretical",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"religionless",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed",
|
|
"heathen",
|
|
"pagan",
|
|
"paganish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"God-fearing",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sainted",
|
|
"saintly",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"reverent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassion":{
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rev (up)",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impracticability":{
|
|
"as in impracticality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"dubiousness",
|
|
"implausibility",
|
|
"incredibility",
|
|
"incredibleness",
|
|
"improbability",
|
|
"unlikelihood",
|
|
"unlikeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"likelihood",
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"plausibility",
|
|
"plausibleness",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"feasibleness",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"viability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impediments":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tough going for the burros on the canyon trail, even without the added impediment of heavy loads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impugned":{
|
|
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He impugned his rival's character.",
|
|
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"called (on)",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"criminated",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"incriminated",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"appealed",
|
|
"arraigned",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"summoned",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"sued",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"inculpated",
|
|
"informed (against)",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"recriminated",
|
|
"retaliated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrived",
|
|
"shrove",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impersonate":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"masquerade (as)",
|
|
"personate",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"pose (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"travesty",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"act out",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"role-play",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"overact",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"underplay",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pose (as)",
|
|
"star (in)",
|
|
"coact",
|
|
"costar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressing":{
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impressed him with the intensity of their musical performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting",
|
|
"biasing",
|
|
"biassing",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
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"disquieting",
|
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"distressing",
|
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"disturbing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
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"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
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"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
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"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
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"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"palling",
|
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"tiring",
|
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"wearying",
|
|
"underwhelming"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impressed the importance of safe driving habits by displaying photos of horrific crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branding",
|
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"engraving",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"imprinting",
|
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"infixing",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"stamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after weeks of nagging, they impressed her into going to the masquerade party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"blackmailing",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impregnability":{
|
|
"as in invincibility , invulnerability":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impregnableness",
|
|
"invincibility",
|
|
"invincibleness",
|
|
"inviolability",
|
|
"inviolableness",
|
|
"invulnerability",
|
|
"invulnerableness",
|
|
"asylum",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeness",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"harm's way",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"violability",
|
|
"vulnerability",
|
|
"vulnerableness",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"susceptibleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impoverishes":{
|
|
"as in beggars , pauperizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"pauperizes",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"straitens",
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"richens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in depletes , consumes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fiddles away",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"trifles (away)",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impulsive":{
|
|
"caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impulsive purchase of a very expensive jacket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"compulsive",
|
|
"driven",
|
|
"obsessional",
|
|
"obsessive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irrepressible",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"reflex",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"whimsical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"resistible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"prone to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impulsive woman who never seems to have the same opinion about anything for longer than 10 minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"whimsical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"crankish",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"quixotic",
|
|
"quixotical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprisonments":{
|
|
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the offense is punishable by a fine or imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"impoundments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"prisons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"servitudes",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"detainments",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"house arrests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"redemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long years of imprisonment had taken their toll on his mind and spirit as well as his body"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"detainments",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"incarcerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"arrestments",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"restraints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperative":{
|
|
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reporting signs of physical abuse is now an imperative duty for hospital and school personnel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"coercive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"voluntary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible to do without":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"proper equipment is imperative for the success of this chemical experiment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"organic",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needing immediate attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imperative need for medical supplies in the earthquake-ravaged country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"unstable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"nonurgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behest",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"counterorder",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"prescript",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he had little taste for the social imperatives that come with being governor, he put on a brave face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devoir",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"incumbency",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"prearrangement",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"onus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impose":{
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"put"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"penalize",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"inflict",
|
|
"wreak",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"reapply",
|
|
"reimpose",
|
|
"relay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"pardon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impotencies":{
|
|
"as in impotences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"death grips",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"jurisdictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imparts (to)":{
|
|
"as in informs , briefs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"homeschools",
|
|
"reeducates",
|
|
"reschools",
|
|
"reteaches",
|
|
"retrains",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"instils",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"moralizes",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"mentors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imputation":{
|
|
"a slyly or subtly derogatory remark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"innuendo",
|
|
"insinuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperilling":{
|
|
"as in dangerous , jeopardizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"ruinous",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"calumnious",
|
|
"defamatory",
|
|
"detractive",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slanderous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"intolerant",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"supportive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"gambling (with)",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"jeoparding",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"periling",
