4353 lines
85 KiB
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4353 lines
85 KiB
JSON
{
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"muscle":{
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"muscular strength":{
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"examples":[
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"I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beef",
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"brawn",
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"main",
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"thew"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"force",
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"might",
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"potency",
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"power",
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"puissance",
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"sinew",
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"energy",
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"vigor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impotence",
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"impotency",
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"weakness",
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"debilitation",
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"debility",
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"enfeeblement",
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"faintness",
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"feebleness",
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"frailness",
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"frailty",
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"infirmity"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task":{
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"examples":[
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"at the time the military lacked the muscle to fight two wars at once"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"energy",
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"firepower",
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"force",
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"horsepower",
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"might",
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"potence",
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"potency",
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"power",
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"puissance",
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"sinew",
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"strength",
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"vigor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aptitude",
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"capability",
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"capacity",
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"competence",
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"competency",
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"adequacy",
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"effectiveness",
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"effectualness",
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"usefulness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disability",
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"inability",
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"inaptitude",
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"incapability",
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"incapableness",
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"incapacity",
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"incompetence",
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"incompetency",
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"ineffectiveness",
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"ineffectuality",
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"ineffectualness",
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"inefficaciousness",
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"inefficacy",
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"uselessness",
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"helplessness",
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"paralysis"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"impotence",
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"impotency",
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"powerlessness",
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"weakness"
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]
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},
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"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blackjack",
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"coerce",
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"compel",
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"constrain",
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"dragoon",
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"drive",
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"force",
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"impel",
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"impress",
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"make",
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"obligate",
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"oblige",
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"press",
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"pressure",
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"sandbag"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"browbeat",
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"bulldoze",
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"bully",
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"cow",
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"hector",
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"intimidate",
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"blackmail",
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"high-pressure",
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"menace",
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"shame",
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"terrorize",
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"threaten",
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"drag",
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"badger",
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"harass",
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"hound"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allow",
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"let",
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"permit",
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"argue",
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"convince",
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"induce",
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"move",
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"persuade",
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"prevail (on or upon)",
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"satisfy",
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"talk (into)",
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"win (over)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to force one's way":{
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"examples":[
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"muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bore",
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"bull",
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"bulldoze",
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"crash",
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"elbow",
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"jam",
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"jostle",
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"press",
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"push",
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"shoulder",
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"squeeze"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ram",
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"shove",
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"thrust"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mushiness":{
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"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
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"examples":[
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"prefers mindless action movies to the \" mushiness \" of romantic comedies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bathos",
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"gooeyness",
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"lovey-doveyness",
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"mawkishness",
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"mush",
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"saccharinity",
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"sappiness",
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"sentimentalism",
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"sentimentality",
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"sloppiness",
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"soppiness",
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"syrup",
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"sirup"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"emotion",
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"sentiment",
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"corn",
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"corniness",
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"hokeyness",
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"hokiness",
