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{
"similitude":{
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
"examples":[
"the striking similitude between that modern city and the Rome of ancient times"
],
"synonyms":[
"alikeness",
"community",
"comparability",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semblance",
"affinity",
"analogousness",
"equation",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"identicalness",
"identity",
"sameness",
"correlation",
"relationship",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"compatibility",
"conformity",
"congruity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inequality",
"conflict",
"polarity",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"antonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"unlikeness"
]
},
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
"examples":[
"the two siblings, raised on opposite ends of the country, show some curious similitudes"
],
"synonyms":[
"common denominator",
"commonality",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallel",
"resemblance",
"similarity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogy",
"homology"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difference",
"discrepancy",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"change",
"modification",
"variation"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissimilarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simp":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"don't assume that all teenagers are simps when it comes to making financial decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simpering":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"simpleminded":{
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
"examples":[
"a simpleminded view of a complex problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"simple",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callow",
"childish",
"immature",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"believing",
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unguarded",
"beguiled",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unconvinced",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"down-to-earth",
"hardheaded",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic",
"sober",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"scornful of their simpleminded belief that their parents would always be there to take care of them"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"simpleton":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his silly antics at office parties have earned him a reputation as a simpleton"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"related":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"she felt like such a simpleton for needing help to install her home theater"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simplified":{
"as in simplistic , oversimplified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"oversimplified",
"simplistic",
"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated",
"homogeneous",
"uniform",
"unvaried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baroque",
"byzantine",
"complex",
"complicate",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"daedal",
"elaborate",
"intricate",
"involute",
"involved",
"knotty",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"sophisticated",
"tangled",
"overcomplex",
"overcomplicated",
"composite",
"compound",
"heterogeneous",
"mixed",
"multibranched",
"multifaceted",
"multifarious",
"multipart",
"varied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less complex":{
"examples":[
"you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today"
],
"synonyms":[
"streamlined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dumbed down",
"oversimplified",
"pruned",
"stripped (down)",
"stript (down)",
"trimmed",
"purified",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elaborated"
],
"antonyms":[
"complexed",
"complexified",
"complicated",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"construed",
"demonstrated",
"demystified",
"elucidated",
"explained",
"explicated",
"expounded",
"got across",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"spelled out",
"unriddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down",
"disentangled",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"resolved",
"solved",
"defined",
"specified",
"annotated",
"commentated",
"glossed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogged",
"clouded",
"confounded",
"confused",
"obfuscated"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"simplistic":{
"lacking in sophistication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a simplistic belief in claims of the product's effectiveness",
"simplistic thinking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"simulating":{
"to present a false appearance of":{
"examples":[
"cosmetics that simulate a suntan"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"affecting",
"assuming",
"bluffing",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"passing (for)",
"pretending",
"professing",
"putting on",
"shamming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissimulating",
"impersonating",
"letting on",
"masquerading",
"playacting",
"playing",
"posing",
"forging",
"imitating",
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"masking",
"feinting",
"malingering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simplemindedness":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"the simplemindedness of the villagers was at times winning and at others worrisome"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simpleness":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"the simpleness of the villagers was so disarming that she temporarily abandoned her natural cynicism"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"his sweetness was more important to them than his simpleness"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"examples":[
"there's a good-hearted simpleness about her that makes her easy prey for scams"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simper":{
"as in smile , grin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grin",
"smile",
"smirk",
"crow",
"whoop",
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"laughter",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in laugh":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laugh",
"beam",
"grin",
"smile",
"smirk",
"sneer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grimace",
"frown",
"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"pout",
"sulk"
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"verb"
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"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
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"I gently simmered the chili for an hour"
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"coddled",
"parboiled",
"poached",
"stewed"
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"fricasseed",
"pressure-cooked",
"smothered",
"steamed",
"reboiled"
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"verb"
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"something that is made to look, feel, or behave like something else especially so that it can be studied or used to train people \u2014 often + of":{
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"simulations of body movements",
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"replication",
"reproduction",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
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"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
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"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
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"type":[
"noun"
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],
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"community",
"comparability",
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"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similitude"
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"affinity",
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"equation",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"identicalness",
"identity",
"sameness",
"correlation",
"relationship",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"compatibility",
"conformity",
"congruity"
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"inequality",
"conflict",
"polarity",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
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"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"unlikeness"
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"the only similarity between this project and the last one is that both will involve some lab work"
],
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"commonality",
"common denominator",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallel",
"resemblance",
"similitude"
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"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogy",
"homology"
],
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"difference",
"discrepancy",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"change",
"modification",
"variation"
],
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"dissimilarity"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
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"I gently simmered the chili for an hour"
],
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"boils",
"coddles",
"parboils",
"poaches",
"stews"
],
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"scalds",
"braises",
"fricassees",
"pressure-cooks",
"smothers",
"steams",
"reboils"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"laughed",
"beamed",
"grinned",
"smiled",
"smirked",
"sneered"
],
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"grimaced",
"frowned",
"glared",
"gloomed",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled",
"pouted",
"sulked"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"simplification":{
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"streamlining",
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"rundown",
"run-through",
"sum",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"sum-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
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"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
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"as in generalization , generality":{
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"generality",
"generalization",
"inanity",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"conventional wisdom",
"party line",
"routine",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype",
"banality",
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
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"profundity"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to present a false appearance of":{
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"cosmetics that simulate a suntan"
],
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"act",
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"assume",
"bluff",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
"pass (for)",
"pretend",
"profess",
"put on",
"sham"
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"impersonate",
"let on",
"masquerade",
"play",
"playact",
"pose",
"forge",
"imitate",
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"mask",
"feint",
"malinger"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"simmer":{
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"I gently simmered the chili for an hour"
],
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"boil",
"coddle",
"parboil",
"poach",
"stew"
],
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"scald",
"braise",
"fricassee",
"pressure-cook",
"smother",
"steam",
"reboil"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"a point which two or more things share in common":{
"examples":[
"the only similarity between this project and the last one is that both will involve some lab work"
],
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"commonalities",
"common denominators",
"congruities",
"correspondences",
"parallels",
"resemblances",
"similitudes"
],
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"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogies",
"homologies"
],
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"differences",
"discrepancies",
"deviances",
"divergences",
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"changes",
"modifications",
"variations"
],
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"dissimilarities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to present a false appearance of":{
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"cosmetics that simulate a suntan"
],
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"affects",
"assumes",
"bluffs",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"passes (for)",
"pretends",
"professes",
"puts on",
"shams"
],
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"impersonates",
"lets on",
"masquerades",
"playacts",
"plays",
"poses",
"forges",
"imitates",
"camouflages",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"masks",
"feints",
"malingers"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simmered down":{
"as in calmed (down)":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"calmed (down)"
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"near antonyms":[
"barked",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"roared",
"screamed",
"shouted",
"shrieked",
"yelled"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simply":{
"for nothing other than":{
"examples":[
"the scholarships are awarded simply on the basis of merit",
"uninterested in food, she eats simply to keep alive"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"exclusively",
"just",
"only",
"purely",
"solely"
],
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"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"additionally",
"also",
"besides",
"likewise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"nothing more than":{
"examples":[
"it's simply smart to shop around before buying an item"
],
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"but",
"just",
"merely",
"only",
"purely"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"simplifies":{
"to make less complex":{
"examples":[
"you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today"
],
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"streamlines"
],
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"dumbs down",
"oversimplifies",
"prunes",
"strips (down)",
"trims",
"purifies",
"refines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elaborates"
],
"antonyms":[
"complexes",
"complexifies",
"complicates",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics"
],
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"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"construes",
"demonstrates",
"demystifies",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"explicates",
"expounds",
"gets across",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"spells out",
"unriddles"
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"near synonyms":[
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"analyzes",
"breaks down",
"disentangles",
"undoes",
"unravels",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"resolves",
"solves",
"defines",
"specifies",
"annotates",
"commentates",
"glosses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogs",
"clouds",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"obfuscates"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simplifying":{
"to make less complex":{
"examples":[
"you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today"
],
"synonyms":[
"streamlining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dumbing down",
"oversimplifying",
"pruning",
"stripping (down)",
"trimming",
"purifying",
"refining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elaborating"
],
"antonyms":[
"complexifying",
"complexing",
"complicating",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating"
]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics"
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"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"construing",
"demonstrating",
"demystifying",
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"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"getting across",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"spelling out",
"unriddling"
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"near synonyms":[
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"disentangling",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"resolving",
"solving",
"defining",
"specifying",
"annotating",
"commentating",
"glossing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogging",
"clouding",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"obfuscating"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscuring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simultaneously":{
"at one and the same time":{
"examples":[
"fires broke out simultaneously in several parts of town"
],
"synonyms":[
"coincidentally",
"coincidently",
"concurrently",
"contemporaneously",
"together"
],
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"close",
"immediately",
"narrowly",
"near"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apart",
"independently",
"individually",
"singly",
"consecutively",
"successively"
],
"antonyms":[
"separately"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"simplism":{
"as in simplification , oversimplification":{
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"near synonyms":[
"oversimplification",
"simplification",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"theory",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"bromide",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"platitude",
"truism",
"concept",
"conception",
"generality",
"generalization",
"notion",
"stereotype"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simmer down":{
"as in calm (down)":{
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"near synonyms":[
"calm (down)"
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"near antonyms":[
"bark",
"snap",
"snarl",
"growl",
"grumble",
"roar",
"scream",
"shout",
"shriek",
"yell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simoleon":{
"as in dollar , buck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buck",
"dollar",
"smacker",
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"C-note",
"fifty",
"fin",
"five",
"fiver",
"hundred",
"one",
"sawbuck",
"ten",
"tenner",
"twenty",
"two",
"banknote",
"bill",
"greenback",
"note",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"pelf",
"check",
"draft",
"money order"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simile":{
"a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar":{
"examples":[
"\"She's as fierce as a tiger\" is a simile , but \"She's a tiger when she's angry\" is a metaphor."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"analogy",
"circumlocution",
"code word",
"crank",
"dead metaphor",
"euphemism",
"conceit",
"metaphor",
"device",
"catachresis",
"mixed metaphor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simplify":{
"to make less complex":{
"examples":[
"you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today"
],
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"streamline"
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"dumb down",
"oversimplify",
"prune",
"strip (down)",
"trim",
"purify",
"refine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elaborate"
],
"antonyms":[
"complex",
"complexify",
"complicate",
"perplex",
"sophisticate"
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"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics"
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"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
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"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
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"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down",
"disentangle",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"resolve",
"solve",
"define",
"specify",
"annotate",
"commentate",
"gloss"
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"near antonyms":[
"befog",
"cloud",
"confound",
"confuse",
"obfuscate"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"simon-pure":{
"as in pious , self-righteous":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canting",
"goody-goody",
"holier-than-thou",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"simmers down":{
"as in calms (down)":{
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"near synonyms":[
"calms (down)"
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"near antonyms":[
"barks",
"snaps",
"snarls",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"roars",
"screams",
"shouts",
"shrieks",
"yells"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simulated":{
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
"examples":[
"a simulated leopard skin rug"
],
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"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
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"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the simulated friendliness in public of two politicians who can't stand each other in private"
],
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"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"labored",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"mincing",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stylized",
"wooden",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied"
],
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"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced"
]
},
"to present a false appearance of":{
"examples":[
"cosmetics that simulate a suntan"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"affected",
"assumed",
"bluffed",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"passed (for)",
"pretended",
"professed",
"put on",
"shammed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissimulated",
"impersonated",
"let on",
"masqueraded",
"playacted",
"played",
"posed",
"forged",
"imitated",
"camouflaged",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"feinted",
"malingered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"simplifications":{
"as in generalizations , generalities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"generalities",
"generalizations",
"inanities",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"conventional wisdoms",
"party lines",
"routines",
"old wives' tales",
"stereotypes",
"banalities",
"bromides",
"chestnuts",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"groaners",
"homilies",
"platitudes",
"shibboleths",
"tropes",
"truisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in conclusions , summarizations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups",
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"rehashes",
"reprises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simps":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"don't assume that all teenagers are simps when it comes to making financial decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"berks",
"boobies",
"charlies",
"charleys",
"cuckoos",
"ding-a-lings",
"dingbats",
"ding-dongs",
"dipsticks",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"featherheads",
"fools",
"geese",
"gits",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"mooncalves",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"simpletons",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"madmen",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"goons",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks",
"stocks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"butts",
"dupes",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"monkeys",
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sages",
"thinkers",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"similarly":{
"in like manner":{
"examples":[
"all the other men were removing their ties, so I did similarly"
],
"synonyms":[
"alike",
"also",
"correspondingly",
"ditto",
"likewise",
"so"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equally",
"equivalently",
"identically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrarily",
"conversely",
"inversely",
"oppositely",
"vice versa",
"diversely",
"unequally",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[
"differently",
"dissimilarly",
"otherwise"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"simmering":{
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"I gently simmered the chili for an hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling",
"coddling",
"parboiling",
"poaching",
"stewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scalding",
"braising",
"fricasseeing",
"pressure-cooking",
"smothering",
"steaming",
"reboiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"similar":{
"having qualities in common":{
"examples":[
"the two actresses accidentally wore similar outfits to the same gala"
],
"synonyms":[
"akin",
"alike",
"analogous",
"cognate",
"comparable",
"connate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"ditto",
"like",
"matching",
"parallel",
"resemblant",
"resembling",
"such",
"suchlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commensurate",
"proportionate",
"tantamount",
"virtual",
"allied",
"congeneric",
"congenerous",
"congenial",
"connatural",
"kin",
"kindred",
"relatable",
"related",
"approaching",
"approximating",
"close",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"conformable",
"conforming",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"fungible",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"interchangeable",
"me-too",
"redundant",
"same",
"selfsame",
"substitutable",
"synonymous",
"twin",
"entire",
"homogeneous",
"homogenous",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unvaried",
"unvarying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disparate",
"distinct",
"distinguishable",
"nonequivalent",
"noninterchangeable",
"variable",
"varied",
"various",
"varying",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
],
"antonyms":[
"different",
"dissimilar",
"diverse",
"unakin",
"unlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"similitudes":{
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
"examples":[
"the two siblings, raised on opposite ends of the country, show some curious similitudes"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonalities",
"common denominators",
"congruities",
"correspondences",
"parallels",
"resemblances",
"similarities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterparts",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogies",
"homologies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"differences",
"discrepancies",
"deviances",
"divergences",
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"changes",
"modifications",
"variations"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissimilarities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}