5331 lines
106 KiB
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5331 lines
106 KiB
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{
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"wit(s)":{
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"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dementia",
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"derangement",
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"insanity",
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"lunacy",
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"madness",
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"mania",
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"unreason"
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],
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"examples":[
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"scared out of her wits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delusion",
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"hallucination",
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"delirium",
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"frenzy",
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"hysteria"
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],
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"related":[
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"rationality",
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"reasonableness",
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"sense",
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"health",
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"healthfulness",
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"healthiness",
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"wholesomeness",
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"clearheadedness",
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"lucidity",
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"lucidness",
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"normalcy",
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"normality",
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"soundness",
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"wisdom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"daylights",
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"head",
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"marbles",
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"mind",
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"reason",
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"saneness",
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"sanity"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"witchcrafts":{
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"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"taught all of her daughters witchcraft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sciences"
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],
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"related":[
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"abracadabras",
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"amulets",
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"charms",
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"fetishes",
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"fetiches",
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"mascots",
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"periapts",
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"phylacteries",
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"talismans",
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"conjurations",
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"glamours",
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"glamors",
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"incantations",
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"spells",
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"curses",
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"hexes",
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"jinxes",
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"auguries",
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"crystal gazings",
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"divinations",
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"fortune-tellings",
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"soothsayings",
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"sortileges",
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"hexereis",
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"hoodoos",
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"occultisms",
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"spiritualisms",
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"augurs",
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"omens",
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"exorcisms",
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"alchemies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bewitcheries",
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"bewitchments",
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"devilries",
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"deviltries",
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"diableries",
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"enchantments",
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"ensorcellments",
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"magics",
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"mojoes",
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"mojos",
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"necromancies",
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"sorceries",
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"thaumaturgies",
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"voodooisms",
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"witcheries",
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"wizardries"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"with young":{
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"containing unborn young within the body":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonpregnant"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The kids were thrilled to hear that their family dog, Molly, was with young ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"barren",
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"infertile",
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"aborting",
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"miscarrying",
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"delivered"
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],
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"related":[
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"parturient",
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"prenatal",
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"childbearing",
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"gestational",
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"brooding",
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"conceiving",
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"impregnated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big",
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"caught",
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"enceinte",
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"expectant",
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"expecting",
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"gone",
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"gravid",
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"heavy",
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"pregnant",
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"quick"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"with-it":{
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"keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment":{
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"examples":[
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"a brand of humor that the comedy club's with-it clientele very much appreciates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"au courant",
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"cool",
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"def",
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"downtown",
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"groovy",
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"hep",
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"hip",
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"in",
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"mod",
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"now",
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"trendy",
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"turned-on"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"\u00e0 la mode",
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"a la mode",
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"chic",
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"fashionable",
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"modish",
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"sharp",
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"smart",
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"snappy",
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"stylish",
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"voguish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"geeky",
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"nerdish",
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"nerdy",
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"dowdy",
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"styleless",
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"unfashionable",
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"unstylish"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"out",
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"uncool",
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"unhip",
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"untrendy"
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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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"withdrawal":{
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"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
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"examples":[
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"the army's orderly withdrawal from the city turned into a rout as the enemy's shock troops surged forward"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pullback",
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"pullout",
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"recession",
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"retirement",
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"retreat"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rout",
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"flinch",
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"recoil",
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"revulsion",
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"shrinking",
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"disengagement",
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"disentanglement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"advance",
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"advancement"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"withdrawn":{
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"not comfortable around people":{
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"examples":[
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"a therapist who is especially good with withdrawn , emotionally troubled children"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backward",
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"bashful",
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"coy",
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"demure",
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"diffident",
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"introverted",
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"modest",
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"recessive",
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"retiring",
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"self-effacing",
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"sheepish",
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"shy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"antisocial",
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"lone",
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"lone-wolf",
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"unsociable",
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"unsocial",
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"awkward",
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"embarrassed",
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"self-conscious",
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"unadventurous",
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"unassertive",
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"unenterprising",
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"inhibited",
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"reserved",
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"uneasy",
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"uptight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boon",
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"clubbable",
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"clubable",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"gregarious",
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"sociable",
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"social",
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"bold",
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"dashing",
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"forceful",
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"brash",
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"forward",
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"overbold",
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"uninhibited",
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"unreserved"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"immodest",
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"outgoing"
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]
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},
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"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
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"examples":[
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"the army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backed away",
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"dropped back",
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"fallen back",
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"pulled out",
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"receded",
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"retired",
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"retreated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fled",
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"flown",
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"flinched",
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"recoiled",
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"shrunk",
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"shrunken",
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"chickened (out)",
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"bowed out",
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"backed down",
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"backpedaled",
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"backtracked",
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"climbed down",
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"detached",
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"disengaged",
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"disentangled",
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"pulled away",
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"abandoned",
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"departed",
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"evacuated",
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"gone",
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"left",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"vacated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bearded",
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"braved",
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"brazened",
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"breasted",
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"confronted",
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"dared",
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"defied",
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"faced",
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"outbraved"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"advanced"
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]
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},
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"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
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"examples":[
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"withdrew the offer of surrender upon hearing the terms"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abjured",
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"abnegated",
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"forsworn",
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"foresworn",
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"recanted",
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"reneged",
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"renounced",
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"repealed",
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"repudiated",
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"retracted",
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"taken back",
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"unsaid"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contradicted",
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"denied",
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"disavowed",
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"disclaimed",
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"disowned",
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"gainsaid",
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"negated",
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"negatived",
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"abandoned",
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"bolted",
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"forsaken",
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"given up",
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"relinquished",
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"spurned",
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"surrendered",
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"controverted",
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"disagreed (with)",
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"disproved",
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"disputed",
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"rebutted",
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"refuted",
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"backed down",
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"backed off",
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"backtracked",
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"disallowed",
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"recalled",
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"revoked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acknowledged",
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"admitted",
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"affirmed",
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"asserted",
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"avowed",
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"claimed",
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"contended",
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"declared",
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"maintained",
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"proclaimed",
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"professed",
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"stated",
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"vouched",
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"vowed",
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"backed",
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"confirmed",
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"defended",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"espoused",
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"maintained",
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"supported",
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"upheld",
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"accepted",
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"adopted",
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"embraced"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adhered (to)"
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]
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},
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"to take away from a place or position":{
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"examples":[
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"withdrew her hand from the table"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleared",
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"drawn",
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"removed",
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"taken out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"demounted",
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"dislodged",
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"abstracted",
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"cut",
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"drawn off",
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"drawn out",
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"extracted",
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"pulled",
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"budged",
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"dislocated",
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"displaced",
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"disturbed",
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"moved",
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"shifted",
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"transferred",
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"transposed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"mounted",
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"anchored",
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"clamped",
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"fixed",
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"hitched",
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"moored",
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"secured",
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"set",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"entrenched",
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"intrenched",
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"implanted",
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"ingrained",
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"engrained",
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"lodged",
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"rooted",
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"set up",
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"sited",
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"situated",
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"stuck"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"placed",
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"positioned",
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"put"
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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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"withdrawn (from)":{
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"as in escaped , taken off (from)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"escaped",
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"retreated (from)",
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"taken off (from)",
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"vacated",
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"delivered",
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"given up",
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"handed over",
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"relinquished",
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"surrendered",
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"yielded",
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"abjured",
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"cut off",
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"disowned",
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"rejected",
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"renounced",
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"repudiated",
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"separated (from)",
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"discarded",
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"ditched",
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"dumped",
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"flung",
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"jettisoned",
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"junked",
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"scrapped",
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"shed",
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"shucked (off)",
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"thrown away",
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"thrown out",
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"sacrificed",
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"abandoned",
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"deserted",
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"forsaken",
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"left",
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"marooned",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"stranded",
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"distanced",
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"disregarded",
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"forgotten",
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"forgot",
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"ignored",
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"neglected"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"reclaimed",
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"had",
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"harbored",
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"held",
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"kept",
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"owned",
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"possessed",
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"reserved",
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"retained",
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"withheld",
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"redeemed",
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"rescued",
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"saved"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"withdraws":{
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"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
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"examples":[
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"the army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backs away",
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"drops back",
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"falls back",
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"pulls out",
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"recedes",
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"retires",
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"retreats"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flees",
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"flies",
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"flinches",
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"recoils",
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"shrinks",
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"chickens (out)",
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"bows out",
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"backpedals",
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"backs down",
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"backtracks",
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"climbs down",
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"detaches",
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"disengages",
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"disentangles",
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"pulls away",
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"abandons",
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"departs",
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"evacuates",
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"goes",
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"leaves",
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"quits",
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"vacates"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beards",
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"braves",
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"brazens",
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"breasts",
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"confronts",
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"dares",
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"defies",
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"faces",
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"outbraves"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"advances"
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]
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},
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"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
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"examples":[
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"withdrew the offer of surrender upon hearing the terms"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abjures",
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"abnegates",
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"forswears",
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"foreswears",
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"recants",
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"reneges",
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"renounces",
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"repeals",
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"repudiates",
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"retracts",
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"takes back",
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"unsays"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contradicts",
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"denies",
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"disavows",
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"disclaims",
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"disowns",
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"gainsays",
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"negates",
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"negatives",
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"abandons",
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"bolts",
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"forsakes",
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"gives up",
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"relinquishes",
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"spurns",
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"surrenders",
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"controverts",
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"disagrees (with)",
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"disproves",
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"disputes",
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"rebuts",
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"refutes",
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"backs down",
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"backs off",
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|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"vouches",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"withdrew her hand from the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"draws off",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withdraws (from)":{
|
|
"as in escapes , takes off (from)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"strands",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withers":{
|
|
"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shortly after the moon landing, interest in the space program withered",
|
|
"the old man seemed to wither suddenly upon turning 80"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"wilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummifies",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wizens",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if he's left on his own, he'll just wither and die"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"emaciates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"runs down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withheld":{
|
|
"as in suppressed , concealed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"collusive",
|
|
"conspiratorial",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"nonclassified",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"well-known"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"must withhold official approval until all the proper forms have been submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"withhold some money for your own expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withins":{
|
|
"an interior or internal part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"structural decay had started from within"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"bowels",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"stuffings",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exteriors",
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without a hitch":{
|
|
"without difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Opening night went off without a hitch ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withstand":{
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to withstand the temptation to use the beautiful weather as an excuse to take a mental health day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"knuckle under (to)",
|
|
"stoop (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witnessed":{
|
|
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a notary public witnessing wills and other important documents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"testified (to)",
|
|
"vouched (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"vowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"witnessed the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I witnessed to the fact that I had seen them together that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"swore",
|
|
"testified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"vowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"war changes anyone who has ever witnessed it first hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"tasted",
|
|
"underwent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witticisms":{
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drama critic who is best remembered for his biting witticisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"drolleries",
|
|
"funnies",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"one-liners",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-slappers",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"thigh-slappers",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"leg-pulls",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"practical jokes",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"persiflages",
|
|
"railleries",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"wordplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witty":{
|
|
"given to or marked by mature intelligent humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a witty and sardonic blogger who never fails to amuse his legion of readers",
|
|
"he's well-known for his witty retorts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"whimsical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withholding (from)":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please see if you can withhold from criticizing every little thing she says"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgoing",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"keeping (from)",
|
|
"refraining (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"knuckling under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withheld (from)":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please see if you can withhold from criticizing every little thing she says"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"forwent",
|
|
"forewent",
|
|
"kept (from)",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"knuckled under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowed (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witness":{
|
|
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ruins are a compelling witness of the ancient civilization's cultural and aesthetic achievements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attestation",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"corroboration",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"proof",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"voucher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"(the) goods",
|
|
"certificate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"identification",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuttal",
|
|
"refutation",
|
|
"accusation",
|
|
"allegation",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproof"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a notary public witnessing wills and other important documents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
|
"vouch (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"witnessed the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I witnessed to the fact that I had seen them together that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"testify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"war changes anyone who has ever witnessed it first hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"undergo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without":{
|
|
"not having":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent two days without food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"sans",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"out of the reach or sphere of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a goal without our grasp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"outside of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"except",
|
|
"excepting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"within"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in out , outside":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alfresco",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indoors",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in outside":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witchery":{
|
|
"the power of irresistible attraction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie star's violet eyes are frequently cited as the source of her cinematic witchery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"animal magnetism",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"charisma",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"duende",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"force field",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magnetism",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"seductiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"darlingness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasingness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sex appeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"repulsiveness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tale of horror replete with eerie hauntings and evil witchery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"thaumaturgy",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"wizardry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"crystal gazing",
|
|
"divination",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"sortilege",
|
|
"hexerei",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"occultism",
|
|
"spiritualism",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"exorcism",
|
|
"alchemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"science"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with child":{
|
|
"containing unborn young within the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were delighted to discover that, after months of trying, she was with child ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enceinte",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gravid",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parturient",
|
|
"prenatal",
|
|
"childbearing",
|
|
"gestational",
|
|
"brooding",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"impregnated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"delivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpregnant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witnesses":{
|
|
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ruins are a compelling witness of the ancient civilization's cultural and aesthetic achievements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attestations",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"corroborations",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"proofs",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"testaments",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"testimonies",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"vouchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"(the) goods",
|
|
"certificates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"authentications",
|
|
"identifications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"verifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"accusations",
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspicions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproofs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a notary public witnessing wills and other important documents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"testifies (to)",
|
|
"vouches (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"witnessed the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I witnessed to the fact that I had seen them together that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"testifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"vouches",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"war changes anyone who has ever witnessed it first hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"undergoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"within call":{
|
|
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Opening night is within call , so make sure you all know your lines!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"around",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hereabouts",
|
|
"hereabout",
|
|
"hereaway",
|
|
"hereaways",
|
|
"thereabouts",
|
|
"thereabout",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"alongside",
|
|
"accessibly",
|
|
"conveniently",
|
|
"handily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without ado":{
|
|
"without difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Without further ado , I'd like to introduce the band."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withershins":{
|
|
"as in counterclockwise , anticlockwise":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticlockwise",
|
|
"counterclockwise",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"left-handedly",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"reversely",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"astern",
|
|
"sternforemost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"forth",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"onward",
|
|
"onwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withering":{
|
|
"as in decline , wilting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"snapback",
|
|
"resuscitation",
|
|
"revival",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shortly after the moon landing, interest in the space program withered",
|
|
"the old man seemed to wither suddenly upon turning 80"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummifying",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wizening",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if he's left on his own, he'll just wither and die"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"emaciating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"running down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"gaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withholding taxes":{
|
|
"as in property taxes , income taxes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capitations",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"hidden taxes",
|
|
"income taxes",
|
|
"poll taxes",
|
|
"property taxes",
|
|
"sales taxes",
|
|
"single taxes",
|
|
"sin taxes",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"value-added taxes",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"imposts",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"direct taxes",
|
|
"personal taxes",
|
|
"supertaxes",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"surtaxes",
|
|
"death taxes",
|
|
"estate taxes",
|
|
"inheritance taxes",
|
|
"flat taxes",
|
|
"proportional taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with a vengeance":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They fought with a vengeance until the very end."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The fever came back with a vengeance and landed him in the emergency room."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"freakishly",
|
|
"singularly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"uncustomarily",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"temperately",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wither":{
|
|
"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shortly after the moon landing, interest in the space program withered",
|
|
"the old man seemed to wither suddenly upon turning 80"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummify",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wizen",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if he's left on his own, he'll just wither and die"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"emaciate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witlessness":{
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his astounding feats of witlessness are the stuff of family legend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for sheer witlessness the movie's dialogue deserves some sort of award"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"thickness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"weak-mindedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nincompoopery",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"zaniness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"mental deficiency",
|
|
"mental retardation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"quick-wittedness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"smartness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withstanding":{
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to withstand the temptation to use the beautiful weather as an excuse to take a mental health day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"knuckling under (to)",
|
|
"stooping (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withhold (from)":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please see if you can withhold from criticizing every little thing she says"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forgo",
|
|
"forego",
|
|
"keep (from)",
|
|
"refrain (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"knuckle under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witches":{
|
|
"a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the 17th-century house had once belonged to a woman who was hanged as a witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"sorceresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"conjurers",
|
|
"conjurors",
|
|
"enchanters",
|
|
"necromancers",
|
|
"voodooists",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"magicians",
|
|
"sorcerers",
|
|
"warlocks",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foul-tempered old witch who is constantly at odds with her neighbors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beldams",
|
|
"beldames",
|
|
"carlines",
|
|
"carlins",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"hellcats",
|
|
"trots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
"viragoes",
|
|
"viragos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person skilled in using supernatural forces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"freakish storms that were once thought to be the work of witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"conjurers",
|
|
"conjurors",
|
|
"enchanters",
|
|
"mages",
|
|
"magi",
|
|
"Magians",
|
|
"magicians",
|
|
"necromancers",
|
|
"sorcerers",
|
|
"voodooists",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"sorceresses",
|
|
"warlocks",
|
|
"occultists",
|
|
"thaumaturges",
|
|
"thaumaturgists",
|
|
"theurgists",
|
|
"wonder-workers",
|
|
"medicine men",
|
|
"shamanists",
|
|
"shamans",
|
|
"witch doctors",
|
|
"crystal gazers",
|
|
"diviners",
|
|
"foreseers",
|
|
"fortune-tellers",
|
|
"prognosticators",
|
|
"prophesiers",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"soothsayers",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"exorcisers",
|
|
"exorcists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman did witch me with her gentle smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"magnetizes",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"invites",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with respect to":{
|
|
"having to do with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would like to share some thoughts with respect to their teaching methodology."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"apropos of",
|
|
"as far as",
|
|
"as for",
|
|
"as regards",
|
|
"as respects",
|
|
"as to",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"of",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witless":{
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a dog so witless that it is barely trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a witless decision to relocate to the other side of the country without even the prospect of a job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"within":{
|
|
"as in inside":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"outside of",
|
|
"without",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"excepting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interior or internal part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"structural decay had started from within"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"bowels",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"outside"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in in , inside":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"in",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alfresco",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"without"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withdrawals":{
|
|
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army's orderly withdrawal from the city turned into a rout as the enemy's shock troops surged forward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pullbacks",
|
|
"pullouts",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"disengagements",
|
|
"disentanglements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wits":{
|
|
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scared out of her wits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthfulness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"normalcy",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"hysteria"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"unreason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withdraw (from)":{
|
|
"as in escape , take off (from)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"retreat (from)",
|
|
"take off (from)",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"separate (from)",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"strand",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withdrawing (from)":{
|
|
"as in escaping , taking off (from)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"retreating (from)",
|
|
"taking off (from)",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"separating (from)",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"sacrificing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stranding",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaiming",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withholding":{
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"must withhold official approval until all the proper forms have been submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"vouchsafing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"withhold some money for your own expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withholds (from)":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please see if you can withhold from criticizing every little thing she says"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"forgoes",
|
|
"foregoes",
|
|
"keeps (from)",
|
|
"refrains (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"fights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"concedes (to)",
|
|
"knuckles under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witch doctor":{
|
|
"as in shaman , medicine man":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"medicine man",
|
|
"shaman",
|
|
"shamanist",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"conjurer",
|
|
"conjuror",
|
|
"enchanter",
|
|
"mage",
|
|
"Magian",
|
|
"magician",
|
|
"magus",
|
|
"necromancer",
|
|
"sorcerer",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooist",
|
|
"witch",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"sorceress",
|
|
"warlock",
|
|
"occultist",
|
|
"thaumaturge",
|
|
"thaumaturgist",
|
|
"theurgist",
|
|
"wonder-worker",
|
|
"crystal gazer",
|
|
"diviner",
|
|
"foreseer",
|
|
"fortune-teller",
|
|
"prognosticator",
|
|
"prophesier",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"seer",
|
|
"soothsayer",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"exorciser",
|
|
"exorcist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withstood":{
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to withstand the temptation to use the beautiful weather as an excuse to take a mental health day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowed (to)",
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"knuckled under (to)",
|
|
"stooped (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withdraw":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back away",
|
|
"drop back",
|
|
"fall back",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"bow out",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"backpedal",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"climb down",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"pull away",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"vacate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"withdrew the offer of surrender upon hearing the terms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"withdrew her hand from the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"draw off",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transpose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witchcraft":{
|
|
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"taught all of her daughters witchcraft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"thaumaturgy",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"crystal gazing",
|
|
"divination",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"sortilege",
|
|
"hexerei",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"occultism",
|
|
"spiritualism",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"exorcism",
|
|
"alchemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"science"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with regard to":{
|
|
"having to do with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A note was sent to her parents with regard to her declining performance in class."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"apropos of",
|
|
"as far as",
|
|
"as for",
|
|
"as regards",
|
|
"as respects",
|
|
"as to",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"of",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with might and main":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They scrubbed with might and main but couldn't get the stains out of the carpet."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"with":{
|
|
"as the result of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young man was overcome with grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"because of",
|
|
"due to",
|
|
"owing to",
|
|
"through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"using the means or agency of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was able to finish the project with her help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"per",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"via"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"without being prevented by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with all his tough talk, he is still a very gentle person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"notwithstanding",
|
|
"regardless of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wittingly":{
|
|
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whether he hurt her feelings wittingly or unwittingly isn't important; he should still apologize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisedly",
|
|
"consciously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"knowingly",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely",
|
|
"purposively",
|
|
"willfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculatedly",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"voluntarily",
|
|
"willingly",
|
|
"premeditatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"incidentally",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unknowingly",
|
|
"unwittingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withhold":{
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"must withhold official approval until all the proper forms have been submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"vouchsafe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"permit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"withhold some money for your own expenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withstands":{
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to withstand the temptation to use the beautiful weather as an excuse to take a mental health day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"resists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"capitulates (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"knuckles under (to)",
|
|
"stoops (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"withal":{
|
|
"in addition to what has been said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a successful businessman and withal a major contributor to local charities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"additionally",
|
|
"again",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"besides",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"furthermore",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"moreover",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in spite of that":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a homely face that was withal rather compelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"even so",
|
|
"howbeit",
|
|
"however",
|
|
"nevertheless",
|
|
"nonetheless",
|
|
"notwithstanding",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"still and all",
|
|
"though",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"after all",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"per contra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wit":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pundits and political wits will get a lot of mileage out of the senator's latest gaffe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"card",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"funnyman",
|
|
"gagger",
|
|
"gagman",
|
|
"gagster",
|
|
"humorist",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"wag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"banterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"practical joker",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"quipper",
|
|
"quipster",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"wisecracker",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he doesn't even have the wit to know when to come in out of the rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"nous",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"farsightedness",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"forethoughtfulness",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"precaution",
|
|
"premeditation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"unreasonableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scared out of her wits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthfulness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"normalcy",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"hysteria"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"unreason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lacked the wit to see that the war was unwinnable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"witting":{
|
|
"having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was a witting partner; he had told her about the risk involved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sentient",
|
|
"ware"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"hyperaware",
|
|
"hyperconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your witting assistance in helping the robber escape makes you an accessory after the fact"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"purposive",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertent",
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"unwitting",
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"accidental",
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"chance",
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"haphazard",
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"hit-or-miss",
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"incidental",
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"random",
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"aimless",
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"desultory",
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"purposeless",
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"abrupt",
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"impetuous",
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"sudden",
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"coerced",
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"forced",
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"involuntary",
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"compulsory",
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"mandatory",
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"necessary",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"ordered",
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"required",
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"casual",
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"extemporaneous",
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"impromptu",
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"impulsive",
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"instinctive",
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"spontaneous",
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"unforced",
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"unpremeditated"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nondeliberate",
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"nonpurposive",
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"unintentional"
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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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} |