dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/inv_MWT.json
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{
"invaded":{
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
"examples":[
"a superpower that had a tendency to invade and take over smaller and weaker countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"forayed (into)",
"overran",
"raided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"stripped",
"stript",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"vanquished",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"charged",
"rushed",
"stormed",
"struck",
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"warred (with)",
"encroached",
"harassed",
"infringed",
"trespassed",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"blockaded",
"invested",
"garrisoned",
"occupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"warded",
"defied",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"capitulated (to)",
"ceded (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invalid":{
"chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health":{
"examples":[
"an old and now invalid woman who rarely gets out anymore"
],
"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"sickly",
"weakly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedfast",
"bedridden",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"dying",
"fading",
"incurable",
"moribund",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"infirm",
"weak",
"weakened",
"worn-out",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"poorly",
"run-down",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"fit",
"hale",
"hearty",
"sound",
"well-conditioned",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"healthy",
"well"
]
},
"having no legal or binding force":{
"examples":[
"the treaty is invalid once one side violates it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"inoperative",
"nonbinding",
"nonvalid",
"nugatory",
"null",
"null and void",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"illegal",
"useless",
"worthless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"legal",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"good",
"valid"
]
},
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
"examples":[
"that's an invalid assumption on your part"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfactual",
"specious",
"spurious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"misleading",
"amiss",
"askew",
"awry",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"unconfirmed",
"unproven",
"untested",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made-up",
"trumped-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"tested",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
]
},
"not using or following good reasoning":{
"examples":[
"an argument which has one untrue premise is invalid"
],
"synonyms":[
"fallacious",
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eristic",
"eristical",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"half-baked",
"ill-advised",
"misguided",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"foolish",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"reasonless",
"senseless",
"silly",
"Kafkaesque",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange",
"surreal",
"unusual",
"weird",
"insane",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"rambling",
"random",
"unconvincing",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"reasoned",
"ordered",
"organized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"certain",
"sure",
"true",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"substantiated",
"validated"
],
"antonyms":[
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"having no basis in reason or fact":{
"examples":[
"an invalid claim that can be easily disproved by the facts"
],
"synonyms":[
"baseless",
"foundationless",
"groundless",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"unreasonable",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"illogical",
"irrational",
"nonlogical",
"unconscionable",
"unsound",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misled",
"wrong",
"gratuitous",
"uncalled-for",
"unnecessary",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"misleading",
"specious",
"unconvincing",
"untenable",
"weak",
"ill-advised",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"brainless",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"informed",
"logical",
"rational",
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"actual",
"genuine",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"sound"
],
"antonyms":[
"good",
"hard",
"just",
"justified",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"as in injure , hurt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"lay up",
"deplete",
"depress",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"unman",
"wash out",
"break down",
"grind (down)",
"wear down",
"wear out",
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"paralyze",
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen",
"energize",
"invigorate",
"recruit",
"rejuvenate",
"vitalize",
"harden",
"season",
"toughen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invariable":{
"not capable of changing or being changed":{
"examples":[
"an invariable interest rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"fixed",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"inalterable",
"incommutable",
"inflexible",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"changeless",
"constant",
"determinate",
"established",
"set",
"settled",
"stable",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"unaltered",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"immovable",
"unmovable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"fickle",
"fluctuating",
"inconstant",
"uncertain",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"varying",
"plastic",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"willowy"
],
"antonyms":[
"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"mutable",
"variable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inveighs":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"always inveighing against the high property taxes that they were forced to pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invention":{
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"his clever invention made people's lives easier"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainchild",
"coinage",
"concoction",
"contrivance",
"creation",
"innovation",
"wrinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contraption",
"device",
"gadget",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"novelty",
"design",
"product",
"work",
"dream",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"picture",
"vision",
"conception",
"imagining",
"origination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"unsurprisingly, the story about being kidnapped by aliens was pure invention"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"figment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anecdote",
"narrative",
"novel",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"misrepresentation",
"prevarication",
"untruth",
"whopper",
"make-believe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"realness"
],
"antonyms":[
"fact",
"materiality",
"reality"
]
},
"the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others":{
"examples":[
"a writer with great invention , she is able to create on the page worlds that don't exist but certainly seem like they could"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivance",
"creativity",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"ideation",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"inventiveness",
"originality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brainstorm",
"brainstorming",
"inspiration",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"ingenuity",
"resourcefulness",
"versatility",
"chimera",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"mind's eye",
"mirage",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"envisaging",
"visualization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"literality",
"literalness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
"examples":[
"a person of seemingly endless invention , Thomas Edison held a world-record 1,093 patents"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleverness",
"creativeness",
"creativity",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"innovativeness",
"inventiveness",
"originality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"productiveness",
"productivity",
"prolificacy",
"prolificity",
"prolificness",
"capableness",
"resourcefulness",
"genius",
"giftedness",
"talent",
"fire",
"inspiration",
"muse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dryness",
"dullness",
"dulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inventiveness":{
"the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others":{
"examples":[
"the artist's fertile inventiveness allows her to put on canvas landscapes that have never been trod by mortal feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivance",
"creativity",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"ideation",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"invention",
"originality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brainstorm",
"brainstorming",
"inspiration",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"ingenuity",
"resourcefulness",
"versatility",
"chimera",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"mind's eye",
"mirage",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"envisaging",
"visualization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"literality",
"literalness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the skill and imagination to create new things":{
"examples":[
"the contention that, in order to prosper, cities must attract young, well-educated people of great inventiveness in both the arts and high technology"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleverness",
"creativeness",
"creativity",
"imagination",
"imaginativeness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"innovativeness",
"invention",
"originality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"productiveness",
"productivity",
"prolificacy",
"prolificity",
"prolificness",
"capableness",
"resourcefulness",
"genius",
"giftedness",
"talent",
"fire",
"inspiration",
"muse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dryness",
"dullness",
"dulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inventory":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"offers an informative inventory of everything that is known about the virus at this time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
]
},
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dealership has an unusually large inventory of pre-owned vehicles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reserve",
"resource",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stockpile",
"refill",
"renewal",
"replacement",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"pot",
"purse",
"fountain",