|
|
"perilling",
|
|
"risking",
|
|
"venturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implausible":{
|
|
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconceivable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"dubitable",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"untenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"questionless",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undoubted",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"cogitable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"supposable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improve":{
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a little salt would improve this bland food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remediate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"refurbish",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"retouch",
|
|
"touch up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressive":{
|
|
"having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impressive play about a loving family attempting to lift themselves out of poverty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"impactful",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"inspirational",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cathartic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"deadpan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffecting",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implicate":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"intertwist",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"inweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"pleach",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"uncoil",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impasse":{
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their bitter custody battle, the divorcing couple are at a total impasse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"Mexican standoff",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standstill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impossible impasse faced by those who opposed the war but did not want to seem disloyal to the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"rabbit hole",
|
|
"rattrap",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"node",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"soup",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"strait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impure":{
|
|
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"maculate",
|
|
"maculated",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"doctored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impediment":{
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tough going for the burros on the canyon trail, even without the added impediment of heavy loads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impertinences":{
|
|
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disciplinarian of the old school, he refused to tolerate any impertinence from his children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluffness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impertinence of deliberately ignoring waiting customers while they finished their conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinency",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impertinence of that issue renders any discussion of it a waste of our time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extraneousness",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inconsequentiality",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"uselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"importunes":{
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"conjures",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"impetrates",
|
|
"implores",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleads (to)",
|
|
"prays",
|
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"solicits",
|
|
"supplicates"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludges",
|
|
"cadges",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprisons":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"locks (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"shuts",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"impounds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprisoning":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"jugging",
|
|
"locking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"gating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"impounding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"important":{
|
|
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the discovery of penicillin was a very important event in the history of medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"earth-shattering",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tectonic",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"strategic",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"seminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great power or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rachel Carson was an important figure in the environmental movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"high-powered",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"helpless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an important businessman who always expects special treatment wherever he goes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"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 too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oh, you're so important \u2014you think the world revolves around you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impenetrable":{
|
|
"impossible to get through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient temple was surrounded by vast stretches of impenetrable jungle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"impassable",
|
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"impassible",
|
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"impermeable",
|
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"impervious",
|
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"impregnable"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
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"thick",
|
|
"tight",
|
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"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
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"sturdy",
|
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"substantial",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
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"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
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"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"soft",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"porous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the mysteries of that religion are completely impenetrable to outsiders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arcane",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"uncanny"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"dark",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"imponderable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible",
|
|
"unsearchable",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"unaccountable",
|
|
"unexplainable",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"mystical",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disorienting",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible to understand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the textbook's language is completely impenetrable , at least to me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"ungraspable",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"unsearchable",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"elemental",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"rudimentary",
|
|
"underlying",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the container of toxic waste has an impenetrable seal to prevent leaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"leakproof",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"lightproof",
|
|
"soundproof",
|
|
"waterproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"leaky",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"pervious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impertinent":{
|
|
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impertinent child had a smart answer for everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unabashed",
|
|
"unblushing",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"mouthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impertinent salesmen who telephone people during the dinner hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unmannered",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"caddish",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 needlessly lists skills that are impertinent to the job for which you are applying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"important",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"apposite",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"germane",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposture":{
|
|
"as in affectation , pretense":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fakery , quackery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impulses":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the universal, fundamental impulse of self-preservation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"affinities",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"partisanships",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"disrelishes",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"impartialities",
|
|
"neutralities",
|
|
"objectivities",
|
|
"apathies",
|
|
"indifferences",
|
|
"insouciances",
|
|
"nonchalances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implants":{
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"inseminates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"inoculates",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"beats (into)",
|
|
"drives (into)",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"removes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"uproots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetuously":{
|
|
"as in recklessly , impulsively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impetuses":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reward money should be sufficient impetus for someone to come forward with information about the robbery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implanting":{