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"schmaltz",
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"schmalz"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cynicism",
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"hardheadedness",
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"hard-heartedness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mushroomed":{
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"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"antonyms":[
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"contracted",
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"decreased",
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"diminished",
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"dwindled",
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"lessened",
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"receded",
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"waned"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"jumped",
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"rocketed",
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"skyrocketed",
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"surged",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"redoubled",
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"blew up",
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"bulked",
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"distended",
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"inflated",
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"puffed (up)",
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"crescendoed",
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"crested",
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"peaked"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerated",
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"accumulated",
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"appreciated",
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"ballooned",
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"boomed",
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"built up",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"climbed",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"gained",
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"increased",
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"mounted",
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"multiplied",
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"proliferated",
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"rolled up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"spread",
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"swelled",
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"waxed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mushy":{
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"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
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"examples":[
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"a mushy love story"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"maudlin",
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"mawkish",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"spoony",
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"spooney",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary",
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"wet"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dreamy",
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"misty-eyed",
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"moonstruck",
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"moony",
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"nostalgic",
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"starry-eyed",
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"feel-good",
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"fuzzy",
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"melodramatic",
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"soap-operatic",
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"soapy",
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"sudsy",
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"flat",
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"insipid",
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"soft-boiled",
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"tasteless",
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"vapid",
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"watery",
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"cutesy",
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"twee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unadulterated",
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"unvarnished",
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"antisentimental",
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"cynical",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-edged",
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"hardheaded"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unsentimental"
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]
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},
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"giving easily to the touch":{
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"examples":[
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"mushy fruit that was obviously overripe"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flabby",
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"pulpy",
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"soft",
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"spongy",
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"squashy",
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"squishy",
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"squooshy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"doughy",
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"fleshy",
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"droopy",
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"flaccid",
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"floppy",
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"lank",
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"limp",
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"slack",
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"yielding",
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"bendable",
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"compressible",
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"crushable",
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"elastic",
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"flexible",
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"kneadable",
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"malleable",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"resilient",
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"supple",
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"willowy",
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"workable",
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"airy",
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"light"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inelastic",
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"inflexible",
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"rigid",
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"stiff",
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"tense",
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"unbending",
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"unyielding",
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"resistant",
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"sound",
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"strong",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"case-hardened",
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"crush-proof",
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"hardened",
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"indurated",
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"stiffened",
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"tempered",
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"compacted",
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"adamantine",
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"rock",
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"rocklike",
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"sturdy",
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"substantial"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"firm",
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"hard",
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"solid"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"mussed":{
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"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
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"examples":[
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"the charmingly mussed look of a rock star in full rebel regalia"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaotic",
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"cluttered",
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"confused",
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"disarranged",
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"disarrayed",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"disorderly",
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"higgledy-piggledy",
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"hugger-mugger",
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"jumbled",
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"littered",
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"messed",
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"messy",
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"muddled",
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"mussy",
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"pell-mell",