"mine",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"synonyms":[
"budget",
"force",
"fund",
"pool",
"repertoire",
"reservoir",
"stock",
"supply"
]
},
"to make a list of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"would you inventory the supplies in the back room?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"count",
"mark",
"number",
"check (off)",
"tick (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"list",
"numerate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"inventorying":{
"to make a list of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"would you inventory the supplies in the back room?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counting",
"marking",
"numbering",
"checking (off)",
"ticking (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"listing",
"numerating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invest":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"endue",
"indue",
"imbue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"steep",
"suffuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animate",
"charge",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"leaven",
"implant",
"instill",
"plant",
"impregnate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"saturate",
"deluge",
"drown",
"fill",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"submerge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip",
"clear",
"empty",
"eliminate",
"remove",
"take (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"endow",
"endue",
"indue",
"favor",
"gift"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equip",
"provide",
"supply",
"bestow (on or upon)",
"clothe",
"confer (on)",
"cover",
"accord",
"award",
"grant",
"empower",
"enable",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"heighten",
"bequeath",
"will"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip",
"deplete",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"invested him with power of attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"license",
"licence",
"qualify",
"vest",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approve",
"clear",
"credential",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disbar",
"discourage",
"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
"exclude",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"examples":[
"the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"seat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swear in",
"consecrate",
"enshrine",
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take in",
"enlist",
"enroll",
"enrol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"can",
"discharge",
"fire",
"terminate",
"muster out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"examples":[
"the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"blockade",
"leaguer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barricade",
"block",
"cut off",
"dam",
"encircle",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"confine",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"quarantine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"rescue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"nightfall invested the land"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invested":{
"as in dressed , suited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"robed",
"suited",
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"imbued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"endowed",
"endued",
"indued",
"favored",
"gifted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equipped",
"provided",
"supplied",
"bestowed (on or upon)",
"clothed",
"clad",
"conferred (on)",
"covered",
"accorded",
"awarded",
"granted",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"heightened",
"bequeathed",
"willed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"invested him with power of attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"vested",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"examples":[
"the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"seated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swore in",
"consecrated",
"enshrined",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in",
"enlisted",
"enrolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canned",
"discharged",
"fired",
"terminated",
"mustered out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"examples":[
"the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"blockaded",
"leaguered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barricaded",
"blocked",
"cut off",
"dammed",
"encircled",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"confined",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"quarantined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"rescued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"nightfall invested the land"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"investigate":{
"to search through or into":{
"examples":[
"experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"delve (into)",
"dig (into)",
"examine",
"explore",
"inquire (into)",
"look (into)",
"probe",
"research"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inspect",
"sift",
"study",
"view",
"browse",
"cruise",
"peruse",
"scan",
"skim (through)",
"surf",
"thumb (through)",
"reinvestigate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"investigation":{
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
"examples":[
"officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash"
],
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"delving",
"disquisition",
"examen",
"examination",
"exploration",
"inquest",
"inquiry",
"inquisition",
"probation",
"probe",
"probing",
"research",
"study"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quest",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"diagnosis",
"inspection",
"hearing",
"interrogation",
"trial",
"feeler",
"query",
"question",
"poll",
"questionary",
"questionnaire",
"survey",
"challenge",
"cross-examination",
"going-over",
"grilling",
"quiz",
"rehearing",
"reinvestigation",
"self-examination",
"self-exploration",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"soul-searching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invigorate":{
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"raise",
"rouse",
"stir",
"wake (up)",
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"motivate",
"motive",
"move",
"propel",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"enkindle",
"excite",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"set off",
"spark",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"infuse",
"inspire",
"lift",
"rally",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"reinvigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"restimulate",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"harass",
"kayo",
"knock out",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"wash out",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"jade",
"quell",
"quench",
"repress",
"restrain",
"slow",
"still",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invigorated":{
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
],
"examples":[
"an invigorated worker returning from a relaxing vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"new",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"killed"
],
"examples":[
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"washed out",
"weakened",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"jaded",
"quelled",
"quenched",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"slowed",
"stilled",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
"roused",
"stirred",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
"motived",
"moved",
"propelled",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"animated",
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"spiked",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invigorates":{
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"the fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors"
],
"synonyms":[
"amps (up)",
"animates",
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"fillips",
"fires",
"gingers (up)",
"jazzes (up)",
"juices up",
"jump-starts",
"livens (up)",
"peps (up)",
"quickens",
"spikes",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies",
"zips (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"raises",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"wakes (up)",
"activates",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"motivates",
"motives",
"moves",
"propels",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"enkindles",
"excites",
"ferments",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"turns on",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"infuses",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"rallies",
"steels",
"strengthens",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"reenergizes",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"reinvigorates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"restimulates",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fags",
"fatigues",
"harasses",
"kayoes",
"knocks out",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"washes out",
"weakens",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"jades",
"quells",
"quenches",
"represses",
"restrains",
"slows",
"stills",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"kills"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in excitement , stimulation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excitement",
"stimulant",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"thrill",
"provocativeness",
"bitterness",
"mordancy",
"trenchancy",
"acuteness",
"keenness",
"sharpness",
"flavor",
"redolence",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"fieriness",
"hotness",
"raciness",
"spiciness",
"nip",
"piquancy",
"pungency",
"spice",
"tang",
"zest",
"zing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insipidity",
"flatness",
"tastelessness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"insipidity",
"monotonousness",
"monotony",
"platitude",
"predictability",
"sameness",
"tediousness",
"blandness",
"thinness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invincibility":{
"as in invulnerability , inviolability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impregnability",
"impregnableness",
"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"
]
},
"invisible":{
"not readily seen or noticed":{
"examples":[
"the stitches are invisible , so the mended skirt looks as good as new"
],
"synonyms":[
"discreet",
"inconspicuous",
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"noisy",
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"you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims"
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"she's invited only select friends to visit her new house"
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"verb"
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"sifts",
"studies",
"views",
"browses",
"cruises",
"peruses",
"scans",
"skims (through)",
"surfs",
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"she's invited only select friends to visit her new house"
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"calls",
"summons"
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"tempts"
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"verb"
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"noun"
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"experience",
"exposure",
"intimacy",
"acquaintance",
"cognizance",
"familiarity",
"initiation",
"introduction",
"awareness",
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"conception",
"inkling",
"notion",
"understanding",
"education",
"enlightenment",
"grounding",
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"instruction",
"learning",
"schooling",
"training"
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"unfamiliarity",
"callowness",
"greenness",
"ignorance",
"inexperience"
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"affair",
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"hand",
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"business",
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"function",
"job",
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"place",
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"vocation",
"activity",
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"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
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"noun"
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"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
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"a remarkably involved story for a writer so young"
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"byzantine",
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"complicated",
"convoluted",
"daedal",
"elaborate",
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"involute",
"knotty",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"sophisticated",
"tangled"
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"overcomplex",
"overcomplicated",
"composite",
"compound",
"heterogeneous",
"mixed",
"multibranched",
"multifaceted",
"multifarious",
"multipart",
"varied",
"challenging",
"difficult",
"tough",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"inexplicable",
"Kafkaesque",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible"
],
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"oversimplified",
"simplified",
"simplistic",
"homogeneous",
"uniform",
"unvaried"
],
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"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated"
]
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"very involved descriptions of every last detail of the lavish wedding"
],
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"complicated",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"fancy",
"intricate",
"sophisticated"
],
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"elegant",
"exquisite",
"grand",
"magnificent",
"ornate",
"splendid",
"chichi",
"extravagant",
"exuberant",
"fancified",
"flamboyant",
"frilly",
"gimmicked (up)",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"overwrought",
"showy",
"souped-up",
"Byzantine",
"convoluted",
"involute",
"involuted",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modest",
"plain",
"plain-Jane",
"plain-vanilla",
"uncomplicated",
"bald",
"bare",
"naked",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unvarnished"
],
"antonyms":[
"no-frills",
"simple",
"unfancy",
"unsophisticated"
]
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"to be the business or affair of":{
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"this isn't something that involves you, so don't worry about it"
],
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"affected",
"concerned",
"touched"
],
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"appertained (to)",
"applied (to)",
"bore (on)",
"pertained (to)",
"referred (to)",
"related (to)",
"embroiled",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"implicated"
],
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"to have as part of a whole":{
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"a tragic play usually involves a number of plot devices, including the hero's fatal flaw"
],
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"carried",
"comprehended",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"numbered",
"subsumed",
"took in"
],
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"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"her blissful daydream so completely involved her that she never heard the knock on the door"
],
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"absorbed",
"bemused",
"busied",
"caught up",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"occupied"
],
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"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"obsessed",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
],
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"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a mind that was deeply involved in doubt about his wife's fidelity"
],
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"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invoice":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"the invoice stated that we owed $1500"
],
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"account",
"bill",
"check",
"statement",
"tab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipt",
"reckoning",
"document",
"ledger",
"record",
"charge",
"cost",
"expense",
"fee",
"price",
"rate",
"toll",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bill , assess":{
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"near synonyms":[
"assess",
"bill",
"discount",
"mark down",
"mark up",
"price",
"value",
"bring",
"fetch",
"sell (for)",
"overcharge",
"undercharge",
"ask",
"charge",
"command",
"demand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"invoked":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"we should be prepared for the possibility that any solution may invoke another set of problems"
],
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"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"invoking":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"we should be prepared for the possibility that any solution may invoke another set of problems"
],
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"begetting",
"breeding",
"bringing",
"bringing about",
"bringing on",
"catalyzing",
"causing",
"creating",
"doing",
"drawing on",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"engendering",
"generating",
"inducing",
"making",
"occasioning",
"producing",
"prompting",
"resulting (in)",
"spawning",
"translating (into)",
"working",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducing (to)",
"contributing (to)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"beginning",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"setting",
"setting up",
"starting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"developing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"turning out"
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"near antonyms":[
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"dampening",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"retarding",
"canning",
"killing",
"snuffing (out)",
"stilling",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"extinguishing",
"liquidating",
"quenching"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"invoke":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"we should be prepared for the possibility that any solution may invoke another set of problems"
],
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"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
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"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
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"effectuate",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
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"near synonyms":[
"conduce (to)",
"contribute (to)",
"decide",
"determine",
"begin",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"set",
"set up",
"start",
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"cultivate",
"develop",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"enact",
"render",
"turn out"
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"near antonyms":[
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"dampen",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"smother",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"control",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"retard",
"can",
"kill",
"snuff (out)",
"still",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"extinguish",
"liquidate",
"quench"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued":{
"examples":[
"an invincible wrestler who has never lost a match"
],
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"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too":{
"examples":[
"she pretended to be happy for her friend's good fortune, but there was an unmistakable invidiousness about her supposedly heartfelt congratulations"
],
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"covetousness",
"enviousness",
"envy",
"green-eyed monster",
"jealousy",
"resentment"
],
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"animosity",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"ill will",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"spitefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolence",
"goodwill",
"kindness",
"sympathy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"if you invert the coin, there's a picture of a buffalo on the back"
],
"synonyms":[
"flipping",
"reversing",
"turning over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposing",
"exchanging",
"interchanging",
"shifting",
"switching",
"overturning",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inventoried":{
"as in listed , itemized":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"listed",
"numerated",
"blow-by-blow",
"circumstantial",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"full",
"minute",
"particular",
"particularized",
"thorough",
"delineated",
"specific",
"specified",
"abundant",
"copious",
"comprehensive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhausting",
"exhaustive",
"inclusionary",
"inclusive",
"in-depth",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thoroughgoing",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"complete",
"entire",
"replete",
"distinct",
"explicit",
"sharp",
"mapped (out)",
"descriptive",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"picturesque",
"vivid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compendious",
"summary",
"brief",
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"short",
"succinct",
"terse",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"pruned",
"shortened",
"trimmed",
"ambiguous",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"sketchy",
"vague",
"bird's-eye",
"broad",
"general",
"nonspecific",
"overall",
"unspecified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a list of":{
"examples":[
"would you inventory the supplies in the back room?"
],
"synonyms":[
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"listed",
"numerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counted",
"marked",
"numbered",
"checked (off)",
"ticked (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invading":{
"as in trespassing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"trespassing",
"bold",
"brazen",
"bumptious",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"curious",
"inquisitive",
"busy",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"intrusive",
"meddlesome",
"meddling",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"obtrusive",
"officious",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"protrusive",
"prying",
"pushing",
"pushy",
"snoopy",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"pestiferous",
"overbearing",
"superserviceable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unobtrusive",
"hands-off",
"uninvolved",
"quiet",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"retiring",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"withdrawn",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
"examples":[
"a superpower that had a tendency to invade and take over smaller and weaker countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"foraying (into)",
"overrunning",
"raiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"stripping",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"charging",
"rushing",
"storming",
"striking",
"battling",
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"warring (with)",
"encroaching",
"harassing",
"infringing",
"trespassing",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"blockading",
"investing",
"garrisoning",
"occupying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"warding",
"defying",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"capitulating (to)",
"ceding (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invulnerableness":{
"as in invincibility , invincibleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impregnability",
"impregnableness",
"invincibility",
"invincibleness",
"inviolability",
"inviolableness",
"invulnerability",
"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"
]
},
"invokes":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"we should be prepared for the possibility that any solution may invoke another set of problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"causes",
"creates",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"engenders",
"generates",
"induces",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invented":{
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
"examples":[
"a daydreamer who lives mostly in her invented magic kingdom"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabled",
"legendary",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"hypothetical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unbelievable",
"unconvincing",
"unlikely",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"daydreamlike",
"deceptive",
"delusional",
"delusive",
"hallucinatory",
"illusory",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"feigned",
"fictive",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"genuine",
"true",
"factual",
"verifiable",
"verified",
"believable",
"convincing",
"realistic",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"solid",
"substantial",
"palpable",
"tangible"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
]
},
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"they invented an explanation for the broken vase that would satisfy their grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocted",
"constructed",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"drummed up",
"excogitated",
"fabricated",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"trumped up",
"vamped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coined",
"designed",
"hatched",
"produced",
"daydreamed",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"fantasized",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"improvised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"inveterate":{
"firmly established over time":{
"examples":[
"he has an inveterate tendency to tell some very tall tales"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred-in-the-bone",
"confirmed",
"deep",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"hard-core",
"rooted",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"firm",
"fixed",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"irradicable",
"set",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"natural",
"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":[]
},
"being such by habit and not likely to change":{
"examples":[
"the man is an inveterate liar who only rarely tells the truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred-in-the-bone",
"chronic",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"habitual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"unreconstructed",
"unregenerate",
"born",
"natural",
"persistent",
"regular",
"repeat",
"serial",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unfailing",
"addicted",
"accustomed",
"habituated",
"used",
"wonted",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"inbred",
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic",
"apt",
"inclined",
"prone",
"mulish",
"obstinate",
"set",
"stubborn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaccustomed",
"unused",
"intermittent",
"occasional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"investing":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduing",
"induing",
"imbuing",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animating",
"charging",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"leavening",
"implanting",
"instilling",
"planting",
"impregnating",
"permeating",
"pervading",
"saturating",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"filling",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"submerging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"eliminating",
"removing",
"taking (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"endowing",
"enduing",
"induing",
"favoring",
"gifting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equipping",
"providing",
"supplying",
"bestowing (on or upon)",
"clothing",
"conferring (on)",
"covering",
"according",
"awarding",
"granting",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"heightening",
"bequeathing",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"depleting",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"skimping",
"stinting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"invested him with power of attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"examples":[
"the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"seating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swearing in",
"consecrating",
"enshrining",
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"enlisting",
"enrolling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canning",
"discharging",
"firing",
"terminating",
"mustering out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"examples":[
"the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"blockading",
"leaguering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barricading",
"blocking",
"cutting off",
"damming",
"encircling",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"confining",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"quarantining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"rescuing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"nightfall invested the land"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"investigations":{
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
"examples":[
"officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"disquisitions",
"examens",
"examinations",
"explorations",
"inquests",
"inquiries",
"inquisitions",
"probations",
"probes",
"probings",
"researches",
"studies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quests",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"diagnoses",
"inspections",
"hearings",
"interrogations",
"trials",
"feelers",
"queries",
"questions",
"polls",
"questionaries",
"questionnaires",
"surveys",
"challenges",
"cross-examinations",
"goings-over",
"quizzes",
"rehearings",
"reinvestigations",
"self-examinations",
"self-explorations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inviolable":{
"not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with":{
"examples":[
"a person with inviolable moral standards",
"an inviolable trust between lawyer and client"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"unassailable",
"untouchable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inviolate",
"pure",
"privileged",
"protected",
"secure",
"shielded",
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"irreverent",
"profane",
"sacrilegious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"invoiced":{
"as in billed , assessed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assessed",
"billed",
"discounted",
"marked down",
"marked up",
"priced",
"valued",
"brought",
"fetched",
"sold (for)",
"overcharged",
"undercharged",
"asked",
"charged",
"commanded",
"demanded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"investiture":{
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"examples":[
"the investiture of a new member of parliament"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptism",
"inaugural",
"inauguration",
"induction",
"initiation",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"investment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enlistment",
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"promotion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invests (in)":{
"as in capitalizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitalizes",
"backs",
"promotes",
"sponsors",
"awards",
"grants",
"bequeaths",
"contributes",
"donates",
"subscribes",
"supports",
"underwrites",
"establishes",
"founds",
"organizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"subsidizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunds",
"disendows",
"draws",
"receives",
"subsists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invitingly":{
"as in appealingly , enticingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appealingly",
"appetizingly",
"enticingly",
"temptingly",
"attractively",
"beautifully",
"handsomely",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly",
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly"
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"inveighed":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"always inveighing against the high property taxes that they were forced to pay"
],
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"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
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"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in persuader , inducer":{
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"briber",
"inducer",
"persuader",
"tantalizer",
"corrupter",
"corruptor",
"debaser",
"debaucher",
"degrader",
"depraver",
"perverter",
"undoer",
"beguiler",
"enchantress",
"siren",
"temptress",
"baiter",
"seducer",
"solicitor",
"tempter"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inventories":{
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"examples":[
"the dealership has an unusually large inventory of pre-owned vehicles"
],
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"budgets",
"forces",
"funds",
"pools",
"repertoires",
"reservoirs",
"stocks",
"supplies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"refills",
"renewals",
"replacements",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"offers an informative inventory of everything that is known about the virus at this time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a list of":{
"examples":[
"would you inventory the supplies in the back room?"
],
"synonyms":[
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"lists",
"numerates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counts",
"marks",
"numbers",
"checks (off)",
"ticks (off)"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"invectives":{
"harsh insulting language":{
"examples":[
"hurled curses and invective at the driver who heedlessly cut them off in traffic"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"billingsgates",
"fulminations",
"obloquies",
"scurrilities",
"vitriols",
"vituperations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackguardisms",
"blasphemies",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"profanities",
"epithets",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slurs",
"expletives",
"swearwords",
"aspersions",
"belittlements",
"disparagements",
"revilements",
"vilifications",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"criticisms",
"excoriations",
"opprobriums",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"broadsides",
"diatribes",
"harangues",
"polemics",
"tirades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"commendations",
"praises",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulations",
"blarneys",
"flatteries",
"overpraises",
"soft soaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"involves":{
"to be the business or affair of":{
"examples":[
"this isn't something that involves you, so don't worry about it"
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"concerns",
"touches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertains (to)",
"applies (to)",
"bears (on)",
"pertains (to)",
"refers (to)",
"relates (to)",
"embroils",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"implicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"a tragic play usually involves a number of plot devices, including the hero's fatal flaw"
],
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"carries",
"comprehends",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"numbers",
"subsumes",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"her blissful daydream so completely involved her that she never heard the knock on the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"bemuses",
"busies",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"occupies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a mind that was deeply involved in doubt about his wife's fidelity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inveigle":{
"as in persuade , draw in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"draw in",
"persuade",
"rope (in)",
"snow",
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"betray",
"decoy",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"solicit",
"tempt",
"catch",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"magnetize",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarn",
"ward (off)",
"warn",
"drive (away or off)",
"repulse",
"turn away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invalidated":{
"as in unsubstantiated , unsupported":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unconfirmed",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"general",
"indefinable",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"mushy",
"undefined",
"unsettled",
"vague",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"unclear",
"approximate",
"approximative",
"ballpark",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"loose",
"squishy",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"dubitable",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"erroneous",
"false",
"incorrect",
"off",
"wrong",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"mistaken",
"debatable",
"disputable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear-cut",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definable",
"defined",
"definite",
"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive",
"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable",
"incontrovertible",
"irrefutable",
"absolute",
"unqualified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"determined",
"established",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated",
"correct",
"errorless",
"factual",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"avoided",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"disannulled",
"dissolved",
"negated",
"nulled",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"rolled back",
"struck down",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanded",
"overrode",
"overruled",
"overturned",
"vetoed",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"retracted",
"reversed",
"revoked",
"suspended",
"withdrew",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"disallowed",
"dismissed",
"rejected",
"annihilated",
"broke down",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"threw out",
"wrote off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"established",
"founded",
"instituted",
"formalized",
"legalized",
"legitimated",
"legitimized",
"validated",
"passed",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"mandated",
"ordered",
"prescribed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"investigator":{
"one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry":{
"examples":[
"investigators who discovered new evidence that the universe was much older than had been previously estimated"
],
"synonyms":[
"experimenter",
"researcher"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monitor",
"observer",
"empiric",
"empiricist",
"fact finder",
"field-worker",
"examiner",
"inspector"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"the investigator in charge of the case was touted as an expert at tracing stolen art"
],
"synonyms":[
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator",
"shamus",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shadow",
"tail",
"tracer",
"tracker",
"fed",
"Federal",
"G-man",
"narc",
"nark",
"plainclothesman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inverts":{
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"if you invert the coin, there's a picture of a buffalo on the back"
],
"synonyms":[
"flips",
"reverses",
"turns over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposes",
"exchanges",
"interchanges",
"shifts",
"switches",
"overturns",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invariability":{
"the state of continuing without change":{
"examples":[
"the invariability of the weather around here gets boring sometimes"
],
"synonyms":[
"changelessness",
"constancy",
"fixedness",
"immutability",
"immutableness",
"stability",
"steadiness",
"unchangeableness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consistency",
"regularity",
"sameness",
"uniformity",
"durability",
"enduringness",
"lastingness",
"permanence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aperiodicity",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"irregularity",
"unevenness",
"caducity",
"evanescence",
"impermanence"
],
"antonyms":[
"capriciousness",
"changeability",
"changeableness",
"fickleness",
"instability",
"mutability",
"unpredictability",
"unsteadiness",
"variability",
"variableness",
"volatileness",
"volatility"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inverted":{
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"if you invert the coin, there's a picture of a buffalo on the back"
],
"synonyms":[
"flipped",
"reversed",
"turned over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transposed",
"exchanged",
"interchanged",
"shifted",
"switched",
"overturned",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invulnerable":{
"incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued":{
"examples":[
"typically teenagers suppose themselves to be invulnerable , so they take needless risks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"invoicing":{
"as in billing , assessing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assessing",
"billing",
"discounting",
"marking down",
"marking up",
"pricing",
"valuing",
"bringing",
"fetching",
"selling (for)",
"overcharging",
"undercharging",
"asking",
"charging",
"commanding",
"demanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"investitures":{
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"examples":[
"the investiture of a new member of parliament"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptisms",
"inaugurals",
"inaugurations",
"inductions",
"initiations",
"installations",
"installments",
"instalments",
"investments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enlistments",
"enrollments",
"enrolments",
"promotions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invest (in)":{
"as in capitalize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitalize",
"back",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"award",
"grant",
"bequeath",
"contribute",
"donate",
"subscribe",
"support",
"underwrite",
"establish",
"found",
"organize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defund",
"disendow",
"draw",
"receive",
"subsist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invaluable":{
"having a value beyond any ability to appraise or adequately appreciate":{
"examples":[
"the list of likely donors proved to be invaluable to our fund-raising efforts"
],
"synonyms":[
"inestimable",
"priceless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"high",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"superexpensive",
"valuable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good-for-nothing",
"no-good",
"nothing",
"valueless",
"worthless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"invert":{
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"examples":[
"if you invert the coin, there's a picture of a buffalo on the back"
],
"synonyms":[
"flip",
"reverse",
"turn over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"transpose",
"exchange",
"interchange",
"shift",
"switch",
"overturn",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invoices":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"the invoice stated that we owed $1500"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"bills",
"checks",
"statements",
"tabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipts",
"reckonings",
"documents",
"ledgers",
"records",
"charges",
"costs",
"expenses",
"fees",
"prices",
"rates",
"tolls",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bills , assesses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assesses",
"bills",
"discounts",
"marks down",
"marks up",
"prices",
"values",
"brings",
"fetches",
"sells (for)",
"overcharges",
"undercharges",
"asks",
"charges",
"commands",
"demands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"inventor":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"the inventor of the electric light bulb"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriver",
"designer",
"developer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"originator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"dreamer",
"codeveloper",
"coinventor",
"coproducer",
"coresearcher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
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"type":[
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]
},
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],
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"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
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"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments"
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"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
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"noun"
]
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"invisibilities":{
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"examples":[
"the stitches are invisible , so the mended skirt looks as good as new"
],
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"discreet",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive"
],
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"unnoticed",
"unremarked",
"unseen",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible",
"faint",
"indistinct",
"obscure",
"concealed",
"hidden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"showy",
"striking",
"flashy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"apparent",
"clear",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain",
"prominent",
"unmistakable",
"blatant",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"gross",
"screaming"
],
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"conspicuous",
"noticeable",
"visible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in invisibility , inconspicuousness":{
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"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"oblivion",
"insignificance",
"anonymity",
"facelessness",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"obscurity",
"silence",
"unpopularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invulnerability":{
"as in invincibility , impregnability":{
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"impregnability",
"impregnableness",
"invincibility",
"invincibleness",
"inviolability",
"inviolableness",
"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"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invaders":{
"one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause":{
"examples":[
"vigilant defenders at the border were quick to repel the invaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressors",
"raiders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"initiators",
"instigators",
"ambuscaders",
"ambushers",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"forayers",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"hawks",
"jingoes",
"jingoists",
"militants",
"militarists",
"war hawks",
"warmongers",
"belligerents",
"cobelligerents",
"combatants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenders",
"doves",
"pacifists",
"peacemakers",
"nonbelligerents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invents":{
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"they invented an explanation for the broken vase that would satisfy their grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocts",
"constructs",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"drums up",
"excogitates",
"fabricates",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"thinks (up)",
"trumps up",
"vamps (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coins",
"designs",
"hatches",
"produces",
"daydreams",
"dreams",
"fantasizes",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"imagines",
"pictures",
"visions",
"visualizes",
"ad-libs",
"extemporizes",
"improvises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clones",
"copies",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"reduplicates",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invalidation":{
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"sought speedy invalidation of the contract, which had been signed without parental consent"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto",
"retraction",
"reversal",
"revocation",
"suspension",
"withdrawal",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbiddance",
"outlawing",
"prohibition",
"disallowance",
"dismissal",
"rejection",
"elimination",
"eradication",
"erasure",
"liquidation",
"removal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactment",
"legislation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"passing",
"ratification",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invasions":{
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
"examples":[
"the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany during World War II"
],
"synonyms":[
"descents",
"forays",
"incursions",
"inroads",
"irruptions",
"raids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pillages",
"plunders",
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"coups de main",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"rushes",
"sieges",
"storms",
"strikes",
"charges",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"traps",
"air raids",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"investigators":{
"one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry":{
"examples":[
"investigators who discovered new evidence that the universe was much older than had been previously estimated"
],
"synonyms":[
"experimenters",
"researchers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monitors",
"observers",
"empiricists",
"empirics",
"fact finders",
"field-workers",
"examiners",
"inspectors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"the investigator in charge of the case was touted as an expert at tracing stolen art"
],
"synonyms":[
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators",
"shamuses",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shadows",
"tails",
"tracers",
"trackers",
"Federals",
"feds",
"G-men",
"narcs",
"narks",
"plainclothesmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"investments":{
"the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies":{
"examples":[
"the investment of Cuba was one of the decisive moments in the Cuban Missile Crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguerments",
"blockades",
"leaguers",
"sieges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblockades",
"counter-blockades",
"containments",
"encirclements",
"encompassments",
"confinements",
"insulations",
"isolations",
"quarantines",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations",
"incarcerations",
"internments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"examples":[
"the investment of a new diocesan bishop is typically a grand and solemn occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptisms",
"inaugurals",
"inaugurations",
"inductions",
"initiations",
"installations",
"installments",
"instalments",
"investitures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enlistments",
"enrollments",
"enrolments",
"promotions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invariably":{
"on every relevant occasion":{
"examples":[
"their slacker son invariably gives the same response to the questions about his career plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"continually",
"ever",
"forever",
"incessantly",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"unfailingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commonly",
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly",
"continuously",
"steadily",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"dependably",
"generally",
"habitually",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"typically",
"usually",
"inevitably",
"eternally",
"everlastingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermittently",
"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"infrequently",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"invaliding":{
"as in injuring , hurting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"laying up",
"depleting",
"depressing",
"exhausting",
"impoverishing",
"unmanning",
"washing out",
"breaking down",
"grinding (down)",
"wearing down",
"wearing out",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"incapacitating",
"paralyzing",
"debilitating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"etiolating",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefing (up)",
"fortifying",
"strengthening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"recruiting",
"rejuvenating",
"vitalizing",
"hardening",
"seasoning",
"toughening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inveigh":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"always inveighing against the high property taxes that they were forced to pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"investment":{
"the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies":{
"examples":[
"the investment of Cuba was one of the decisive moments in the Cuban Missile Crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguerment",
"blockade",
"leaguer",
"siege"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblockade",
"containment",
"encirclement",
"encompassment",
"confinement",
"insulation",
"isolation",
"quarantine",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration",
"incarceration",
"internment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"examples":[
"the investment of a new diocesan bishop is typically a grand and solemn occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptism",
"inaugural",
"inauguration",
"induction",
"initiation",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"investiture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enlistment",
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"promotion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"involving":{
"holding the attention or provoking interest":{
"examples":[
"an involving book that you won't be able to put down"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"riveting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"emphatic",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"alluring",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"spellbinding",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"curious",
"odd",
"unusual",
"weird",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"eventful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"amusing",
"entertaining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"operose",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"sterile",
"unexciting",
"dreary",
"humdrum",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
]
},
"to be the business or affair of":{
"examples":[
"this isn't something that involves you, so don't worry about it"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertaining (to)",
"applying (to)",
"bearing (on)",
"pertaining (to)",
"referring (to)",
"relating (to)",
"embroiling",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"implicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"a tragic play usually involves a number of plot devices, including the hero's fatal flaw"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying",
"comprehending",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"numbering",
"subsuming",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"her blissful daydream so completely involved her that she never heard the knock on the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"busying",
"catching up",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"occupying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"obsessing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a mind that was deeply involved in doubt about his wife's fidelity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invisibly":{
"as in imperceptibly , minutely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"fractionally",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"modestly",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"astronomically",
"big-time",
"broadly",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly",
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"invalidity":{
"as in weakness , infirmity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"invalidism",
"lameness",
"sickliness",
"weakliness",
"weakness",
"affliction",
"ailment",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"dysfunction",
"disfunction",
"malady",
"trouble",
"upset",
"hypochondria",
"malaise",
"sickishness",
"illness",
"indisposition",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness",
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback",
"fettle",
"fitness",
"shape",
"hardiness",
"heartiness",
"lustiness",
"robustness",
"ruggedness",
"stamina",
"strength",
"toughness",
"vigor",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"bloom",
"flush",
"flushness",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invocation":{
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
"examples":[
"a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil"
],
"synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"bewitchment",
"charm",
"conjuration",
"enchantment",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"hex",
"incantation",
"spell",
"whammy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantrip",
"curse",
"jinx",
"bewitchery",
"conjuring",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"voodoo",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"amulet",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"phylactery",
"talisman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invisibility":{
"as in inconspicuousness , invisibleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibleness",
"oblivion",
"insignificance",
"anonymity",
"facelessness",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"obscurity",
"silence",
"unpopularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inveiglers":{
"as in persuaders , inducers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bribers",
"inducers",
"persuaders",
"tantalizers",
"corrupters",
"corruptors",
"debasers",
"debauchers",
"degraders",
"depravers",
"perverters",
"undoers",
"beguilers",
"enchantresses",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"baiters",
"seducers",
"solicitors",
"tempters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inviolate":{
"not harmed or changed":{
"examples":[
"These rights must remain inviolate ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"pure",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"inviolable",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"unassailable",
"unharmed",
"untouchable",
"privileged",
"protected",
"secure",
"shielded",
"exempt",
"immune"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"irreverent",
"profane",
"sacrilegious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"invariant":{
"not varying":{
"examples":[
"an invariant value"
],
"synonyms":[
"even",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"undeviating",
"uniform",
"unvarying",
"unwavering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"set",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"changing",
"deviating",
"nonuniform",
"unsteady",
"varying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"invalided":{
"as in injured , hurt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"laid up",
"depleted",
"depressed",
"exhausted",
"impoverished",
"unmanned",
"washed out",
"broke down",
"ground (down)",
"wore down",
"wore out",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"incapacitated",
"paralyzed",
"debilitated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"etiolated",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefed (up)",
"fortified",
"strengthened",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"recruited",
"rejuvenated",
"vitalized",
"hardened",
"seasoned",
"toughened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invested (in)":{
"as in capitalized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitalized",
"backed",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"awarded",
"granted",
"bequeathed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"subscribed",
"supported",
"underwrote",
"established",
"founded",
"organized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"subsidized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunded",
"disendowed",
"drew",
"received",
"subsisted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invertebrate":{
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"an invertebrate Congress that blithely went along with the President's ill-conceived plan"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
]
},
"as in vertebrate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"vertebrate",
"carnivore",
"herbivore",
"insectivore",
"domestic animal",
"pet",
"biped",
"quadruped",
"feral",
"blastie",
"varmint",
"vermin",
"livestock",
"stock",
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"creature",
"critter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"invests":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"endues",
"indues",
"imbues",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants",
"impregnates",
"permeates",
"pervades",
"saturates",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"fills",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"submerges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"divests",
"strips",
"clears",
"empties",
"eliminates",
"removes",
"takes (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"examples":[
"a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"endows",
"endues",
"indues",
"favors",
"gifts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equips",
"provides",
"supplies",
"bestows (on or upon)",
"clothes",
"confers (on)",
"covers",
"accords",
"awards",
"grants",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"heightens",
"bequeaths",
"wills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips",
"depletes",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"skimps",
"stints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"invested him with power of attorney"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{
"examples":[
"the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"seats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swears in",
"consecrates",
"enshrines",
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes in",
"enlists",
"enrolls",
"enrols"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cans",
"discharges",
"fires",
"terminates",
"musters out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"examples":[
"the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell"
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"blockades",
"leaguers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barricades",
"blocks",
"cuts off",
"dams",
"encircles",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"confines",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"quarantines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"rescues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"nightfall invested the land"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inviolableness":{
"as in invincibility , invulnerableness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impregnability",
"impregnableness",
"invincibility",
"invincibleness",
"inviolability",
"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"
]
},
"investing (in)":{
"as in capitalizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitalizing",
"backing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"awarding",
"granting",
"bequeathing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"subscribing",
"supporting",
"underwriting",
"establishing",
"founding",
"organizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunding",
"disendowing",
"drawing",
"receiving",
"subsisting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"involve":{
"to be the business or affair of":{
"examples":[
"this isn't something that involves you, so don't worry about it"
],
"synonyms":[
"affect",
"concern",
"touch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appertain (to)",
"apply (to)",
"bear (on)",
"pertain (to)",
"refer (to)",
"relate (to)",
"embroil",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"implicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"a tragic play usually involves a number of plot devices, including the hero's fatal flaw"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"number",
"subsume",
"take in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"bracket",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
"form",
"make",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"eliminate",
"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"her blissful daydream so completely involved her that she never heard the knock on the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"occupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"obsess",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"distract",
"preoccupy",
"hog",
"monopolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a mind that was deeply involved in doubt about his wife's fidelity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"invidious":{
"having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"inevitably, his remarkable success attracted the invidious attention of the other sales representatives"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetous",
"envious",
"green-eyed",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"resentful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"avaricious",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"distrustful",
"suspicious",
"malicious",
"petty",
"spiteful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generous",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"altruistic",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"well-meaning"
],
"antonyms":[
"unenvious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inveteracy":{
"as in determination , perseverance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inventions":{
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"his clever invention made people's lives easier"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainchildren",
"coinages",
"concoctions",
"contrivances",
"creations",
"innovations",
"wrinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contraptions",
"devices",
"gadgets",
"gizmos",
"gismos",
"novelties",
"designs",
"products",
"works",
"dreams",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"pictures",
"visions",
"conceptions",
"originations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"clones",
"copies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"unsurprisingly, the story about being kidnapped by aliens was pure invention"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"fictions",
"figments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"narratives",
"novels",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"misrepresentations",
"prevarications",
"untruths",
"whoppers",
"make-believe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities"
],
"antonyms":[
"facts",
"materialities",
"realities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inviolability":{
"as in invincibility , invulnerability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impregnability",
"impregnableness",
"invincibility",
"invincibleness",
"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"
]
},
"invitations":{
"a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place":{
"examples":[
"She called to ask if we had received her wedding invitation ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"invites",
"interviews",
"get-togethers",
"meetings",
"calls",
"visits",
"schedules",
"appointments",
"assignations",
"dates",
"engagements",
"rendezvous",
"trysts",
"processes",
"subpoenas",
"summonses",
"arrangements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"He took the layoff as an invitation to embark on a new career path."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catalysts",
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks",
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"incitations",
"incitements",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"yeasts",
"activators",
"animators",
"drivers",
"energizers",
"executors",
"generators",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"instigators",
"launchers",
"movers",
"powers",
"stimuli",
"triggers",
"inducements",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"grounds",
"motives",
"occasions",
"reasons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invitees":{
"as in guests , visitors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callers",
"drop-ins",
"frequenters",
"guests",
"visitants",
"visitors",
"crashers",
"hangers-on",
"houseguests",
"companies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"occupants",
"residents",
"residers",
"cohostesses",
"co-hostesses",
"cohosts",
"co-hosts",
"hostesses",
"hosts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"invade":{
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
"examples":[
"a superpower that had a tendency to invade and take over smaller and weaker countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"foray (into)",
"overrun",
"raid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"ravage",
"sack",
"strip",
"conquer",
"crush",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"vanquish",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"charge",
"rush",
"storm",
"strike",
"battle",
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"fight",
"war (with)",
"encroach",
"harass",
"infringe",
"trespass",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"blockade",
"invest",
"garrison",
"occupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"ward",
"defy",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"capitulate (to)",
"cede (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inverses":{
"something that is formed by inverting something else":{
"examples":[
"the inverse of your argument"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"converses",
"mirror images",
"antipodes",
"antitheses",
"contraries",
"counters",
"negatives",
"obverses",
"opposites",
"reverses",
"negations",
"antonyms",
"counterpoints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonyms",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"counterparts",
"carbon copies",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"replicas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inviting":{
"as in attractive , tempting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"admirable",
"estimable",
"laudable",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesirable",
"unenviable",
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"deplorable",
"lamentable",
"regrettable",
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in winning , endearing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disarming",
"endearing",
"fetching",
"winning",
"winsome",
"irresistible",
"irresistable",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"tangible",
"catching",
"contagious",
"epidemic",
"infectious",
"spreading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"examples":[
"she's invited only select friends to visit her new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"bidding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"soliciting",
"beckoning",
"calling",
"summoning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act so as to make (something) more likely":{
"examples":[
"you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"courting",
"flirting (with)",
"wooing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angling (for)",
"fishing (for)",
"hunting",
"searching",
"seeking",
"provoking",
"tempting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"invective":{
"harsh insulting language":{
"examples":[
"hurled curses and invective at the driver who heedlessly cut them off in traffic"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"billingsgate",
"fulmination",
"obloquy",
"scurrility",
"vitriol",
"vituperation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackguardism",
"blasphemy",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"profanity",
"epithet",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slur",
"expletive",
"swearword",
"aspersion",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"revilement",
"vilification",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"criticism",
"excoriation",
"opprobrium",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"broadside",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"polemic",
"tirade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"flattery",
"overpraise",
"soft soap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by harsh insulting language":{
"examples":[
"an overbearing, bullying boss who is fond of sending invective e-mails to long-suffering assistants"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusive",
"contumelious",
"opprobrious",
"scurrile",
"scurril",
"scurrilous",
"truculent",
"vitriolic",
"vituperative",
"vituperatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"offensive",
"outrageous",
"outraging",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"foulmouthed",
"gross",
"indecent",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"potty-mouthed",
"vulgar",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"scornful",
"defamatory",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"scandalous",
"slanderous",
"maligning",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"spiteful",
"immoderate",
"intemperate",
"unbridled",
"unrestrained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moderate",
"temperate",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"tempered",
"encomiastic",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"praiseful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
}
}