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12878 lines
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{
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"worded":{
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"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"tried to word the declaration exactly right"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"crafted",
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"framed",
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"hinted",
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"implied",
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"insinuated",
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"intimated",
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"suggested",
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"paraphrased",
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"rephrased",
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"restated",
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"reworded",
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"summarized",
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"translated",
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"communicated",
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"disclosed",
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"spoke",
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"talked",
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"told",
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"uttered",
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"verbalized",
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"vocalized",
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"described",
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"rendered",
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"wrote up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"articulated",
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"clothed",
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"clad",
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"couched",
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"expressed",
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"formulated",
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"phrased",
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"put",
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"said",
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"stated"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wordiness":{
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"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
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"examples":[
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"wordiness will only detract from what you are trying to say"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circumlocution",
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"diffuseness",
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"diffusion",
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"garrulity",
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"garrulousness",
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"logorrhea",
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"long-windedness",
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"periphrasis",
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"prolixity",
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"redundancy",
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"verbalism",
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"verbiage",
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"verboseness",
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"verbosity",
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"windiness",
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"wordage"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circuitousness",
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"circularity",
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"digressiveness",
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"pleonasm",
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"tautology",
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"reiteration",
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"repetition",
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"repetitiousness",
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"repetitiveness",
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"embellishment",
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"embroidering",
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"exaggeration",
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"hyperbole",
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"overstatement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brevity",
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"briefness",
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"compactness",
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"conciseness",
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"concision",
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"crispness",
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"pithiness",
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"succinctness",
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"terseness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wordmonger":{
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"as in hack , hatchet man":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ghostwriter",
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"hack",
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"hatchet man",
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"scribbler",
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"coauthor",
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"coscenarist",
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"cowriter",
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"biographer",
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"hagiographer",
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"auteur",
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"belletrist",
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"belle-lettrist",
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"stylist",
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"wordsmith",
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"autobiographer",
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"memoirist",
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"memorialist",
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"author",
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"litterateur",
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"litt\u00e9rateur",
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"pen",
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"penman",
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"scribe",
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"scrivener",
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"writer",
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"fabulist",
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"fictioneer",
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"fictionist",
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"novelist",
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"romancer",
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"storyteller",
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"essayist",
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"pamphleteer",
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"satirist",
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"dramatist",
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"playwright",
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"scenarist",
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"screenwriter",
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"scriptwriter",
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"prosaist",
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"prosateur",
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"proser"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"nonauthor"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wordplay":{
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"as in humor , wit":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"humor",
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"wit",
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"fooling",
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"kidding",
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"mocking",
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"razzing",
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"ribbing",
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"ridiculing",
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"nothings",
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"drollness",
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"facetiousness",
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"funniness",
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"hilariousness",
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"humorousness",
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"richness",
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"chatter",
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"chitchat",
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"gossip",
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"small talk",
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"barb",
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"crack",
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"dig",
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"gag",
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"gambit",
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"jest",
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"joke",
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"laugh",
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"pleasantry",
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"quip",
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"sally",
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"waggery",
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"wisecrack",
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"witticism",
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"backchat",
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"badinage",
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"banter",
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"chaff",
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"give-and-take",
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"jesting",
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"joshing",
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"persiflage",
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"raillery",
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"repartee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wore (away)":{
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"as in eroded , washed out":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"eroded",
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"scoured",
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"washed out",
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"deteriorated",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"undermined",
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"weakened",
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"blighted",
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"tarnished",
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"blemished",
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"bloodied",
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"broke",
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"compromised",
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"crabbed",
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"crippled",
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"crossed (up)",
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"damaged",
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"defaced",
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"disfigured",
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"endamaged",
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"flawed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"marred",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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"vitiated",
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"dented",
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"dinged",
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"dinted",
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"botched",
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"gummed (up)",
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"queered",
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"lacerated",
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"wounded",
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"disabled",
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"hamstrung",
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"lamed",
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"maimed",
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"mangled",
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"mutilated",
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"tormented",
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"tortured",
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"annihilated",
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"banged up",
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"bashed",
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"battered",
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"clobbered",
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"crushed",
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"dashed",
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"decimated",
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"demolished",
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"desolated",
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"destroyed",
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"devastated",
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"did in",
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"pulverized",
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"razed",
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"ruined",
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"scourged",
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"shattered",
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"smashed",
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"tore down",
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"totaled",
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"totalled",
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"wasted",
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"wiped out",
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"wrecked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"doctored",
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"fixed",
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"mended",
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"patched",
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"rebuilt",
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"reconditioned",
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"reconstructed",
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"renovated",
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"repaired",
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"revamped",
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"cured",
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"healed",
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"helped",
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"rectified",
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"rehabilitated",
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"remedied",
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"edited",
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"remodeled",
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"revised",
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"ameliorated",
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"bettered",
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"enhanced",
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"enriched",
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"improved",
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"meliorated",
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"perfected",
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"refined"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wore down":{
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"as in broke down , wore out":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"work (for)":{
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"to be a servant for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"worked for a rich and powerful family"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"attend",
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"minister (to)",
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"tend (to)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"serve",
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"slave (for)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"work in":{
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"to put among or between others":{
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"examples":[
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"I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"edge in",
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"fit (in or into)",
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"inject",
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"insert",
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"insinuate",
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"intercalate",
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"interject",
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"interpolate",
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"interpose",
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"intersperse",
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"introduce",
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"sandwich (in or between)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cut in",
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"inlay",
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"inset",
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"install",
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"interfile",
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"interline",
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"lard",
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"weave",
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"cram",
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"shove",
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"thrust",
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"wedge",
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"add",
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"append",
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"attach"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"eject",
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"eliminate",
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"exclude",
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"expel",
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"extract",
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"withdraw",
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"deduct",
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"detach",
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"subtract",
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"reject"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
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"examples":[
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"managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"infiltrate",
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"insinuate",
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"slip",
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"sneak",
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"wind",
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"worm",
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"wriggle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"creep",
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"edge",
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"wiggle",
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"insert",
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"interpolate",
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"interpose",
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"introduce"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"work up":{
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"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
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"examples":[
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"spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carve (out)",
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"develop",
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"forge",
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"grind (out)",
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"hammer out",
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"thrash (out)",
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"work out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"churn out",
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"crank out",
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"turn out",
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"cobble (together or up)",
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"throw up",
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"compose",
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"construct",
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"craft",
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"create",
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"engineer",
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"fabricate",
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"fashion",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"generate",
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"manufacture",
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"mint",
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"model",
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"shape",
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"tailor",
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"conceive",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"devise",
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"hatch",
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"invent",
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"originate",
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"accomplish",
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"achieve",
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"bring off",
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"carry out",
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"effect"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"dismantle",
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"raze",
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"tear down",
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"ruin",
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"undo",
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"unmake",
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"wreck"
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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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"worked out":{
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"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after working out the cost of a college education, we've decided that it's never too early to start saving"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"added up",
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"averaged",
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"summed",
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"tallied",
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"totaled",
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"totalled",
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"totalized",
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"added",
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"divided",
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"multiplied",
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"subtracted",
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"allowed (for)",
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"deducted",
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"factored (in or into or out)",
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"figured in",
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"figured out",
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"solved (for)",
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"counted",
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"itemized",
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"numbered",
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"calibrated",
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"gauged",
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"gaged",
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"measured",
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"scaled",
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"appraised",
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"assessed",
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"estimated",
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"evaluated",
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"rated",
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"valued",
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"recalculated",
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"recomputed",
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"refigured"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"calculated",
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"ciphered",
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"computed",
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"figured",
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"reckoned"
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]
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},
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"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"concluded",
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"decided",
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"deduced",
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"gathered",
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"inferred",
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"judged",
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"reasoned",
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"cleared (up)",
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"ironed out",
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"straightened (out)",
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"unscrambled",
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"untangled",
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"untied",
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"assumed",
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"conjectured",
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"divined",
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"guessed",
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"presumed",
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"speculated",
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"deciphered",
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"decoded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"answered",
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"broke",
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"cracked",
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"doped (out)",
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"figured out",
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"puzzled (out)",
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"resolved",
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"riddled (out)",
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"solved",
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"unraveled",
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"unriddled",
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"worked",
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"wrought"
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]
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},
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"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"worked out a compromise between the warring factions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"dismantled",
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"razed",
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"tore down",
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"ruined",
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"undid",
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"unmade",
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"wrecked"
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],
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"related":[
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"churned out",
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"cranked out",
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"turned out",
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"cobbled (together or up)",
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"threw up",
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"composed",
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"constructed",
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"crafted",
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"created",
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"engineered",
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"fabricated",
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"fashioned",
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"formed",
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"framed",
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"generated",
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"manufactured",
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"minted",
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"modeled",
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"modelled",
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"shaped",
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"tailored",
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"conceived",
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"concocted",
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"contrived",
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"cooked (up)",
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"devised",
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"hatched",
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"invented",
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"originated",
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"accomplished",
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"achieved",
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"brought off",
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"carried out",
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"effected"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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|
"carved (out)",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"fell down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caught on",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"percolated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worked over":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob boss's thugs really worked him over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worked up":{
|
|
"as in angry , mad":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churned out",
|
|
"cranked out",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"effected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carved (out)",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workouts":{
|
|
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workout with dumbbells for building the muscles of the arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"homeworks",
|
|
"lessons",
|
|
"brushups",
|
|
"refreshers",
|
|
"reviews"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"trainings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works out":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"riddles (out)",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unriddles",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"irons out",
|
|
"straightens (out)",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked out a compromise between the warring factions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carves (out)",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churns out",
|
|
"cranks out",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catches on",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"percolates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"falls down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working out the cost of a college education, we've decided that it's never too early to start saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adds up",
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"totalizes",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"subtracts",
|
|
"allows (for)",
|
|
"deducts",
|
|
"factors (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figures in",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"solves (for)",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"itemizes",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"calibrates",
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"recalculates",
|
|
"recomputes",
|
|
"refigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works over":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob boss's thugs really worked him over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workshop":{
|
|
"a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workshop for making high-end furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"factory",
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweatshop",
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"workplace",
|
|
"workroom",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worried":{
|
|
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the soldier's father had a worried expression as he listened to the news"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
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"anxious",
|
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"atwitter",
|
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"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
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"goosey",
|
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"het up",
|
|
"hinky",
|
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"hung up",
|
|
"ill at ease",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"jittery",
|
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"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
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"nervy",
|
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"perturbed",
|
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"queasy",
|
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"queazy",
|
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"tense",
|
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"troubled",
|
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"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"freaked",
|
|
"freaked-out",
|
|
"shook-up",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"qualmy",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hypertense",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"self-controlled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"feared",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"longed",
|
|
"pined",
|
|
"yearned",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"despaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those strange noises outside the house worry me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worries":{
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"pines",
|
|
"yearns",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"despairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those strange noises outside the house worry me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"weirds out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"unnerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worrisome":{
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patient's erratic behavior has become increasingly worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worrisome looks passed between the two coworkers as the personnel manager began to enumerate the company's financial woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
|
"nerve-racking",
|
|
"nerve-wracking",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unsettling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"unrestful",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worry":{
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"pine",
|
|
"yearn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those strange noises outside the house worry me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she can only concentrate on something when she is free of worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worrying":{
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"troubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those strange noises outside the house worry me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worrywart":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to dismiss people concerned about global warming as a bunch of worrywarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringer",
|
|
"nervous Nellie",
|
|
"nervous Nelly",
|
|
"worrier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"pessimist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worsened":{
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the condition of the house worsened with every year of neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophied",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"devolved",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrograded",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh winter only worsened the fuel shortage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"relieved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worsening":{
|
|
"as in decline , deterioration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"snapback",
|
|
"resuscitation",
|
|
"revival",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the condition of the house worsened with every year of neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophying",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"devolving",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"retrograding",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh winter only worsened the fuel shortage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"complicating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"relieving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worshiping":{
|
|
"reflecting great admiration or devotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impressionable young men with a worshipping regard for professional athletes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feels that there is just too much worshipping of celebrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"hero worship",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"idealization",
|
|
"romanticization",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"apotheosizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"lionizing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"disrespecting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"smearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"doting (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipping",
|
|
"hero-worshiping",
|
|
"idolizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worsting":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how humiliating for a tennis champ to be worsted by a player no one had ever heard of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing down",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"winning (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worthiness":{
|
|
"as in value , worth":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"centrality",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"essentialness",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality",
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worthless":{
|
|
"having no usefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that expensive toy is worthless now that it's broken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffy",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"null",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"valueless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapjack",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working (on)":{
|
|
"as in doing , dealing (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"deciding (upon)",
|
|
"doing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"holding off (on)",
|
|
"holding over",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"laying over",
|
|
"postponing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shelving",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wore":{
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the job of running their own business wears them sometimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outwore",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"corraded",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"rubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped (away)",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her marriage is so bad\u2014I don't know how she wears it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worthy":{
|
|
"having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made charitable contributions to the American Red Cross and other worthy causes",
|
|
"a worthy opponent in a tennis match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserving",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"meritorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"undeserving",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in monument , pillar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working-class":{
|
|
"the class of people who earn money by doing usually physical work and who are not rich or powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtail",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtail",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"upper crust",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"peerage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in poor , simple":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"bourgeois",
|
|
"middle-class",
|
|
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
|
|
"down-market",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowborn",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"low-life",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"lumpen",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"prole",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workaday":{
|
|
"being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a workaday guy living a workaday life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"cut-and-dried",
|
|
"cut-and-dry",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden-variety",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"standard-issue",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"untypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"recherch\u00e9",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"unexampled",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unparalleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having to do with the practical details of regular life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"workaday matters such as cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"nitty-gritty",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"terrestrial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not designed to be worn only on special occasions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workaday outfit that I could afford to get dirty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"informal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"sporty",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"best",
|
|
"Sunday",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"noncasual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workmates":{
|
|
"as in colleagues , coworkers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"compeers",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"running mates",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"pals",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"classmates",
|
|
"housemates",
|
|
"messmates",
|
|
"playfellows",
|
|
"playmates",
|
|
"roommates",
|
|
"roomies",
|
|
"schoolmates",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"teammates",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worked (for)":{
|
|
"to be a servant for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked for a rich and powerful family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"served",
|
|
"slaved (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"tended (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wormed":{
|
|
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"neighborhoods worming into lands reserved for wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"inched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"impinged",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"overreached",
|
|
"overshot",
|
|
"overstepped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"worked in",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat silently wormed along the ground as it snuck up on the bird"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"groveled",
|
|
"grovelled",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slithered",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this new drug can really work wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"brings on",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"draws on",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"effectuates",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"results (in)",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"translates (into)",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduces (to)",
|
|
"contributes (to)",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"quenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally figured out how to work the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"riddles (out)",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unriddles",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"irons out",
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"straightens (out)",
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"unscrambles",
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"untangles",
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"unties",
|
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"assumes",
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"conjectures",
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"divines",
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"guesses",
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"presumes",
|
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"speculates",
|
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"deciphers",
|
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"decodes"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the human kidneys work as a filtering system for the blood"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"acts",
|
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"functions",
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"performs",
|
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"serves"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"operates",
|
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"runs",
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"administers",
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"carries on",
|
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"controls",
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"directs",
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"guides",
|
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"handles",
|
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"manages",
|
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"oversees",
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"regulates",
|
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"supervises"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this headache remedy takes half an hour to work"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"acts",
|
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"operates",
|
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"performs",
|
|
"takes"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaves",
|
|
"reacts",
|
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"responds",
|
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"affects",
|
|
"influences",
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"sways",
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"pans out",
|
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"redounds",
|
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"results"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfires",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this pump is worked by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
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"impels",
|
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"moves",
|
|
"propels"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"show me how to work the machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"wields",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"steers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young boy who worked his aunt for all she was worth in toys and candy when she visited once a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"capitalizes (on)",
|
|
"cashes in (on)",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"imposes (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"pimps",
|
|
"plays (on or upon)",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks around",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"commercializes",
|
|
"commodifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a glass works where high quality glassware is made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"factory",
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"workshop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweatshop",
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"workplace",
|
|
"workroom",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordy":{
|
|
"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her writing style is far too wordy for my tastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"logorrheic",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"periphrastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gassy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"snippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to words or language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the neighborhood dispute escalated into a wordy war conducted through angry letters to the editor in the local paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lexical",
|
|
"linguistic",
|
|
"linguistical",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"vocabular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"conversational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonlexical",
|
|
"nonlinguistic",
|
|
"nonverbal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worked (at)":{
|
|
"as in did , made":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"perpetrated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"pulled off",
|
|
"put through",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"implemented",
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reenacted",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"engaged (in)",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"aced",
|
|
"nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workable":{
|
|
"capable of being done or carried out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workable plan for attracting a minor league team to the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"viable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"thinkable",
|
|
"actionable",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"infeasible",
|
|
"nonviable",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"unfeasible",
|
|
"unrealizable",
|
|
"unviable",
|
|
"unworkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capable of being put to use or account":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workable solution to the state's growing financial woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actionable",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"applicative",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"ultrapractical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"banausic",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"obtainable",
|
|
"reachable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"armchair",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"inaccessible",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unobtainable",
|
|
"unreachable",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"nonpractical",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working (for)":{
|
|
"to be a servant for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked for a rich and powerful family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"slaving (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"tending (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workroom":{
|
|
"as in studio , atelier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"workplace",
|
|
"factory",
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"sweatshop",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workforces":{
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the office's entire workforce is devoted to a single project right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor forces",
|
|
"manpowers",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rank and files",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worm snake":{
|
|
"as in rat snake , garter snake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adder",
|
|
"anaconda",
|
|
"asp",
|
|
"black racer",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"blue racer",
|
|
"boa",
|
|
"bull snake",
|
|
"bushmaster",
|
|
"chicken snake",
|
|
"cobra",
|
|
"constrictor",
|
|
"copperhead",
|
|
"coral snake",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasin",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnake",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snake",
|
|
"gopher snake",
|
|
"green snake",
|
|
"hognose snake",
|
|
"horned viper",
|
|
"indigo snake",
|
|
"king cobra",
|
|
"king snake",
|
|
"krait",
|
|
"mamba",
|
|
"milk snake",
|
|
"moccasin",
|
|
"pine snake",
|
|
"pit viper",
|
|
"puff adder",
|
|
"python",
|
|
"racer",
|
|
"rat snake",
|
|
"rattlesnake",
|
|
"sea serpent",
|
|
"sea snake",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"taipan",
|
|
"water moccasin",
|
|
"water snake",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work over":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob boss's thugs really worked him over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workhorses":{
|
|
"as in warhorses , chargers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"cow ponies",
|
|
"cutting horses",
|
|
"gallopers",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"packhorses",
|
|
"prancers",
|
|
"quarter horses",
|
|
"racehorses",
|
|
"saddle horses",
|
|
"trotters",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"broncos",
|
|
"bronchos",
|
|
"mustangs",
|
|
"ponies",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"blacks",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"palominos",
|
|
"pintos",
|
|
"pintoes",
|
|
"roans",
|
|
"skewbalds",
|
|
"sorrels",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"foals",
|
|
"geldings",
|
|
"mares",
|
|
"stallions",
|
|
"cobs",
|
|
"dobbins",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"skates",
|
|
"equids",
|
|
"equines",
|
|
"horses",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"steeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in workers , grunts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workrooms":{
|
|
"as in studios , ateliers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ateliers",
|
|
"studios",
|
|
"workplaces",
|
|
"factories",
|
|
"manufactories",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"sweatshops",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worshiped":{
|
|
"as in revered , adored":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacral",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"liturgical",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"biblical",
|
|
"scriptural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"venerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"apotheosized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"lionized",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"smeared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"loved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"doted (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipped",
|
|
"hero-worshiped",
|
|
"idolized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"misprized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worshipful":{
|
|
"reflecting great admiration or devotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie fan's worshipful stare upon finally meeting her idol",
|
|
"a teacher surrounded by worshipful little children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worldliness":{
|
|
"as in sophistication":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work camp":{
|
|
"as in concentration camp , prison camp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth",
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordless":{
|
|
"deliberately refraining from speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he stood wordless before his accusers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"uncommunicative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"voiceless",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"sulking",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"silver-tongued",
|
|
"smooth-tongued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"understood although not put into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wordless fondness for each other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"tacit",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unvoiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"undeclared",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"untold",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wormholes":{
|
|
"as in potholes , keyholes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airholes",
|
|
"armholes",
|
|
"buttonholes",
|
|
"keyholes",
|
|
"knotholes",
|
|
"peepholes",
|
|
"potholes",
|
|
"pinholes",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"inlets",
|
|
"intakes",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"pores",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"slots",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"loopholes",
|
|
"apertures",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"orifices",
|
|
"perforations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fillers",
|
|
"fillings",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work bags":{
|
|
"as in shopping bags , garment bags":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ditty bags",
|
|
"flight bags",
|
|
"garment bags",
|
|
"kit bags",
|
|
"shopping bags",
|
|
"handbags",
|
|
"pocketbooks",
|
|
"purses",
|
|
"tote bags",
|
|
"backpacks",
|
|
"barracks bags",
|
|
"duffel bags",
|
|
"haversacks",
|
|
"knapsacks",
|
|
"rucksacks",
|
|
"satchels",
|
|
"totes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"portmanteaus",
|
|
"portmanteaux",
|
|
"traveling bags",
|
|
"wallets",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pouches",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workhorse":{
|
|
"as in warhorse , charger":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"cow pony",
|
|
"cutting horse",
|
|
"galloper",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"packhorse",
|
|
"prancer",
|
|
"quarter horse",
|
|
"racehorse",
|
|
"saddle horse",
|
|
"trotter",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"bronco",
|
|
"mustang",
|
|
"pony",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"palomino",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"sorrel",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"foal",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"mare",
|
|
"stallion",
|
|
"cob",
|
|
"dobbin",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"skate",
|
|
"equid",
|
|
"equine",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"steed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in worker , grunt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudger",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"grubber",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"plugger",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slogger",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"serf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worsts":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how humiliating for a tennis champ to be worsted by a player no one had ever heard of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"wins (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working up":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carving (out)",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churning out",
|
|
"cranking out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"minting",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"effecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workplaces":{
|
|
"the office, factory, etc., where people work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clean, comfortable workplace",
|
|
"Foul language will not be tolerated in the workplace ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ateliers",
|
|
"studios",
|
|
"workrooms",
|
|
"factories",
|
|
"manufactories",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"sweatshops",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordily":{
|
|
"as in diffusely , long-windedly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffusely",
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"redundantly",
|
|
"repetitiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"briefly",
|
|
"compactly",
|
|
"concisely",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"elliptically",
|
|
"laconically",
|
|
"pithily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"succinctly",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"tersely",
|
|
"aphoristically",
|
|
"sententiously",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wording":{
|
|
"the way in which something is put into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's important to get the wording of this law precisely correct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diction",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"phraseology",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"verbiage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"formulation",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"enunciation",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wording of the pollster's questions seemed to reflect a built-in bias"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulation",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"formulation",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"statement",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to word the declaration exactly right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"stating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"paraphrasing",
|
|
"rephrasing",
|
|
"restating",
|
|
"rewording",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"writing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"world-beaters":{
|
|
"as in champions , titlists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"champs",
|
|
"titleholders",
|
|
"titlists",
|
|
"victors",
|
|
"winners",
|
|
"finalists",
|
|
"quarterfinalists",
|
|
"semifinalists",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"medalists",
|
|
"medallists",
|
|
"prizewinners",
|
|
"placers",
|
|
"cochampions",
|
|
"co-champions",
|
|
"cowinners",
|
|
"co-winners"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work out":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"riddle (out)",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unriddle",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked out a compromise between the warring factions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carve (out)",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churn out",
|
|
"crank out",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"engineer",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"effect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catch on",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"percolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"fall down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working out the cost of a college education, we've decided that it's never too early to start saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"add up",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totalize",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"subtract",
|
|
"allow (for)",
|
|
"deduct",
|
|
"factor (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figure in",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"solve (for)",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"calibrate",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"appraise",
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"recalculate",
|
|
"recompute",
|
|
"refigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workout with dumbbells for building the muscles of the arms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"homework",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"brushup",
|
|
"refresher",
|
|
"review"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workingmen":{
|
|
"as in workmen , wage earners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine-to-fivers",
|
|
"wage earners",
|
|
"wage slaves",
|
|
"wageworkers",
|
|
"workingwomen",
|
|
"workmen",
|
|
"workwomen",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"gandy dancers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"navvies",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"cogs",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"temporaries",
|
|
"temps",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"jobholders",
|
|
"retainers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worshipers":{
|
|
"as in devotees , admirers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"grovelers",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"running dogs",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"me-tooers",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"company men",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"apple-polishers",
|
|
"bootlickers",
|
|
"brownnosers",
|
|
"fawners",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"suck-ups",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workfolk":{
|
|
"as in farmer , gentleman farmer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crofter",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"gentleman farmer",
|
|
"sharecropper",
|
|
"subsistence farmer",
|
|
"tenant farmer",
|
|
"yeoman",
|
|
"agriculturist",
|
|
"agriculturalist",
|
|
"agronomist",
|
|
"cultivator",
|
|
"farmer",
|
|
"grower",
|
|
"planter",
|
|
"tiller",
|
|
"farmhand",
|
|
"field hand",
|
|
"gleaner",
|
|
"harvester",
|
|
"plowman",
|
|
"reaper",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"ranchman",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"nester",
|
|
"campesino",
|
|
"granger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn-out":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worn-out tourists heading back to their hotel after a hard day of sightseeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a worn-out T-shirt for dusting the furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"shredded",
|
|
"holey",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"tacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"done up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working over":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob boss's thugs really worked him over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workings":{
|
|
"the characteristic peculiarities and technicalities of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article about the byzantine workings of the auction business for high-end art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ins and outs",
|
|
"mechanics",
|
|
"ropes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"details",
|
|
"incidentals",
|
|
"minutiae",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"brass tacks",
|
|
"nuts and bolts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wormhole":{
|
|
"as in pothole , keyhole":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airhole",
|
|
"armhole",
|
|
"buttonhole",
|
|
"keyhole",
|
|
"knothole",
|
|
"peephole",
|
|
"pothole",
|
|
"pinhole",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"intake",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"pore",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"slot",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"aperture",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"orifice",
|
|
"perforation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"filler",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works (at)":{
|
|
"as in does , makes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"perpetrates",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"pulls off",
|
|
"puts through",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"effectuates",
|
|
"implements",
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"reenacts",
|
|
"repeats",
|
|
"engages (in)",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"nails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workforce":{
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the office's entire workforce is devoted to a single project right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor force",
|
|
"manpower",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"world war":{
|
|
"as in civil war , cold war":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civil war",
|
|
"cold war",
|
|
"holy war",
|
|
"limited war",
|
|
"police action",
|
|
"conflagration",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"hot war",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"demilitarization",
|
|
"demobilization",
|
|
"disarmament",
|
|
"pacification",
|
|
"cease-fire",
|
|
"truce",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordage":{
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"somewhere, lost within all that wordage , is a modestly worthwhile idea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work (on)":{
|
|
"as in do , deal (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"deal (with)",
|
|
"decide (upon)",
|
|
"do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"hold off (on)",
|
|
"hold over",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"lay over",
|
|
"postpone",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worm snakes":{
|
|
"as in rat snakes , garter snakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adders",
|
|
"anacondas",
|
|
"asps",
|
|
"black racers",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"blue racers",
|
|
"boas",
|
|
"bull snakes",
|
|
"bushmasters",
|
|
"chicken snakes",
|
|
"cobras",
|
|
"constrictors",
|
|
"copperheads",
|
|
"coral snakes",
|
|
"cottonmouth moccasins",
|
|
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
|
|
"fer-de-lance",
|
|
"garter snakes",
|
|
"gopher snakes",
|
|
"green snakes",
|
|
"hognose snakes",
|
|
"horned vipers",
|
|
"indigo snakes",
|
|
"king cobras",
|
|
"king snakes",
|
|
"kraits",
|
|
"mambas",
|
|
"milk snakes",
|
|
"moccasins",
|
|
"pine snakes",
|
|
"pit vipers",
|
|
"puff adders",
|
|
"pythons",
|
|
"racers",
|
|
"rat snakes",
|
|
"rattlesnakes",
|
|
"sea serpents",
|
|
"sea snakes",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"taipans",
|
|
"water moccasins",
|
|
"water snakes",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"world-beater":{
|
|
"as in champion , titlist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"champ",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"titleholder",
|
|
"titlist",
|
|
"victor",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"finalist",
|
|
"quarterfinalist",
|
|
"semifinalist",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"medalist",
|
|
"medallist",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"placer",
|
|
"cochampion",
|
|
"cowinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working dog":{
|
|
"as in police dog , guide dog":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guide dog",
|
|
"police dog",
|
|
"bandog",
|
|
"bird dog",
|
|
"coonhound",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"gundog",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"sheepdog",
|
|
"sled dog",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"wolf dog",
|
|
"wolfhound",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"puppy",
|
|
"puppy dog",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"mongrel",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"canine",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"doggy",
|
|
"doggie",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worldling":{
|
|
"as in urbanite , sophisticate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city slicker",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"cosmopolite",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkin",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"yokel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worrier":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a mother\u2014being a worrier is part of the job description"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringer",
|
|
"nervous Nellie",
|
|
"nervous Nelly",
|
|
"worrywart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"pessimist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working out":{
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by putting our heads together, we were able to work out the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"riddling (out)",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unriddling",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked out a compromise between the warring factions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carving (out)",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churning out",
|
|
"cranking out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"minting",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"effecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plans for a ski vacation just didn't work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catching on",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"percolating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"falling down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after working out the cost of a college education, we've decided that it's never too early to start saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"reckoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adding up",
|
|
"averaging",
|
|
"summing",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"totalizing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"allowing (for)",
|
|
"deducting",
|
|
"factoring (in or into or out)",
|
|
"figuring in",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"solving (for)",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"itemizing",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"calibrating",
|
|
"gauging",
|
|
"gaging",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"recalculating",
|
|
"recomputing",
|
|
"refiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"world power":{
|
|
"as in power , sea power":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worker":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"drudger",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"grubber",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"plugger",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slogger",
|
|
"toiler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"serf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"retainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"cog",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"gandy dancer",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"navvy",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"nine-to-fiver",
|
|
"wage earner",
|
|
"wage slave",
|
|
"wageworker",
|
|
"workingman",
|
|
"workingwoman",
|
|
"workman",
|
|
"workwoman",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"temp",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workplace":{
|
|
"the office, factory, etc., where people work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a clean, comfortable workplace",
|
|
"Foul language will not be tolerated in the workplace ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"workroom",
|
|
"factory",
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"sweatshop",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workload":{
|
|
"the amount of work that is expected to be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Students complained about the heavy workload ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocation",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"pursuit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worriers":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a mother\u2014being a worrier is part of the job description"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringers",
|
|
"nervous Nellies",
|
|
"worrywarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"fatalists",
|
|
"pessimists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working classes":{
|
|
"the class of people who earn money by doing usually physical work and who are not rich or powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bourgeoisies",
|
|
"middle classes",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtails",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtails",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwasheds",
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"populaces",
|
|
"publics",
|
|
"rank and files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"upper classes",
|
|
"upper crusts",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"peerages"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worst":{
|
|
"as in worse , lesser":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"worse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"household",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"inimitable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unexampled",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unrivaled",
|
|
"unrivalled",
|
|
"unsurpassable",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how humiliating for a tennis champ to be worsted by a player no one had ever heard of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"win (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works (over)":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob boss's thugs really worked him over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
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"fibs",
|
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"flogs",
|
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"hammers",
|
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"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
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"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"world powers":{
|
|
"as in powers , sea powers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"words":{
|
|
"a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my doctor used all of these medical words that I didn't understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"terms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"morphemes",
|
|
"speech forms",
|
|
"polysyllables",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who believe that the Bible is the literal word of God"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"statements",
|
|
"utterances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"manifestos",
|
|
"manifestoes",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"verbalizations",
|
|
"vocalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I give you my word that I won't try to escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"oaths",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"guaranties",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"pawns",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"warranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the troops waited for their commanding officer to give the word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behests",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"imperatives",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"counterorders",
|
|
"counter-orders",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"prescripts",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"ordinances",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"statutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"entreaties",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"urgings",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"recommendations",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a word or phrase that must be spoken by a person in order to pass a guard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"What's the word ?\" demanded the sentry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countersigns",
|
|
"passwords",
|
|
"watchwords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"paroles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often stated observation regarding something from common experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are there truer words than \"never look a gift horse in the mouth\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"aphorisms",
|
|
"apothegms",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"sententiae"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"mottoes",
|
|
"mottos",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to word the declaration exactly right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"rephrases",
|
|
"restates",
|
|
"rewords",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"translates",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"writes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works up":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carves (out)",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churns out",
|
|
"cranks out",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worms":{
|
|
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"neighborhoods worming into lands reserved for wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"inches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"impinges",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"intrudes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"overreaches",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"overshoots",
|
|
"oversteps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"works in",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat silently wormed along the ground as it snuck up on the bird"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"grovels",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slithers",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worked in":{
|
|
"to put among or between others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edged in",
|
|
"fitted (in or into)",
|
|
"fit (in or into)",
|
|
"injected",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intercalated",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"sandwiched (in or between)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cut in",
|
|
"inlaid",
|
|
"inset",
|
|
"insetted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"interfiled",
|
|
"interlined",
|
|
"larded",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"appended",
|
|
"attached"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"deducted",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"subtracted",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workloads":{
|
|
"the amount of work that is expected to be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Students complained about the heavy workload ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
"hobbies",
|
|
"pursuits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordsmith":{
|
|
"a person who is skilled with words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"From a young age he showed talent as a wordsmith , always putting thoughts to paper with eloquence and ease."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"editor",
|
|
"definer",
|
|
"lexicographer",
|
|
"linguist",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
"proser",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"versifier",
|
|
"librettist",
|
|
"lyricist",
|
|
"lyrist",
|
|
"blogger",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"paragrapher",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wore to a frazzle":{
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Trying to meet all the deadlines had her worn to a frazzle ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outwore",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worldlings":{
|
|
"as in urbanites , sophisticates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city slickers",
|
|
"cosmopolitans",
|
|
"cosmopolites",
|
|
"metropolitans",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"sophisticates",
|
|
"urbanites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkins",
|
|
"hicks",
|
|
"provincials",
|
|
"rustics",
|
|
"yokels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work (at)":{
|
|
"as in do , make":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"perpetrate",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"pull off",
|
|
"put through",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"reenact",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"engage (in)",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"nail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work (over)":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mob boss's thugs really worked him over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worshipped":{
|
|
"as in revered , adored":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacral",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"liturgical",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"biblical",
|
|
"scriptural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"venerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"apotheosized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"lionized",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"smeared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"loved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"doted (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipped",
|
|
"hero-worshiped",
|
|
"idolized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"misprized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works (on)":{
|
|
"as in does , deals (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"decides (upon)",
|
|
"does"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defers",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holds off (on)",
|
|
"holds over",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"lays over",
|
|
"postpones",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this new drug can really work wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
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"father",
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"found",
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"inaugurate",
|
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"initiate",
|
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"innovate",
|
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"institute",
|
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"introduce",
|
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"launch",
|
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"pioneer",
|
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"set",
|
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"set up",
|
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"start",
|
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"advance",
|
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"cultivate",
|
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"develop",
|
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"encourage",
|
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"forward",
|
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"foster",
|
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"further",
|
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"nourish",
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"nurture",
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"promote",
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"enact",
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"render",
|
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"turn out"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"impede",
|
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"limit",
|
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"restrict",
|
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"clamp down (on)",
|
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"crack down (on)",
|
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"crush",
|
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"dampen",
|
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"put down",
|
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"quash",
|
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"quell",
|
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"repress",
|
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"smother",
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"squash",
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"squelch",
|
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"stifle",
|
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"subdue",
|
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"suppress",
|
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"arrest",
|
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"check",
|
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"control",
|
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"curb",
|
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"inhibit",
|
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"rein (in)",
|
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"restrain",
|
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"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
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"kill",
|
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"snuff (out)",
|
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"still",
|
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"abolish",
|
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"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
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"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"finally figured out how to work the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"answer",
|
|
"break",
|
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"crack",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
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"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"riddle (out)",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unriddle",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"iron out",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the human kidneys work as a filtering system for the blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this headache remedy takes half an hour to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behave",
|
|
"react",
|
|
"respond",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"redound",
|
|
"result"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfire",
|
|
"fizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this pump is worked by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"show me how to work the machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"use",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"wield",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (oneself)",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hammer (away)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"overexert",
|
|
"overwork",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"wade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"ease (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young boy who worked his aunt for all she was worth in toys and candy when she visited once a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"impose (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a literary, musical, or artistic production":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, many of her works are now out of print"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"opus",
|
|
"piece"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"magnum opus",
|
|
"masterpiece",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpiece",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"\u00e9tude",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"oeuvre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new Web application is the work of a pair of young but highly gifted programmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"handiwork",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"output",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"article",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"wares",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the work of a movie director is to tell a story through a series of striking images"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"role",
|
|
"r\u00f4le",
|
|
"task"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"participation",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put a lot of work into the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what line of work are you in?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"workload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocation",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"pursuit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a glass works where high quality glassware is made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"factory",
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"workshop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweatshop",
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"workplace",
|
|
"workroom",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was feeling very worn after a long day at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
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"wearied",
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"weary",
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"wiped out",
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"worn-out"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"overfatigued",
|
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"overtaxed",
|
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"overworked",
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"broken-down",
|
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"run-down",
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"debilitated",
|
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"enervate",
|
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"enervated",
|
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"enfeebled",
|
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"sapped",
|
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"weakened",
|
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"drowsy",
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"heavy",
|
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"sleepy",
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"lethargic",
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"sluggish"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"fresh",
|
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"refreshed",
|
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"rejuvenated",
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"relaxed",
|
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"rested",
|
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"revitalized",
|
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"active",
|
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"energetic",
|
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"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
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"strengthened",
|
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"strong",
|
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"tireless",
|
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"vitalized",
|
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"weariless"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
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"unwearied"
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]
|
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},
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"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the job of running their own business wears them sometimes"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"broken",
|
|
"burned out",
|
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"burnt out",
|
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"busted",
|
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"bust",
|
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"done in",
|
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"done up",
|
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"drained",
|
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"exhausted",
|
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"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
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"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
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"washed out",
|
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"wearied",
|
|
"worn out"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"corraded",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"rubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"shaven",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped (away)",
|
|
"worn out",
|
|
"bitten",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"eaten",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her marriage is so bad\u2014I don't know how she wears it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forborne",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working":{
|
|
"being in effective operation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only working coal mine in the area"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"decommissioned",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"stagnating",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"vegetating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"nonactivated",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"nonoperating",
|
|
"nonoperational",
|
|
"nonoperative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capable of being put to use or account":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a would-be independent filmmaker, you'll need a working knowledge of motion picture photography and editing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actionable",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"applicative",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"ultrapractical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"banausic",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"obtainable",
|
|
"reachable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"armchair",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"inaccessible",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unobtainable",
|
|
"unreachable",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"nonpractical",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involved in often constant activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boss who is of the opinion that a working employee is a needed employee, as idleness is a sign of dispensability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"tied-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"untiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this new drug can really work wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"bringing on",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"causing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drawing on",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"occasioning",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"resulting (in)",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"translating (into)",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducing (to)",
|
|
"contributing (to)",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"quenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally figured out how to work the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"riddling (out)",
|
|
"solving",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unriddling",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"ironing out",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the human kidneys work as a filtering system for the blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this headache remedy takes half an hour to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaving",
|
|
"reacting",
|
|
"responding",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"redounding",
|
|
"resulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfiring",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this pump is worked by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"show me how to work the machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"using",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"wielding",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"steering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young boy who worked his aunt for all she was worth in toys and candy when she visited once a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"capitalizing (on)",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"imposing (on or upon)",
|
|
"leveraging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"playing (on or upon)",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerking around",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"commercializing",
|
|
"commodifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work bag":{
|
|
"as in shopping bag , garment bag":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ditty bag",
|
|
"flight bag",
|
|
"garment bag",
|
|
"kit bag",
|
|
"shopping bag",
|
|
"handbag",
|
|
"pocketbook",
|
|
"purse",
|
|
"tote bag",
|
|
"backpack",
|
|
"barracks bag",
|
|
"duffel bag",
|
|
"haversack",
|
|
"knapsack",
|
|
"rucksack",
|
|
"satchel",
|
|
"tote",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"portmanteau",
|
|
"traveling bag",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workwomen":{
|
|
"as in wage earners , workingwomen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine-to-fivers",
|
|
"wage earners",
|
|
"wage slaves",
|
|
"wageworkers",
|
|
"workingmen",
|
|
"workingwomen",
|
|
"workmen",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"gandy dancers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"navvies",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"cogs",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"temporaries",
|
|
"temps",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"jobholders",
|
|
"retainers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordbook":{
|
|
"a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wordbook of nautical slang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"lexicon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"glossary",
|
|
"nomenclator",
|
|
"thesaurus",
|
|
"vocabulary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"works (at or on)":{
|
|
"as in prepares (for) , points (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"points (for)",
|
|
"prepares (for)",
|
|
"trains (with)",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"runs over",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"repeats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worsen":{
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the condition of the house worsened with every year of neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"devolve",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harsh winter only worsened the fuel shortage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"exacerbate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"relieve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working in":{
|
|
"to put among or between others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edging in",
|
|
"fitting (in or into)",
|
|
"injecting",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intercalating",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"sandwiching (in or between)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting in",
|
|
"inlaying",
|
|
"insetting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"interfiling",
|
|
"interlining",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"appending",
|
|
"attaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"deducting",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to work in several references to baseball in his paper on the merits of teamwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working (at)":{
|
|
"as in doing , making":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"perpetrating",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"pulling off",
|
|
"putting through",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"implementing",
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"reenacting",
|
|
"repeating",
|
|
"engaging (in)",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"acing",
|
|
"nailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workshops":{
|
|
"a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a workshop for making high-end furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"factories",
|
|
"manufactories",
|
|
"mills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweatshops",
|
|
"ateliers",
|
|
"studios",
|
|
"workplaces",
|
|
"workrooms",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordplays":{
|
|
"as in humors , comedies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"persiflages",
|
|
"railleries",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"leg-pulls",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"practical jokes",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"knee-slappers",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"thigh-slappers",
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"drolleries",
|
|
"funnies",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"one-liners",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"witticisms",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worming":{
|
|
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"neighborhoods worming into lands reserved for wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"inching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"impinging",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"overreaching",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"overshooting",
|
|
"overstepping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"working in",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat silently wormed along the ground as it snuck up on the bird"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slithering",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"world soul":{
|
|
"as in life , \u00e9lan vital":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"\u00e9lan vital",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"lifeblood",
|
|
"Shakti",
|
|
"Sakti",
|
|
"inner light",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"orgone",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"karma",
|
|
"mana",
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"chi",
|
|
"ch'i",
|
|
"qi",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"ki",
|
|
"vibe(s)",
|
|
"vibration(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordmongers":{
|
|
"as in hacks , hatchet men":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
"writers",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working (at or on)":{
|
|
"as in preparing (for) , pointing (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pointing (for)",
|
|
"preparing (for)",
|
|
"training (with)",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"running over",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"repeating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn to a frazzle":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After babysitting three energetic children all day, the teenager was worn to a frazzle ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Trying to meet all the deadlines had her worn to a frazzle ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"done up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worthwhile":{
|
|
"having worth or value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a worthwhile investment",
|
|
"The money is for a worthwhile cause.",
|
|
"The trip was worthwhile ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"earth-shattering",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tectonic",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"strategic",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"seminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"workers":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a champion of the rights of the farm workers who pick the nation's fruits and vegetables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a factory owner who is known for his fair and generous treatment of his workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"jobholders",
|
|
"retainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"cogs",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"gandy dancers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"navvies",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"nine-to-fivers",
|
|
"wage earners",
|
|
"wage slaves",
|
|
"wageworkers",
|
|
"workingmen",
|
|
"workingwomen",
|
|
"workmen",
|
|
"workwomen",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"temporaries",
|
|
"temps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worldly-wise":{
|
|
"having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her long career as a globe-trotting journalist has made her very worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"sober"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"parochial",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unknowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wordsmiths":{
|
|
"a person who is skilled with words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"From a young age he showed talent as a wordsmith , always putting thoughts to paper with eloquence and ease."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penman",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
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"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
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"wordmonger",
|
|
"editor",
|
|
"definer",
|
|
"lexicographer",
|
|
"linguist",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
"proser",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"versifier",
|
|
"librettist",
|
|
"lyricist",
|
|
"lyrist",
|
|
"blogger",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"paragrapher",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"working dogs":{
|
|
"as in police dogs , guide dogs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guide dogs",
|
|
"police dogs",
|
|
"bandogs",
|
|
"bird dogs",
|
|
"coonhounds",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"gundogs",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"sheepdogs",
|
|
"sled dogs",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"wolf dogs",
|
|
"wolfhounds",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"puppies",
|
|
"puppy dogs",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"mongrels",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"canines",
|
|
"doggies",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"word for word":{
|
|
"in the same words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't have to record the professor's comments word for word in your notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad verbum",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"verbatim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accurately",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"identically",
|
|
"literally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"essentially",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"imprecisely",
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
|
"loosely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexactly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worked (at or on)":{
|
|
"as in prepared (for) , pointed (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pointed (for)",
|
|
"prepared (for)",
|
|
"trained (with)",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"ran over",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"repeated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worked":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this new drug can really work wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought on",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"caused",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drew on",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduced (to)",
|
|
"contributed (to)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"quenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally figured out how to work the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"riddled (out)",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unriddled",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"ironed out",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the human kidneys work as a filtering system for the blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"served"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"supervised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this headache remedy takes half an hour to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"redounded",
|
|
"resulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfired",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this pump is worked by hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"show me how to work the machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"used",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"plied",
|
|
"wielded",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"tugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (oneself)",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hammered (away)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"essayed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"overexerted",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"waded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"eased (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"slacked (off)",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young boy who worked his aunt for all she was worth in toys and candy when she visited once a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"capitalized (on)",
|
|
"cashed in (on)",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"imposed (on or upon)",
|
|
"leveraged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"pimped",
|
|
"played (on or upon)",
|
|
"used"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked around",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"commercialized",
|
|
"commodified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"work (at or on)":{
|
|
"as in prepare (for) , point (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"point (for)",
|
|
"prepare (for)",
|
|
"train (with)",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"run over",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"repeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worshipping":{
|
|
"reflecting great admiration or devotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"impressionable young men with a worshipping regard for professional athletes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive admiration of or devotion to a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feels that there is just too much worshipping of celebrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"deification",
|
|
"hero worship",
|
|
"idolatry",
|
|
"idolization",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"veneration",
|
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"idealization",
|
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"romanticization",
|
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"affection",
|
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"fancy",
|
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"favor",
|
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"fondness",
|
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"like",
|
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"liking",
|
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"love",
|
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"appreciation",
|
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"esteem",
|
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"regard",
|
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"respect",
|
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"approval"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"condemnation",
|
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"disapproval",
|
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"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
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"dismissal",
|
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"disregard",
|
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"hatred",
|
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"loathing",
|
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"scorn"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"adoring",
|
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"deifying",
|
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"glorifying",
|
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"reverencing",
|
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"revering",
|
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"venerating"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"loving",
|
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"regarding",
|
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"respecting",
|
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"apotheosizing",
|
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"canonizing",
|
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"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
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"lionizing",
|
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"magnifying",
|
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"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
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"praising",
|
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"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"affronting",
|
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"dishonoring",
|
|
"disrespecting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"smearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"doting (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipping",
|
|
"hero-worshiping",
|
|
"idolizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worrywarts":{
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tends to dismiss people concerned about global warming as a bunch of worrywarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handwringers",
|
|
"nervous Nellies",
|
|
"worriers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"fatalists",
|
|
"pessimists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wore out":{
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outwore",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worm":{
|
|
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"neighborhoods worming into lands reserved for wildlife"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"inch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overshoot",
|
|
"overstep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"work in",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat silently wormed along the ground as it snuck up on the bird"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slither",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |