dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/nim_MWT.json

{
  "nimrods":{
    "a person who hunts game":{
      "examples":[
        "a mighty nimrod with the heads of big game mounted on his walls"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hunters",
        "huntsmen"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "huntresses",
        "sportsmen",
        "sportswomen",
        "archers",
        "gunners",
        "birders",
        "falconers",
        "fowlers",
        "hawkers",
        "hunter-gatherers",
        "trappers",
        "poachers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a stupid person":{
      "examples":[
        "there are lots of nimrods out in the woods, so always wear bright red during hunting season"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "airheads",
        "birdbrains",
        "blockheads",
        "boneheads",
        "bubbleheads",
        "chowderheads",
        "chuckleheads",
        "clodpolls",
        "clodpoles",
        "clots",
        "clucks",
        "clunks",
        "cretins",
        "cuddies",
        "deadheads",
        "dim bulbs",
        "dimwits",
        "dips",
        "dodoes",
        "dodos",
        "dolts",
        "donkeys",
        "doofuses",
        "dufuses",
        "dopes",
        "dorks",
        "dullards",
        "dumbbells",
        "dumbheads",
        "dum-dums",
        "dummies",
        "dummkopfs",
        "dunces",
        "dunderheads",
        "fatheads",
        "ganders",
        "golems",
        "goofs",
        "goons",
        "half-wits",
        "hammerheads",
        "hardheads",
        "idiots",
        "ignoramuses",
        "ignorami",
        "imbeciles",
        "jackasses",
        "know-nothings",
        "knuckleheads",
        "lamebrains",
        "loggerheads",
        "loons",
        "lumps",
        "lunkheads",
        "meatheads",
        "momes",
        "morons",
        "mugs",
        "mutts",
        "naturals",
        "nincompoops",
        "ninnies",
        "ninnyhammers",
        "nits",
        "nitwits",
        "noddies",
        "noodles",
        "numskulls",
        "numbskulls",
        "oafs",
        "pinheads",
        "prats",
        "ratbags",
        "sapheads",
        "schlubs",
        "shlubs",
        "schnooks",
        "simpletons",
        "stocks",
        "stupes",
        "stupids",
        "thickheads",
        "turkeys",
        "woodenheads",
        "yahoos",
        "yo-yos"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "boobies",
        "buffoons",
        "fools",
        "geese",
        "loonies",
        "lunatics",
        "madmen",
        "nuts",
        "zanies",
        "losers",
        "gawks",
        "featherbrains",
        "scatterbrains",
        "beasts",
        "boors",
        "cads",
        "churls",
        "clowns",
        "creeps",
        "curs",
        "heels",
        "jerks",
        "skunks",
        "skunk",
        "snakes",
        "stinkers",
        "villains"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "intellects",
        "intellectuals",
        "sages",
        "thinkers",
        "whizzes",
        "wizards",
        "polymaths",
        "Renaissance men",
        "sharpies"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "brains",
        "geniuses",
        "genii"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nimbleness":{
    "ease and grace in physical activity":{
      "examples":[
        "that dance routine requires a certain amount of nimbleness and flexibility"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agility",
        "deftness",
        "dexterity",
        "sleight",
        "spryness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coordination",
        "flexibility",
        "gracefulness",
        "limberness",
        "litheness",
        "loose-jointedness",
        "suppleness",
        "handiness",
        "sure-handedness",
        "sure-footedness",
        "adeptness",
        "adroitness",
        "finesse",
        "prowess"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disability",
        "inability",
        "incapability",
        "incapacity",
        "debilitation",
        "disablement",
        "impairment",
        "incapacitation",
        "unhandiness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "awkwardness",
        "clumsiness",
        "gaucheness",
        "gawkiness",
        "gawkishness",
        "gracelessness",
        "ham-handedness",
        "heavy-handedness",
        "klutziness",
        "ungainliness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "niminy-piminy":{
    "as in prim , prissy":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "prim",
        "prissy",
        "choosy",
        "choosey",
        "dainty",
        "delicate",
        "demanding",
        "exacting",
        "fastidious",
        "finical",
        "finicking",
        "finicky",
        "fussbudgety",
        "fussy",
        "nice",
        "old-maidish",
        "particular",
        "pernickety",
        "persnickety",
        "picky",
        "hyperfastidious",
        "overdemanding",
        "ultrafastidious",
        "discerning",
        "discriminating",
        "selective",
        "insightful",
        "knowledgeable",
        "captious",
        "carping",
        "caviling",
        "cavilling",
        "critical",
        "faultfinding",
        "hypercritical",
        "overcritical",
        "careful",
        "meticulous",
        "painstaking",
        "punctilious",
        "scrupulous",
        "queasy",
        "queazy",
        "squeamish",
        "peevish",
        "petulant",
        "prickly",
        "touchy"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "affable",
        "breezy",
        "carefree",
        "devil-may-care",
        "happy-go-lucky",
        "lackadaisical",
        "laid-back",
        "low-pressure",
        "relaxed",
        "flexible",
        "lax",
        "loose",
        "lenient",
        "permissive",
        "uncritical",
        "indiscriminating",
        "undiscriminating",
        "undemanding",
        "unfastidious",
        "unfussy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "nimbus":{
    "a special quality or impression associated with something":{
      "examples":[
        "fans are inevitably disappointed when the nimbus of glamour about their favorite celebrity turns out to be an illusion"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "air",
        "ambience",
        "ambiance",
        "aroma",
        "atmosphere",
        "aura",
        "climate",
        "flavor",
        "halo",
        "karma",
        "mood",
        "note",
        "odor",
        "patina",
        "smell",
        "temper",
        "vibration(s)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aureole",
        "aureola",
        "mystique",
        "romance",
        "genius loci",
        "feel",
        "feeling",
        "sensation",
        "sense",
        "spirit",
        "attribute",
        "character",
        "characteristic",
        "image",
        "mark",
        "notion",
        "peculiarity",
        "picture",
        "property",
        "trait",
        "color",
        "illusion",
        "overtone",
        "semblance",
        "suggestion",
        "tone"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
      "examples":[
        "the nimbi for the sculpted figures around the exterior of the church are simple disks about the saints' heads"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aureole",
        "aureola",
        "glory",
        "halo"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "starburst",
        "sunburst",
        "aura",
        "corona"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nimrod":{
    "a person who hunts game":{
      "examples":[
        "a mighty nimrod with the heads of big game mounted on his walls"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "hunter",
        "huntsman"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "huntress",
        "sportsman",
        "sportswoman",
        "archer",
        "gunner",
        "birder",
        "falconer",
        "fowler",
        "hawker",
        "hunter-gatherer",
        "trapper",
        "poacher"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a stupid person":{
      "examples":[
        "there are lots of nimrods out in the woods, so always wear bright red during hunting season"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "airhead",
        "birdbrain",
        "blockhead",
        "bonehead",
        "bubblehead",
        "chowderhead",
        "chucklehead",
        "clodpoll",
        "clodpole",
        "clot",
        "cluck",
        "clunk",
        "cretin",
        "cuddy",
        "cuddie",
        "deadhead",
        "dim bulb",
        "dimwit",
        "dip",
        "dodo",
        "dolt",
        "donkey",
        "doofus",
        "dope",
        "dork",
        "dullard",
        "dum-dum",
        "dumbbell",
        "dumbhead",
        "dummkopf",
        "dummy",
        "dunce",
        "dunderhead",
        "fathead",
        "gander",
        "golem",
        "goof",
        "goon",
        "half-wit",
        "hammerhead",
        "hardhead",
        "idiot",
        "ignoramus",
        "imbecile",
        "jackass",
        "know-nothing",
        "knucklehead",
        "lamebrain",
        "loggerhead",
        "loon",
        "lump",
        "lunkhead",
        "meathead",
        "mome",
        "moron",
        "mug",
        "mutt",
        "natural",
        "nincompoop",
        "ninny",
        "ninnyhammer",
        "nit",
        "nitwit",
        "noddy",
        "noodle",
        "numskull",
        "numbskull",
        "oaf",
        "pinhead",
        "prat",
        "ratbag",
        "saphead",
        "schlub",
        "shlub",
        "schnook",
        "simpleton",
        "stock",
        "stupe",
        "stupid",
        "thickhead",
        "turkey",
        "woodenhead",
        "yahoo",
        "yo-yo"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "booby",
        "buffoon",
        "fool",
        "goose",
        "loony",
        "lunatic",
        "madman",
        "nut",
        "zany",
        "loser",
        "gawk",
        "featherbrain",
        "scatterbrain",
        "beast",
        "boor",
        "cad",
        "churl",
        "clown",
        "creep",
        "cur",
        "heel",
        "jerk",
        "skunk",
        "snake",
        "stinker",
        "villain"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "intellect",
        "intellectual",
        "sage",
        "thinker",
        "whiz",
        "wizard",
        "polymath",
        "Renaissance man",
        "sharpie",
        "sharpy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "brain",
        "genius"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nimble":{
    "having or showing quickness of mind":{
      "examples":[
        "possessing a nimble wit, he always has a cutting comeback for any intended insult thrown his way"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "alert",
        "brainy",
        "bright",
        "brilliant",
        "clever",
        "exceptional",
        "fast",
        "hyperintelligent",
        "intelligent",
        "keen",
        "quick",
        "quick-witted",
        "sharp",
        "sharp-witted",
        "smart",
        "supersmart",
        "ultrasmart"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "apt",
        "ingenious",
        "resourceful",
        "acute",
        "astute",
        "discerning",
        "heady",
        "insightful",
        "knowing",
        "perceptive",
        "percipient",
        "perspicacious",
        "sagacious",
        "sapient",
        "savvy",
        "wise",
        "cerebral",
        "erudite",
        "genial",
        "highbrow",
        "knowledgeable",
        "learned",
        "literate",
        "scholarly",
        "well-read",
        "educated",
        "informed",
        "schooled",
        "skilled",
        "trained",
        "creative",
        "inventive",
        "judicious",
        "prudent",
        "sage",
        "sane",
        "sapient",
        "sensible",
        "sound",
        "wise",
        "crafty",
        "cunning",
        "foxy",
        "shrewd",
        "wily",
        "logical",
        "rational",
        "reasonable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "feebleminded",
        "simpleminded",
        "boobish",
        "foolish",
        "half-baked",
        "idiotic",
        "idiotical",
        "imbecile",
        "imbecilic",
        "moronic",
        "silly",
        "ignorant",
        "illiterate",
        "lowbrow",
        "nonintellectual",
        "unacademic",
        "uneducated",
        "uninformed",
        "unintellectual",
        "untaught",
        "unthinking",
        "absurd",
        "asinine",
        "balmy",
        "cockeyed",
        "crackpot",
        "crazy",
        "cuckoo",
        "daffy",
        "daft",
        "dippy",
        "dotty",
        "featherheaded",
        "fool",
        "half-baked",
        "harebrained",
        "insane",
        "kooky",
        "kookie",
        "loony",
        "looney",
        "lunatic",
        "mad",
        "nonsensical",
        "nutty",
        "preposterous",
        "sappy",
        "screwball",
        "tomfool",
        "unwise",
        "wacky",
        "whacky",
        "zany"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "airheaded",
        "birdbrained",
        "boneheaded",
        "brain-dead",
        "brainless",
        "bubbleheaded",
        "chuckleheaded",
        "dense",
        "dim",
        "dim-witted",
        "doltish",
        "dopey",
        "dopy",
        "dorky",
        "dull",
        "dumb",
        "dunderheaded",
        "empty-headed",
        "fatuous",
        "gormless",
        "half-witted",
        "knuckleheaded",
        "lamebrain",
        "lamebrained",
        "lunkheaded",
        "mindless",
        "obtuse",
        "opaque",
        "pinheaded",
        "senseless",
        "simple",
        "slow",
        "slow-witted",
        "soft",
        "softheaded",
        "stupid",
        "thick",
        "thickheaded",
        "thick-witted",
        "unbrilliant",
        "unintelligent",
        "unsmart",
        "vacuous",
        "weak-minded",
        "witless"
      ]
    },
    "moving easily":{
      "examples":[
        "her nimble fingers make knitting look so easy"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agile",
        "featly",
        "feline",
        "graceful",
        "gracile",
        "light",
        "light-footed",
        "light-foot",
        "lightsome",
        "lissome",
        "lissom",
        "lithe",
        "lithesome",
        "spry"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acrobatic",
        "flexible",
        "limber",
        "loose-jointed",
        "pliable",
        "pliant",
        "supple",
        "adroit",
        "deft",
        "dexterous",
        "dextrous",
        "light-fingered",
        "fleet-footed",
        "sure-footed",
        "athletic",
        "balletic",
        "coordinated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "uncoordinated",
        "inflexible",
        "rigid",
        "stiff",
        "bungling",
        "inept",
        "maladroit"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "awkward",
        "clumsy",
        "gawky",
        "graceless",
        "klutzy",
        "lumbering",
        "ungainly",
        "ungraceful"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "nimbi":{
    "a special quality or impression associated with something":{
      "examples":[
        "fans are inevitably disappointed when the nimbus of glamour about their favorite celebrity turns out to be an illusion"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "airs",
        "ambiences",
        "ambiances",
        "aromas",
        "atmospheres",
        "auras",
        "climates",
        "flavors",
        "halos",
        "haloes",
        "karmas",
        "moods",
        "notes",
        "odors",
        "patinas",
        "patinae",
        "smells",
        "tempers",
        "vibrations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aureoles",
        "aureolae",
        "mystiques",
        "romances",
        "genius locis",
        "feelings",
        "feels",
        "sensations",
        "senses",
        "spirits",
        "attributes",
        "characteristics",
        "characters",
        "images",
        "marks",
        "notions",
        "peculiarities",
        "pictures",
        "properties",
        "traits",
        "colors",
        "illusions",
        "overtones",
        "semblances",
        "suggestions",
        "tones"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
      "examples":[
        "the nimbi for the sculpted figures around the exterior of the church are simple disks about the saints' heads"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aureoles",
        "aureolae",
        "glories",
        "halos",
        "haloes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "starbursts",
        "sunbursts",
        "auras",
        "coronas"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nimbuses":{
    "a special quality or impression associated with something":{
      "examples":[
        "fans are inevitably disappointed when the nimbus of glamour about their favorite celebrity turns out to be an illusion"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "airs",
        "ambiences",
        "ambiances",
        "aromas",
        "atmospheres",
        "auras",
        "climates",
        "flavors",
        "halos",
        "haloes",
        "karmas",
        "moods",
        "notes",
        "odors",
        "patinas",
        "patinae",
        "smells",
        "tempers",
        "vibrations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aureoles",
        "aureolae",
        "mystiques",
        "romances",
        "genius locis",
        "feelings",
        "feels",
        "sensations",
        "senses",
        "spirits",
        "attributes",
        "characteristics",
        "characters",
        "images",
        "marks",
        "notions",
        "peculiarities",
        "pictures",
        "properties",
        "traits",
        "colors",
        "illusions",
        "overtones",
        "semblances",
        "suggestions",
        "tones"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
      "examples":[
        "the nimbi for the sculpted figures around the exterior of the church are simple disks about the saints' heads"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aureoles",
        "aureolae",
        "glories",
        "halos",
        "haloes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "starbursts",
        "sunbursts",
        "auras",
        "coronas"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nimbly":{
    "as in neatly , cleverly":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cleanly",
        "cleverly",
        "dexterously",
        "neatly",
        "aptly",
        "fluently",
        "easily",
        "facilely",
        "handily",
        "ably",
        "adeptly",
        "adroitly",
        "artfully",
        "capably",
        "competently",
        "consummately",
        "deftly",
        "expertly",
        "masterfully",
        "masterly",
        "proficiently",
        "skillfully",
        "well"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "amateurishly",
        "artlessly",
        "incapably",
        "incompetently",
        "inefficiently",
        "ineptly",
        "inexpertly",
        "poorly",
        "unskillfully",
        "inaptly",
        "awkwardly",
        "clumsily",
        "crudely"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in agilely , spryly":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "agilely",
        "spryly",
        "breezily",
        "cockily",
        "dapperly",
        "dashingly",
        "jauntily",
        "allegro",
        "briskly",
        "crisply",
        "effervescently",
        "energetically",
        "jazzily",
        "racily",
        "springily",
        "friskily",
        "gamesomely",
        "playfully",
        "skittishly",
        "sportively",
        "airily",
        "animatedly",
        "animately",
        "bouncily",
        "buoyantly",
        "gaily",
        "gayly",
        "high-spiritedly",
        "livelily",
        "lively",
        "perkily",
        "pertly",
        "snappily",
        "sparkily",
        "spiritedly",
        "sprightly",
        "trippingly",
        "vivaciously"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dully",
        "inanimately",
        "sluggishly",
        "tardily",
        "halfheartedly",
        "idly",
        "indolently",
        "lazily",
        "lethargically",
        "slothfully",
        "heavily",
        "inactively",
        "listlessly",
        "tiredly",
        "wearily"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "nimiety":{
    "a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{
      "examples":[
        "the artist's ingrained nimiety results in cloying pictures of cute kids holding even cuter animals"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "excess",
        "excessiveness",
        "exorbitance",
        "immoderacy",
        "immoderation",
        "insobriety",
        "intemperance",
        "intemperateness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "extravagance",
        "prodigality",
        "extremism",
        "irrationality",
        "radicalism",
        "unreasonableness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "moderateness",
        "moderation",
        "temperance",
        "temperateness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}