dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/gun_MWT.json

{
  "gunned":{
    "to strike with a missile from a gun":{
      "examples":[
        "traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drilled",
        "plugged",
        "popped",
        "shot"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blew away",
        "brought down",
        "dropped",
        "picked off",
        "shot down",
        "blazed",
        "peppered",
        "potshot",
        "sniped (at)",
        "blasted (at)",
        "fired (at)",
        "pistoled",
        "pistolled",
        "shotgunned",
        "machine-gunned",
        "tommy-gunned",
        "croaked",
        "destroyed",
        "did in",
        "dispatched",
        "felled",
        "iced",
        "killed",
        "slew",
        "annihilated",
        "blotted out",
        "butchered",
        "decimated",
        "massacred",
        "slaughtered",
        "wiped out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gunner":{
    "as in archer":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "archer",
        "huntress",
        "sportsman",
        "sportswoman",
        "birder",
        "falconer",
        "fowler",
        "hawker",
        "hunter",
        "huntsman",
        "nimrod",
        "hunter-gatherer",
        "trapper",
        "poacher"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in gun , gunman":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gun",
        "gunman",
        "trapshooter",
        "markswoman",
        "rifleman",
        "sniper",
        "marksman",
        "sharpshooter",
        "shooter",
        "shot"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunning (for)":{
    "as in killing , shooting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "harpooning",
        "killing",
        "shooting",
        "coursing",
        "pursuing",
        "running",
        "running down",
        "spooring",
        "tracking",
        "trailing",
        "poaching",
        "dogging",
        "ferreting",
        "hawking",
        "hounding",
        "culling",
        "capturing",
        "dragging",
        "netting",
        "snaring",
        "trapping",
        "chasing",
        "hunting",
        "stalking"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gun (for)":{
    "as in kill , shoot":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "harpoon",
        "kill",
        "shoot",
        "course",
        "pursue",
        "run",
        "run down",
        "spoor",
        "track",
        "trail",
        "poach",
        "dog",
        "ferret",
        "hawk",
        "hound",
        "cull",
        "capture",
        "drag",
        "net",
        "snare",
        "trap",
        "chase",
        "hunt",
        "stalk"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gunmen":{
    "as in perpetrators , felons":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "assassins",
        "bandits",
        "bravos",
        "bravoes",
        "brigands",
        "criminals",
        "crooks",
        "desperadoes",
        "desperados",
        "felons",
        "highwaymen",
        "lawbreakers",
        "mafiosi",
        "malefactors",
        "offenders",
        "outlaws",
        "perpetrators",
        "perps",
        "pirates",
        "bullies",
        "gangbangers",
        "gangstas",
        "gangsters",
        "goons",
        "gorillas",
        "hoodlums",
        "hoods",
        "hooligans",
        "mobsters",
        "mugs",
        "plug-uglies",
        "punks",
        "roughnecks",
        "rowdies",
        "ruffians",
        "thugs",
        "toughies",
        "toughs",
        "yobbos",
        "yobboes",
        "yobs",
        "cutthroats",
        "scoundrels",
        "villains",
        "pickpockets",
        "racketeers",
        "robbers",
        "swindlers",
        "thieves",
        "vandals",
        "juvenile delinquents",
        "tearaways"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in guns , gunners":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gunners",
        "guns",
        "trapshooters",
        "markswomen",
        "riflemen",
        "snipers",
        "marksmen",
        "sharpshooters",
        "shooters",
        "shots"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunrunners":{
    "as in coyotes , mules":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coyotes",
        "coyote",
        "mules",
        "bootleggers",
        "contrabandists",
        "couriers",
        "runners",
        "smugglers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunky":{
    "as in dirty , grimy":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "befouled",
        "begrimed",
        "cruddy",
        "dirty",
        "filthy",
        "foul",
        "grimy",
        "grotty",
        "grubby",
        "grungy",
        "impure",
        "smutty",
        "soiled",
        "squalid",
        "stained",
        "sullied",
        "unclean",
        "uncleanly",
        "bedraggled",
        "clayey",
        "loamy",
        "roily",
        "silty",
        "miry",
        "mucky",
        "muddy",
        "oozy",
        "slimy",
        "sludgy",
        "slushy"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "antiseptic",
        "clean",
        "cleanly",
        "immaculate",
        "pristine",
        "sparkling",
        "spick-and-span",
        "spic-and-span",
        "spotless",
        "squeaky-clean",
        "unsoiled",
        "unstained",
        "unsullied"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "gun":{
    "a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder":{
      "examples":[
        "while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arm",
        "firearm",
        "heat",
        "piece",
        "small arm"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "derringer",
        "forty-five",
        ".45",
        "gat",
        "handgun",
        "pistol",
        "revolver",
        "rod",
        "roscoe",
        "sidearm",
        "six-gun",
        "six-shooter",
        "zip gun",
        "self-loader",
        "semiautomatic",
        "blunderbuss",
        "breechloader",
        "culverin",
        "fieldpiece",
        "firelock",
        "flintlock",
        "harquebus",
        "arquebus",
        "matchlock",
        "musket",
        "rifle",
        "shotgun",
        "smoothbore",
        "twenty-two",
        ".22",
        "AK-47",
        "assault rifle",
        "assault weapon",
        "automatic",
        "carbine",
        "machine gun",
        "machine pistol",
        "repeater",
        "submachine gun",
        "tommy gun",
        "speargun"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "large firearms (as cannon or rockets)":{
      "examples":[
        "the field commander called for the big guns to be deployed for the full-scale assault"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "artillery",
        "ordnance"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ammunition",
        "armament",
        "arms",
        "munitions",
        "weaponry",
        "weapons"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to strike with a missile from a gun":{
      "examples":[
        "traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drill",
        "plug",
        "pop",
        "shoot"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blow away",
        "bring down",
        "drop",
        "pick off",
        "shoot down",
        "blaze",
        "pepper",
        "potshot",
        "snipe (at)",
        "blast (at)",
        "fire (at)",
        "pistol",
        "shotgun",
        "machine-gun",
        "tommy-gun",
        "croak",
        "destroy",
        "dispatch",
        "do in",
        "fell",
        "ice",
        "kill",
        "slay",
        "annihilate",
        "blot out",
        "butcher",
        "decimate",
        "massacre",
        "slaughter",
        "wipe out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gun-shy":{
    "as in wary , cautious":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "careful",
        "cautious",
        "guarded",
        "leery",
        "leary",
        "wary",
        "watchful",
        "disbelieving",
        "distrustful",
        "doubting",
        "incredulous",
        "mistrustful",
        "negativistic",
        "questioning",
        "show-me",
        "skeptical",
        "suspecting",
        "suspicious",
        "unbelieving",
        "paranoid",
        "paranoidal",
        "critical",
        "puzzled",
        "quizzical",
        "cynical",
        "experienced",
        "knowing",
        "sophisticated",
        "worldly",
        "worldly-wise",
        "curious",
        "inquiring",
        "inquisitive",
        "nosy",
        "nosey",
        "snoopy",
        "uncertain",
        "unconvinced",
        "undecided",
        "undetermined",
        "unsettled",
        "unsure",
        "hesitant"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "green",
        "ingenuous",
        "innocent",
        "naive",
        "na\u00efve",
        "simple",
        "simpleminded",
        "unknowing",
        "unsophisticated",
        "unworldly",
        "wide-eyed",
        "certain",
        "confident",
        "positive",
        "sure",
        "callow",
        "inexperienced",
        "raw",
        "childlike",
        "idealistic",
        "impractical",
        "beguiled",
        "deceived",
        "duped",
        "gulled",
        "tricked",
        "careless",
        "heedless",
        "unsuspecting",
        "unsuspicious",
        "unwary",
        "credulous",
        "gullible",
        "gullable",
        "trustful",
        "trusting",
        "uncritical",
        "unquestioning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "gunned (for)":{
    "as in killed , shot":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "harpooned",
        "killed",
        "shot",
        "coursed",
        "pursued",
        "ran",
        "run",
        "ran down",
        "spoored",
        "tracked",
        "trailed",
        "poached",
        "dogged",
        "ferreted",
        "hawked",
        "hounded",
        "culled",
        "captured",
        "dragged",
        "netted",
        "snared",
        "trapped",
        "chased",
        "hunted",
        "stalked"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "guns":{
    "large firearms (as cannon or rockets)":{
      "examples":[
        "the field commander called for the big guns to be deployed for the full-scale assault"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "artillery",
        "ordnance"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ammunition",
        "armament",
        "arms",
        "munitions",
        "weaponry",
        "weapons"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to strike with a missile from a gun":{
      "examples":[
        "traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drills",
        "plugs",
        "pops",
        "shoots"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blows away",
        "brings down",
        "drops",
        "picks off",
        "shoots down",
        "blazes",
        "peppers",
        "potshots",
        "snipes (at)",
        "blasts (at)",
        "fires (at)",
        "pistols",
        "shotguns",
        "machine-guns",
        "tommy-guns",
        "croaks",
        "destroys",
        "dispatches",
        "does in",
        "fells",
        "ices",
        "kills",
        "slays",
        "annihilates",
        "blots out",
        "butchers",
        "decimates",
        "massacres",
        "slaughters",
        "wipes out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gundog":{
    "as in sheepdog , hunter":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bandog",
        "bird dog",
        "coonhound",
        "courser",
        "hunter",
        "sheepdog",
        "sled dog",
        "watchdog",
        "wolf dog",
        "wolfhound",
        "lapdog",
        "pup",
        "puppy",
        "puppy dog",
        "whelp",
        "guide dog",
        "police dog",
        "working dog",
        "bitch",
        "cur",
        "mongrel",
        "mutt",
        "canine",
        "dog",
        "doggy",
        "doggie",
        "hound",
        "pooch",
        "tyke",
        "tike"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunsel":{
    "as in gunman , gun":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "enforcer",
        "gun",
        "gunman",
        "hit man",
        "triggerman",
        "blackhander",
        "button man",
        "gangster",
        "hoodlum",
        "hooligan",
        "mobster",
        "racketeer",
        "thug",
        "backslider",
        "recidivist",
        "relapser",
        "repeater",
        "evildoer",
        "gallows bird",
        "misdoer",
        "misfeasor",
        "sinner",
        "transgressor",
        "trespasser",
        "villain",
        "wrongdoer",
        "accused",
        "arrestee",
        "defendant",
        "detainee",
        "fish",
        "suspect",
        "perp",
        "perpetrator",
        "convict",
        "jailbird",
        "desperado",
        "outlaw",
        "accomplice",
        "principal",
        "misdemeanant"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gangbuster",
        "lawman"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gung ho":{
    "showing urgent desire or interest":{
      "examples":[
        "he was gung ho about his accounting class"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agog",
        "antsy",
        "anxious",
        "ardent",
        "athirst",
        "avid",
        "crazy",
        "desirous",
        "eager",
        "enthused",
        "enthusiastic",
        "excited",
        "geeked",
        "great",
        "greedy",
        "hepped up",
        "hopped-up",
        "hot",
        "hungry",
        "impatient",
        "juiced",
        "keen",
        "nuts",
        "pumped",
        "raring",
        "solicitous",
        "stoked",
        "thirsty",
        "voracious",
        "wild"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engaged",
        "interested",
        "happy",
        "hung up",
        "obsessed",
        "ambitious",
        "appetent",
        "covetous",
        "craving",
        "hankering",
        "longing",
        "pining",
        "breathless",
        "restive",
        "restless",
        "amenable",
        "disposed",
        "game",
        "glad",
        "inclined",
        "ready",
        "unreluctant",
        "willing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "casual",
        "incurious",
        "insouciant",
        "nonchalant",
        "unconcerned",
        "uninterested",
        "aloof",
        "detached",
        "disinterested",
        "impassive",
        "stolid",
        "halfhearted",
        "lackadaisical",
        "languid",
        "languorous",
        "lukewarm",
        "spiritless",
        "averse",
        "disinclined",
        "hesitant",
        "loath",
        "loth",
        "loathe",
        "reluctant",
        "unwilling"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "apathetic",
        "indifferent",
        "uneager",
        "unenthusiastic"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "gunrunner":{
    "as in coyote , mule":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coyote",
        "mule",
        "bootlegger",
        "contrabandist",
        "courier",
        "runner",
        "smuggler"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunning":{
    "to strike with a missile from a gun":{
      "examples":[
        "traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drilling",
        "plugging",
        "popping",
        "shooting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blowing away",
        "bringing down",
        "dropping",
        "picking off",
        "shooting down",
        "blazing",
        "peppering",
        "potshotting",
        "sniping (at)",
        "blasting (at)",
        "firing (at)",
        "pistoling",
        "pistolling",
        "shotgunning",
        "machine-gunning",
        "tommy-gunning",
        "croaking",
        "destroying",
        "dispatching",
        "doing in",
        "felling",
        "icing",
        "killing",
        "slaying",
        "annihilating",
        "blotting out",
        "butchering",
        "decimating",
        "massacring",
        "slaughtering",
        "wiping out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gunman":{
    "as in perpetrator , felon":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "assassin",
        "bandit",
        "bravo",
        "brigand",
        "criminal",
        "crook",
        "desperado",
        "felon",
        "highwayman",
        "lawbreaker",
        "mafioso",
        "malefactor",
        "offender",
        "outlaw",
        "perp",
        "perpetrator",
        "pirate",
        "bully",
        "gangbanger",
        "gangsta",
        "gangster",
        "goon",
        "gorilla",
        "hood",
        "hoodlum",
        "hooligan",
        "mobster",
        "mug",
        "plug-ugly",
        "punk",
        "roughneck",
        "rowdy",
        "ruffian",
        "thug",
        "tough",
        "toughie",
        "toughy",
        "yob",
        "yobbo",
        "cutthroat",
        "scoundrel",
        "villain",
        "pickpocket",
        "racketeer",
        "robber",
        "swindler",
        "thief",
        "vandal",
        "juvenile delinquent",
        "tearaway"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in gun , gunner":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gun",
        "gunner",
        "trapshooter",
        "markswoman",
        "rifleman",
        "sniper",
        "marksman",
        "sharpshooter",
        "shooter",
        "shot"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunshot":{
    "as in shot , ammunition":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ammunition",
        "cannonball",
        "cap",
        "cartridge",
        "charge",
        "dumdum",
        "lead",
        "load",
        "missile",
        "pop",
        "projectile",
        "round",
        "shell",
        "shot",
        "slug",
        "ball",
        "bullet",
        "pellet"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blank"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunners":{
    "as in archers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "archers",
        "huntresses",
        "sportsmen",
        "sportswomen",
        "birders",
        "falconers",
        "fowlers",
        "hawkers",
        "hunters",
        "huntsmen",
        "nimrods",
        "hunter-gatherers",
        "trappers",
        "poachers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in guns , gunmen":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gunmen",
        "guns",
        "trapshooters",
        "markswomen",
        "riflemen",
        "snipers",
        "marksmen",
        "sharpshooters",
        "shooters",
        "shots"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "guns (for)":{
    "as in kills , shoots":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "harpoons",
        "kills",
        "shoots",
        "courses",
        "pursues",
        "runs",
        "runs down",
        "spoors",
        "tracks",
        "trails",
        "poaches",
        "dogs",
        "ferrets",
        "hawks",
        "hounds",
        "culls",
        "captures",
        "drags",
        "nets",
        "snares",
        "traps",
        "chases",
        "hunts",
        "stalks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "gundogs":{
    "as in sheepdogs , hunters":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bandogs",
        "bird dogs",
        "coonhounds",
        "coursers",
        "hunters",
        "sheepdogs",
        "sled dogs",
        "watchdogs",
        "wolf dogs",
        "wolfhounds",
        "lapdogs",
        "puppies",
        "puppy dogs",
        "pups",
        "whelps",
        "guide dogs",
        "police dogs",
        "working dogs",
        "bitches",
        "curs",
        "mongrels",
        "mutts",
        "canines",
        "doggies",
        "dogs",
        "hounds",
        "pooches",
        "tykes",
        "tikes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunshots":{
    "as in shots , ammunitions":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ammunitions",
        "cannonballs",
        "caps",
        "cartridges",
        "charges",
        "dumdums",
        "leads",
        "loads",
        "missiles",
        "pops",
        "projectiles",
        "rounds",
        "shells",
        "shots",
        "slugs",
        "balls",
        "bullets",
        "pellets"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blanks"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunk":{
    "foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
      "examples":[
        "I have to wash my hands; I got gunk all over them somehow"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "crud",
        "dirt",
        "filth",
        "grime",
        "muck",
        "smut",
        "soil"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "scum",
        "sewage",
        "sewerage",
        "slime",
        "sludge",
        "swill",
        "dross",
        "dust",
        "garbage",
        "junk",
        "litter",
        "refuse",
        "rubbish",
        "scrap",
        "trash",
        "waste",
        "crock",
        "soot",
        "dinginess",
        "dirtiness",
        "dustiness",
        "filthiness",
        "foulness",
        "griminess",
        "grubbiness",
        "nastiness",
        "squalidness",
        "uncleanliness",
        "uncleanness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cleanliness",
        "cleanness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gunsels":{
    "as in gunmen , guns":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "enforcers",
        "gunmen",
        "guns",
        "hit men",
        "triggermen",
        "blackhanders",
        "button men",
        "gangsters",
        "hoodlums",
        "hooligans",
        "mobsters",
        "racketeers",
        "thugs",
        "backsliders",
        "recidivists",
        "relapsers",
        "repeaters",
        "evildoers",
        "gallows birds",
        "misdoers",
        "misfeasors",
        "sinners",
        "transgressors",
        "trespassers",
        "villains",
        "wrongdoers",
        "accused",
        "arrestees",
        "defendants",
        "detainees",
        "fish",
        "fishes",
        "suspects",
        "perpetrators",
        "perps",
        "convicts",
        "jailbirds",
        "desperadoes",
        "desperados",
        "outlaws",
        "accomplices",
        "principals",
        "misdemeanants"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gangbusters",
        "lawmen"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}