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{
"bona fide":{
"being exactly as appears or as claimed":{
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"examples":[
"a bona fide war hero"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"simulated",
"synthetic",
"unnatural",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"misleading"
],
"related":[
"actual",
"historical",
"original",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"identifiable",
"recognizable",
"verifiable",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unmistakable",
"unquestionable",
"veritable",
"very",
"accurate",
"correct",
"proper",
"pure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed"
],
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bonanza":{
"a huge amount":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The mailbox was stuffed with a bonanza of credit card offers."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"something that brings a large gain or profit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The popular video game became an unexpected bonanza for the independent developers behind it."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bonded":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"befriended",
"empathized",
"identified",
"sympathized"
],
"synonyms":[
"clicked",
"communed",
"related"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"boner":{
"as in howler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"howler",
"hoot",
"knee-slapper",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"crack",
"gag",
"jest",
"joke",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"caution",
"sight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bummer",
"downer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in goof , boob":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"clinker",
"errancy",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"stumble",
"trip",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"misjudging",
"misjudgment",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"slip",
"slipup",
"foul-up",
"muff",
"misstatement",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misconstruing",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misprision",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boney":{
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
"antonyms":[
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
],
"examples":[
"that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"fleshy",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"squat",
"stubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"buxom",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"full",
"hippy",
"round"
],
"related":[
"clean-limbed",
"trim",
"sylphlike",
"willowy",
"angular",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"sinewy",
"wiry",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"anorectic",
"anoretic",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"wizened",
"meager",
"meagre",
"puny",
"slight"
],
"synonyms":[
"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin"
]
},
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
"antonyms":[
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"rich"
],
"examples":[
"bony hills from which sheepherders eked out a meager existence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arable",
"tillable",
"green",
"sylvan",
"verdant"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"inhospitable",
"lifeless",
"uncultivable",
"untillable",
"bankrupted",
"consumed",
"debilitated",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"drained",
"dried-up",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"spent",
"used up",
"arid",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dry",
"rainless",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked"
],
"synonyms":[
"barren",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unfertile",
"unproductive",
"waste"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bonged":{
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"church bells across the city bonged to mark the solemn occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimed",
"knelled",
"pealed",
"rang",
"tolled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"clanged",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"clinked",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"jingled",
"pinged",
"plinked",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"tanged",
"tingled",
"tinkled",
"echoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bonking":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"an overhead branch suddenly fell and bonked him on the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bonus":{
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this job offers a nice Christmas bonus in addition to the salary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"pension",
"bestowal",
"presentation",
"benefaction",
"beneficence",
"benevolence",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"philanthropy",
"contribution",
"donation",
"gift",
"offering",
"present",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"boon",
"manna",
"windfall",
"favor",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"award",
"prize",
"reward",
"fringe benefit",
"icing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cumshaw",
"dividend",
"donative",
"extra",
"gratuity",
"gravy",
"gravy train",
"lagniappe",
"perk",
"perquisite",
"throw-in",
"tip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bony":{
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
"examples":[
"that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved"
],
"synonyms":[
"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin"
],
"related":[
"clean-limbed",
"trim",
"sylphlike",
"willowy",
"angular",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"sinewy",
"wiry",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"anorectic",
"anoretic",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"wizened",
"meager",
"meagre",
"puny",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"fleshy",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"squat",
"stubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"buxom",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"full",
"hippy",
"round"
],
"antonyms":[
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
]
},
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
"examples":[
"bony hills from which sheepherders eked out a meager existence"
],
"synonyms":[
"barren",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unfertile",
"unproductive",
"waste"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"inhospitable",
"lifeless",
"uncultivable",
"untillable",
"bankrupted",
"consumed",
"debilitated",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"drained",
"dried-up",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"spent",
"used up",
"arid",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dry",
"rainless",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arable",
"tillable",
"green",
"sylvan",
"verdant"
],
"antonyms":[
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"rich"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bonhomie":{
"a feeling of friendliness among a group of people":{
"examples":[
"Those camping out in line for the store's grand opening soon developed a cheerful bonhomie .",
"the bonhomie of strangers singing together around a campfire"
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bonehead":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"a bonehead decision to trade their best player"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"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",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"the package's directions seem to suggest that anyone who would buy such a product is a bonehead"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"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",
"nimrod",
"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":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bon voyage":{
"an expression of good wishes at parting":{
"examples":[
"everyone said their bon voyages as the happy couple left on a cruise for their honeymoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"adieu",
"au revoir",
"ave",
"cong\u00e9",
"congee",
"farewell",
"Godspeed",
"good-bye",
"good-by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leave-taking",
"send-off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"greeting(s)",
"salutation",
"salute",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[
"hello"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boned":{
"as in dressed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dressed",
"cleaned",
"disemboweled",
"drew",
"eviscerated",
"gutted",
"cut",
"excised",
"extracted",
"removed",
"withdrew",
"yanked",
"transplanted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bonkers":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"spent her last years as a totally bonkers recluse in a decaying mansion"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bong":{
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"church bells across the city bonged to mark the solemn occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"chime",
"knell",
"peal",
"ring",
"toll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"clink",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"ping",
"plink",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"tang",
"tingle",
"tinkle",
"echo",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bone(s)":{
"a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games":{
"examples":[
"the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"dice",
"die"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
"examples":[
"I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife"
],
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"belly",
"blood",
"bosom",
"breast",
"core",
"gut",
"heart",
"heartstrings",
"inner space",
"inside",
"quick",
"soul"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conscience",
"mind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dead body":{
"examples":[
"requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth"
],
"synonyms":[
"cadaver",
"carcass",
"corpse",
"corpus",
"corse",
"relics",
"remains",
"stiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mummy",
"carnage",
"carrion",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dresses",
"cleans",
"disembowels",
"draws",
"eviscerates",
"guts",
"cuts",
"excises",
"extracts",
"removes",
"withdraws",
"yanks",
"transplants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bondage":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"people freed from bondage"
],
"synonyms":[
"enslavement",
"servility",
"servitude",
"slavery",
"thrall",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peonage",
"serfdom",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"subjection",
"subjugation",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"autonomy",
"independence",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[
"freedom",
"liberty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bonne":{
"as in au pair":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"au pair",
"amah",
"ayah",
"mammy",
"babysitter",
"dry nurse",
"nanny",
"nannie",
"nurse",
"nursemaid",
"nurser",
"sitter",
"duenna",
"fraulein",
"governess",
"mademoiselle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boneyards":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"a once-notorious gunslinger who now lies in the forlorn boneyard of an Old West ghost town"
],
"synonyms":[
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"necropolises",
"necropoles",
"necropoleis",
"necropoli",
"potter's fields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bones":{
"a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games":{
"examples":[
"the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"dice",
"die"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
"examples":[
"I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"blood",
"bosom",
"breast",
"core",
"gut",
"heart",
"heartstrings",
"inner space",
"inside",
"quick",
"soul"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conscience",
"mind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dead body":{
"examples":[
"requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth"
],
"synonyms":[
"cadaver",
"carcass",
"corpse",
"corpus",
"corse",
"relics",
"remains",
"stiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mummy",
"carnage",
"carrion",
"ashes",
"deceased",
"decedent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dresses",
"cleans",
"disembowels",
"draws",
"eviscerates",
"guts",
"cuts",
"excises",
"extracts",
"removes",
"withdraws",
"yanks",
"transplants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boned (up)":{
"to use the mind to acquire knowledge":{
"examples":[
"I suggest you bone up a bit on torts before the next attempt at the bar exam"
],
"synonyms":[
"studied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crammed",
"ground",
"swotted",
"analyzed",
"deduced",
"found out",
"conned",
"learned",
"memorized",
"read",
"researched",
"restudied",
"apprehended",
"comprehended",
"grasped",
"knew",
"understood",
"absorbed",
"digested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bones (up)":{
"to use the mind to acquire knowledge":{
"examples":[
"I suggest you bone up a bit on torts before the next attempt at the bar exam"
],
"synonyms":[
"studies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crams",
"grinds",
"swots",
"analyzes",
"deduces",
"finds out",
"cons",
"learns",
"memorizes",
"reads",
"researches",
"restudies",
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"grasps",
"knows",
"understands",
"absorbs",
"digests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boneheadedness":{
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"the sheer boneheadedness shown by the state's politicians, who have ignored the problem for decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boneheads":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"the package's directions seem to suggest that anyone who would buy such a product is a bonehead"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"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",
"nimrods",
"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"
]
},
"bondages":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"people freed from bondage"
],
"synonyms":[
"enslavements",
"servilities",
"servitudes",
"slaveries",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"thralls",
"yokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peonages",
"serfdoms",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"subjections",
"subjugations",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"autonomies",
"independences",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[
"freedoms",
"liberties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bon vivants":{
"a person with refined tastes in food and wine":{
"examples":[
"a bon vivant who loves to hold dinner parties and serve exquisite, elaborate meals"
],
"synonyms":[
"epicureans",
"epicures",
"gastronomes",
"gastronomists",
"gourmands",
"gourmets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"foodies",
"savorers",
"oenophiles",
"turophiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttons",
"gorgers",
"guzzlers",
"hogs",
"hog",
"overeaters",
"stuffers",
"swillers",
"trenchermen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bonks":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"an overhead branch suddenly fell and bonked him on the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bonfires":{
"a large outdoor fire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backfires",
"brush fires",
"campfires",
"forest fires",
"wildfires",
"conflagrations",
"holocausts",
"infernos",
"blazes",
"flare-ups",
"arsons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bondwoman":{
"as in odalisque":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"odalisque",
"bondman",
"bondsman",
"chattel",
"slave",
"thrall",
"helot",
"serf",
"bond servant",
"indentured servant",
"attendant",
"domestic",
"drudge",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"lackey",
"menial",
"servant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freeman",
"freedman",
"freedwoman",
"enslaver",
"slave driver",
"slaveholder",
"slaver",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bond":{
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
"examples":[
"before they could release the captive, they had to undo a number of bonds"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"bind",
"bracelet",
"chain",
"cuff(s)",
"fetter",
"handcuff(s)",
"irons",
"ligature",
"manacle(s)",
"shackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"constraint",
"curb",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"hindrance",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"entanglement",
"net",
"trammel",
"trap",
"collar",
"straitjacket",
"straightjacket",
"fastener",
"hobble",
"hold",
"hold-down",
"holding",
"tie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
"examples":[
"the bond of love between them was so strong that even death could not break it"
],
"synonyms":[
"cement",
"cord",
"knot",
"ligature",
"link",
"tie"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attachment",
"connection",
"fastening",
"hookup",
"joint",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"nexus",
"tie-up",
"union",
"yoke",
"affection",
"fondness",
"sympathy",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hampering",
"limit",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"parting",
"separation",
"unbinding",
"unfastening",
"unfettering",
"untying",
"untieing",
"emancipation",
"freedom",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"signed a bond to repay the money"
],
"synonyms":[
"contract",
"covenant",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"surety",
"warranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"accord",
"bargain",
"compact",
"concordat",
"convention",
"pact",
"treaty",
"assurance",
"insurance",
"seal",
"bail",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a substance used to stick things together":{
"examples":[
"what type of bond works best on ceramics?"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhesive",
"cement",
"glue",
"size"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epoxy",
"epoxy resin",
"library paste",
"mucilage",
"paste",
"superglue",
"water glass",
"dope",
"goo",
"gum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson"
],
"synonyms":[
"click",
"commune",
"relate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriend",
"empathize",
"identify",
"sympathize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bonked":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"an overhead branch suddenly fell and bonked him on the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bonnes":{
"as in au pairs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"au pairs",
"amahs",
"ayahs",
"mammies",
"babysitters",
"dry nurses",
"nannies",
"nursemaids",
"nursers",
"nurses",
"sitters",
"duennas",
"frauleins",
"governesses",
"mademoiselles",
"mesdemoiselles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boneheaded":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"a product with a warning label that even the most boneheaded consumer should be able to understand"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"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",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"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",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bonk":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"an overhead branch suddenly fell and bonked him on the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bonifaces":{
"the owner or manager of an inn":{
"examples":[
"the operator of the inn is the very epitome of the genial and gracious boniface"
],
"synonyms":[
"innkeepers",
"landlords",
"taverners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"padrones",
"padroni",
"patrons",
"hostelers",
"hostellers",
"hoteliers",
"hotelmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bond servant":{
"as in indentured servant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indentured servant",
"helot",
"serf",
"attendant",
"domestic",
"drudge",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"lackey",
"menial",
"servant",
"bondwoman",
"bondswoman",
"odalisque",
"bondman",
"bondsman",
"chattel",
"slave",
"thrall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freeman",
"freedman",
"freedwoman",
"enslaver",
"slave driver",
"slaveholder",
"slaver",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bone-dry":{
"as in hyperarid , ultradry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"air-dry",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked",
"arid",
"droughty",
"dry",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless",
"rainless",
"desert",
"desertic",
"desertlike",
"xerothermic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"wet",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bonding":{
"a physical sticking to as if by glue":{
"examples":[
"this epoxy has good bonding for glass and ceramics"
],
"synonyms":[
"adherence",
"adhesion",
"cling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agglutination",
"clumping",
"cohesion",
"adhesiveness",
"attachment",
"cohesiveness",
"tenacity",
"cementing",
"gluing",
"glueing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a close personal relationship":{
"examples":[
"a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson"
],
"synonyms":[
"clicking",
"communing",
"relating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befriending",
"empathizing",
"identifying",
"sympathizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bons vivants":{
"a person with refined tastes in food and wine":{
"examples":[
"a bon vivant who loves to hold dinner parties and serve exquisite, elaborate meals"
],
"synonyms":[
"epicureans",
"epicures",
"gastronomes",
"gastronomists",
"gourmands",
"gourmets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"foodies",
"savorers",
"oenophiles",
"turophiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttons",
"gorgers",
"guzzlers",
"hogs",
"hog",
"overeaters",
"stuffers",
"swillers",
"trenchermen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boneyard":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"a once-notorious gunslinger who now lies in the forlorn boneyard of an Old West ghost town"
],
"synonyms":[
"cemetery",
"God's acre",
"graveyard",
"memorial park",
"necropolis",
"potter's field"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyard",
"crypt",
"grave",
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb",
"vault"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}