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{
"burble":{
"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
"examples":[
"the burble of babies can be so endearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"babble",
"blabber",
"double Dutch",
"double-talk",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"jabberwocky",
"mumbo jumbo",
"nonsense",
"prattle",
"slobber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"hocus-pocus",
"hokeypokey",
"twaddle",
"chatter",
"gab",
"patter",
"prate",
"tattle",
"twitter",
"cackle",
"clack",
"clatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in prattle , blabber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blab",
"blabber",
"blither",
"bumble",
"chat",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"drool",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"waffle",
"sidetrack",
"deviate",
"digress",
"stray",
"wander",
"blather (on)",
"go on",
"maunder",
"ramble",
"rattle",
"run on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burglar":{
"a person who illegally enters a building in order to steal things; a person who commits burglary":{
"examples":[
"The burglar had broken into several homes in the neighborhood."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"bandit",
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"mugger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burglary":{
"the act of illegally entering a building in order to steal things":{
"examples":[
"There have been a number of burglaries in the neighborhood in recent months."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"housebreaking",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"banditry",
"piracy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burgled":{
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
"examples":[
"someone burgled the lab when no one was there and let the animals out of their cages"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke in",
"burglarized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"held up",
"looted",
"plundered",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stuck up",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"devastated",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"ravaged",
"sacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stole (from)",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravished",
"sacked",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stripped",
"stript",
"bled",
"broke in",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"exploited",
"fleeced",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"plucked",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled",
"held up",
"mugged",
"rolled",
"stuck up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burke":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"blab",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"publish",
"spread",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
],
"related":[
"black out",
"censor",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"quash",
"repress",
"smother",
"spike",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover (up)",
"hush (up)",
"suppress"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burned":{
"as in charred , scorched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charred",
"incinerated",
"scorched",
"seared",
"singed",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed",
"combusted",
"flamed",
"glowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caught",
"enkindled",
"deflagrated",
"fired",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"flared (up)",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)",
"flickered",
"guttered",
"wavered",
"baked",
"broiled",
"charred",
"cooked",
"melted",
"roasted",
"scorched",
"sweltered",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"sparked",
"sputtered",
"beamed",
"brightened",
"radiated",
"beat (down)",
"flashed",
"glared",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"shone",
"shined",
"sparkled",
"twinkled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"enkindled",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"torched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolated",
"deflagrated",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"ashed",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"kilned",
"set off",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"radiated",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"relit",
"relighted",
"banked",
"stoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stamped (out)",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured"
],
"antonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"raged",
"rankled",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"steamed",
"stormed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminated",
"ranted",
"raved",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"bristled",
"flared (up)",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"agitated",
"convulsed",
"roiled",
"shook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blazed",
"flamed",
"flared",
"glared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"devoured",
"drained",
"drew down",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"played out",
"spent",
"used up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"ate",
"used",
"bankrupted",
"cleaned (out)",
"impoverished",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"dried up",
"emptied",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"guzzled",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"wasted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmented",
"enlarged",
"increased",
"bolstered",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revived",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewed",
"replaced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burned-out":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burnishes":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"grinds",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burns out":{
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"busts",
"does in",
"does up",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"fags",
"fatigues",
"frazzles",
"harasses",
"kills",
"knocks out",
"outwears",
"tires",
"tuckers (out)",
"washes out",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activates",
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"rejuvenates",
"strengthens",
"vitalizes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burr":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"examples":[
"heard the burr of a distant engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzz",
"chirr",
"churr",
"drone",
"hum",
"purr",
"thrum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"coo",
"gasp",
"gurgle",
"hiss",
"moan",
"murmur",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"suspiration",
"susurration",
"susurrus",
"whisper",
"whish",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"howl",
"roar",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"yell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"examples":[
"the pitch burred past the batter's ear"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumble",
"buzz",
"drone",
"hum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chirr",
"churr",
"thrum",
"fizz",
"hiss",
"murmur",
"purr",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whisper",
"coo",
"curr",
"wheeze",
"whistle",
"whoosh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burros":{
"a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things":{
"examples":[
"used a burro to carry the supplies"
],
"synonyms":[
"asses",
"donkeys",
"jackasses",
"mokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jacks",
"jennets",
"jennies",
"hinnies",
"mules",
"pack animals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burst (forth)":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame",
"flare (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bursted":{
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"examples":[
"the turnover's crust burst when the filling expanded"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"blow up",
"crump",
"detonate",
"explode",
"go off",
"pop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mushroom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[
"implode"
]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"examples":[
"finally burst the pi\u00f1ata open with one mighty swing of the bat"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"blow up",
"demolish",
"explode",
"pop",
"shatter",
"smash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dynamite",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"destroy",
"ruin",
"wreck",
"detonate",
"discharge",
"fragment",
"splinter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"implode"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"a young singer/dancer who seems to be bursting with energy and talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a sudden burst of industriousness whenever the boss appeared"
],
"synonyms":[
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a burst of anger that startled the other members on the panel"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
"examples":[
"one burst after another could be heard in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blowup",
"bursting",
"detonation",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"outburst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"firing",
"shooting",
"blowout",
"flare-up",
"bang",
"boom",
"pop",
"airburst",
"groundburst"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame",
"flare (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bursts (in or into)":{
"as in barges (in) , breezes (in)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bury":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"examples":[
"he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn",
"cremate",
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncoffin"
],
"related":[
"immure",
"inurn",
"enshrine",
"conceal",
"cover",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"obscure",
"shade",
"shield",
"cloak",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"shroud",
"rebury",
"reinter",
"coffin"
],
"synonyms":[
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"put away",
"tomb"
]
},
"to put into a hiding place":{
"antonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit"
],
"examples":[
"buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil",
"unwrap",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"show off",
"disinter",
"unearth"
],
"related":[
"hoard",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"entomb",
"inter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"secrete"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burying":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"examples":[
"all the grandchildren attended the burying of their grandfather in his homeland"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing"
]
},
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"examples":[
"he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday"
],
"synonyms":[
"entombing",
"hearsing",
"inhuming",
"interring",
"laying",
"putting away",
"tombing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immuring",
"inurning",
"enshrining",
"concealing",
"covering",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"shading",
"shielding",
"cloaking",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"shrouding",
"reburying",
"reinterring",
"coffining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning",
"cremating",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncoffining"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterring",
"exhuming",
"unearthing"
]
},
"to put into a hiding place":{
"examples":[
"buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"secreting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarding",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"entombing",
"interring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling",
"unwrapping",
"flaunting",
"parading",
"showing off",
"disinterring",
"unearthing"
],
"antonyms":[
"displaying",
"exhibiting"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burlesques":{
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"it is interesting to note that the first novel ever written in English was followed by a burlesque of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"parodies",
"put-ons",
"ribs",
"send-ups",
"spoofs",
"takeoffs",
"travesties"
],
"related":[
"lampoons",
"mockeries",
"satires",
"comedies",
"farces",
"humors",
"sketches",
"slapsticks",
"squibs",
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"imitations",
"impersonations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"does",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"sends up",
"spoofs",
"travesties"
],
"related":[
"lampoons",
"pasquinades",
"satirizes",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"ridicules",
"apes",
"copycats",
"monkeys",
"parrots",
"duplicates",
"emulates",
"replicates",
"reproduces",
"acts",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"plays up",
"stretches",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"overdraws",
"overstates",
"puts on",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"personates",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bursts (forth)":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes (up)",
"breaks out",
"erupts",
"explodes",
"flames",
"flares (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"blows up",
"detonates",
"touches off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burn (up)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"seeing people violate smoking bans really burns me up"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burglarize":{
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
"examples":[
"the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C."
],
"synonyms":[
"break in",
"burgle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invade",
"trespass",
"hold up",
"loot",
"plunder",
"rip off",
"rob",
"stick up",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"devastate",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"before they were caught, the thieves had burglarized dozens of houses around the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rip off",
"rob",
"steal (from)",
"take off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravish",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip",
"bleed",
"break in",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"exploit",
"fleece",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"pluck",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle",
"hold up",
"mug",
"roll",
"stick up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burrowing (into)":{
"as in excavating , gouging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excavating",
"gouging",
"grooving",
"hollowing",
"penetrating",
"breaking",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"notching",
"rending",
"rupturing",
"slashing",
"slitting",
"splitting",
"poking",
"pricking",
"prickling",
"broaching",
"tapping",
"boring",
"drilling",
"holing",
"perforating",
"piercing",
"punching",
"puncturing",
"riddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filling",
"patching",
"plugging",
"sealing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burns":{
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"combusts",
"flames",
"glows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"enkindles",
"deflagrates",
"fires",
"ignites",
"kindles",
"flares (up)",
"lights (up)",
"flickers",
"gutters",
"wavers",
"bakes",
"broils",
"chars",
"cooks",
"melts",
"roasts",
"scorches",
"swelters",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"sparks",
"sputters",
"beams",
"brightens",
"radiates",
"beats (down)",
"flashes",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"shines",
"sparkles",
"twinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"enkindles",
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights",
"torches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolates",
"deflagrates",
"chars",
"frizzles",
"scorches",
"bakes",
"broils",
"cooks",
"ashes",
"cremates",
"incinerates",
"kilns",
"sets off",
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"irradiates",
"lightens",
"radiates",
"scalds",
"scathes",
"sears",
"reignites",
"rekindles",
"relights",
"banks",
"stokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chokes",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"stamps (out)",
"blackens",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dulls",
"obscures"
],
"antonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils",
"foams",
"fumes",
"rages",
"rankles",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"steams",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminates",
"rants",
"raves",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"bristles",
"flares (up)",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"chafes",
"frets",
"stews",
"agitates",
"convulses",
"roils",
"shakes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"blazes",
"flames",
"flares",
"glares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"consumes",
"depletes",
"devours",
"drains",
"draws down",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"plays out",
"spends",
"uses up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"eats",
"uses",
"bankrupts",
"cleans (out)",
"impoverishes",
"cripples",
"debilitates",
"disables",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"dries up",
"empties",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"guzzles",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augments",
"enlarges",
"increases",
"bolsters",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"rebuilds",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revives",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[
"renews",
"replaces"
]
},
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
"examples":[
"the walkers forded the shallow burn and then came upon a field of gorse"
],
"synonyms":[
"becks",
"bourns",
"bournes",
"brooklets",
"brooks",
"creeks",
"gills",
"rills",
"rivulets",
"runlets",
"runnels",
"runs",
"streamlets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyos",
"billabongs",
"freshes",
"freshets",
"runoffs",
"bayous",
"coulees",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues",
"streams",
"washes",
"canals",
"channels",
"cutoffs",
"cuts",
"guts",
"kills",
"millraces",
"millstreams",
"races",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"affluents",
"branches",
"confluents",
"distributaries",
"influents",
"tributaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bureaucrat":{
"a worker in a government agency":{
"examples":[
"the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house"
],
"synonyms":[
"civil servant",
"functionary",
"mandarin",
"public servant"
],
"related":[
"clerk",
"officeholder",
"official",
"officiary",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"hireling",
"jobholder",
"underling",
"worker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burrow (into)":{
"as in excavate , gouge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bursting (in or into)":{
"as in barging (in) , breezing (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barging (in)",
"breezing (in)",
"waltzing (in)",
"accessing",
"entering",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"straying (into)",
"wandering (into)",
"crashing",
"encroaching",
"gate-crashing",
"infiltrating",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"burking":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
],
"synonyms":[
"covering (up)",
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacking out",
"censoring",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"quashing",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"spiking",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"blabbing",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"publishing",
"spreading",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burlesque":{
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"it is interesting to note that the first novel ever written in English was followed by a burlesque of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"parody",
"put-on",
"rib",
"send-up",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"mockery",
"satire",
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor",
"sketch",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"imitation",
"impersonation",
"mimicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"mock",
"parody",
"send up",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"pasquinade",
"satirize",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"ridicule",
"ape",
"copycat",
"monkey",
"parrot",
"duplicate",
"emulate",
"replicate",
"reproduce",
"act",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulate",
"elaborate",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"exaggerate",
"magnify",
"pad",
"play up",
"stretch",
"amplify",
"enhance",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"overdraw",
"overstate",
"put on",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"personate",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burdened":{
"to place a weight or burden on":{
"examples":[
"burdened the dog with a little backpack"
],
"synonyms":[
"encumbered",
"freighted",
"laded",
"ladened",
"loaded",
"lumbered",
"saddled",
"weighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clogged",
"cluttered",
"filled",
"packed",
"heaped",
"mounded",
"piled",
"stacked",
"pressed",
"weighed",
"strained",
"taxed",
"overburdened",
"overloaded",
"overtaxed",
"surcharged",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"afflicted",
"oppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"relieved"
],
"antonyms":[
"disburdened",
"discharged",
"disencumbered",
"unburdened",
"unladed",
"unloaded"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"refuses to let everyday problems burden her"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed (out)",
"dashed",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"got down",
"oppressed",
"saddened",
"weighed down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailed",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"afflicted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"unnerved",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"assured",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"excited",
"inspired",
"stimulated",
"elated",
"exhilarated",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"buoyed",
"cheered (up)",
"gladdened",
"lightened",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buried":{
"as in hidden , obscure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"obscure",
"shrouded",
"unapparent",
"vague",
"faint",
"insignificant",
"liminal",
"slender",
"slight",
"subtle",
"trivial",
"inconspicuous",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unseeable",
"unseen",
"inaudible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"ponderable",
"sensible",
"audible",
"observable",
"recognizable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"noticeable",
"obvious",
"plain",
"prominent",
"striking",
"apparent",
"distinct",
"significant",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"examples":[
"he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday"
],
"synonyms":[
"entombed",
"hearsed",
"inhumed",
"interred",
"laid",
"put away",
"tombed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immured",
"inurned",
"enshrined",
"concealed",
"covered",
"ensconced",
"hid",
"obscured",
"shaded",
"shielded",
"cloaked",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"shrouded",
"reburied",
"reinterred",
"coffined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burned",
"burnt",
"cremated",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncoffined"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterred",
"exhumed",
"unearthed"
]
},
"to put into a hiding place":{
"examples":[
"buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident"
],
"synonyms":[
"cached",
"concealed",
"ensconced",
"hid",
"secreted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarded",
"squirreled (away)",
"squirrelled (away)",
"stashed",
"entombed",
"interred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled",
"unwrapped",
"flaunted",
"paraded",
"showed off",
"disinterred",
"unearthed"
],
"antonyms":[
"displayed",
"exhibited"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burdening":{
"to place a weight or burden on":{
"examples":[
"burdened the dog with a little backpack"
],
"synonyms":[
"encumbering",
"freighting",
"ladening",
"lading",
"loading",
"lumbering",
"saddling",
"weighting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clogging",
"cluttering",
"filling",
"packing",
"heaping",
"mounding",
"piling",
"stacking",
"pressing",
"weighing",
"straining",
"taxing",
"overburdening",
"overloading",
"overtaxing",
"surcharging",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"afflicting",
"oppressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening",
"relieving"
],
"antonyms":[
"disburdening",
"discharging",
"disencumbering",
"unburdening",
"unlading",
"unloading"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"refuses to let everyday problems burden her"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming (out)",
"dashing",
"dejecting",
"depressing",
"getting down",
"oppressing",
"saddening",
"weighing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailing",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"afflicting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"assuring",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"exciting",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"buoying",
"cheering (up)",
"gladdening",
"lightening",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burnt out":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burnt-out":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burdens":{
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
"examples":[
"the early settlers often used horses to carry their burdens"
],
"synonyms":[
"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consignments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"manifests",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"the burden of homework prevented the youngster from joining his friends at the game"
],
"synonyms":[
"charges",
"commitments",
"devoirs",
"dos",
"do's",
"duties",
"imperatives",
"incumbencies",
"needs",
"obligations",
"offices",
"responsibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"promises",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"arrangements",
"prearrangements",
"pre-arrangements",
"setups",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"trusts",
"debts",
"payments",
"tributes",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints",
"musts",
"requirements",
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"appointments",
"engagements",
"reservations",
"onuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graces",
"postponements",
"stays",
"discharges",
"eases",
"exemptions",
"releases",
"reliefs",
"waivers",
"loopholes",
"alternatives",
"choices",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often":{
"examples":[
"had some trouble coming up with a burden for the song"
],
"synonyms":[
"choruses",
"refrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repeats",
"responses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place a weight or burden on":{
"examples":[
"burdened the dog with a little backpack"
],
"synonyms":[
"encumbers",
"freights",
"ladens",
"lades",
"loads",
"lumbers",
"saddles",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clogs",
"clutters",
"fills",
"packs",
"heaps",
"mounds",
"piles",
"stacks",
"presses",
"weighs",
"strains",
"taxes",
"overburdens",
"overloads",
"overtaxes",
"surcharges",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"afflicts",
"oppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"relieves"
],
"antonyms":[
"disburdens",
"discharges",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unlades",
"unloads"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"refuses to let everyday problems burden her"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums (out)",
"dashes",
"dejects",
"depresses",
"gets down",
"oppresses",
"saddens",
"weighs down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ails",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"afflicts",
"torments",
"tortures",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"unnerves",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"assures",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"excites",
"inspires",
"stimulates",
"elates",
"exhilarates",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"buoys",
"cheers (up)",
"gladdens",
"lightens",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burglaries":{
"the act of illegally entering a building in order to steal things":{
"examples":[
"There have been a number of burglaries in the neighborhood in recent months."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"housebreakings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"petit larcenies",
"petty larcenies",
"pilferages",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"black marketeerings",
"banditries",
"piracies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burlesquer":{
"as in satirist , caricaturist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"mocker",
"parodist",
"satirist",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"mimic",
"personator",
"mime",
"mimer",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"actor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"ape",
"copycat",
"echo",
"parrot",
"rubber stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burn one's ears":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"She burned his ears for not wearing a seatbelt."
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"tick off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berate",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"burrowed":{
"as in clawed , grubbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clawed",
"grubbed",
"dredged",
"dug in",
"dug",
"excavated",
"shoveled",
"shovelled",
"scooped",
"spaded",
"delved",
"mined",
"quarried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filled (in)",
"smoothed (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in huddled , crouched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couched",
"crouched",
"huddled",
"hunched",
"hunkered (down)",
"scrunched",
"squatted",
"squinched",
"curled up",
"nestled",
"snugged",
"snuggled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burnt (up)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"seeing people violate smoking bans really burns me up"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bursts":{
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"examples":[
"the turnover's crust burst when the filling expanded"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"blows up",
"crumps",
"detonates",
"explodes",
"goes off",
"pops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"discharges",
"fires",
"shoots",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mushrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[
"implodes"
]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"examples":[
"finally burst the pi\u00f1ata open with one mighty swing of the bat"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"blows up",
"demolishes",
"explodes",
"pops",
"shatters",
"smashes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dynamites",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"destroys",
"ruins",
"wrecks",
"detonates",
"discharges",
"fragments",
"splinters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"implodes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"a young singer/dancer who seems to be bursting with energy and talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounds",
"brims",
"bristles",
"bulges",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"crawls",
"hums",
"overflows",
"pullulates",
"swarms",
"teems"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacks",
"needs",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a sudden burst of industriousness whenever the boss appeared"
],
"synonyms":[
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"binges",
"jags",
"sprees",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a burst of anger that startled the other members on the panel"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"blazes",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"fits",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
"examples":[
"one burst after another could be heard in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blowups",
"detonations",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"outbursts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharges",
"firings",
"shootings",
"blowouts",
"flare-ups",
"bangs",
"booms",
"pops",
"airbursts",
"groundbursts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burgle":{
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
"examples":[
"someone burgled the lab when no one was there and let the animals out of their cages"
],
"synonyms":[
"break in",
"burglarize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invade",
"trespass",
"hold up",
"loot",
"plunder",
"rip off",
"rob",
"stick up",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"devastate",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"ravage",
"sack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rip off",
"rob",
"steal (from)",
"take off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravish",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip",
"bleed",
"break in",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"exploit",
"fleece",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"pluck",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle",
"hold up",
"mug",
"roll",
"stick up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burps":{
"an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"felt embarrassed when a burp escaped from his lips as the table was being cleared"
],
"synonyms":[
"belches",
"eructations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiccups",
"hiccoughs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burn":{
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"combust",
"flame",
"glow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"enkindle",
"deflagrate",
"fire",
"ignite",
"kindle",
"flare (up)",
"light (up)",
"flicker",
"gutter",
"waver",
"bake",
"broil",
"char",
"cook",
"melt",
"roast",
"scorch",
"swelter",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"spark",
"sputter",
"beam",
"brighten",
"radiate",
"beat (down)",
"flash",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"shine",
"sparkle",
"twinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"enkindle",
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light",
"torch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolate",
"deflagrate",
"char",
"frizzle",
"scorch",
"bake",
"broil",
"cook",
"ash",
"cremate",
"incinerate",
"kiln",
"set off",
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"lighten",
"radiate",
"scald",
"scathe",
"sear",
"reignite",
"rekindle",
"relight",
"bank",
"stoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choke",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"stamp (out)",
"blacken",
"darken",
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"foam",
"fume",
"rage",
"rankle",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"steam",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminate",
"rant",
"rave",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"bristle",
"flare (up)",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"chafe",
"fret",
"stew",
"agitate",
"convulse",
"roil",
"shake"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blaze",
"flame",
"flare",
"glare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"consume",
"deplete",
"devour",
"drain",
"draw down",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"play out",
"spend",
"use up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"eat",
"use",
"bankrupt",
"clean (out)",
"impoverish",
"cripple",
"debilitate",
"disable",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"dry up",
"empty",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"guzzle",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"squander",
"throw away",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augment",
"enlarge",
"increase",
"bolster",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"rebuild",
"repair",
"restore",
"revive",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[
"renew",
"replace"
]
},
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
"examples":[
"the walkers forded the shallow burn and then came upon a field of gorse"
],
"synonyms":[
"beck",
"bourn",
"bourne",
"brook",
"brooklet",
"creek",
"gill",
"rill",
"rivulet",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyo",
"billabong",
"fresh",
"freshet",
"runoff",
"bayou",
"coulee",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"stream",
"wash",
"canal",
"channel",
"cut",
"cutoff",
"gut",
"kill",
"millrace",
"millstream",
"race",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"affluent",
"branch",
"confluent",
"distributary",
"influent",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burnished":{
"having a shiny surface or finish":{
"examples":[
"bright burnished metal is used extensively in that boutique's decor"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"glistening",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"satin",
"satiny",
"sleek"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"eggshell",
"semigloss",
"semilustrous",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"glassy",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"gleaming",
"glittering",
"reflective",
"shining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lackluster",
"unvarnished"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"dressed",
"furbished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shone",
"shined",
"smoothed",
"smoothened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeked",
"slicked",
"coated",
"glazed",
"japanned",
"lacquered",
"varnished",
"faced",
"finished",
"veneered",
"brightened",
"filed",
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"bobbed",
"boned",
"lapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughed (up)",
"roughened",
"ruffled",
"scuffed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burglarizes":{
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
"examples":[
"the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks in",
"burgles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invades",
"trespasses",
"holds up",
"loots",
"plunders",
"rips off",
"robs",
"sticks up",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"despoils",
"devastates",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"ravages",
"sacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"before they were caught, the thieves had burglarized dozens of houses around the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgles",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"rips off",
"robs",
"steals (from)",
"takes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"despoils",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravishes",
"sacks",
"spoils",
"strips",
"bleeds",
"breaks in",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"exploits",
"fleeces",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"plucks",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles",
"holds up",
"mugs",
"rolls",
"sticks up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bursting":{
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
"examples":[
"the store was bursting with bargain hunters on the day of the big sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"abounding",
"flush",
"fraught",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short",
"shortish",
"shy",
"wanting",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
]
},
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
"examples":[
"narrowly escaped the bursting of the car's gas tank"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blowup",
"burst",
"detonation",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"outburst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"firing",
"shooting",
"blowout",
"flare-up",
"bang",
"boom",
"pop",
"airburst",
"groundburst"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"examples":[
"the turnover's crust burst when the filling expanded"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"blowing up",
"crumping",
"detonating",
"exploding",
"going off",
"popping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmenting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"discharging",
"firing",
"shooting",
"ballooning",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"mushrooming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[
"imploding"
]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"examples":[
"finally burst the pi\u00f1ata open with one mighty swing of the bat"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasting",
"blowing",
"blowing up",
"demolishing",
"exploding",
"popping",
"shattering",
"smashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dynamiting",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"destroying",
"ruining",
"wrecking",
"detonating",
"discharging",
"fragmenting",
"splintering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"imploding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"a young singer/dancer who seems to be bursting with energy and talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"brimming",
"bristling",
"bulging",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"crawling",
"humming",
"overflowing",
"pullulating",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacking",
"needing",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burnish":{
"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
"examples":[
"after some much-needed polishing, the silver tea set had a brilliant burnish"
],
"synonyms":[
"gloss",
"luminance",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"sheen",
"shine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glow",
"shimmer",
"blink",
"flicker",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"illumination",
"irradiation",
"iridescence",
"luminescence",
"brilliance",
"luminosity",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"refulgence",
"finish",
"glaze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"drabness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"flatness",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"cloudiness",
"gloom",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"somberness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"dress",
"furbish",
"gloss",
"grind",
"polish",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burg":{
"a thickly settled, highly populated area":{
"examples":[
"moved from a small town into a much bigger burg"
],
"synonyms":[
"asphalt jungle",
"city",
"cosmopolis",
"megacity",
"megalopolis",
"metropolis",
"municipality",
"town"
],
"near synonyms":[
"borough",
"conurbation",
"urban sprawl",
"exurb",
"suburb",
"suburbia",
"central city",
"edge city",
"garden city",
"core city",
"downtown",
"inner city",
"midtown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burp":{
"an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"felt embarrassed when a burp escaped from his lips as the table was being cleared"
],
"synonyms":[
"belch",
"eructation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiccup",
"hiccough"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burliness":{
"as in brawniness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brawniness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"endomorphy",
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness",
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burgher":{
"a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis":{
"examples":[
"many of the college students are regarded by the local burghers as obnoxious louts"
],
"synonyms":[
"citizen",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"villager"
],
"near synonyms":[
"townswoman",
"cliff dweller",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"native",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider",
"subject",
"town",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"guest",
"nonnative",
"tourist",
"transient",
"visitor",
"gownsman"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncitizen"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burned (up)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"seeing people violate smoking bans really burns me up"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burkes":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
],
"synonyms":[
"covers (up)",
"hushes (up)",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacks out",
"censors",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"quashes",
"represses",
"smothers",
"spikes",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"blabs",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"spills",
"tells",
"unveils",
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"publishes",
"spreads",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burned out":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burnout":{
"a complete depletion of energy or strength":{
"examples":[
"people in that job often suffer burnout and have to retire at a relatively early age"
],
"synonyms":[
"collapse",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"lassitude",
"prostration",
"tiredness",
"weariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"debility",
"disablement",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"infirmity",
"weakness",
"overfatigue",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"slumber",
"stupor",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"apathy",
"inertia",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounce",
"dash",
"drive",
"energy",
"ginger",
"go",
"liveliness",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"strength",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity"
],
"antonyms":[
"refreshment",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"revitalization"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"bust",
"do in",
"do up",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"harass",
"kill",
"knock out",
"outwear",
"tire",
"tucker (out)",
"wash out",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activate",
"energize",
"invigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"strengthen",
"vitalize",
"relax",
"rest",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burrowing":{
"as in clawing , grubbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clawing",
"grubbing",
"dredging",
"digging in",
"digging",
"excavating",
"shoveling",
"shovelling",
"scooping",
"spading",
"delving",
"mining",
"quarrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"filling (in)",
"smoothing (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in huddling , crouching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couching",
"crouching",
"huddling",
"hunching",
"hunkering (down)",
"scrunching",
"squatting",
"squinching",
"curling up",
"nestling",
"snugging",
"snuggling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bursting (forth)":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazing (up)",
"breaking out",
"erupting",
"exploding",
"flaming",
"flaring (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"ballooning",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"blowing up",
"detonating",
"touching off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burning one's ears":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"She burned his ears for not wearing a seatbelt."
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bureaus":{
"a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{
"examples":[
"the federal revenue bureau"
],
"synonyms":[
"agencies",
"arms",
"branches",
"departments",
"desks",
"divisions",
"offices",
"services"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subdepartments",
"sub-departments",
"subdivisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burns one's ears":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"She burned his ears for not wearing a seatbelt."
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"castigates",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"harangues",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"upbraids",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"knocks",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"derides",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"burrs":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"examples":[
"heard the burr of a distant engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzzes",
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"drones",
"hums",
"purrs",
"thrums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whizzes",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"coos",
"gasps",
"gurgles",
"hisses",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"suspirations",
"susurrations",
"susurruses",
"whispers",
"whishes",
"zings",
"zips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"howls",
"roars",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"examples":[
"the pitch burred past the batter's ear"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumbles",
"buzzes",
"drones",
"hums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whishes",
"whizzes",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"thrums",
"fizzes",
"hisses",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"sizzles",
"swishes",
"whispers",
"coos",
"currs",
"wheezes",
"whistles",
"whooshes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bureaucratese":{
"as in legalese , psychobabble":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"computerese",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"legalese",
"Pentagonese",
"psychobabble",
"technobabble",
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"song and dance",
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"hype",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burbled":{
"as in prattled , blabbered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"blabbed",
"blabbered",
"blithered",
"bumbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"prattled",
"waffled",
"sidetracked",
"deviated",
"digressed",
"strayed",
"wandered",
"blathered (on)",
"maundered",
"rambled",
"ran on",
"rattled",
"went on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burnishing":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffing",
"dressing",
"furbishing",
"glossing",
"grinding",
"polishing",
"rubbing",
"shining",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeking",
"slicking",
"coating",
"glazing",
"japanning",
"lacquering",
"varnishing",
"facing",
"finishing",
"veneering",
"brightening",
"filing",
"rasping",
"sandblasting",
"sanding",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scrubbing",
"bobbing",
"boning",
"lapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"ruffling",
"scuffing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burden":{
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
"examples":[
"the early settlers often used horses to carry their burdens"
],
"synonyms":[
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consignment",
"boatload",
"carload",
"shipload",
"trainload",
"truckload",
"wagonload",
"ballast",
"deadweight",
"overload",
"surcharge",
"bale",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"shipment",
"manifest",
"body",
"bulk",
"mass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"the burden of homework prevented the youngster from joining his friends at the game"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"duty",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"responsibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often":{
"examples":[
"had some trouble coming up with a burden for the song"
],
"synonyms":[
"chorus",
"refrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repeat",
"response"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place a weight or burden on":{
"examples":[
"burdened the dog with a little backpack"
],
"synonyms":[
"encumber",
"freight",
"lade",
"laden",
"load",
"lumber",
"saddle",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clog",
"clutter",
"fill",
"pack",
"heap",
"mound",
"pile",
"stack",
"press",
"weigh",
"strain",
"tax",
"overburden",
"overload",
"overtax",
"surcharge",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"afflict",
"oppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"relieve"
],
"antonyms":[
"disburden",
"discharge",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unlade",
"unload"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"refuses to let everyday problems burden her"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum (out)",
"dash",
"deject",
"depress",
"get down",
"oppress",
"sadden",
"weigh down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ail",
"distress",
"trouble",
"afflict",
"torment",
"torture",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"unnerve",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"assure",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"excite",
"inspire",
"stimulate",
"elate",
"exhilarate",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"boost",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"buoy",
"cheer (up)",
"gladden",
"lighten",
"rejoice"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burring":{
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"examples":[
"the pitch burred past the batter's ear"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumbling",
"buzzing",
"droning",
"humming",
"whirring",
"whishing",
"whizzing",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chirring",
"churring",
"thrumming",
"fizzing",
"hissing",
"murmuring",
"purring",
"rustling",
"sighing",
"sizzling",
"swishing",
"whispering",
"cooing",
"curring",
"wheezing",
"whistling",
"whooshing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burnoose":{
"as in pelisse , pelerine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burningly":{
"as in blazingly , flamingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazingly",
"flamingly",
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"pellucidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"burlesqued":{
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatured",
"did",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"mocked",
"parodied",
"sent up",
"spoofed",
"travestied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooned",
"pasquinaded",
"satirized",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"ridiculed",
"aped",
"copycatted",
"monkeyed",
"parroted",
"duplicated",
"emulated",
"replicated",
"reproduced",
"acted",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"pretended",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"magnified",
"padded",
"played up",
"stretched",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"overdrew",
"overstated",
"put on",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"personated",
"played"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burglarized":{
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
"examples":[
"the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C."
],
"synonyms":[
"broke in",
"burgled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"held up",
"looted",
"plundered",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stuck up",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"devastated",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"ravaged",
"sacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"before they were caught, the thieves had burglarized dozens of houses around the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgled",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stole (from)",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravished",
"sacked",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stripped",
"stript",
"bled",
"broke in",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"exploited",
"fleeced",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"plucked",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled",
"held up",
"mugged",
"rolled",
"stuck up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burred":{
"as in sandpapery , scratchy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"sandpapery",
"scraggly",
"scratchy",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby",
"nonuniform",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"ragged",
"rough",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"examples":[
"the pitch burred past the batter's ear"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumbled",
"buzzed",
"droned",
"hummed",
"whirred",
"whished",
"whizzed",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chirred",
"churred",
"thrummed",
"fizzed",
"hissed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"rustled",
"sighed",
"sizzled",
"swished",
"whispered",
"cooed",
"curred",
"wheezed",
"whistled",
"whooshed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burials":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"examples":[
"the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"entombments",
"inhumations",
"interments",
"obsequies",
"sepultures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embalmments",
"funerals",
"immurements",
"inurnments",
"reburials",
"reinterments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremations"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterments",
"exhumations"
]
},
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
"examples":[
"archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials"
],
"synonyms":[
"graves",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"charnels",
"charnel houses",
"columbaria",
"crypts",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"vaults",
"cemeteries",
"churchyards",
"graveyards",
"potter's fields",
"barrows",
"mounds",
"tumuli"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burst (in or into)":{
"as in barge (in) , breeze (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barge (in)",
"breeze (in)",
"waltz (in)",
"access",
"enter",
"penetrate",
"pierce",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"stray (into)",
"wander (into)",
"crash",
"encroach",
"gate-crash",
"infiltrate",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burial":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"examples":[
"the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"burying",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing"
]
},
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
"examples":[
"archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials"
],
"synonyms":[
"grave",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacomb",
"charnel",
"charnel house",
"columbarium",
"crypt",
"mausoleum",
"vault",
"cemetery",
"churchyard",
"graveyard",
"potter's field",
"barrow",
"mound",
"tumulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burnous":{
"as in pelisse , pelerine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bursted (in or into)":{
"as in barge (in) , breeze (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barge (in)",
"breeze (in)",
"waltz (in)",
"access",
"enter",
"penetrate",
"pierce",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"stray (into)",
"wander (into)",
"crash",
"encroach",
"gate-crash",
"infiltrate",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burked":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
],
"synonyms":[
"covered (up)",
"hushed (up)",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacked out",
"censored",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"quashed",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"spiked",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"blabbed",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unveiled",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"published",
"spread",
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burgee":{
"as in waft , semaphore":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia",
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"banderole",
"banderol",
"banner",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burst":{
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"examples":[
"the turnover's crust burst when the filling expanded"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"blow up",
"crump",
"detonate",
"explode",
"go off",
"pop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mushroom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[
"implode"
]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"examples":[
"finally burst the pi\u00f1ata open with one mighty swing of the bat"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"blow up",
"demolish",
"explode",
"pop",
"shatter",
"smash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dynamite",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"destroy",
"ruin",
"wreck",
"detonate",
"discharge",
"fragment",
"splinter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"implode"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"a young singer/dancer who seems to be bursting with energy and talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"a sudden burst of industriousness whenever the boss appeared"
],
"synonyms":[
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"a burst of anger that startled the other members on the panel"
],
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"agony",
"blaze",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
"examples":[
"one burst after another could be heard in the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blowup",
"bursting",
"detonation",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"outburst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"firing",
"shooting",
"blowout",
"flare-up",
"bang",
"boom",
"pop",
"airburst",
"groundburst"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burly":{
"strongly and heavily built":{
"examples":[
"a burly delivery man brought the furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefy",
"brawny",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"mesomorphic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"herculean",
"mighty",
"muscle-bound",
"muscular",
"powerful",
"robust",
"rugged",
"sinewy",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"chunky",
"compact",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"solid",
"squat",
"squatty",
"stocky",
"thickset",
"chubby",
"dumpy",
"lumpish",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"tubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lean",
"light",
"lightweight",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"thin",
"willowy",
"bony",
"boney",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"gaunt",
"gawky",
"lanky",
"reedy",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"spare",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"spidery",
"wiry",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"effete",
"emaciated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"puny",
"unathletic",
"weak",
"weakly",
"wimpy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"burnt":{
"as in charred , scorched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charred",
"incinerated",
"scorched",
"seared",
"singed",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed",
"combusted",
"flamed",
"glowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caught",
"enkindled",
"deflagrated",
"fired",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"flared (up)",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)",
"flickered",
"guttered",
"wavered",
"baked",
"broiled",
"charred",
"cooked",
"melted",
"roasted",
"scorched",
"sweltered",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"sparked",
"sputtered",
"beamed",
"brightened",
"radiated",
"beat (down)",
"flashed",
"glared",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"shone",
"shined",
"sparkled",
"twinkled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"enkindled",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"torched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolated",
"deflagrated",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"ashed",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"kilned",
"set off",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"radiated",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"relit",
"relighted",
"banked",
"stoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stamped (out)",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured"
],
"antonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"raged",
"rankled",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"steamed",
"stormed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminated",
"ranted",
"raved",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"bristled",
"flared (up)",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"agitated",
"convulsed",
"roiled",
"shook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blazed",
"flamed",
"flared",
"glared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"devoured",
"drained",
"drew down",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"played out",
"spent",
"used up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"ate",
"used",
"bankrupted",
"cleaned (out)",
"impoverished",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"dried up",
"emptied",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"guzzled",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"wasted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmented",
"enlarged",
"increased",
"bolstered",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revived",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewed",
"replaced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burnouts":{
"a complete depletion of energy or strength":{
"examples":[
"people in that job often suffer burnout and have to retire at a relatively early age"
],
"synonyms":[
"collapse",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"lassitude",
"prostration",
"tiredness",
"weariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"debility",
"disablement",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"infirmity",
"weakness",
"overfatigue",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"slumber",
"stupor",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"apathy",
"inertia",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounce",
"dash",
"drive",
"energy",
"ginger",
"go",
"liveliness",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"strength",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity"
],
"antonyms":[
"refreshment",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"revitalization"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"bust",
"do in",
"do up",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"frazzle",
"harass",
"kill",
"knock out",
"outwear",
"tire",
"tucker (out)",
"wash out",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activate",
"energize",
"invigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"strengthen",
"vitalize",
"relax",
"rest",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burgeon":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"to grow vigorously":{
"examples":[
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luxuriate",
"overgrow",
"proliferate",
"shoot up",
"germinate",
"root",
"sprout",
"bloom",
"flower",
"fruit",
"produce",
"propagate",
"regenerate",
"seed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce flowers":{
"examples":[
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"blow",
"effloresce",
"flower",
"unfold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leaf",
"leave",
"bud",
"open"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry up",
"fade",
"shrivel",
"wilt",
"wither",
"die",
"drop",
"expire",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burgeoning":{
"as in flourishing , flowering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"undeveloped",
"unfinished",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"puerile",
"raw",
"embryonic",
"emergent",
"ephebic",
"minor",
"preteen",
"subadult",
"teenage",
"teenaged",
"underage",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured",
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"oldish",
"senescent",
"senior",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"golden",
"mellow",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"middle-aged",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"over-the-hill",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"to grow vigorously":{
"examples":[
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luxuriating",
"overgrowing",
"proliferating",
"shooting up",
"germinating",
"rooting",
"sprouting",
"blooming",
"flowering",
"fruiting",
"producing",
"propagating",
"regenerating",
"seeding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce flowers":{
"examples":[
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"blowing",
"efflorescing",
"flowering",
"unfolding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leafing",
"leaving",
"budding",
"opening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drying up",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering",
"dropping",
"dying",
"expiring",
"perishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burgees":{
"as in wafts , semaphores":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias",
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"banderoles",
"banderols",
"banners",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pendants",
"pendents",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burrows":{
"the shelter or resting place of a wild animal":{
"examples":[
"the chipmunk retreated to its burrow to have its babies"
],
"synonyms":[
"dens",
"holes",
"houses",
"lairs",
"lodges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nests",
"territories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in claws , grubs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"claws",
"grubs",
"dredges",
"digs in",
"digs",
"excavates",
"shovels",
"scoops",
"spades",
"delves",
"mines",
"quarries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fills (in)",
"smooths (out or over)",
"smoothes (out or over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in huddles , crouches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couches",
"crouches",
"huddles",
"hunches",
"hunkers (down)",
"scrunches",
"squats",
"squinches",
"curls up",
"nestles",
"snuggles",
"snugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burns (up)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"seeing people violate smoking bans really burns me up"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burgeoned":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
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"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
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"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
],
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"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
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"luxuriated",
"overgrew",
"proliferated",
"shot up",
"germinated",
"rooted",
"sprouted",
"bloomed",
"flowered",
"fruited",
"produced",
"propagated",
"regenerated",
"seeded"
],
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},
"to produce flowers":{
"examples":[
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
],
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"blew",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"effloresced",
"flowered",
"unfolded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leafed",
"leaved",
"budded",
"opened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dried up",
"faded",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"wilted",
"withered",
"died",
"dropped",
"expired",
"perished"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burlesquers":{
"as in satirists , caricaturists":{
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"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"mockers",
"parodists",
"satirists",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics",
"personators",
"mimers",
"mimes",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"actors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apes",
"copycats",
"echoes",
"echos",
"parrots",
"rubber stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burbles":{
"as in prattles , blabbers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbers",
"blabs",
"blithers",
"bumbles",
"chats",
"chatters",
"drivels",
"drools",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gibbers",
"jabbers",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"waffles",
"sidetracks",
"deviates",
"digresses",
"strays",
"wanders",
"blathers (on)",
"goes on",
"maunders",
"rambles",
"rattles",
"runs on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burdensome":{
"difficult to endure":{
"examples":[
"the burdensome living conditions that the early settlers had to endure"
],
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"bitter",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
]
},
"requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
"examples":[
"the burdensome task of finishing the tax return"
],
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"arduous",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"killing",
"laborious",
"onerous",
"persnickety",
"taxing",
"toilsome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficult",
"formidable",
"hard",
"herculean",
"rough",
"rugged",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"testing",
"tough",
"oppressive",
"trying",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"simple",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"nondemanding",
"unchallenging",
"undemanding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"burnt one's ears":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"She burned his ears for not wearing a seatbelt."
],
"synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"ticked off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"castigated",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"harangued",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"scolded",
"scored",
"upbraided",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"mocked",
"put down",
"derided",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"burning out":{
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
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"breaking",
"busting",
"doing in",
"doing up",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"frazzling",
"harassing",
"killing",
"knocking out",
"outwearing",
"tiring",
"tuckering (out)",
"washing out",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activating",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"strengthening",
"vitalizing",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burgeons":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"to grow vigorously":{
"examples":[
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luxuriates",
"overgrows",
"proliferates",
"shoots up",
"germinates",
"roots",
"sprouts",
"blooms",
"flowers",
"fruits",
"produces",
"propagates",
"regenerates",
"seeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce flowers":{
"examples":[
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"blows",
"effloresces",
"flowers",
"unfolds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leafs",
"leaves",
"buds",
"opens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dries up",
"fades",
"shrivels",
"wilts",
"withers",
"dies",
"drops",
"expires",
"perishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burning":{
"being on fire":{
"examples":[
"a firefighter must be that rare soul who rushes into a burning house, not away from it"
],
"synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"incinerated",
"scorched",
"seared",
"singed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"a burning sauna seems like a welcome retreat after a day of shoveling snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the burning enthusiasm of that candidate's campaign workers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"once again the media ignored the burning issues and focused on fluff"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazing",
"combusting",
"flaming",
"glowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catching",
"enkindling",
"deflagrating",
"firing",
"igniting",
"kindling",
"flaring (up)",
"lighting (up)",
"flickering",
"guttering",
"wavering",
"baking",
"broiling",
"charring",
"cooking",
"melting",
"roasting",
"scorching",
"sweltering",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"sparking",
"sputtering",
"beaming",
"brightening",
"radiating",
"beating (down)",
"flashing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"twinkling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"enkindling",
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting",
"torching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolating",
"deflagrating",
"charring",
"frizzling",
"scorching",
"baking",
"broiling",
"cooking",
"ashing",
"cremating",
"incinerating",
"kilning",
"setting off",
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"radiating",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"searing",
"reigniting",
"rekindling",
"relighting",
"banking",
"stoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"stamping (out)",
"blackening",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"raging",
"rankling",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"steaming",
"storming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminating",
"ranting",
"raving",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"bristling",
"flaring (up)",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"agitating",
"convulsing",
"roiling",
"shaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"examples":[
"the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"blazing",
"flaming",
"flaring",
"glaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"suckering",
"sucking in",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"consuming",
"depleting",
"devouring",
"draining",
"drawing down",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"playing out",
"spending",
"using up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"eating",
"using",
"bankrupting",
"cleaning (out)",
"impoverishing",
"crippling",
"debilitating",
"disabling",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"drying up",
"emptying",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"guzzling",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"wasting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmenting",
"enlarging",
"increasing",
"bolstering",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"rebuilding",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"reviving",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewing",
"replacing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bureaucrats":{
"a worker in a government agency":{
"examples":[
"the bureaucrats at the town hall seem to think that we need a building permit to build a tree house"
],
"synonyms":[
"civil servants",
"functionaries",
"mandarins",
"public servants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clerks",
"officeholders",
"officials",
"officiaries",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"hirelings",
"jobholders",
"underlings",
"workers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burglars":{
"a person who illegally enters a building in order to steal things; a person who commits burglary":{
"examples":[
"The burglar had broken into several homes in the neighborhood."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"poachers",
"rustlers",
"smugglers",
"bandits",
"footpads",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"muggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}