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{
"pin":{
"a lower limb of an animal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cat that was still a little unsteady on its pins after anesthesia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"member",
"foreleg",
"forelimb",
"calf",
"drumstick",
"ham",
"shank",
"shin",
"thigh"
],
"synonyms":[
"leg"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pin money":{
"a very small sum of money":{
"antonyms":[
"big buck(s)",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabuck(s)",
"mint",
"wad"
],
"examples":[
"the summer intern made only pin money but gained valuable work experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankroll",
"capital",
"funds",
"means",
"wherewithal",
"opulence",
"pelf",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"heap",
"pile",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"treasury"
],
"related":[
"petty cash",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken feed",
"chump change",
"dime",
"hay",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"song",
"two cents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinch":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"antonyms":[
"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
],
"examples":[
"this labor pinch means that there'll be long lines at the checkouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"absence",
"omission",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want"
]
},
"an instance of theft":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"break-in",
"burglary",
"holdup",
"mugging",
"stickup"
],
"synonyms":[
"grab",
"heist",
"rip-off",
"snatching",
"swiping",
"theft"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
],
"examples":[
"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"related":[
"raid",
"house arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"captivity",
"confinement",
"detention",
"enchainment",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar"
]
},
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"antonyms":[
"waste"
],
"examples":[
"if we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"squander",
"throw away",
"splurge"
],
"related":[
"conserve",
"husband",
"maintain",
"manage",
"preserve",
"scrape",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"retrench",
"hoard",
"lay up"
],
"synonyms":[
"economize",
"save",
"scrimp",
"skimp",
"spare"
]
},
"to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the zipper on those jeans always pinches me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drop",
"free",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring"
],
"related":[
"crimp",
"tweak",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"take"
],
"synonyms":[
"nip"
]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand over",
"present"
],
"related":[
"burglarize",
"knock over",
"rob",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"pick",
"rifle",
"poach",
"rustle",
"shoplift",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"take",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"shanghai",
"spirit"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"rip off",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
],
"examples":[
"pinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain"
],
"related":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"get",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"commit",
"confine",
"detain",
"hold",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"collar",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pull in",
"restrain",
"run in",
"seize"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pinchbeck":{
"as in spurious , feigned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pseudo",
"spurious",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"unauthentic",
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pined (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"pining for a house in the mountains"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desiderated",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"repined (for)",
"salivated (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiled (for)",
"spoilt (for)",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pings":{
"as in rings , chimes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"knells",
"peals",
"plinks",
"rings",
"tintinnabulations",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"whangs",
"chinks",
"clinkety-clanks",
"clinks",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"rattles",
"tangs",
"tinkles",
"twangs",
"claps",
"clip-clops",
"clops",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"crunches",
"clumps",
"clunks",
"thumps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dings , clangs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"plinks",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"tangs",
"tingles",
"tinkles",
"bongs",
"chimes",
"knells",
"peals",
"rings",
"tolls",
"echoes",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"reverberates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pink-slipping":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinnacle":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"a singer who has reached the pinnacle of success"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"roof",
"extreme",
"extremity",
"tip",
"vertex",
"high",
"highlight",
"highspot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abyss",
"base",
"foot",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinning (down)":{
"as in choosing , determining":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinning (on)":{
"as in charging , fathering (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"accrediting",
"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"crediting",
"imputing",
"laying",
"putting down",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinpoint":{
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
"examples":[
"the pinpoint measurement of brain tumors is critically important"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"close",
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"hairline",
"mathematical",
"precise",
"refined",
"rigorous",
"spot-on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"definite",
"definitive",
"nice",
"subtle",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"meticulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximate",
"round",
"false",
"incorrect",
"untrue",
"wrong",
"careless",
"loose",
"indefinite",
"unclear",
"vague",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"pinpointed the culprit by tracking calls from his cell phone"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguish",
"finger",
"ID",
"identify",
"single (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnose",
"determine",
"find",
"locate",
"pick out",
"place",
"recognize",
"spot",
"check",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"notice",
"observe",
"scrutinize",
"betray",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"counterfeit",
"feign",
"sham",
"simulate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"publishers like to be able to pinpoint publicity efforts where they will have the most effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"bend",
"cast",
"direct",
"head",
"hold",
"level",
"set",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sight",
"bear",
"face",
"concentrate",
"focus",
"incline",
"orient",
"steer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avert",
"curve",
"deflect",
"detour",
"divert",
"rechannel",
"shunt",