|
|
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"infixing",
|
|
"inseminating",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"inoculating",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"suffusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"beating (into)",
|
|
"driving (into)",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"uprooting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impeccabilities":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impeccability of the nun's moral character and untiring selflessness qualified her for sainthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blamelessness",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"guiltlessness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"innocency",
|
|
"irreproachability",
|
|
"irreproachableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"law-abidingness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"sinlessness",
|
|
"harmlessness",
|
|
"inoffensiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"harmfulness",
|
|
"offensiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blameworthiness",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"guiltiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the etiquette expert was celebrated for her absolutely impeccable manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from guilt or blame":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the head of the investigation must be a person of impeccable probity and honesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guilty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from sin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that there can be no such thing as an impeccable soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"sinless",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lecherous",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"libidinous",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"oversexed",
|
|
"unchaste",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"virtueless",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"peccant",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"sinning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impugn":{
|
|
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He impugned his rival's character.",
|
|
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"call (on)",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"accuse",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"criminate",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"impeach",
|
|
"incriminate",
|
|
"indict",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"arraign",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"summon",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"inculpate",
|
|
"inform (against)",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"recriminate",
|
|
"retaliate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrive",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"importing":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"mattering",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"spelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"symboling",
|
|
"symbolling",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"adverting",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impales":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implicit":{
|
|
"understood although not put into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"tacit",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"wordless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undeclared",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unquestioning",
|
|
"unwavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"unassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing only as a possibility and not in fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"potential"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"generable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"thinkable",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"suppositional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imperil":{
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"gamble (with)",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"jeopard",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"wager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"importunate":{
|
|
"needing immediate attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the demands of the chairmanship were becoming too importunate for me to continue without an assistant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"unstable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"nonurgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imply":{
|
|
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allude",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"signalize",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"smack (of)",
|
|
"smell (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"describe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impermeable":{
|
|
"impossible to get through or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wall of security people surrounding the rock band was impermeable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"impregnable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"porous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impermeable seal on the ancient tomb had preserved the artifacts exceptionally well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"leakproof",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"lightproof",
|
|
"soundproof",
|
|
"waterproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"leaky",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"unsealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"pervious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imputing (to)":{
|
|
"as in charging , blaming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"fathering (on)",
|
|
"pinning (on)",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"ascribing",
|
|
"attributing",
|
|
"chalking up",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"imputing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"linking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impends (over)":{
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fears of an economic recession impended over the stock market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hangs (over)",
|
|
"hovers (over)",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"threatens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"perils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impreciseness":{
|
|
"as in inaccuracy , roughness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"approximation",
|
|
"roundness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"wrongness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"ultraprecision",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"definitude",
|
|
"determinacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implodes":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a controlled demolition during which the entire building imploded in a matter of seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"melts down",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impurity":{
|
|
"something that is or that makes impure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impurities in the water made it cloudy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterant",
|
|
"contaminant",
|
|
"contamination",
|
|
"defilement",
|
|
"pollutant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"irregularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifier",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"purifier",
|
|
"refiner",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"immaculateness",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impurity of her thoughts was troubling, given her strict upbringing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impair":{
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impingements":{
|
|
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impingement of the hailstones on the metal roof was making quite a racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"concussions",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"jounces",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"wallops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"bashings",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imposts":{
|
|
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"consumers steadfastly resisted any impost on merchandise purchased over the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"direct taxes",
|
|
"personal taxes",
|
|
"capitations",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"hidden taxes",
|
|
"income taxes",
|
|
"poll taxes",
|
|
"property taxes",
|
|
"sales taxes",
|
|
"single taxes",
|
|
"sin taxes",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"value-added taxes",
|
|
"withholding taxes",
|
|
"supertaxes",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"surtaxes",
|
|
"death taxes",
|
|
"estate taxes",
|
|
"inheritance taxes",
|
|
"flat taxes",
|
|
"proportional taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressionistic":{
|
|
"as in impressionist , expressionistic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expressionist",
|
|
"expressionistic",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"nonfigurative",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"nonrepresentational",
|
|
"symbolist",
|
|
"symbolistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"figurative",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"nonabstract",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"representational",
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implicating":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"platting",
|
|
"pleaching",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impudences":{
|
|
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother would not tolerate impudence from any of us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluffness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their impudence irritated everyone at the wedding reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impertinency",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impudence":{
|
|
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother would not tolerate impudence from any of us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluffness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"rude behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their impudence irritated everyone at the wedding reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"disrespectfulness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impertinency",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"shamelessness",
|
|
"boorishness",
|
|
"caddishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"crabbedness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceitedness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"dutifulness",
|
|
"respectfulness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"respectability",
|
|
"respectableness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imprison":{
|
|
"to put in or as if in prison":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"impound",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impasses":{
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their bitter custody battle, the divorcing couple are at a total impasse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"Mexican standoffs",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"standstills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impossible impasse faced by those who opposed the war but did not want to seem disloyal to the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvisations":{
|
|
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"extemporizations",
|
|
"impromptus",
|
|
"improvs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"routines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"implied":{
|
|
"understood although not put into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an implied agreement is not legally enforceable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"tacit",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"wordless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undeclared",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluded",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"signalized",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"smacked (of)",
|
|
"smelled (of)",
|
|
"smelt (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"described"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"imports":{
|
|
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't understand all the technical jargon, but got the general import of the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"significations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"spells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"points (to)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"improvisation":{
|
|
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"extemporization",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improv"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"routine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impend (over)":{
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fears of an economic recession impended over the stock market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hang (over)",
|
|
"hover (over)",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"threaten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"peril"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impassioning":{
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"revving (up)",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impede":{
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the construction work impeded the smooth running of the office for several months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hog-tie",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"short-circuit",
|
|
"stymie",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"leash",
|
|
"tether",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"roadblock",
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"hedge (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"make way",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"help"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impracticable":{
|
|
"not capable of being put to use or account":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impracticable plan for dealing with the recent intrusion of bears in the suburban neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"nonpractical",
|
|
"unserviceable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"inaccessible",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unobtainable",
|
|
"unreachable",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"acquirable",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"obtainable",
|
|
"procurable",
|
|
"reachable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"ultrapractical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"utilizable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impairment":{
|
|
"a condition in which a part of your body or mind is damaged and does not work well":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her mother had a hearing impairment that had become worse with age."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"lesion",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"abrasion",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"contusion",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impatiently":{
|
|
"as in eagerly , excitedly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avidly",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"excitedly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"enthusiastically",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"rhapsodically",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"fanatically",
|
|
"rabidly",
|
|
"warmly",
|
|
"zealously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetically",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lukewarmly",
|
|
"perfunctorily",
|
|
"aloofly",
|
|
"disinterestedly",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"incuriously",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in recklessly , impulsively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impureness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the alleged impureness of a novel that was banned in the United States until 1959"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impatient":{
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was impatient to give her presentation before the landmark commission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"unable or unwilling to endure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those airline passengers who are so impatient of delays, even for the most obvious of reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"intolerant"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"uncompromising",
|
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"unforgiving",
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"unyielding",
|
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"complaining",
|
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"fussing",
|
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"griping",
|
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"grumbling",
|
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"kvetching",
|
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"protesting",
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"squawking",
|
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"whining"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"accepting",
|
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"forgiving",
|
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"long-suffering",
|
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"resigned",
|
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"uncomplaining",
|
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"willing",
|
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"indulgent"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"abiding",
|
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"enduring",
|
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"forbearing",
|
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"patient",
|
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"tolerant"
|
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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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"impeaches":{
|
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"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accuses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"criminates",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"incriminates",
|
|
"indicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"calls (on)",
|
|
"castigates",
|
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"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"impugns",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"arraigns",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"sues",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"inculpates",
|
|
"informs (against)",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"recriminates",
|
|
"retaliates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"oppugns",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"kicks (about)",
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"swallows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impresses":{
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stamp left a smudgy impress on the paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impressed him with the intensity of their musical performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"touches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"biasses",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"underwhelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impressed the importance of safe driving habits by displaying photos of horrific crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"engraves",
|
|
"etches",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"infixes",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enroots",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after weeks of nagging, they impressed her into going to the masquerade party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"sandbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"blackmails",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impedimenta":{
|
|
"as in baggage , belongings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"accoutrement",
|
|
"accouterment",
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"material(s)",
|
|
"mat\u00e9riel",
|
|
"materiel",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |