dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lof_MWT.json

{
  "lofted":{
    "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
      "examples":[
        "he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cast",
        "catapulted",
        "chucked",
        "dashed",
        "fired",
        "flung",
        "heaved",
        "hove",
        "hurled",
        "hurtled",
        "launched",
        "lobbed",
        "pegged",
        "pelted",
        "pitched",
        "slung",
        "threw",
        "tossed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bowled",
        "darted",
        "flipped",
        "gunned",
        "hooked",
        "passed",
        "rolled",
        "shot",
        "bucked",
        "ejected",
        "impelled",
        "precipitated",
        "projected",
        "propelled",
        "rifled",
        "thrust"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "loftier":{
    "as in higher , upper":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "higher",
        "upper",
        "highest",
        "loftiest",
        "top",
        "topmost",
        "upmost",
        "uppermost",
        "consummate",
        "maximal",
        "maximized",
        "maximum",
        "peaked",
        "supreme",
        "utmost",
        "uttermost",
        "chief",
        "dominant",
        "first",
        "foremost",
        "head",
        "leading",
        "predominant",
        "preeminent",
        "premier",
        "principal",
        "dominant",
        "dominating",
        "eminent",
        "prominent",
        "towering",
        "elevated",
        "escalated",
        "heightened",
        "jacked (up)",
        "lifted",
        "raised",
        "uplifted",
        "upraised"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bottommost",
        "lowermost",
        "lowest",
        "nethermost",
        "rock-bottom",
        "undermost",
        "below",
        "lower",
        "nether",
        "under",
        "underneath",
        "low",
        "lowered",
        "low-lying",
        "sunken"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "loftiness":{
    "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
      "examples":[
        "we were offended by the new club member's air of loftiness"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arrogance",
        "assumption",
        "bumptiousness",
        "consequence",
        "haughtiness",
        "hauteur",
        "high horse",
        "huffiness",
        "imperiousness",
        "lordliness",
        "masterfulness",
        "peremptoriness",
        "pomposity",
        "pompousness",
        "presumptuousness",
        "pretense",
        "pretence",
        "pretension",
        "pretentiousness",
        "self-consequence",
        "self-importance",
        "superciliousness",
        "superiority",
        "toploftiness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authoritativeness",
        "bossiness",
        "bowwow",
        "brag",
        "dominance",
        "high-handedness",
        "condescension",
        "disdain",
        "scorn",
        "chest-thumping",
        "inflation",
        "self-assertion",
        "side",
        "snobbery",
        "snobbishness",
        "snobbism",
        "snootiness",
        "attitude",
        "cheek",
        "cheekiness",
        "impertinence",
        "impudence",
        "sauciness",
        "boastfulness",
        "bombast",
        "braggadocio",
        "bravado",
        "strut",
        "swagger",
        "triumphalism",
        "vaingloriousness",
        "vainglory",
        "cockiness",
        "complacence",
        "conceit",
        "egoism",
        "egotism",
        "pride",
        "pridefulness",
        "self-assumption",
        "self-centeredness",
        "self-complacency",
        "self-conceit",
        "self-content",
        "self-contentment",
        "self-opinion",
        "self-partiality",
        "self-satisfaction",
        "smugness",
        "swelled head",
        "vanity",
        "superiority complex"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bashfulness",
        "demureness",
        "retiringness",
        "shyness",
        "diffidence",
        "self-distrust",
        "self-doubt",
        "timidity",
        "timidness",
        "lowliness",
        "meekness",
        "mousiness",
        "passiveness",
        "passivity",
        "submissiveness",
        "quietness",
        "reserve",
        "reservedness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "humility",
        "modesty",
        "unassumingness",
        "unpretentiousness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lofts":{
    "a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building":{
      "examples":[
        "the cottage has two bedrooms on the ground floor and a second-floor loft that could be converted into a third one"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "attics",
        "cocklofts",
        "garrets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "haylofts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
      "examples":[
        "he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "casts",
        "catapults",
        "chucks",
        "dashes",
        "fires",
        "flings",
        "heaves",
        "hurls",
        "hurtles",
        "launches",
        "lobs",
        "pegs",
        "pelts",
        "pitches",
        "slings",
        "throws",
        "tosses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bowls",
        "darts",
        "flips",
        "guns",
        "hooks",
        "passes",
        "rolls",
        "shoots",
        "bucks",
        "ejects",
        "impels",
        "precipitates",
        "projects",
        "propels",
        "rifles",
        "thrusts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "loftiest":{
    "being at a point or level higher than all others":{
      "examples":[
        "from the loftiest part of the mountain ridge you could see all the way to the next state"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "highest",
        "top",
        "topmost",
        "upmost",
        "uppermost"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "higher",
        "loftier",
        "upper",
        "consummate",
        "maximal",
        "maximized",
        "maximum",
        "peaked",
        "supreme",
        "utmost",
        "uttermost",
        "chief",
        "dominant",
        "first",
        "foremost",
        "head",
        "leading",
        "predominant",
        "preeminent",
        "premier",
        "principal",
        "dominant",
        "dominating",
        "eminent",
        "prominent",
        "towering",
        "elevated",
        "escalated",
        "heightened",
        "jacked (up)",
        "lifted",
        "raised",
        "uplifted",
        "upraised"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "below",
        "lower",
        "nether",
        "under",
        "underneath",
        "low",
        "lowered",
        "low-lying",
        "sunken"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bottommost",
        "lowermost",
        "lowest",
        "nethermost",
        "rock-bottom",
        "undermost"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "loftily":{
    "as in venerably":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "venerably",
        "gallantly",
        "grandly",
        "greatheartedly",
        "greatly",
        "heroically",
        "high-mindedly",
        "honorably",
        "magnanimously",
        "nobly",
        "magnificently",
        "majestically",
        "bravely",
        "chivalrously",
        "courageously",
        "valiantly"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "basely",
        "currishly",
        "dishonorably",
        "ignobly",
        "abominably",
        "contemptibly",
        "despicably",
        "detestably",
        "hatefully",
        "nastily",
        "pitiably",
        "sorrily",
        "wretchedly",
        "degenerately"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "lofting":{
    "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
      "examples":[
        "he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "casting",
        "catapulting",
        "chucking",
        "dashing",
        "firing",
        "flinging",
        "heaving",
        "hurling",
        "hurtling",
        "launching",
        "lobbing",
        "pegging",
        "pelting",
        "pitching",
        "slinging",
        "throwing",
        "tossing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bowling",
        "darting",
        "flipping",
        "gunning",
        "hooking",
        "passing",
        "rolling",
        "shooting",
        "bucking",
        "ejecting",
        "impelling",
        "precipitating",
        "projecting",
        "propelling",
        "rifling",
        "thrusting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "lofty":{
    "extending to a great distance upward":{
      "examples":[
        "the ever-increasing lofty heights of the world's skyscrapers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "altitudinous",
        "high",
        "tall",
        "towering"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dominant",
        "dominating",
        "eminent",
        "prominent",
        "elevated",
        "lifted",
        "raised",
        "uplifted",
        "upswept",
        "high-rise",
        "statuesque"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "flat",
        "stubby",
        "stumpy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "low",
        "low-lying",
        "short",
        "squat"
      ]
    },
    "having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
      "examples":[
        "she acts all lofty and superior just because she went to an Ivy League college"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arrogant",
        "assumptive",
        "bumptious",
        "cavalier",
        "chesty",
        "haughty",
        "high-and-mighty",
        "high-handed",
        "high-hat",
        "highfalutin",
        "hifalutin",
        "huffish",
        "huffy",
        "imperious",
        "important",
        "lordly",
        "masterful",
        "overweening",
        "peremptory",
        "pompous",
        "presuming",
        "presumptuous",
        "pretentious",
        "self-asserting",
        "self-assertive",
        "sniffy",
        "stiff-necked",
        "supercilious",
        "superior",
        "toplofty",
        "toploftical",
        "uppish",
        "uppity"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authoritarian",
        "bossy",
        "dominant",
        "dominating",
        "domineering",
        "magisterial",
        "pontifical",
        "pontificating",
        "condescending",
        "disdainful",
        "patronizing",
        "impertinent",
        "impudent",
        "saucy",
        "snobbish",
        "snobby",
        "snooty",
        "blusterous",
        "blustery",
        "boastful",
        "bombastic",
        "braggart",
        "bragging",
        "braggy",
        "cocky",
        "swaggering",
        "vain",
        "vainglorious",
        "complacent",
        "conceited",
        "egocentric",
        "egoistic",
        "egoistical",
        "egotistic",
        "egotistical",
        "hubristic",
        "narcissistic",
        "orgulous",
        "prideful",
        "proud",
        "self-affected",
        "self-applauding",
        "self-centered",
        "self-complacent",
        "self-conceited",
        "self-pleased",
        "self-satisfied",
        "smug",
        "stuck-up",
        "self-flattering",
        "self-loving",
        "self-promoting",
        "brash",
        "forward",
        "uninhibited",
        "unreserved",
        "extroverted",
        "extraverted",
        "immodest"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bashful",
        "cowering",
        "cringing",
        "demure",
        "diffident",
        "introverted",
        "mousy",
        "mousey",
        "overmodest",
        "self-critical",
        "self-doubting",
        "sheepish",
        "shrinking",
        "shy",
        "subdued",
        "timid",
        "acquiescent",
        "compliant",
        "deferential",
        "meek",
        "passive",
        "submissive",
        "unaggressive",
        "unassertive",
        "unassuming",
        "unobtrusive",
        "yielding",
        "quiet",
        "reserved",
        "retiring"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "humble",
        "lowly",
        "modest",
        "unarrogant",
        "unpretentious"
      ]
    },
    "having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself":{
      "examples":[
        "his lofty attitude toward menial chores really rankles the other camp counselors"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "disdainful",
        "haughty",
        "highfalutin",
        "hifalutin",
        "lordly",
        "prideful",
        "proud",
        "superior"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "complacent",
        "conceited",
        "egoistic",
        "egotistic",
        "egotistical",
        "important",
        "self-assertive",
        "self-conceited",
        "self-contented",
        "self-important",
        "self-satisfied",
        "smug",
        "uppity",
        "vain",
        "vainglorious",
        "arrogant",
        "pretentious",
        "sniffy",
        "snobbish",
        "stuck-up",
        "supercilious",
        "cavalier",
        "overbearing",
        "overweening",
        "peremptory",
        "swaggering",
        "high-sounding",
        "pompous",
        "condescending",
        "patronizing",
        "cocky",
        "overconfident",
        "presuming",
        "presumptuous",
        "bloated",
        "boastful",
        "bombastic",
        "self-glorifying",
        "audacious",
        "bold",
        "brash",
        "brassy",
        "cheeky",
        "cocksure",
        "forward",
        "impertinent",
        "impudent",
        "saucy",
        "confident",
        "presuming",
        "self-assured",
        "self-confident",
        "sure",
        "bossy",
        "domineering",
        "high-handed",
        "imperious",
        "egocentric",
        "self-centered",
        "selfish",
        "dominating",
        "magisterial",
        "masterful"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "demure",
        "homely",
        "meek",
        "unassuming",
        "unpretending",
        "unpretentious",
        "bashful",
        "retiring",
        "shy",
        "timid",
        "diffident",
        "self-doubting",
        "acquiescent",
        "compliant",
        "deferential",
        "ingratiating",
        "resigned",
        "submissive",
        "unassertive",
        "yielding",
        "apologetic",
        "cowering",
        "cringing",
        "shrinking",
        "passive",
        "quiet",
        "reserved",
        "subdued",
        "unobtrusive"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "humble",
        "lowly",
        "modest"
      ]
    },
    "having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
      "examples":[
        "remained true to the cause's lofty ideals, regardless of the changing winds of popular opinion"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "big",
        "chivalrous",
        "elevated",
        "gallant",
        "great",
        "greathearted",
        "high",
        "high-minded",
        "lordly",
        "magnanimous",
        "natural",
        "noble",
        "sublime"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ennobled",
        "exalted",
        "glorified",
        "heroic",
        "heroical",
        "honorable",
        "valiant",
        "venerable",
        "worthy",
        "knightly",
        "princely",
        "regal",
        "inspiring",
        "moving",
        "numinous",
        "uplifting",
        "august",
        "magnificent",
        "majestic"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "sordid",
        "squalid",
        "vile",
        "wretched",
        "abominable",
        "contemptible",
        "despicable",
        "detestable",
        "hateful",
        "offensive",
        "repulsive",
        "ugly",
        "vicious",
        "dastardly",
        "dirty",
        "lousy",
        "sorry",
        "little",
        "mean",
        "narrow",
        "small-minded",
        "degrading",
        "discreditable",
        "humiliating",
        "ignominious",
        "coarse",
        "crude",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "base",
        "debased",
        "degenerate",
        "degraded",
        "ignoble",
        "low"
      ]
    },
    "very dignified in form, tone, or style":{
      "examples":[
        "the lofty nature of the coronation ceremony"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "elevated",
        "eloquent",
        "formal",
        "high-flown",
        "majestic",
        "stately",
        "towering"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affected",
        "bombastic",
        "declamatory",
        "florid",
        "flowery",
        "grandiloquent",
        "grandiose",
        "highfalutin",
        "hifalutin",
        "oratorical",
        "pompous",
        "pretentious",
        "rhetorical",
        "rhetoric",
        "stilted",
        "Attic",
        "cultured",
        "refined",
        "classy",
        "courtly",
        "fine",
        "graceful",
        "tasteful",
        "aristocratic",
        "genteel",
        "patrician",
        "correct",
        "educated",
        "grammatical",
        "proper",
        "academic",
        "academical",
        "bookish",
        "learned",
        "literary"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "casual",
        "colloquial",
        "conversational",
        "informal",
        "nonformal",
        "slangy",
        "unbookish",
        "unliterary",
        "vernacular",
        "coarse",
        "common",
        "crass",
        "crude",
        "gross",
        "ill-bred",
        "indecent",
        "lowbred",
        "lowbrow",
        "rough",
        "rough-hewn",
        "rude",
        "tasteless",
        "uncouth",
        "uncultivated",
        "uncultured",
        "unpolished",
        "unrefined",
        "vulgar",
        "incorrect",
        "substandard",
        "uneducated",
        "ungrammatical",
        "unlearned"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ineloquent",
        "low",
        "undignified"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "loft":{
    "a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building":{
      "examples":[
        "the cottage has two bedrooms on the ground floor and a second-floor loft that could be converted into a third one"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "attic",
        "cockloft",
        "garret"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hayloft"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
      "examples":[
        "he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cast",
        "catapult",
        "chuck",
        "dash",
        "fire",
        "fling",
        "heave",
        "hurl",
        "hurtle",
        "launch",
        "lob",
        "peg",
        "pelt",
        "pitch",
        "sling",
        "throw",
        "toss"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bowl",
        "dart",
        "flip",
        "gun",
        "hook",
        "pass",
        "roll",
        "shoot",
        "buck",
        "eject",
        "impel",
        "precipitate",
        "project",
        "propel",
        "rifle",
        "thrust"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}