"sidetrack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in point , tip":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apex",
"cusp",
"end",
"nib",
"nose",
"pike",
"point",
"tip",
"barb",
"jag",
"prickle",
"snag",
"spike",
"sticker",
"prong",
"tine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pinprick":{
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
"examples":[
"the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection"
],
"synonyms":[
"perforation",
"pinhole",
"prick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"stab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gouge",
"groove",
"hollow",
"break",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"notch",
"rent",
"rip",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in poke , punch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"bayonet",
"dirk",
"gimlet",
"pike",
"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice",
"perforate",
"riddle",
"spindle",
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pintoes":{
"as in blacks , chestnuts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinup girl":{
"as in cover girl , bathing beauty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing beauty",
"cover girl",
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"houri",
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinto":{
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
"examples":[
"somehow, the pure white mare had a pinto foal"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"piebald",
"pied",
"splotched",
"spotted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shaded",
"checkered",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"blotted",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"calico",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"colored",
"colorful",
"pigmented",
"dotted",
"peppered",
"sprinkled",
"stippled",
"discolored",
"dyed",
"marked",
"stained",
"flecked",
"streaked",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bay , chestnut":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"equid",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pinwheels":{
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the kayaker had got sucked into the whirlpool, and his kayak was pinwheeling helplessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrates",
"pirouettes",
"revolves",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"spins",
"turns",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"rounds",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twines",
"twists",
"winds",
"circles",
"circulates",
"encircles",
"orbits",
"rings",
"pivots",
"swivels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinstripes":{
"as in blazes , crossbars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"crossbars",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinches":{
"an instance of theft":{
"examples":[
"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!"
],
"synonyms":[
"grabs",
"heists",
"rip-offs",
"thefts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break-ins",
"burglaries",
"holdups",
"muggings",
"stickups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raids",
"house arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"examples":[
"this labor pinch means that there'll be long lines at the checkouts"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunches",
"dearths",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"droughts",
"drouths",
"failures",
"famines",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies",
"lacks",
"lacunae",
"lacunas",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absences",
"omissions",
"necessities",
"needs",
"privations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"oversupplies",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundances",
"adequacies",
"amplitudes",
"opulences",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"sufficiencies",
"wealths"
]
},
"to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points":{
"examples":[
"the zipper on those jeans always pinches me"
],
"synonyms":[
"nips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crimps",
"tweaks",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"frees",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"pinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriates",
"boosts",
"filches",
"heists",
"hooks",
"lifts",
"misappropriates",
"nicks",
"nips",
"pilfers",
"pockets",
"purloins",
"rips off",
"snitches",
"steals",
"swipes",
"thieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizes",
"knocks over",
"robs",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"sacks",
"carjacks",
"hijacks",
"highjacks",
"picks",
"rifles",
"poaches",
"rustles",
"shoplifts",
"collars",
"grabs",
"grasps",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snatches",
"takes",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"shanghais",
"spirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buys",
"purchases",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"hands over",
"presents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"pinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"examples":[
"if we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort"
],
"synonyms":[
"economizes",
"saves",
"scrimps",
"skimps",
"spares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserves",
"husbands",
"maintains",
"manages",
"preserves",
"scrapes",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"retrenches",
"hoards",
"lays up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"splurges"
],
"antonyms":[
"wastes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pinko":{
"as in lefty , leftist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"leftist",
"lefty",
"pink",
"social democrat",
"commie",
"communist",
"comrade",
"Red",
"socialist",
"Bolshevik",
"Leninist",
"Leninite",
"Maoist",
"Marxist",
"Stalinist",
"Trotskyist",
"Trotskyite",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinned (down)":{
"as in chose , determined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"assigned",
"chose",
"determined",
"established",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"settled",
"singled (out)",
"specified",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"named",
"set",
"arranged",
"coordinated",
"orchestrated",
"advertised",
"announced",
"declared",
"published"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinged":{
"as in dinged , clanged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"clanged",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"clinked",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"jingled",
"plinked",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"tanged",
"tingled",
"tinkled",
"bonged",
"chimed",
"knelled",
"pealed",
"rang",
"tolled",
"echoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinpointing":{
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"pinpointed the culprit by tracking calls from his cell phone"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguishing",
"fingering",
"identifying",
"ID'ing",
"IDing",
"singling (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnosing",
"determining",
"finding",
"locating",
"picking out",
"placing",
"recognizing",
"spotting",
"checking",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"noticing",
"observing",
"scrutinizing",
"betraying",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"revealing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"counterfeiting",
"feigning",
"shamming",
"simulating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"publishers like to be able to pinpoint publicity efforts where they will have the most effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"bending",
"casting",
"directing",
"heading",
"holding",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"setting",
"training"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sighting",
"bearing",
"facing",
"concentrating",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"inclining",
"orienting",
"steering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averting",
"curving",
"deflecting",
"detouring",
"diverting",
"rechanneling",
"shunting",
"sidetracking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinpoints":{
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"pinpointed the culprit by tracking calls from his cell phone"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguishes",
"fingers",
"identifies",
"IDs",
"singles (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnoses",
"determines",
"finds",
"locates",
"picks out",
"places",
"recognizes",
"spots",
"checks",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"notices",
"observes",
"scrutinizes",
"betrays",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"reveals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"hides",
"counterfeits",
"feigns",
"shams",
"simulates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"publishers like to be able to pinpoint publicity efforts where they will have the most effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"bends",
"casts",
"directs",
"heads",
"holds",
"levels",
"sets",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sights",
"bears",
"faces",
"concentrates",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"inclines",
"orients",
"steers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averts",
"curves",
"deflects",
"detours",
"diverts",
"rechannels",
"shunts",
"sidetracks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in points , tips":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apexes",
"apices",
"cusps",
"ends",
"nibs",
"noses",
"pike",
"pikes",
"points",
"tips",
"barbs",
"jags",
"prickles",
"snags",
"spikes",
"stickers",
"prongs",
"tines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pinpricked":{
"as in frustrated , harassed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in poked , punched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"spindled",
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pink slips":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
]
},
"as in bum's rushes , shutdowns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"birds",
"boots",
"bum's rushes",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks",
"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"redundancies",
"closings",
"shutdowns",
"shakeouts",
"shake-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callbacks",
"recalls",
"reemployments",
"re-employments",
"rehires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pint-sized":{
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a pint-size wrestler who could defeat opponents twice his size"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pinking":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"accidentally pinked my shoulder with his fencing sword"
],
"synonyms":[
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinion":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"chain",
"enchain",
"enfetter",
"fetter",
"gyve",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"iron",
"lash",
"secure",
"tie",
"truss",
"attach",
"fasten",
"join",
"link",
"confine",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"entangle",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"release",
"rescue",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"untangle",
"untie",
"detach",
"disengage"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbind",
"unfetter",
"unshackle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinch-hit":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"fill in",
"stand in",
"step in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"take over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudy",
"relieve",
"spell",
"double (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pines (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"pining for a house in the mountains"
],
"synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desiderates",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"joneses (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"repines (for)",
"salivates (for)",
"sighs (for)",
"thirsts (for)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"yens (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoils (for)",
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinpricks":{
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
"examples":[
"the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection"
],
"synonyms":[
"perforations",
"pinholes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"punctures",
"stabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gouges",
"grooves",
"hollows",
"breaks",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incisions",
"lacerations",
"notches",
"rents",
"rips",
"ruptures",
"slashes",
"slits",
"tears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"as in pokes , punches":{
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"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"spindles",
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"spits",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pin (on)":{
"as in charge , father (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"blame",
"charge",
"father (on)",
"impute (to)",
"accredit",
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"chalk up",
"credit",
"impute",
"lay",
"put down",
"assign",
"refer",
"associate",
"attach",
"connect",
"link"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pining (away)":{
"as in longing (for) , sighing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"aching",
"longing (for)",
"sighing",
"smarting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"taking on",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"yammering",
"yowling",
"languishing",
"regretting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"laughing",
"ravishing",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"commiserating",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"sympathizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in longed (for) , sighed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"ached",
"longed (for)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinions":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"chains",
"enchains",
"enfetters",
"fetters",
"gyves",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bits",
"hobbles",
"hog-ties",
"irons",
"lashes",
"secures",
"ties",
"trusses",
"attaches",
"fastens",
"joins",
"links",
"confines",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"entangles",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"looses",
"releases",
"rescues",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"untangles",
"unties",
"detaches",
"disengages"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinds",
"unfetters",
"unshackles"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"pining for a house in the mountains"
],
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"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pine":{
"as in long , yearn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"long",
"yearn",
"agonize",
"chafe",
"bother",
"fear",
"fret",
"fuss",
"stew",
"stress",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"worry",
"despair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"sustain",
"take",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinioning":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"chaining",
"enchaining",
"enfettering",
"fettering",
"gyving",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"ironing",
"lashing",
"securing",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"joining",
"linking",
"confining",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"entangling",
"tangling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"detaching",
"disengaging"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"unfettering",
"unshackling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinging":{
"as in dinging , clanging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinking",
"clanging",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"clinking",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"jingling",
"plinking",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"tanging",
"tingling",
"tinkling",
"bonging",
"chiming",
"knelling",
"pealing",
"ringing",
"tolling",
"echoing",
"resonating",
"resounding",
"reverberating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pining":{
"a strong wish for something":{
"examples":[
"a sudden pining to have steak for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetency",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compulsion",
"impulse",
"impulsion",
"will",
"zeal",
"liking",
"love",
"taste",
"weakness",
"eagerness",
"impatience",
"want",
"wish",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"obsession",
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"greed",
"greediness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"mania"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in longing , hankering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"engaged",
"interested",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing",
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in longing , yearning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"longing",
"yearning",
"agonizing",
"chafing",
"bothering",
"fearing",
"fretting",
"fussing",
"stewing",
"stressing",
"sweating",
"troubling",
"worrying",
"despairing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"sustaining",
"taking",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pinheaded":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"pinheaded leadership that got us into this mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pinup girls":{
"as in cover girls , bathing beauties":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing beauties",
"cover girls",
"belles",
"charmers",
"peaches",
"houris",
"babes",
"beauties",
"beauty queens",
"cookies",
"cuties",
"cuteys",
"dolly birds",
"enchantresses",
"eyefuls",
"foxes",
"fox",
"goddesses",
"honeys",
"knockouts",
"queens",
"stunners",
"cutie-pies",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"hotties",
"lookers",
"pretties",
"coquettes",
"femmes fatales",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"vamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bags",
"frumps",
"crones",
"hags",
"witches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinnaces":{
"as in sloops , schooners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantines",
"bugeyes",
"ca\u00efques",
"caravels",
"catamarans",
"catboats",
"cat rigs",
"clippers",
"corvettes",
"cutters",
"frigates",
"galleons",
"galleys",
"junk",
"keelboats",
"ketches",
"knockabouts",
"luggers",
"outriggers",
"piraguas",
"sailers",
"schooners",
"shallops",
"sharpies",
"sloops",
"square-riggers",
"xebecs",
"yachts",
"yawls",
"barks",
"dinghies",
"sailboats",
"windjammers",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinioned":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"chained",
"enchained",
"enfettered",
"fettered",
"gyved",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"ironed",
"lashed",
"secured",
"tied",
"trussed",
"attached",
"fastened",
"joined",
"linked",
"confined",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"entangled",
"tangled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"released",
"rescued",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untangled",
"untied",
"detached",
"disengaged"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbound",
"unfettered",
"unshackled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinchers":{
"one who steals":{
"examples":[
"the pincher of the stolen electronics was caught by the police trying to sell them"
],
"synonyms":[
"larcenists",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"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"
]
},
"pine (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"pining for a house in the mountains"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pink-slip":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"as in bum's rush , shutdown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack",
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"redundancy",
"closing",
"shutdown",
"shakeout",
"shake-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"reemployment",
"rehire",
"rehiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pines":{
"as in longs , yearns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"longs",
"yearns",
"agonizes",
"chafes",
"bothers",
"fears",
"frets",
"fusses",
"stews",
"stresses",
"sweats",
"troubles",
"worries",
"despairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"abides",
"bears",
"endures",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"sustains",
"takes",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinnace":{
"as in sloop , schooner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantine",
"bugeye",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bark",
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinch-hits":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester"
],
"synonyms":[
"covers",
"fills in",
"stands in",
"steps in",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"takes over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudies",
"relieves",
"spells",
"doubles (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pine (away)":{
"as in long (for) , sigh":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinches pennies":{
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"examples":[
"They pinched pennies in order to afford a nice vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"economizes",
"pinches",
"saves",
"scrimps",
"skimps",
"spares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserves",
"husbands",
"maintains",
"manages",
"preserves",
"scrapes",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"retrenches",
"hoards",
"lays up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"splurges"
],
"antonyms":[
"wastes"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pinstripe":{
"as in blaze , crossbar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze",
"crossbar",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pincher":{
"one who steals":{
"examples":[
"the pincher of the stolen electronics was caught by the police trying to sell them"
],
"synonyms":[
"larcenist",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"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"
]
},
"pinhead":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"what pinhead put this together backwards?"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinkoes":{
"as in lefties , leftists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"Reds",
"socialists",
"Bolsheviks",
"Bolsheviki",
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinned":{
"as in mounted , hooked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hooked",
"mounted",
"tacked",
"dangled",
"hung",
"hanged",
"slung",
"suspended",
"swung",
"draped",
"festooned",
"garlanded",
"strung",
"extended (out)",
"jutted",
"projected",
"stuck out",
"overhung",
"protruded",
"cascaded",
"depended",
"fell",
"balanced",
"poised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinching":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"neighborhood kids who were trick-or-treating knew better than to bother to knock on that pinching couple's door"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
"examples":[
"this constant pinching is getting ridiculous\u2014we can afford to turn on one or two lights!"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapness",
"cheeseparing",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"penuriousness",
"stinginess",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"extravagance",
"lavishness",
"dissipation",
"improvidence",
"prodigality",
"squandering",
"wastefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points":{
"examples":[
"the zipper on those jeans always pinches me"
],
"synonyms":[
"nipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crimping",
"tweaking",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropping",
"freeing",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"pinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriating",
"boosting",
"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pocketing",
"purloining",
"ripping off",
"snitching",
"stealing",
"swiping",
"thieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizing",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"pinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging"
]
},
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"examples":[
"if we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort"
],
"synonyms":[
"economizing",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"sparing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"maintaining",
"managing",
"preserving",
"scraping",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"retrenching",
"hoarding",
"laying up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"splurging"
],
"antonyms":[
"wasting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pinning":{
"as in mounting , hooking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hooking",
"mounting",
"tacking",
"dangling",
"hanging",
"slinging",
"suspending",
"swinging",
"draping",
"festooning",
"garlanding",
"stringing",
"extending (out)",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"sticking out",
"overhanging",
"protruding",
"cascading",
"depending",
"falling",
"balancing",
"poising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pines (away)":{
"as in longs (for) , sighs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aches",
"longs (for)",
"sighs",
"smarts",
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"bleeds",
"grieves",
"hurts",
"mourns",
"sorrows",
"suffers",
"racks",
"torments",
"tortures",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"groans",
"howls",
"keens",
"moans",
"sobs",
"takes on",
"wails",
"weeps",
"yammers",
"yowls",
"languishes",
"regrets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"crows",
"delights",
"exults",
"glories",
"joys",
"laughs",
"ravishes",
"rejoices",
"triumphs",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"commiserates",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"sympathizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinhole":{
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
"examples":[
"pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it"
],
"synonyms":[
"perforation",
"pinprick",
"prick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"stab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gouge",
"groove",
"hollow",
"break",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"notch",
"rent",
"rip",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinned (on)":{
"as in charged , fathered (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"charged",
"fathered (on)",
"imputed (to)",
"accredited",
"ascribed",
"attributed",
"chalked up",
"credited",
"imputed",
"laid",
"put down",
"assigned",
"referred",
"associated",
"attached",
"connected",
"linked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinwheeling":{
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"the kayaker had got sucked into the whirlpool, and his kayak was pinwheeling helplessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrating",
"pirouetting",
"revolving",
"rolling",
"rotating",
"spinning",
"turning",
"twirling",
"wheeling",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coiling",
"curling",
"curving",
"rounding",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"twining",
"twisting",
"winding",
"circling",
"circulating",
"encircling",
"orbiting",
"ringing",
"pivoting",
"swiveling",
"swivelling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pinked":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"accidentally pinked my shoulder with his fencing sword"
],
"synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pin (down)":{
"as in choose , determine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"assign",
"choose",
"determine",
"establish",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"settle",
"single (out)",
"specify",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"name",
"set",
"arrange",
"coordinate",
"orchestrate",
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pink slip":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"as in bum's rush , shutdown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack",
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"redundancy",
"closing",
"shutdown",
"shakeout",
"shake-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"reemployment",
"rehire",
"rehiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pins (on)":{
"as in charges , fathers (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"imputes (to)",
"accredits",
"ascribes",
"attributes",
"chalks up",
"credits",
"imputes",
"lays",
"puts down",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pink-slips":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
]
},
"as in bum's rushes , shutdowns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"birds",
"boots",
"bum's rushes",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks",
"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"redundancies",
"closings",
"shutdowns",
"shakeouts",
"shake-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callbacks",
"recalls",
"reemployments",
"re-employments",
"rehires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pinched pennies":{
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"examples":[
"They pinched pennies in order to afford a nice vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"economized",
"pinched",
"saved",
"scrimped",
"skimped",
"spared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserved",
"husbanded",
"maintained",
"managed",
"preserved",
"scraped",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"retrenched",
"hoarded",
"laid up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"splurged"
],
"antonyms":[
"wasted"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pintos":{
"as in blacks , chestnuts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"equids",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pinpricking":{
"as in poking , punching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"spindling",
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}