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"rumpled",
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"sloppy",
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"topsy-turvy",
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"tousled",
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"tumbled",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy",
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"upside-down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"blackened",
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"cruddy",
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"dingy",
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"dirty",
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"draggled",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"grimy",
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"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
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"mucky",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
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"soiled",
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"spotted",
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"squalid",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"unclean",
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"uncleanly",
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"dowdy",
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"frowsy",
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"frowzy",
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"shaggy",
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"slatternly",
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"sloven",
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"slovenly",
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"uncombed",
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"wrinkled",
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"adulterated",
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"knotted",
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"snarled",
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"tangled",
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"seedy",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"sordid",
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"neglected",
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"neglectful",
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"negligent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antiseptic",
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"clean",
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"cleaned",
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"cleanly",
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"hygienic",
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"immaculate",
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"sparkling",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"unsoiled",
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"unsullied",
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"methodical",
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"methodic",
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"regular",
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"systematic",
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"systematized",
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"careful",
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"fastidious",
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"finicky",
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"fussy",
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"meticulous",
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"combed",
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"groomed",
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"manicured",
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"well-groomed",
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"taintless",
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"undefiled",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bandbox",
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"crisp",
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"kempt",
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"neat",
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"neatened",
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"ordered",
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"orderly",
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"organized",
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"shipshape",
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"snug",
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"tidied",
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"tidy",
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"trim",
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"uncluttered",
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"well-ordered"
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]
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},
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"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
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"examples":[
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"the wind mussed up my hair"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"confused",
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"deranged",
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"disarranged",
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"disarrayed",
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"discomposed",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disjointed",
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"dislocated",
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"disordered",
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"disorganized",
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"disrupted",
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"disturbed",
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"hashed",
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"jumbled",
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"messed (up)",
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"mixed (up)",
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"muddled",
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"rumpled",
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"scrambled",
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"shuffled",
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"tousled",
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"tumbled",
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"upset"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embroiled",
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"entangled",
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"snarled",
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"tangled",
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"agitated",
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"perturbed",
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"stirred (up)",
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"unsettled",
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"cluttered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aligned",
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"alined",
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"lined",
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"lined up",
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"queued",
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"classified",
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"codified",
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"methodized",
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"systematized",
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"systemized",
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"adjusted",
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"fixed",
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"groomed",
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"made up",
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"spruced (up)",
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"unscrambled"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"arranged",
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"arrayed",
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"disposed",
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"drew up",
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"marshaled",
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"marshalled",
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"ordered",
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"organized",
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"ranged",
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"regulated",
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"straightened (up)",
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"tidied"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"musses (up)":{
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"as in messes (up)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mustering out":{
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"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
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"examples":[
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"mustered out of the army at the end of the war"
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|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"excessing",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"chucking (out)",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"recruiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musty":{
|
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"musty old gym socks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the musty prose of writers who use the same expressions over and over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"music hall":{
|
|
"as in theater-in-the-round , arena theater":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theater",
|
|
"odeum",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater-in-the-round",
|
|
"amphitheater",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"auditorium",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre",
|
|
"ballroom",
|
|
"lyceum",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"senate",
|
|
"cafetorium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musketeers":{
|
|
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two little musketeers were never seen apart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"amigos",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"compadres",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidantes",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"pals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaintances",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"blood brothers",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"pen pals",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"friendlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"opponents",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"archenemies",
|
|
"nemeses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muse (upon)":{
|
|
"as in reminisce , reflect (on or upon)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"perpend",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"second-guess",
|
|
"speculate (about)",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mustang":{
|
|
"as in pony , bronco":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bronco",
|
|
"pony",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"foal",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"mare",
|
|
"stallion",
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"cow pony",
|
|
"cutting horse",
|
|
"galloper",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"packhorse",
|
|
"prancer",
|
|
"quarter horse",
|
|
"racehorse",
|
|
"saddle horse",
|
|
"trotter",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"equid",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"palomino",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"sorrel",
|
|
"equine",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"steed",
|
|
"cob",
|
|
"dobbin",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"skate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musing":{
|
|
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broody",
|
|
"cogitative",
|
|
"contemplative",
|
|
"meditative",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"pensive",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"ruminant",
|
|
"ruminative",
|
|
"thoughtful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"introspective",
|
|
"retrospective",
|
|
"self-reflective",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"philosophical",
|
|
"philosophic",
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"preoccupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unthinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unreflective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in meditation , contemplation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"meditation",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"reverie",
|
|
"revery",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"trance",
|
|
"woolgathering",
|
|
"absentmindedness",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"abstraction",
|
|
"preoccupation",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in contemplating , pondering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"re-creating",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"hallucinating",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"prefiguring",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"stargazing",
|
|
"conceiting",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"conjuring (up)",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"fantasying",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"ideating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mustachioed":{
|
|
"as in bearded , bewhiskered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"bewhiskered",
|
|
"whiskered",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"brushy",
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"fleecy",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"furry",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"hirsute",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"unshorn",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly",
|
|
"stubbled",
|
|
"stubbly",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"linty",
|
|
"nappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"glabrous",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shorn",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"beardless",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"shaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muses (over)":{
|
|
"as in dwells (on) , mulls (over)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"dwells (on)",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"sulks",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"pets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muscle-bound":{
|
|
"as in sinewy , muscular":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"mesomorphic",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squatty",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"lumpish",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"unathletic",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mussily":{
|
|
"as in messily , untidily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sprucely",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"swankily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musing (upon)":{
|
|
"as in reminiscing , reflecting (on or upon)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"perpending",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mussiness":{
|
|
"as in sloppiness , messiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"untidiness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"insanitation",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"sootiness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mustered":{
|
|
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a command to muster the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"mobilized",
|
|
"rallied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"called (up)",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"summoned",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"rounded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demobbed",
|
|
"demobilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"convoked",
|
|
"summoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"called in",
|
|
"called out",
|
|
"called up",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"rounded up",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"reconvened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"dissolved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be made up of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"consisted (of)",
|
|
"contained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"incorporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muscle cars":{
|
|
"as in stock cars , turbocars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"hybrids",
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motorcars",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"motor vehicles",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muscles":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"sandbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"blackmails",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force one's way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"elbows",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoulders",
|
|
"squeezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mused":{
|
|
"as in contemplated , pondered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"prefigured",
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mustered out":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mustered out of the army at the end of the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"excessed",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"chucked (out)",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mushrooms":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muse (over)":{
|
|
"as in dwell (on) , mull (over)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"dwell (on)",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"sulk",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"pet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"must-have":{
|
|
"impossible to do without":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aprons are must-have accessories for the cooking class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"organic",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hiking boots are a must-have for this trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"desideration",
|
|
"desideratum",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mused (over)":{
|
|
"as in dwelled (on) , mulled (over)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brooded",
|
|
"dwelled (on)",
|
|
"dwelt (on)",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"sulked",
|
|
"frowned",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"scowled",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"petted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musk":{
|
|
"a strong-smelling substance used in perfume":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"odor",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"sniff",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"attar",
|
|
"otto",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"fragrance",
|
|
"fragrancy",
|
|
"perfume",
|
|
"ambrosia",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"spice",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"fetidness",
|
|
"fetor",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"malodor",
|
|
"noisomeness",
|
|
"rancidity",
|
|
"rankness",
|
|
"reek",
|
|
"stench",
|
|
"stink",
|
|
"aromaticity",
|
|
"odoriferousness",
|
|
"odorousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muss (up)":{
|
|
"as in mess (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"corrugate",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"ruck",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"smoothen",
|
|
"uncrumple",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"museum piece":{
|
|
"something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that old wooden ironing board she uses is a museum piece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"relic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artifact",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"antiquities",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"hangover",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muss":{
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"careful planning had eliminated most of the muss that usually accompanies a move to a new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevelment",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorderedness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"heck",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"misorder",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"lawlessness",
|
|
"misrule",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"maelstrom",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"method",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind mussed up my hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"clutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"unscramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muse":{
|
|
"a person who writes poetry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"where is the muse who will sing of this man's great and noble deeds?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"poetaster",
|
|
"rhymester",
|
|
"rimester",
|
|
"versifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"poetess",
|
|
"poet laureate",
|
|
"scop",
|
|
"troubadour",
|
|
"epigrammatist",
|
|
"epigrammatizer",
|
|
"lyricist",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"sonneteer",
|
|
"rhapsode",
|
|
"rhapsodist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in contemplate , ponder":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"re-create",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"hallucinate",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prefigure",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"stargaze",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"conjure (up)",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"ideate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musicians":{
|
|
"a person who plays a musical instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the violinist was a famous and exquisitely talented musician"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
|
"players"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"accompanists",
|
|
"recitalists",
|
|
"soloists",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"accordionists",
|
|
"bassoonists",
|
|
"clarinetists",
|
|
"clarinettists",
|
|
"cornetists",
|
|
"cornettists",
|
|
"drummers",
|
|
"fiddlers",
|
|
"flautists",
|
|
"flutists",
|
|
"guitarists",
|
|
"harpists",
|
|
"hornists",
|
|
"keyboardists",
|
|
"oboists",
|
|
"organ-grinders",
|
|
"organists",
|
|
"percussionists",
|
|
"pianists",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"pipers",
|
|
"reedmen",
|
|
"saxophonists",
|
|
"trombonists",
|
|
"trumpeters",
|
|
"violinists",
|
|
"violists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who writes musical compositions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that musician is known for having written music that is very difficult to perform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"composers",
|
|
"melodists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocomposers",
|
|
"co-composers",
|
|
"songsmiths",
|
|
"songwriters",
|
|
"tunesmiths",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"arrangers",
|
|
"orchestrators",
|
|
"orchestraters",
|
|
"scorers",
|
|
"librettists",
|
|
"lyricists",
|
|
"lyrists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muses":{
|
|
"a person who writes poetry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"where is the muse who will sing of this man's great and noble deeds?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"poetasters",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymesters",
|
|
"rimesters",
|
|
"versifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"poetesses",
|
|
"poets laureate",
|
|
"poet laureates",
|
|
"scops",
|
|
"troubadours",
|
|
"epigrammatists",
|
|
"epigrammatizers",
|
|
"lyricists",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"sonneteers",
|
|
"rhapsodes",
|
|
"rhapsodists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in contemplates , ponders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"re-creates",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"relives",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"hallucinates",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"prefigures",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"stargazes",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"conjures (up)",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"fantasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"ideates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visualizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musket":{
|
|
"a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"speargun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mustiness":{
|
|
"as in staleness , rancidity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"fetidness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"fustiness",
|
|
"malodorousness",
|
|
"odoriferousness",
|
|
"odorousness",
|
|
"rancidity",
|
|
"rankness",
|
|
"staleness",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"reek",
|
|
"stench",
|
|
"stink",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"emission",
|
|
"odor",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"sniff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"fragrance",
|
|
"perfume",
|
|
"floweriness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"spiciness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"ambrosia"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musician":{
|
|
"a person who plays a musical instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the violinist was a famous and exquisitely talented musician"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"instrumentalist",
|
|
"player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"accompanist",
|
|
"recitalist",
|
|
"soloist",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"accordionist",
|
|
"bassoonist",
|
|
"clarinetist",
|
|
"clarinettist",
|
|
"cornetist",
|
|
"cornettist",
|
|
"drummer",
|
|
"fiddler",
|
|
"flautist",
|
|
"flutist",
|
|
"guitarist",
|
|
"harpist",
|
|
"hornist",
|
|
"keyboardist",
|
|
"oboist",
|
|
"organ-grinder",
|
|
"organist",
|
|
"percussionist",
|
|
"pianist",
|
|
"picker",
|
|
"piper",
|
|
"reedman",
|
|
"saxophonist",
|
|
"trombonist",
|
|
"trumpeter",
|
|
"violinist",
|
|
"violist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who writes musical compositions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that musician is known for having written music that is very difficult to perform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"composer",
|
|
"melodist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocomposer",
|
|
"songsmith",
|
|
"songwriter",
|
|
"tunesmith",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"arranger",
|
|
"orchestrator",
|
|
"orchestrater",
|
|
"scorer",
|
|
"librettist",
|
|
"lyricist",
|
|
"lyrist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muscling":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"dragooning",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"blackmailing",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force one's way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bulling",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"elbowing",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shouldering",
|
|
"squeezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mussing":{
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind mussed up my hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"cluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"unscrambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musical comedies":{
|
|
"as in comedies , musicals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"comedy dramas",
|
|
"docudramas",
|
|
"dramedies",
|
|
"melodramas",
|
|
"monodramas",
|
|
"musicals",
|
|
"psychodramas",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"tragicomedies",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"playlets",
|
|
"magnum opuses",
|
|
"opera",
|
|
"opuses",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"dramas",
|
|
"dramatizations",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"adaptations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musicales":{
|
|
"an entertainment featuring singing or the playing of musical instruments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gathered every month in someone's home for an informal musicale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"recitals",
|
|
"symphonies",
|
|
"ceilidhs",
|
|
"ceilis",
|
|
"hootenannies",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jam sessions",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"songfests",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"shindigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musketeer":{
|
|
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two little musketeers were never seen apart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"amigo",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"compadre",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"confidante",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"pal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"hobnobber",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"blood brother",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"main man",
|
|
"sister",
|
|
"abettor",
|
|
"abetter",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"pen pal",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"sympathizer",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"opponent",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"archenemy",
|
|
"nemesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mussed (up)":{
|
|
"as in messed (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"furrowed",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"crisped",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"corrugated",
|
|
"creased",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"pleated",
|
|
"puckered",
|
|
"rucked",
|
|
"crinkled",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"wrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"ironed out",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"smoothened",
|
|
"uncrumpled",
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"ironed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"tidied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muster":{
|
|
"a body of people come together in one place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a muster of concerned citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"ingathering",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"company",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"panel",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"synod",
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"grandstand",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for \"word of the year\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mixture",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a command to muster the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"mobilize",
|
|
"rally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"call (up)",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"summon",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"round up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demob",
|
|
"demobilize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"convoke",
|
|
"summon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"call in",
|
|
"call out",
|
|
"call up",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"reassemble",
|
|
"reconvene"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dissolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be made up of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comprise",
|
|
"consist (of)",
|
|
"contain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"entail",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"incorporate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musses":{
|
|
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"careful planning had eliminated most of the muss that usually accompanies a move to a new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevelments",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizations",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hecks",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"mare's nests",
|
|
"mares' nests",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"misorders",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"snake pits",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anarchies",
|
|
"misrules",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"labyrinths",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"maelstroms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"motleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"orders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wind mussed up my hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"clutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"methodizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"unscrambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"museum":{
|
|
"a building or part of a building in which objects of interest are displayed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a trip to the Museum of Natural History"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"salon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"library",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"studio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"must-haves":{
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hiking boots are a must-have for this trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"necessaries",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needfuls",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"requisites",
|
|
"sine qua nons",
|
|
"sine quibus non"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preconditions",
|
|
"prerequisites",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"desiderata",
|
|
"desiderations",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"music halls":{
|
|
"as in theaters-in-the-round , arena theaters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theaters",
|
|
"odea",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters-in-the-round",
|
|
"amphitheaters",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"auditoriums",
|
|
"auditoria",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"theaters",
|
|
"theatres",
|
|
"ballrooms",
|
|
"lyceums",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"senates",
|
|
"cafetoriums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musings":{
|
|
"as in meditations , contemplations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"meditations",
|
|
"reveries",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"trances",
|
|
"woolgatherings",
|
|
"absorptions",
|
|
"abstractions",
|
|
"preoccupations",
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"must":{
|
|
"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must be quiet during the performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"have (to)",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"ought (to)",
|
|
"shall",
|
|
"should"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exercise is a must if you want to stay healthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"desideration",
|
|
"desideratum",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mustering":{
|
|
"as in muster , convening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call-up",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"mobilization",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a command to muster the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"mobilizing",
|
|
"rallying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"calling (up)",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"summoning",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"rounding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"splitting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demobbing",
|
|
"demobilizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"convoking",
|
|
"summoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"calling in",
|
|
"calling out",
|
|
"calling up",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"reconvening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"dissolving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be made up of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comprising",
|
|
"consisting (of)",
|
|
"containing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"incorporating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musts":{
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"exercise is a must if you want to stay healthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"must-haves",
|
|
"necessaries",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needfuls",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"requisites",
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"sine qua nons",
|
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"sine quibus non"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preconditions",
|
|
"prerequisites",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"desiderata",
|
|
"desiderations",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"musters":{
|
|
"a body of people come together in one place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a muster of concerned citizens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"ingatherings",
|
|
"meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"panels",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"synods",
|
|
"audiences",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"grandstands",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for \"word of the year\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a command to muster the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"mobilizes",
|
|
"rallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"calls (up)",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demobilizes",
|
|
"demobs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"convokes",
|
|
"summons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"calls in",
|
|
"calls out",
|
|
"calls up",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"rounds up",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"reconvenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"dissolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be made up of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comprises",
|
|
"consists (of)",
|
|
"contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"incorporates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"muscularly":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the driving rhythms and dramatic crescendos of the muscularly played final movement brought concertgoers to their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mushroom":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the suburb's population has mushroomed tremendously in the last decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |