dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/alo_MWT.json

{
  "aloofness":{
    "as in indifference , detachment":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "detachment",
        "indifference",
        "unconcern",
        "blankness",
        "deadness",
        "emptiness",
        "vacancy",
        "stiffness",
        "woodenness",
        "bloodlessness",
        "callosity",
        "callousness",
        "coldness",
        "coolness",
        "halfheartedness",
        "hard-heartedness",
        "hardness",
        "heartlessness",
        "imperturbability",
        "insensitivity",
        "obduracy",
        "affectlessness",
        "apathy",
        "emotionlessness",
        "impassiveness",
        "impassivity",
        "insensibility",
        "numbness",
        "phlegm"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "emotion",
        "feeling",
        "sensibility",
        "compassion",
        "empathy",
        "pity",
        "sympathy",
        "receptiveness",
        "receptivity",
        "responsiveness",
        "sensitivity",
        "solicitude",
        "tenderness",
        "understanding",
        "warmth",
        "hand-wringing",
        "histrionics",
        "hysteria",
        "hysterics",
        "melodrama",
        "vehemence"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in distance , detachedness":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "detachedness",
        "distance",
        "composure",
        "self-poise",
        "self-possession",
        "bashfulness",
        "modesty",
        "shyness",
        "self-censorship",
        "self-containment",
        "self-denial",
        "self-discipline",
        "self-government",
        "self-mastery",
        "will",
        "willpower",
        "reticence",
        "silence",
        "taciturnity",
        "command",
        "control",
        "mastery",
        "possession",
        "constraint",
        "continence",
        "discipline",
        "discretion",
        "inhibition",
        "refrainment",
        "repression",
        "reserve",
        "restraint",
        "self-command",
        "self-control",
        "self-restraint",
        "suppression"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disinhibition",
        "incontinence",
        "unconstraint",
        "self-abandonment",
        "uninhibitedness",
        "unrestrainedness",
        "gratification",
        "indulgence",
        "overindulgence",
        "self-indulgence",
        "bluntness",
        "candor",
        "frankness",
        "immoderacy",
        "intemperance"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "alongside":{
    "as in next to , next":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "next",
        "next to",
        "against",
        "on",
        "upon",
        "upside"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in over , across":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "across",
        "along",
        "beyond",
        "near",
        "nearby",
        "over",
        "by",
        "through",
        "via",
        "below",
        "beneath",
        "under",
        "underneath",
        "outside",
        "past",
        "throughout"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "along or close at the side":{
      "examples":[
        "We waited for the other boat to come alongside ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "along",
        "around",
        "by",
        "close",
        "hard",
        "in",
        "near",
        "nearby",
        "nigh",
        "hereabouts",
        "hereabout",
        "hereaway",
        "hereaways",
        "thereabouts",
        "thereabout",
        "accessibly",
        "conveniently",
        "handily"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "preposition"
    ]
  },
  "aloof":{
    "having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
      "examples":[
        "the new kid was really not so aloof as we thought him at first, just painfully shy"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antisocial",
        "asocial",
        "buttoned-up",
        "cold",
        "cold-eyed",
        "cool",
        "detached",
        "distant",
        "dry",
        "frosty",
        "offish",
        "remote",
        "standoff",
        "standoffish",
        "unbending",
        "unclubbable",
        "unsociable"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "indrawn",
        "introverted",
        "nongregarious",
        "recessive",
        "reclusive",
        "reserved",
        "unsocial",
        "withdrawn",
        "misanthropic",
        "apathetic",
        "hard",
        "indifferent",
        "unconcerned",
        "clinical",
        "dispassionate",
        "impersonal",
        "professional",
        "disinterested",
        "incurious",
        "uninterested",
        "reticent",
        "silent",
        "taciturn",
        "uncommunicative",
        "diffident",
        "shy",
        "timid",
        "cliquey",
        "cliquish",
        "clubbish"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boon",
        "clubbable",
        "clubable",
        "clubby",
        "companionable",
        "convivial",
        "extroverted",
        "extraverted",
        "gregarious",
        "outgoing",
        "communicative",
        "expansive",
        "garrulous",
        "talkative",
        "affable",
        "folksy",
        "genial",
        "gracious",
        "hospitable",
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "congenial",
        "kindly",
        "neighborly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "sociable",
        "social",
        "warm"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "aloofly":{
    "as in impassively , disinterestedly":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disinterestedly",
        "impassively",
        "incuriously",
        "apathetically",
        "indifferently",
        "lukewarmly",
        "perfunctorily",
        "hesitantly",
        "reluctantly",
        "unwillingly"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "enthusiastically",
        "exuberantly",
        "madly",
        "rhapsodically",
        "sky-high",
        "avidly",
        "eagerly",
        "excitedly",
        "impatiently",
        "keenly",
        "fanatically",
        "rabidly",
        "warmly",
        "zealously"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "along with":{
    "in addition to":{
      "examples":[
        "At the college fair, university representatives gave out T-shirts along with brochures about the school."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "as well as",
        "beside",
        "besides",
        "beyond",
        "over and above"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "plus",
        "including"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "except",
        "excepting",
        "less",
        "minus",
        "wanting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "along":{
    "as in over , across":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "across",
        "alongside",
        "beyond",
        "near",
        "nearby",
        "over",
        "by",
        "through",
        "via",
        "below",
        "beneath",
        "under",
        "underneath",
        "outside",
        "past",
        "throughout"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time":{
      "examples":[
        "traffic was inching along at a snail's pace",
        "work on the project is moving right along"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ahead",
        "forth",
        "forward",
        "forwards",
        "on",
        "onward",
        "onwards"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "before",
        "fore",
        "frontward",
        "frontwards"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "back",
        "backward",
        "backwards",
        "behind",
        "rearward",
        "rearwards"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "preposition"
    ]
  },
  "aloud":{
    "with one's normal voice speaking the words":{
      "examples":[
        "the mischievous teacher likes to call on the sleepiest-looking students to read aloud from the textbook"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "audibly",
        "out",
        "out loud"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "verbally",
        "vocally",
        "clearly",
        "discernibly",
        "distinctly",
        "distinguishably",
        "perceptibly",
        "plainly",
        "blatantly",
        "bloody murder",
        "boisterously",
        "clamorously",
        "loudly",
        "lustily",
        "mightily",
        "noisily",
        "resonantly",
        "resoundingly",
        "stridently",
        "thunderously",
        "uproariously",
        "vociferously"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "faintly",
        "feebly",
        "low",
        "noiselessly",
        "quietly",
        "softly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "inaudibly",
        "silently",
        "soundlessly",
        "voicelessly"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "aloneness":{
    "the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
      "examples":[
        "it was an overwhelming sense of aloneness that eventually drove the island castaway mad"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "insulation",
        "isolation",
        "privacy",
        "secludedness",
        "seclusion",
        "segregation",
        "separateness",
        "sequestration",
        "solitariness",
        "solitude"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "loneliness",
        "lonesomeness",
        "vacuum",
        "confinement",
        "incarceration",
        "internment",
        "quarantine",
        "retirement",
        "withdrawal",
        "ghettoization"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "camaraderie",
        "companionship",
        "company",
        "comradeship",
        "fellowship",
        "society"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "alongshore":{
    "of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore":{
      "examples":[
        "temperatures are moderated by an alongshore current"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coastal",
        "inshore",
        "littoral",
        "nearshore",
        "offshore",
        "shoreside"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beachside",
        "seaside",
        "waterside"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blue-water",
        "deepwater",
        "oceanic"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "aloft":{
    "to or in a higher place":{
      "examples":[
        "the ease with which he can hold a ballerina aloft with one hand is awesome"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "above",
        "over",
        "overhead"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "skyward",
        "upward",
        "upwards"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "underneath"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "below",
        "beneath",
        "under"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "alone":{
    "without aid or support":{
      "examples":[
        "completely new to the big city, she nevertheless managed to find her way home alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "independently",
        "single-handed",
        "single-handedly",
        "singly",
        "solely",
        "unaided",
        "unassisted"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "individually",
        "separately",
        "solo"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "collectively",
        "conjointly",
        "cooperatively",
        "hand in glove",
        "hand and glove",
        "hand in hand",
        "jointly",
        "mutually",
        "together",
        "en masse"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "for nothing other than":{
      "examples":[
        "would willingly play professional baseball for the sheer enjoyment alone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "exclusively",
        "just",
        "only",
        "purely",
        "simply",
        "solely"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "basically",
        "by and large",
        "chiefly",
        "generally",
        "largely",
        "mainly",
        "mostly",
        "predominantly",
        "primarily",
        "principally",
        "substantially"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "additionally",
        "also",
        "besides",
        "likewise"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "not being in the company of others":{
      "examples":[
        "no one realized the boy was alone in his room so they all left for the movies without him"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lone",
        "lonely",
        "lonesome",
        "single",
        "solitary",
        "solo",
        "unaccompanied"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "unattended",
        "unchaperoned",
        "forlorn",
        "friendless",
        "cloistered",
        "disassociated",
        "hermetic",
        "hermetical",
        "insulated",
        "isolate",
        "isolated",
        "remote",
        "retired",
        "secluded",
        "withdrawn",
        "quarantined",
        "segregated",
        "separated",
        "sequestered",
        "separate",
        "unattached",
        "unconnected",
        "unlinked",
        "detached",
        "disconnected",
        "disjointed",
        "dissociated",
        "disunited",
        "divided",
        "fractionated",
        "abandoned",
        "adrift",
        "deserted",
        "desolate",
        "forgotten",
        "forsaken",
        "lorn",
        "neglected"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "attended",
        "chaperoned",
        "escorted",
        "adjacent",
        "adjoining",
        "communicating",
        "contiguous",
        "neighboring",
        "next-door",
        "attached",
        "connected",
        "coupled",
        "linked"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "accompanied"
      ]
    },
    "being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
      "examples":[
        "he is alone among the actors of his generation in his exceptional ability to play both comedic and serious parts"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lone",
        "one",
        "one-off",
        "only",
        "singular",
        "sole",
        "solitary",
        "special",
        "sui generis",
        "unique"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "single",
        "solo",
        "unaccompanied",
        "unattended",
        "incomparable",
        "inimitable",
        "matchless",
        "peerless",
        "unequaled",
        "unequalled",
        "unmatched",
        "unparalleled",
        "unrivaled",
        "unrivalled",
        "unsurpassable",
        "unsurpassed",
        "distinct",
        "distinctive",
        "individual",
        "separate",
        "nonce"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "divers",
        "manifold",
        "multifarious",
        "myriad",
        "assorted",
        "heterogenous",
        "miscellaneous",
        "mixed",
        "motley",
        "patchwork",
        "promiscuous",
        "varied",
        "popular",
        "prevailing",
        "prevalent",
        "rampant",
        "perennial",
        "recurrent",
        "repeated"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  }
}