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"stick (to":{
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"as in hug , cling (to)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cleave (to)",
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"cling (to)",
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"hug",
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"carry",
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"keep",
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"maintain",
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"preserve",
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"remember",
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"retain",
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"treasure",
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"brood (about or over)",
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"fixate (on or upon)",
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"obsess (about or over)",
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"cultivate",
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"foster",
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"nurture",
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"support",
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"sustain",
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"bear",
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"cherish",
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"entertain",
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"harbor",
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"have",
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"hold",
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"nurse"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disregard",
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"drop",
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"forget",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"overlook",
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"abjure",
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"decline",
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"deny",
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"disdain",
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"refuse",
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"reject",
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"repudiate",
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"scorn",
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"abandon",
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"desert",
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"discard",
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"forsake",
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"give up",
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"part (with)",
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"quit",
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"renounce",
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"throw out",
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"erase",
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"expunge"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stick up":{
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"as in hold up , rob":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hold up",
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"loot",
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"plunder",
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"rip off",
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"rob",
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"invade",
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"trespass",
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"ransack",
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"rifle",
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"break in",
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"burglarize",
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"burgle",
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"despoil",
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"devastate",
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"maraud",
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"pillage",
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"ravage",
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"sack"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in burglary , holdup":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"break-in",
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"burglary",
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"holdup",
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"mugging",
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"grab",
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"heist",
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"pinch",
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"rip-off",
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"snatching",
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"swiping",
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"theft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stick up for":{
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"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"She is known for always sticking up for what is right."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abandon",
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"abjure",
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"forsake",
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"recant",
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"retract",
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"take back",
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"withdraw",
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"reverse",
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"switch",
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"controvert",
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"disprove",
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"rebut",
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"refute"
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],
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"related":[
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"advocate",
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"champion",
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"espouse",
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"confirm",
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"vindicate",
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"warrant",
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"affirm",
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"assert",
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"aver",
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"avouch",
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"avow",
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"claim",
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"contend",
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"insist",
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"plead",
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"proclaim",
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"profess",
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"protest",
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"state",
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"argue",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"emphasize",
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"stress",
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"underline",
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"underscore"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"defend",
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"justify",
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"maintain",
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"support",
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"uphold"
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]
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},
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"to promote the interests or cause of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"He stuck up for his colleague during the debate."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"baffle",
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"foil",
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"frustrate",
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"interfere",
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"oppose",
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"sabotage",
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"thwart",
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"desert",
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"disappoint",
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"fail",
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"let down"
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],
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"related":[
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"adopt",
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"embrace",
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"espouse",
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"abet",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"help",
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"prop (up)",
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"second",
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"side (with)",
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"backstop",
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"bolster",
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"boost",
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"buttress",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce",
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"advance",
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"forward",
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"further",
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"plug",
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"preach",
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"talk up",
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"bail out",
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"deliver",
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"rescue",
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"save"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advocate",
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"back",
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"champion",
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"endorse",
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"indorse",
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"patronize",
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"plump (for)",
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"plunk (for)",
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"plonk (for)",
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"support"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"stickers":{
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"as in spikes , snags":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barbs",
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"jags",
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"prickles",
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"snags",
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"spikes",
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"prongs",
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"tines",
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"pinpoints",
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"apexes",
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"apices",
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"cusps",
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"ends",
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"nibs",
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"noses",
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"pike",
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"pikes",
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"points",
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"tips"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in stamps , badges":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"badges",
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"decals",
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"plaques",
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"seals",
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"stamps",
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"brands",
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"emblems",
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"hallmarks",
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"logos",
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"marks",
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"symbols",
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"trademarks",
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"captions",
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"legends",
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"labels",
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"markers",
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"tags",
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"tickets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sticks":{
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"the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"grew up in the sticks and is used to traveling miles just to get a loaf of bread"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conurbation",
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"megalopolis",
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"urban sprawl"
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],
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"related":[
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"exurbia",
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"backcountry",
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"backwater",
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"backwoods",
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"bush",
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"frontier",
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"hinterland",
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"outback",
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"up-country",
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"wild",
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"wilderness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boondocks",
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"boonies",
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"country",
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"countryside",
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"nowhere"
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]
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},
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"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"relocates",
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"removes",
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"takes",
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"banishes",
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"dislodges",
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"displaces",
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"replaces",
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"supersedes",
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"supplants"
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],
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"related":[
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"moves",
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"rearranges",
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"reorders",
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"shifts",
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"orients",
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"establishes",
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"locates",
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"plants",
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"settles",
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"claps",
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"flops",
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"planks",
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"plops",
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"plumps",
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"plunks",
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"plonks",
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"plunks down",
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"slaps",
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"ensconces",
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"niches",
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"assembles",
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"collects",
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"carries",
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"berths",
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"parks",
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"affixes",
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"anchors",
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"locks",
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"lodges",
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"wedges",
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"arrays",
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"lays out",
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"lines up",
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"queues",
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"ranks",
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"sets down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deposes",
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"deposits",
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"disposes",
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"emplaces",
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"fixes",
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"lays",
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"places",
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"positions",
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"puts",
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"sets",
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"sets up",
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"situates"
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]
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},
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"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"loosens",
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"drops",
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"falls"
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],
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"related":[
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"binds",
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"coheres",
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"fastens",
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"fuses",
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"glues",
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"unites"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adheres",
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"cleaves",
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"clings",
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"hews"
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]
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},
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"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"spindles",
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"perforates",
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"riddles",
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"bayonets",
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"dirks",
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"gimlets",
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"pikes",
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"poniards",
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"prongs",
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"quills",
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"pinpricks",
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"pokes",
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"pricks",
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"punches",
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"thrusts",
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"cuts",
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"knifes",
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"slices"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gores",
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"harpoons",
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"impales",
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"jabs",
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"lances",
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"pecks",
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"picks",
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"pierces",
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"pinks",
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"punctures",
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"runs through",
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"skewers",
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"spears",
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"spikes",
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"spits",
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"stabs",
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"transfixes",
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"transpierces"
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]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"extorts",
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"wrenches",
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"wrests",
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"wrings",
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"clips",
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"gouges",
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"nicks",
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"overcharges",
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"soaks",
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"exploits",
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"milks",
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"deceives",
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"dupes",
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"fools",
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"gulls",
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"tricks",
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"ropes (in)",
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"betrays",
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"bitches",
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"double-crosses",
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"bamboozles",
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"fast-talks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"bilks",
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"bleeds",
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"cheats",
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"chisels",
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"chouses",
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"cons",
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"cozens",
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"defrauds",
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"diddles",
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"does",
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"does in",
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"euchres",
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"fiddles",
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"fleeces",
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"flimflams",
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"gaffs",
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"hoses",
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"hustles",
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"mulcts",
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"nobbles",
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"plucks",
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"reams",
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"rips off",
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"rooks",
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"screws",
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"shakes down",
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"shortchanges",
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"shorts",
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"skins",
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"skunks",
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"squeezes",
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"stiffs",
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"stings",
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"suckers",
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"swindles",
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"thimblerigs",
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"victimizes"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"plural noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiff":{
|
||
|
"incapable of or highly resistant to bending":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"use a stiff piece of paper for the project"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inflexible",
|
||
|
"rigid",
|
||
|
"stiffened",
|
||
|
"unyielding"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inelastic",
|
||
|
"firm",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"solid",
|
||
|
"sound",
|
||
|
"strong",
|
||
|
"brittle",
|
||
|
"crisp",
|
||
|
"compact",
|
||
|
"dense",
|
||
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
"arthritic",
|
||
|
"rheumatic",
|
||
|
"nonelastic",
|
||
|
"nonmalleable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"elastic",
|
||
|
"resilient",
|
||
|
"springy",
|
||
|
"stretchy",
|
||
|
"workable",
|
||
|
"malleable",
|
||
|
"plastic",
|
||
|
"semiflexible",
|
||
|
"droopy",
|
||
|
"flabby",
|
||
|
"flaccid",
|
||
|
"mushy",
|
||
|
"semisoft",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"squashy",
|
||
|
"squishy",
|
||
|
"lank",
|
||
|
"limber",
|
||
|
"limp",
|
||
|
"lissome",
|
||
|
"lissom",
|
||
|
"lithe",
|
||
|
"lithesome",
|
||
|
"willowy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"flexible",
|
||
|
"floppy",
|
||
|
"pliable",
|
||
|
"pliant",
|
||
|
"supple",
|
||
|
"yielding"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"difficult to endure":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stiff winds"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
"brutal",
|
||
|
"burdensome",
|
||
|
"cruel",
|
||
|
"excruciating",
|
||
|
"grievous",
|
||
|
"grim",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"hardhanded",
|
||
|
"harsh",
|
||
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
"inhuman",
|
||
|
"murderous",
|
||
|
"onerous",
|
||
|
"oppressive",
|
||
|
"rough",
|
||
|
"rugged",
|
||
|
"searing",
|
||
|
"severe",
|
||
|
"tough",
|
||
|
"trying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"austere",
|
||
|
"bleak",
|
||
|
"comfortless",
|
||
|
"discomforting",
|
||
|
"forbidding",
|
||
|
"inhospitable",
|
||
|
"spartan",
|
||
|
"uncomfortable",
|
||
|
"biting",
|
||
|
"inclement",
|
||
|
"intemperate",
|
||
|
"wild",
|
||
|
"rigorous",
|
||
|
"strict",
|
||
|
"stringent",
|
||
|
"agonizing",
|
||
|
"heartbreaking",
|
||
|
"heartrending",
|
||
|
"painful",
|
||
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
"crushing",
|
||
|
"grinding",
|
||
|
"overwhelming",
|
||
|
"wearing",
|
||
|
"insufferable",
|
||
|
"insupportable",
|
||
|
"intolerable",
|
||
|
"unbearable",
|
||
|
"unendurable",
|
||
|
"harrowing",
|
||
|
"tortuous",
|
||
|
"bad",
|
||
|
"disagreeable",
|
||
|
"hostile",
|
||
|
"unfriendly",
|
||
|
"unpleasant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"comfortable",
|
||
|
"cozy",
|
||
|
"luxurious",
|
||
|
"snug",
|
||
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
"friendly",
|
||
|
"genial",
|
||
|
"hospitable",
|
||
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
"relaxing",
|
||
|
"reposeful",
|
||
|
"restful",
|
||
|
"bearable",
|
||
|
"endurable",
|
||
|
"painless",
|
||
|
"tolerable",
|
||
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"clement",
|
||
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
"mild",
|
||
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
"temperate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"easy",
|
||
|
"light",
|
||
|
"soft"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"don't you think that's a pretty stiff fine for such a minor infraction?"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"baroque",
|
||
|
"devilish",
|
||
|
"excessive",
|
||
|
"exorbitant",
|
||
|
"extravagant",
|
||
|
"extreme",
|
||
|
"fancy",
|
||
|
"immoderate",
|
||
|
"inordinate",
|
||
|
"insane",
|
||
|
"intolerable",
|
||
|
"lavish",
|
||
|
"overdue",
|
||
|
"overextravagant",
|
||
|
"overmuch",
|
||
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
"plethoric",
|
||
|
"steep",
|
||
|
"towering",
|
||
|
"unconscionable",
|
||
|
"undue",
|
||
|
"unmerciful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boundless",
|
||
|
"endless",
|
||
|
"immeasurable",
|
||
|
"infinite",
|
||
|
"limitless",
|
||
|
"unbearable",
|
||
|
"unjustifiable",
|
||
|
"unwarranted",
|
||
|
"improper",
|
||
|
"inappropriate",
|
||
|
"thick",
|
||
|
"unseemly",
|
||
|
"unrestrained"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"deficient",
|
||
|
"inadequate",
|
||
|
"insufficient",
|
||
|
"minimal",
|
||
|
"minimum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"middling",
|
||
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"reasonable",
|
||
|
"temperate"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stir two cups of flour with the remaining ingredients to make a stiff dough"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"compact",
|
||
|
"firm",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"rigid",
|
||
|
"solid",
|
||
|
"unyielding"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"case-hardened",
|
||
|
"compacted",
|
||
|
"compressed",
|
||
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
"indurated",
|
||
|
"stiffened",
|
||
|
"tempered",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"dense",
|
||
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
"thick",
|
||
|
"thickset",
|
||
|
"inelastic",
|
||
|
"inflexible",
|
||
|
"ramrod",
|
||
|
"unbending",
|
||
|
"compressed",
|
||
|
"condensed",
|
||
|
"adamantine",
|
||
|
"rocklike",
|
||
|
"sturdy",
|
||
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
"impenetrable",
|
||
|
"impermeable",
|
||
|
"nonporous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"loose",
|
||
|
"scattered",
|
||
|
"thin",
|
||
|
"bendable",
|
||
|
"elastic",
|
||
|
"flexible",
|
||
|
"malleable",
|
||
|
"pliable",
|
||
|
"pliant",
|
||
|
"supple",
|
||
|
"droopy",
|
||
|
"flaccid",
|
||
|
"floppy",
|
||
|
"lank",
|
||
|
"limp",
|
||
|
"slack",
|
||
|
"airy",
|
||
|
"light",
|
||
|
"permeable",
|
||
|
"porous",
|
||
|
"ultrasoft"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"flabby",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"spongy",
|
||
|
"squashy",
|
||
|
"squishy"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"felt stiff and ill-at-ease whenever she was introduced to her parents' friends"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"awkward",
|
||
|
"clumsy",
|
||
|
"gauche",
|
||
|
"graceless",
|
||
|
"inelegant",
|
||
|
"rough-hewn",
|
||
|
"rustic",
|
||
|
"rustical",
|
||
|
"stilted",
|
||
|
"uncomfortable",
|
||
|
"uneasy",
|
||
|
"ungraceful",
|
||
|
"wooden"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"angular",
|
||
|
"gawky",
|
||
|
"lubberly",
|
||
|
"ungainly",
|
||
|
"boorish",
|
||
|
"clownish",
|
||
|
"uncouth",
|
||
|
"abashed",
|
||
|
"discomfited",
|
||
|
"discomforted",
|
||
|
"discomposed",
|
||
|
"disconcerted",
|
||
|
"discountenanced",
|
||
|
"embarrassed",
|
||
|
"self-conscious",
|
||
|
"agitated",
|
||
|
"bothered",
|
||
|
"chagrined",
|
||
|
"dismayed",
|
||
|
"disquieted",
|
||
|
"distressed",
|
||
|
"disturbed",
|
||
|
"fazed",
|
||
|
"flustered",
|
||
|
"jittery",
|
||
|
"jumpy",
|
||
|
"mortified",
|
||
|
"nervous",
|
||
|
"nonplussed",
|
||
|
"nonplused",
|
||
|
"perturbed",
|
||
|
"rattled",
|
||
|
"unhinged",
|
||
|
"unsettled",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"diffident",
|
||
|
"insecure",
|
||
|
"meek",
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"self-doubting",
|
||
|
"timid",
|
||
|
"unassertive",
|
||
|
"unassuming",
|
||
|
"unpretentious"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assured",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"collected",
|
||
|
"composed",
|
||
|
"confident",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"placid",
|
||
|
"poised",
|
||
|
"secure",
|
||
|
"self-assured",
|
||
|
"self-confident",
|
||
|
"self-possessed",
|
||
|
"serene",
|
||
|
"tranquil",
|
||
|
"undisturbed",
|
||
|
"unperturbed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"graceful",
|
||
|
"suave",
|
||
|
"urbane"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we'll have a stiff climb to actually reach the summit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arduous",
|
||
|
"Augean",
|
||
|
"backbreaking",
|
||
|
"challenging",
|
||
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
"difficult",
|
||
|
"effortful",
|
||
|
"exacting",
|
||
|
"formidable",
|
||
|
"grueling",
|
||
|
"gruelling",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
"hellacious",
|
||
|
"herculean",
|
||
|
"killer",
|
||
|
"laborious",
|
||
|
"moiling",
|
||
|
"murderous",
|
||
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
||
|
"rigorous",
|
||
|
"rough",
|
||
|
"rugged",
|
||
|
"severe",
|
||
|
"strenuous",
|
||
|
"sweaty",
|
||
|
"tall",
|
||
|
"testing",
|
||
|
"toilsome",
|
||
|
"tough",
|
||
|
"uphill"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abstract",
|
||
|
"abstruse",
|
||
|
"complex",
|
||
|
"complicated",
|
||
|
"elusive",
|
||
|
"hairy",
|
||
|
"insoluble",
|
||
|
"intricate",
|
||
|
"involved",
|
||
|
"knotty",
|
||
|
"opaque",
|
||
|
"problematic",
|
||
|
"problematical",
|
||
|
"recondite",
|
||
|
"serious",
|
||
|
"spiny",
|
||
|
"stubborn",
|
||
|
"thorny",
|
||
|
"ticklish",
|
||
|
"tricky",
|
||
|
"bruising",
|
||
|
"burdensome",
|
||
|
"exhausting",
|
||
|
"labored",
|
||
|
"onerous",
|
||
|
"oppressive",
|
||
|
"stressful",
|
||
|
"taxing",
|
||
|
"tight",
|
||
|
"trying",
|
||
|
"annoying",
|
||
|
"bothersome",
|
||
|
"distressing",
|
||
|
"irksome",
|
||
|
"troublesome",
|
||
|
"vexatious",
|
||
|
"grievous",
|
||
|
"grim",
|
||
|
"strict",
|
||
|
"stringent",
|
||
|
"brutal",
|
||
|
"cruel",
|
||
|
"inhuman",
|
||
|
"painful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"achievable",
|
||
|
"clear",
|
||
|
"doable",
|
||
|
"elementary",
|
||
|
"manageable",
|
||
|
"uncomplicated",
|
||
|
"comforting",
|
||
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
"painless",
|
||
|
"relaxed",
|
||
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
"accessible",
|
||
|
"friendly",
|
||
|
"idiotproof",
|
||
|
"user-friendly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheap",
|
||
|
"easy",
|
||
|
"effortless",
|
||
|
"facile",
|
||
|
"light",
|
||
|
"mindless",
|
||
|
"simple",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"undemanding"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the stiff politeness with which I was greeted suggested that they weren't truly happy to see me"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ceremonious",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"formal",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"punctilious",
|
||
|
"starchy",
|
||
|
"stiff-necked",
|
||
|
"stilted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"sober",
|
||
|
"solemn",
|
||
|
"stately",
|
||
|
"chivalrous",
|
||
|
"courtly",
|
||
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"polished",
|
||
|
"refined",
|
||
|
"civil",
|
||
|
"courteous",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"red-carpet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"improper",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"unmannerly",
|
||
|
"discourteous",
|
||
|
"impolite",
|
||
|
"rude"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"casual",
|
||
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
"informal",
|
||
|
"laid-back",
|
||
|
"unceremonious"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"seeing that the customer was more than a little stiff , the bartender offered to call a cab for him"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"besotted",
|
||
|
"blasted",
|
||
|
"blind",
|
||
|
"blitzed",
|
||
|
"blotto",
|
||
|
"bombed",
|
||
|
"boozy",
|
||
|
"canned",
|
||
|
"cockeyed",
|
||
|
"crocked",
|
||
|
"drunk",
|
||
|
"drunken",
|
||
|
"fried",
|
||
|
"gassed",
|
||
|
"hammered",
|
||
|
"high",
|
||
|
"impaired",
|
||
|
"inebriate",
|
||
|
"inebriated",
|
||
|
"intoxicated",
|
||
|
"juiced",
|
||
|
"lit",
|
||
|
"lit up",
|
||
|
"loaded",
|
||
|
"looped",
|
||
|
"oiled",
|
||
|
"pickled",
|
||
|
"pie-eyed",
|
||
|
"plastered",
|
||
|
"potted",
|
||
|
"ripped",
|
||
|
"sloshed",
|
||
|
"smashed",
|
||
|
"sottish",
|
||
|
"soused",
|
||
|
"sozzled",
|
||
|
"squiffed",
|
||
|
"squiffy",
|
||
|
"stewed",
|
||
|
"stinking",
|
||
|
"stoned",
|
||
|
"tanked",
|
||
|
"tiddly",
|
||
|
"tight",
|
||
|
"tipsy",
|
||
|
"wasted",
|
||
|
"wet",
|
||
|
"wiped out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"maudlin",
|
||
|
"beery",
|
||
|
"befuddled",
|
||
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
||
|
"crapulous",
|
||
|
"dopey",
|
||
|
"dopy",
|
||
|
"rocky",
|
||
|
"strung out",
|
||
|
"stupefied",
|
||
|
"debauched",
|
||
|
"dissipated",
|
||
|
"dissolute",
|
||
|
"alcoholic",
|
||
|
"bibulous",
|
||
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abstemious",
|
||
|
"abstinent",
|
||
|
"dry",
|
||
|
"temperate",
|
||
|
"teetotal",
|
||
|
"clearheaded",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"level",
|
||
|
"steady"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"sober",
|
||
|
"straight"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a dead body":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"to the mortician, a stiff was a stiff and they were all pretty much alike"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bones",
|
||
|
"cadaver",
|
||
|
"carcass",
|
||
|
"corpse",
|
||
|
"corpus",
|
||
|
"corse",
|
||
|
"relics",
|
||
|
"remains"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mummy",
|
||
|
"carnage",
|
||
|
"carrion",
|
||
|
"ashes",
|
||
|
"deceased",
|
||
|
"decedent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"one lucky stiff will get the biggest jackpot in the lottery's history"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"baby",
|
||
|
"being",
|
||
|
"bird",
|
||
|
"bod",
|
||
|
"body",
|
||
|
"character",
|
||
|
"cookie",
|
||
|
"cooky",
|
||
|
"creature",
|
||
|
"customer",
|
||
|
"devil",
|
||
|
"duck",
|
||
|
"egg",
|
||
|
"face",
|
||
|
"fish",
|
||
|
"guy",
|
||
|
"head",
|
||
|
"human",
|
||
|
"human being",
|
||
|
"individual",
|
||
|
"life",
|
||
|
"man",
|
||
|
"mortal",
|
||
|
"party",
|
||
|
"person",
|
||
|
"personage",
|
||
|
"scout",
|
||
|
"slob",
|
||
|
"sort",
|
||
|
"soul",
|
||
|
"specimen",
|
||
|
"thing",
|
||
|
"wight"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hominid",
|
||
|
"homo",
|
||
|
"humanoid",
|
||
|
"brother",
|
||
|
"fellow",
|
||
|
"fellowman",
|
||
|
"neighbor",
|
||
|
"celebrity",
|
||
|
"personality",
|
||
|
"self",
|
||
|
"somebody"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"animal",
|
||
|
"beast",
|
||
|
"beastie",
|
||
|
"brute",
|
||
|
"critter"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"snub",
|
||
|
"stiff-arm"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"isolate",
|
||
|
"ostracize",
|
||
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"disdain",
|
||
|
"rebuff",
|
||
|
"reject",
|
||
|
"repel",
|
||
|
"repulse",
|
||
|
"scorn",
|
||
|
"spurn",
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"forget",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"overpass",
|
||
|
"pass over",
|
||
|
"shrug off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"bilk",
|
||
|
"bleed",
|
||
|
"cheat",
|
||
|
"chisel",
|
||
|
"chouse",
|
||
|
"con",
|
||
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
"defraud",
|
||
|
"diddle",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"do in",
|
||
|
"euchre",
|
||
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
"fleece",
|
||
|
"flimflam",
|
||
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
"hose",
|
||
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
"mulct",
|
||
|
"nobble",
|
||
|
"pluck",
|
||
|
"ream",
|
||
|
"rip off",
|
||
|
"rook",
|
||
|
"screw",
|
||
|
"shake down",
|
||
|
"short",
|
||
|
"shortchange",
|
||
|
"skin",
|
||
|
"skunk",
|
||
|
"squeeze",
|
||
|
"stick",
|
||
|
"sting",
|
||
|
"sucker",
|
||
|
"swindle",
|
||
|
"thimblerig",
|
||
|
"victimize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extort",
|
||
|
"wrench",
|
||
|
"wrest",
|
||
|
"wring",
|
||
|
"clip",
|
||
|
"gouge",
|
||
|
"nick",
|
||
|
"overcharge",
|
||
|
"soak",
|
||
|
"exploit",
|
||
|
"milk",
|
||
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"fool",
|
||
|
"gull",
|
||
|
"trick",
|
||
|
"rope (in)",
|
||
|
"betray",
|
||
|
"bitch",
|
||
|
"double-cross",
|
||
|
"bamboozle",
|
||
|
"fast-talk"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiff-arming":{
|
||
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
||
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
"high-hatting",
|
||
|
"slighting",
|
||
|
"snubbing",
|
||
|
"stiffing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"isolating",
|
||
|
"ostracizing",
|
||
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"disdaining",
|
||
|
"rebuffing",
|
||
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
"repelling",
|
||
|
"repulsing",
|
||
|
"scorning",
|
||
|
"spurning",
|
||
|
"disregarding",
|
||
|
"forgetting",
|
||
|
"neglecting",
|
||
|
"overlooking",
|
||
|
"overpassing",
|
||
|
"passing over",
|
||
|
"shrugging off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiff-arms":{
|
||
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
||
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
"high-hats",
|
||
|
"slights",
|
||
|
"snubs",
|
||
|
"stiffs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"isolates",
|
||
|
"ostracizes",
|
||
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"disdains",
|
||
|
"rebuffs",
|
||
|
"rejects",
|
||
|
"repels",
|
||
|
"repulses",
|
||
|
"scorns",
|
||
|
"spurns",
|
||
|
"disregards",
|
||
|
"forgets",
|
||
|
"neglects",
|
||
|
"overlooks",
|
||
|
"overpasses",
|
||
|
"passes over",
|
||
|
"shrugs off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffness":{
|
||
|
"as in woodenness":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"woodenness",
|
||
|
"aloofness",
|
||
|
"detachment",
|
||
|
"indifference",
|
||
|
"unconcern",
|
||
|
"blankness",
|
||
|
"deadness",
|
||
|
"emptiness",
|
||
|
"vacancy",
|
||
|
"bloodlessness",
|
||
|
"callosity",
|
||
|
"callousness",
|
||
|
"coldness",
|
||
|
"coolness",
|
||
|
"halfheartedness",
|
||
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
||
|
"hardness",
|
||
|
"heartlessness",
|
||
|
"imperturbability",
|
||
|
"insensitivity",
|
||
|
"obduracy",
|
||
|
"affectlessness",
|
||
|
"apathy",
|
||
|
"emotionlessness",
|
||
|
"impassiveness",
|
||
|
"impassivity",
|
||
|
"insensibility",
|
||
|
"numbness",
|
||
|
"phlegm"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"emotion",
|
||
|
"feeling",
|
||
|
"sensibility",
|
||
|
"compassion",
|
||
|
"empathy",
|
||
|
"pity",
|
||
|
"sympathy",
|
||
|
"receptiveness",
|
||
|
"receptivity",
|
||
|
"responsiveness",
|
||
|
"sensitivity",
|
||
|
"solicitude",
|
||
|
"tenderness",
|
||
|
"understanding",
|
||
|
"warmth",
|
||
|
"hand-wringing",
|
||
|
"histrionics",
|
||
|
"hysteria",
|
||
|
"hysterics",
|
||
|
"melodrama",
|
||
|
"vehemence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stifle":{
|
||
|
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"choke",
|
||
|
"smother",
|
||
|
"strangle",
|
||
|
"suffocate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"garrote",
|
||
|
"garotte",
|
||
|
"throttle",
|
||
|
"asphyxiate",
|
||
|
"drown",
|
||
|
"croak",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"dispatch",
|
||
|
"do in",
|
||
|
"fell",
|
||
|
"slay"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"breathe",
|
||
|
"exhale",
|
||
|
"expire",
|
||
|
"inhale",
|
||
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
"resuscitate",
|
||
|
"revive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stifled a yawn"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"choke (back)",
|
||
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
"pocket",
|
||
|
"repress",
|
||
|
"sink",
|
||
|
"smother",
|
||
|
"strangle",
|
||
|
"submerge",
|
||
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
"swallow"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"control",
|
||
|
"govern",
|
||
|
"manage",
|
||
|
"bridle",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"quash",
|
||
|
"quell",
|
||
|
"bottle up",
|
||
|
"contain",
|
||
|
"muffle",
|
||
|
"squelch"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"express",
|
||
|
"loose",
|
||
|
"release",
|
||
|
"take out",
|
||
|
"unleash",
|
||
|
"vent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to deaden the sound of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he stifled a cough with his hand"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"muffle",
|
||
|
"mute"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"insulate",
|
||
|
"soundproof",
|
||
|
"pad",
|
||
|
"dampen",
|
||
|
"mellow",
|
||
|
"soften",
|
||
|
"subdue",
|
||
|
"tone (down)",
|
||
|
"baffle",
|
||
|
"smother"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"amplify",
|
||
|
"boost",
|
||
|
"deepen",
|
||
|
"enhance",
|
||
|
"heighten",
|
||
|
"increase",
|
||
|
"magnify",
|
||
|
"step up",
|
||
|
"strengthen"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unmuffle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stifling":{
|
||
|
"lacking fresh air":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the lecture hall was stifling until we opened several windows"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"breathless",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"stuffy",
|
||
|
"suffocating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"airless",
|
||
|
"unventilated",
|
||
|
"fuggy",
|
||
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
"oppressive",
|
||
|
"thick"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bracing",
|
||
|
"brisk",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"refreshed",
|
||
|
"refreshing",
|
||
|
"restorative",
|
||
|
"reviving",
|
||
|
"sweet",
|
||
|
"ventilated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"airy",
|
||
|
"breezy",
|
||
|
"unstuffy"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"choking",
|
||
|
"smothering",
|
||
|
"strangling",
|
||
|
"suffocating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"garroting",
|
||
|
"garotting",
|
||
|
"throttling",
|
||
|
"asphyxiating",
|
||
|
"drowning",
|
||
|
"croaking",
|
||
|
"destroying",
|
||
|
"dispatching",
|
||
|
"doing in",
|
||
|
"felling",
|
||
|
"slaying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"breathing",
|
||
|
"exhaling",
|
||
|
"expiring",
|
||
|
"inhaling",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"resuscitating",
|
||
|
"reviving"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stifled a yawn"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"choking (back)",
|
||
|
"holding back",
|
||
|
"pocketing",
|
||
|
"repressing",
|
||
|
"sinking",
|
||
|
"smothering",
|
||
|
"strangling",
|
||
|
"submerging",
|
||
|
"suppressing",
|
||
|
"swallowing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"controlling",
|
||
|
"governing",
|
||
|
"managing",
|
||
|
"bridling",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"curbing",
|
||
|
"quashing",
|
||
|
"quelling",
|
||
|
"bottling up",
|
||
|
"containing",
|
||
|
"muffling",
|
||
|
"squelching"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"expressing",
|
||
|
"loosing",
|
||
|
"releasing",
|
||
|
"taking out",
|
||
|
"unleashing",
|
||
|
"venting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to deaden the sound of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he stifled a cough with his hand"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"muffling",
|
||
|
"muting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"insulating",
|
||
|
"soundproofing",
|
||
|
"padding",
|
||
|
"dampening",
|
||
|
"mellowing",
|
||
|
"softening",
|
||
|
"subduing",
|
||
|
"toning (down)",
|
||
|
"baffling",
|
||
|
"smothering"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"amplifying",
|
||
|
"boosting",
|
||
|
"deepening",
|
||
|
"enhancing",
|
||
|
"heightening",
|
||
|
"increasing",
|
||
|
"magnifying",
|
||
|
"stepping up",
|
||
|
"strengthening"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unmuffling"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stigma":{
|
||
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in \"The Scarlet Letter,\" Hester Prynne bore the stigma of adultery"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"award",
|
||
|
"credit",
|
||
|
"honor",
|
||
|
"chasteness",
|
||
|
"chastity",
|
||
|
"modesty",
|
||
|
"purity",
|
||
|
"stainlessness",
|
||
|
"good",
|
||
|
"right",
|
||
|
"honesty",
|
||
|
"integrity",
|
||
|
"legitimacy",
|
||
|
"probity",
|
||
|
"rectitude",
|
||
|
"scrupulousness",
|
||
|
"uprightness",
|
||
|
"goodness",
|
||
|
"righteousness",
|
||
|
"virtuousness",
|
||
|
"fame",
|
||
|
"glory",
|
||
|
"renown",
|
||
|
"repute"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"black eye",
|
||
|
"discredit",
|
||
|
"disesteem",
|
||
|
"disgrace",
|
||
|
"dishonor",
|
||
|
"disrepute",
|
||
|
"guilt",
|
||
|
"ignominy",
|
||
|
"infamy",
|
||
|
"obloquy",
|
||
|
"odium",
|
||
|
"opprobrium",
|
||
|
"reproach",
|
||
|
"shame",
|
||
|
"corruption",
|
||
|
"debauchery",
|
||
|
"depravity",
|
||
|
"immorality",
|
||
|
"iniquity",
|
||
|
"licentiousness",
|
||
|
"sin",
|
||
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
||
|
"vice"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blot",
|
||
|
"brand",
|
||
|
"onus",
|
||
|
"slur",
|
||
|
"smirch",
|
||
|
"smudge",
|
||
|
"spot",
|
||
|
"stain",
|
||
|
"taint"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stigmas":{
|
||
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in \"The Scarlet Letter,\" Hester Prynne bore the stigma of adultery"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"awards",
|
||
|
"credits",
|
||
|
"honors",
|
||
|
"chastities",
|
||
|
"modesties",
|
||
|
"purities",
|
||
|
"goods",
|
||
|
"rights",
|
||
|
"honesties",
|
||
|
"integrities",
|
||
|
"legitimacies",
|
||
|
"probities",
|
||
|
"rectitudes",
|
||
|
"fames",
|
||
|
"glories",
|
||
|
"renowns",
|
||
|
"reputes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"black eyes",
|
||
|
"discredit",
|
||
|
"disesteems",
|
||
|
"disgraces",
|
||
|
"dishonors",
|
||
|
"disreputes",
|
||
|
"guilts",
|
||
|
"ignominies",
|
||
|
"infamies",
|
||
|
"obloquies",
|
||
|
"odiums",
|
||
|
"opprobriums",
|
||
|
"reproaches",
|
||
|
"shames",
|
||
|
"corruptions",
|
||
|
"debaucheries",
|
||
|
"depravities",
|
||
|
"immoralities",
|
||
|
"iniquities",
|
||
|
"sins",
|
||
|
"vices"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blots",
|
||
|
"brands",
|
||
|
"onuses",
|
||
|
"slurs",
|
||
|
"smirches",
|
||
|
"smudges",
|
||
|
"spots",
|
||
|
"stains",
|
||
|
"taints"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stillness":{
|
||
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"dozing in the warm stillness of a summer afternoon"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"calmness",
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"peace",
|
||
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
"placidity",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietness",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"repose",
|
||
|
"restfulness",
|
||
|
"sereneness",
|
||
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"respite",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"mildness",
|
||
|
"soothingness",
|
||
|
"comity",
|
||
|
"concord",
|
||
|
"harmony",
|
||
|
"casualness",
|
||
|
"easygoingness",
|
||
|
"informality",
|
||
|
"laid-backness",
|
||
|
"relaxedness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"racket"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
"pandemonium",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"turmoil",
|
||
|
"unquietness",
|
||
|
"unrest",
|
||
|
"uproar"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"from the couple's tense stillness I sensed that they had been quarreling just before I arrived"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dumbness",
|
||
|
"muteness",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"speechlessness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inarticulacy",
|
||
|
"inarticulateness",
|
||
|
"voicelessness",
|
||
|
"reserve",
|
||
|
"reticence",
|
||
|
"reticency",
|
||
|
"taciturnity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"communication",
|
||
|
"speaking",
|
||
|
"talking",
|
||
|
"eloquence",
|
||
|
"fluency",
|
||
|
"volubility",
|
||
|
"chattiness",
|
||
|
"garrulousness",
|
||
|
"loquaciousness",
|
||
|
"loquacity",
|
||
|
"talkativeness",
|
||
|
"talkiness",
|
||
|
"verboseness",
|
||
|
"verbosity",
|
||
|
"windiness",
|
||
|
"wordiness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the only thing that broke the stillness of the garden was the droning of a bee"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietness",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"still"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"peace",
|
||
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"babel",
|
||
|
"blare",
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"cacophony",
|
||
|
"chatter",
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"clangor",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"racket",
|
||
|
"rattle",
|
||
|
"roar",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"uproar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"sound",
|
||
|
"unquietness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stilted":{
|
||
|
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the conversation was somewhat stilted as we didn't seem to share any interests"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"awkward",
|
||
|
"clumsy",
|
||
|
"gauche",
|
||
|
"graceless",
|
||
|
"inelegant",
|
||
|
"rough-hewn",
|
||
|
"rustic",
|
||
|
"rustical",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"uncomfortable",
|
||
|
"uneasy",
|
||
|
"ungraceful",
|
||
|
"wooden"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"angular",
|
||
|
"gawky",
|
||
|
"lubberly",
|
||
|
"ungainly",
|
||
|
"boorish",
|
||
|
"clownish",
|
||
|
"uncouth",
|
||
|
"abashed",
|
||
|
"discomfited",
|
||
|
"discomforted",
|
||
|
"discomposed",
|
||
|
"disconcerted",
|
||
|
"discountenanced",
|
||
|
"embarrassed",
|
||
|
"self-conscious",
|
||
|
"agitated",
|
||
|
"bothered",
|
||
|
"chagrined",
|
||
|
"dismayed",
|
||
|
"disquieted",
|
||
|
"distressed",
|
||
|
"disturbed",
|
||
|
"fazed",
|
||
|
"flustered",
|
||
|
"jittery",
|
||
|
"jumpy",
|
||
|
"mortified",
|
||
|
"nervous",
|
||
|
"nonplussed",
|
||
|
"nonplused",
|
||
|
"perturbed",
|
||
|
"rattled",
|
||
|
"unhinged",
|
||
|
"unsettled",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"diffident",
|
||
|
"insecure",
|
||
|
"meek",
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"self-doubting",
|
||
|
"timid",
|
||
|
"unassertive",
|
||
|
"unassuming",
|
||
|
"unpretentious"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assured",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"collected",
|
||
|
"composed",
|
||
|
"confident",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"placid",
|
||
|
"poised",
|
||
|
"secure",
|
||
|
"self-assured",
|
||
|
"self-confident",
|
||
|
"self-possessed",
|
||
|
"serene",
|
||
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"tranquil",
|
||
|
"undisturbed",
|
||
|
"unperturbed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"graceful",
|
||
|
"suave",
|
||
|
"urbane"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a stilted letter of apology that was written and accepted with equal measures of insincerity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ceremonious",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"formal",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"punctilious",
|
||
|
"starchy",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"stiff-necked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"sober",
|
||
|
"solemn",
|
||
|
"stately",
|
||
|
"chivalrous",
|
||
|
"courtly",
|
||
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"polished",
|
||
|
"refined",
|
||
|
"civil",
|
||
|
"courteous",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"red-carpet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"improper",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"unmannerly",
|
||
|
"discourteous",
|
||
|
"impolite",
|
||
|
"rude"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"casual",
|
||
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
"informal",
|
||
|
"laid-back",
|
||
|
"unceremonious"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimulant":{
|
||
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the relaxed zoning regulations should serve as a stimulant for development in the area"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boost",
|
||
|
"encouragement",
|
||
|
"goad",
|
||
|
"impetus",
|
||
|
"impulse",
|
||
|
"incentive",
|
||
|
"incitation",
|
||
|
"incitement",
|
||
|
"instigation",
|
||
|
"momentum",
|
||
|
"motivation",
|
||
|
"provocation",
|
||
|
"spur",
|
||
|
"stimulus",
|
||
|
"yeast"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inducement",
|
||
|
"invitation",
|
||
|
"antecedent",
|
||
|
"cause",
|
||
|
"consideration",
|
||
|
"grounds",
|
||
|
"motive",
|
||
|
"occasion",
|
||
|
"reason",
|
||
|
"catalyst",
|
||
|
"catalyzer",
|
||
|
"fuel",
|
||
|
"spark"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"counterincentive",
|
||
|
"disincentive"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I always take a bottle of stimulant along on trips, for emergencies like plane crashes or earthquakes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"alcohol",
|
||
|
"aqua vitae",
|
||
|
"ardent spirits",
|
||
|
"booze",
|
||
|
"bottle",
|
||
|
"drink",
|
||
|
"firewater",
|
||
|
"grog",
|
||
|
"hooch",
|
||
|
"inebriant",
|
||
|
"intoxicant",
|
||
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
||
|
"juice",
|
||
|
"liquor",
|
||
|
"lush",
|
||
|
"moonshine",
|
||
|
"potable",
|
||
|
"rum",
|
||
|
"sauce",
|
||
|
"spirits",
|
||
|
"strong drink",
|
||
|
"tipple"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aperitif",
|
||
|
"bracer",
|
||
|
"chaser",
|
||
|
"digestif",
|
||
|
"nightcap",
|
||
|
"belt",
|
||
|
"load",
|
||
|
"nip",
|
||
|
"peg",
|
||
|
"pop",
|
||
|
"shooter",
|
||
|
"shot",
|
||
|
"slug",
|
||
|
"snifter",
|
||
|
"snort",
|
||
|
"tot",
|
||
|
"whet",
|
||
|
"cocktail",
|
||
|
"mixed drink",
|
||
|
"ale",
|
||
|
"beer",
|
||
|
"brew",
|
||
|
"brewage",
|
||
|
"brewski",
|
||
|
"home brew",
|
||
|
"malt liquor",
|
||
|
"microbrew",
|
||
|
"mum",
|
||
|
"nappy",
|
||
|
"mead",
|
||
|
"sake",
|
||
|
"saki",
|
||
|
"wine",
|
||
|
"barley-bree",
|
||
|
"barley-broo",
|
||
|
"brandy",
|
||
|
"gin",
|
||
|
"liqueur",
|
||
|
"mao-tai",
|
||
|
"mescal",
|
||
|
"schnapps",
|
||
|
"tequila",
|
||
|
"vodka",
|
||
|
"whiskey",
|
||
|
"whisky",
|
||
|
"Dutch courage"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in stimulating , invigorating":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
"painful",
|
||
|
"stressful",
|
||
|
"tiresome",
|
||
|
"troubling",
|
||
|
"trying",
|
||
|
"unsettling",
|
||
|
"worrisome",
|
||
|
"aggravating",
|
||
|
"annoying",
|
||
|
"bothersome",
|
||
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
"exasperating",
|
||
|
"frustrating",
|
||
|
"galling",
|
||
|
"grating",
|
||
|
"harassing",
|
||
|
"irksome",
|
||
|
"irritating",
|
||
|
"maddening",
|
||
|
"nettlesome",
|
||
|
"troublesome",
|
||
|
"vexatious",
|
||
|
"vexing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calming",
|
||
|
"comforting",
|
||
|
"dreamy",
|
||
|
"lulling",
|
||
|
"narcotic",
|
||
|
"pacifying",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"relaxing",
|
||
|
"sedative",
|
||
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
"tranquillizing",
|
||
|
"hypnotic",
|
||
|
"opiate",
|
||
|
"analgesic",
|
||
|
"anesthetic",
|
||
|
"anodyne",
|
||
|
"deadening",
|
||
|
"depressant",
|
||
|
"numbing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimulate":{
|
||
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"damp",
|
||
|
"dampen",
|
||
|
"deaden",
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"kill"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"research into alternative energy sources has been stimulated by this funding increase"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"burn out",
|
||
|
"debilitate",
|
||
|
"do in",
|
||
|
"drain",
|
||
|
"enervate",
|
||
|
"enfeeble",
|
||
|
"exhaust",
|
||
|
"fag",
|
||
|
"fatigue",
|
||
|
"harass",
|
||
|
"kayo",
|
||
|
"knock out",
|
||
|
"sap",
|
||
|
"tucker (out)",
|
||
|
"undermine",
|
||
|
"wash out",
|
||
|
"weaken",
|
||
|
"wear",
|
||
|
"wear out",
|
||
|
"weary",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"inhibit",
|
||
|
"jade",
|
||
|
"quell",
|
||
|
"quench",
|
||
|
"repress",
|
||
|
"restrain",
|
||
|
"slow",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
"daunt",
|
||
|
"demoralize",
|
||
|
"discourage",
|
||
|
"dishearten",
|
||
|
"dispirit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"arouse",
|
||
|
"awake",
|
||
|
"awaken",
|
||
|
"raise",
|
||
|
"rouse",
|
||
|
"stir",
|
||
|
"wake (up)",
|
||
|
"activate",
|
||
|
"actuate",
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"impel",
|
||
|
"motivate",
|
||
|
"motive",
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"propel",
|
||
|
"charge",
|
||
|
"electrify",
|
||
|
"galvanize",
|
||
|
"enkindle",
|
||
|
"excite",
|
||
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
"foment",
|
||
|
"incite",
|
||
|
"inflame",
|
||
|
"enflame",
|
||
|
"instigate",
|
||
|
"kindle",
|
||
|
"provoke",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"spark",
|
||
|
"trigger",
|
||
|
"turn on",
|
||
|
"whip (up)",
|
||
|
"abet",
|
||
|
"boost",
|
||
|
"buoy",
|
||
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
"embolden",
|
||
|
"fortify",
|
||
|
"hearten",
|
||
|
"infuse",
|
||
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
"lift",
|
||
|
"rally",
|
||
|
"steel",
|
||
|
"strengthen",
|
||
|
"reactivate",
|
||
|
"reanimate",
|
||
|
"reawake",
|
||
|
"reawaken",
|
||
|
"recharge",
|
||
|
"recreate",
|
||
|
"reenergize",
|
||
|
"refresh",
|
||
|
"refreshen",
|
||
|
"regenerate",
|
||
|
"reinvigorate",
|
||
|
"rejuvenate",
|
||
|
"rekindle",
|
||
|
"renew",
|
||
|
"restimulate",
|
||
|
"resurrect",
|
||
|
"resuscitate",
|
||
|
"revitalize",
|
||
|
"revive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"amp (up)",
|
||
|
"animate",
|
||
|
"brace",
|
||
|
"energize",
|
||
|
"enliven",
|
||
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
"fire",
|
||
|
"ginger (up)",
|
||
|
"invigorate",
|
||
|
"jazz (up)",
|
||
|
"juice up",
|
||
|
"jump-start",
|
||
|
"liven (up)",
|
||
|
"pep (up)",
|
||
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
"spike",
|
||
|
"vitalize",
|
||
|
"vivify",
|
||
|
"zip (up)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the government crackdown has only stimulated the citizenry to more acts of violence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"soothe",
|
||
|
"subdue",
|
||
|
"tranquilize",
|
||
|
"tranquillize",
|
||
|
"appease",
|
||
|
"mollify",
|
||
|
"pacify",
|
||
|
"placate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"fan",
|
||
|
"ignite",
|
||
|
"inflame",
|
||
|
"enflame",
|
||
|
"kindle",
|
||
|
"trigger",
|
||
|
"activate",
|
||
|
"animate",
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"energize",
|
||
|
"galvanize",
|
||
|
"induce",
|
||
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
"key (up)",
|
||
|
"motivate",
|
||
|
"motive",
|
||
|
"pump up",
|
||
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"vitalize",
|
||
|
"abet",
|
||
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
"foment",
|
||
|
"raise",
|
||
|
"whip (up)",
|
||
|
"anger",
|
||
|
"enrage",
|
||
|
"madden",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"jeer",
|
||
|
"taunt",
|
||
|
"tease",
|
||
|
"aggravate",
|
||
|
"annoy",
|
||
|
"bother",
|
||
|
"exasperate",
|
||
|
"gall",
|
||
|
"get",
|
||
|
"irritate",
|
||
|
"vex"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arouse",
|
||
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
"excite",
|
||
|
"fire (up)",
|
||
|
"impassion",
|
||
|
"incite",
|
||
|
"instigate",
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"pique",
|
||
|
"provoke",
|
||
|
"rev (up)",
|
||
|
"spark",
|
||
|
"stir"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimuli":{
|
||
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"seeing a Broadway play for the first time was the stimulus for her career in the theater"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
"encouragements",
|
||
|
"goads",
|
||
|
"impetuses",
|
||
|
"impulses",
|
||
|
"incentives",
|
||
|
"incitations",
|
||
|
"incitements",
|
||
|
"instigations",
|
||
|
"momenta",
|
||
|
"momentums",
|
||
|
"motivations",
|
||
|
"provocations",
|
||
|
"spurs",
|
||
|
"stimulants",
|
||
|
"yeasts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inducements",
|
||
|
"invitations",
|
||
|
"antecedents",
|
||
|
"causes",
|
||
|
"considerations",
|
||
|
"grounds",
|
||
|
"motives",
|
||
|
"occasions",
|
||
|
"reasons",
|
||
|
"catalysts",
|
||
|
"catalyzers",
|
||
|
"fuels",
|
||
|
"sparks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"counterincentives",
|
||
|
"counter-incentives",
|
||
|
"disincentives"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinginess":{
|
||
|
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"refusing to tip poorly paid restaurant servers is a particularly petty form of stinginess"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheapness",
|
||
|
"cheeseparing",
|
||
|
"closeness",
|
||
|
"miserliness",
|
||
|
"niggardliness",
|
||
|
"parsimony",
|
||
|
"penny-pinching",
|
||
|
"penuriousness",
|
||
|
"pinching",
|
||
|
"tightfistedness",
|
||
|
"tightness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"conserving",
|
||
|
"economizing",
|
||
|
"economy",
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||
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"frugality",
|
||
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"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":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinkers":{
|
||
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"some stinker nearly crashed his SUV into me because he was yakking on his cell phone"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bastards",
|
||
|
"beasts",
|
||
|
"bleeders",
|
||
|
"blighters",
|
||
|
"boors",
|
||
|
"bounders",
|
||
|
"buggers",
|
||
|
"buzzards",
|
||
|
"cads",
|
||
|
"chuffs",
|
||
|
"churls",
|
||
|
"clowns",
|
||
|
"creeps",
|
||
|
"cretins",
|
||
|
"cruds",
|
||
|
"crumbs",
|
||
|
"curs",
|
||
|
"dirtbags",
|
||
|
"dogs",
|
||
|
"finks",
|
||
|
"heels",
|
||
|
"hounds",
|
||
|
"jerks",
|
||
|
"jokers",
|
||
|
"louses",
|
||
|
"louts",
|
||
|
"pills",
|
||
|
"rat finks",
|
||
|
"rats",
|
||
|
"reptiles",
|
||
|
"rotters",
|
||
|
"schmucks",
|
||
|
"scumbags",
|
||
|
"scums",
|
||
|
"scuzzballs",
|
||
|
"skunks",
|
||
|
"skunk",
|
||
|
"sleazebags",
|
||
|
"sleazeballs",
|
||
|
"sleazes",
|
||
|
"slimeballs",
|
||
|
"slimes",
|
||
|
"slobs",
|
||
|
"snakes",
|
||
|
"so-and-sos",
|
||
|
"so-and-so's",
|
||
|
"sods",
|
||
|
"stinkards",
|
||
|
"swine",
|
||
|
"toads",
|
||
|
"varmints",
|
||
|
"vermin"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"barbarians",
|
||
|
"brutes",
|
||
|
"cavemen",
|
||
|
"Neanderthals",
|
||
|
"savages",
|
||
|
"loudmouths",
|
||
|
"vulgarians",
|
||
|
"lowlifes",
|
||
|
"lowlives",
|
||
|
"miscreants",
|
||
|
"rascals",
|
||
|
"rogues",
|
||
|
"roughnecks",
|
||
|
"scabs",
|
||
|
"scamps",
|
||
|
"scoundrels",
|
||
|
"villains",
|
||
|
"wretches",
|
||
|
"boobies",
|
||
|
"doofuses",
|
||
|
"dufuses",
|
||
|
"fools",
|
||
|
"jackasses",
|
||
|
"nincompoops",
|
||
|
"ninnies",
|
||
|
"nits",
|
||
|
"nitwits",
|
||
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
"schmoes",
|
||
|
"airheads",
|
||
|
"birdbrains",
|
||
|
"blockheads",
|
||
|
"dinks",
|
||
|
"dolts",
|
||
|
"dopes",
|
||
|
"dorks",
|
||
|
"goons",
|
||
|
"half-wits",
|
||
|
"idiots",
|
||
|
"imbeciles",
|
||
|
"morons",
|
||
|
"turkeys",
|
||
|
"brats",
|
||
|
"insolents",
|
||
|
"nuisances",
|
||
|
"pests",
|
||
|
"snips",
|
||
|
"snobs",
|
||
|
"snoots",
|
||
|
"snots",
|
||
|
"dweebs",
|
||
|
"nerds"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"heroes",
|
||
|
"heroines",
|
||
|
"idols",
|
||
|
"role models",
|
||
|
"gentlemen",
|
||
|
"ladies",
|
||
|
"angels",
|
||
|
"saints"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinking":{
|
||
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fetid",
|
||
|
"foul",
|
||
|
"frowsty",
|
||
|
"frowsy",
|
||
|
"frowzy",
|
||
|
"funky",
|
||
|
"fusty",
|
||
|
"malodorous",
|
||
|
"musty",
|
||
|
"noisome",
|
||
|
"rank",
|
||
|
"reeking",
|
||
|
"reeky",
|
||
|
"ripe",
|
||
|
"smelly",
|
||
|
"stenchy",
|
||
|
"stinky",
|
||
|
"strong"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"putrid",
|
||
|
"rancid",
|
||
|
"skunky",
|
||
|
"stale",
|
||
|
"bad",
|
||
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
"vile",
|
||
|
"decayed",
|
||
|
"decaying",
|
||
|
"decomposed",
|
||
|
"decomposing",
|
||
|
"rotted",
|
||
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
"rotting",
|
||
|
"spoiled",
|
||
|
"spoiling",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"noxious",
|
||
|
"odiferous",
|
||
|
"odoriferous",
|
||
|
"odorous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"flowery",
|
||
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
"spicy",
|
||
|
"woodsy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambrosial",
|
||
|
"aromatic",
|
||
|
"fragrant",
|
||
|
"perfumed",
|
||
|
"redolent",
|
||
|
"savory",
|
||
|
"savoury",
|
||
|
"scented",
|
||
|
"sweet"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"warned her husband not to come home stinking \u2014or he'd be sleeping on the couch"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"besotted",
|
||
|
"blasted",
|
||
|
"blind",
|
||
|
"blitzed",
|
||
|
"blotto",
|
||
|
"bombed",
|
||
|
"boozy",
|
||
|
"canned",
|
||
|
"cockeyed",
|
||
|
"crocked",
|
||
|
"drunk",
|
||
|
"drunken",
|
||
|
"fried",
|
||
|
"gassed",
|
||
|
"hammered",
|
||
|
"high",
|
||
|
"impaired",
|
||
|
"inebriate",
|
||
|
"inebriated",
|
||
|
"intoxicated",
|
||
|
"juiced",
|
||
|
"lit",
|
||
|
"lit up",
|
||
|
"loaded",
|
||
|
"looped",
|
||
|
"oiled",
|
||
|
"pickled",
|
||
|
"pie-eyed",
|
||
|
"plastered",
|
||
|
"potted",
|
||
|
"ripped",
|
||
|
"sloshed",
|
||
|
"smashed",
|
||
|
"sottish",
|
||
|
"soused",
|
||
|
"sozzled",
|
||
|
"squiffed",
|
||
|
"squiffy",
|
||
|
"stewed",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"stoned",
|
||
|
"tanked",
|
||
|
"tiddly",
|
||
|
"tight",
|
||
|
"tipsy",
|
||
|
"wasted",
|
||
|
"wet",
|
||
|
"wiped out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"maudlin",
|
||
|
"beery",
|
||
|
"befuddled",
|
||
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
||
|
"crapulous",
|
||
|
"dopey",
|
||
|
"dopy",
|
||
|
"rocky",
|
||
|
"strung out",
|
||
|
"stupefied",
|
||
|
"debauched",
|
||
|
"dissipated",
|
||
|
"dissolute",
|
||
|
"alcoholic",
|
||
|
"bibulous",
|
||
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abstemious",
|
||
|
"abstinent",
|
||
|
"dry",
|
||
|
"temperate",
|
||
|
"teetotal",
|
||
|
"clearheaded",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"level",
|
||
|
"steady"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"sober",
|
||
|
"straight"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to a great degree":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a huge, showy house that screams, \"We're stinking rich!\""
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"achingly",
|
||
|
"almighty",
|
||
|
"archly",
|
||
|
"awful",
|
||
|
"awfully",
|
||
|
"badly",
|
||
|
"beastly",
|
||
|
"blisteringly",
|
||
|
"bone",
|
||
|
"colossally",
|
||
|
"corking",
|
||
|
"cracking",
|
||
|
"damn",
|
||
|
"damned",
|
||
|
"dang",
|
||
|
"deadly",
|
||
|
"desperately",
|
||
|
"eminently",
|
||
|
"enormously",
|
||
|
"especially",
|
||
|
"ever",
|
||
|
"exceedingly",
|
||
|
"exceeding",
|
||
|
"extra",
|
||
|
"extremely",
|
||
|
"fabulously",
|
||
|
"fantastically",
|
||
|
"far",
|
||
|
"fiercely",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"frightfully",
|
||
|
"full",
|
||
|
"greatly",
|
||
|
"heavily",
|
||
|
"highly",
|
||
|
"hugely",
|
||
|
"immensely",
|
||
|
"incredibly",
|
||
|
"intensely",
|
||
|
"jolly",
|
||
|
"majorly",
|
||
|
"mightily",
|
||
|
"mighty",
|
||
|
"monstrous",
|
||
|
"mortally",
|
||
|
"most",
|
||
|
"much",
|
||
|
"particularly",
|
||
|
"passing",
|
||
|
"rattling",
|
||
|
"real",
|
||
|
"really",
|
||
|
"right",
|
||
|
"roaring",
|
||
|
"roaringly",
|
||
|
"seriously",
|
||
|
"severely",
|
||
|
"so",
|
||
|
"sore",
|
||
|
"sorely",
|
||
|
"spanking",
|
||
|
"specially",
|
||
|
"such",
|
||
|
"super",
|
||
|
"supremely",
|
||
|
"surpassingly",
|
||
|
"terribly",
|
||
|
"that",
|
||
|
"thumping",
|
||
|
"too",
|
||
|
"unco",
|
||
|
"uncommonly",
|
||
|
"vastly",
|
||
|
"very",
|
||
|
"vitally",
|
||
|
"way",
|
||
|
"whacking",
|
||
|
"wicked",
|
||
|
"wildly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"absolutely",
|
||
|
"altogether",
|
||
|
"completely",
|
||
|
"downright",
|
||
|
"entirely",
|
||
|
"flat-out",
|
||
|
"fully",
|
||
|
"positively",
|
||
|
"purely",
|
||
|
"radically",
|
||
|
"thoroughly",
|
||
|
"totally",
|
||
|
"utterly",
|
||
|
"wholly",
|
||
|
"deeply",
|
||
|
"profoundly",
|
||
|
"exceptionally",
|
||
|
"notably",
|
||
|
"remarkably",
|
||
|
"considerably",
|
||
|
"extensively",
|
||
|
"significantly",
|
||
|
"substantially",
|
||
|
"appreciably",
|
||
|
"discernibly",
|
||
|
"markedly",
|
||
|
"noticeably",
|
||
|
"obviously",
|
||
|
"palpably",
|
||
|
"plainly",
|
||
|
"visibly",
|
||
|
"abundantly",
|
||
|
"plentifully",
|
||
|
"astronomically",
|
||
|
"grandly",
|
||
|
"monstrously",
|
||
|
"monumentally",
|
||
|
"excessively",
|
||
|
"obscenely",
|
||
|
"overmuch",
|
||
|
"amazingly",
|
||
|
"astonishingly",
|
||
|
"staggeringly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"meagerly",
|
||
|
"scantily",
|
||
|
"barely",
|
||
|
"hardly",
|
||
|
"just",
|
||
|
"marginally",
|
||
|
"minimally",
|
||
|
"scarcely"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"little",
|
||
|
"negligibly",
|
||
|
"nominally",
|
||
|
"slightly",
|
||
|
"somewhat"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"reeking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"exhaling",
|
||
|
"savoring",
|
||
|
"savouring",
|
||
|
"smelling",
|
||
|
"decaying",
|
||
|
"decomposing",
|
||
|
"rotting",
|
||
|
"spoiling",
|
||
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
"offending",
|
||
|
"repulsing",
|
||
|
"revolting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their team really stinks this year"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"biting",
|
||
|
"smelling",
|
||
|
"sucking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
"ruling"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinky":{
|
||
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a stinky plant that attracts certain insects and then devours them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fetid",
|
||
|
"foul",
|
||
|
"frowsty",
|
||
|
"frowsy",
|
||
|
"frowzy",
|
||
|
"funky",
|
||
|
"fusty",
|
||
|
"malodorous",
|
||
|
"musty",
|
||
|
"noisome",
|
||
|
"rank",
|
||
|
"reeking",
|
||
|
"reeky",
|
||
|
"ripe",
|
||
|
"smelly",
|
||
|
"stenchy",
|
||
|
"stinking",
|
||
|
"strong"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"putrid",
|
||
|
"rancid",
|
||
|
"skunky",
|
||
|
"stale",
|
||
|
"bad",
|
||
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
"vile",
|
||
|
"decayed",
|
||
|
"decaying",
|
||
|
"decomposed",
|
||
|
"decomposing",
|
||
|
"rotted",
|
||
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
"rotting",
|
||
|
"spoiled",
|
||
|
"spoiling",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"noxious",
|
||
|
"odiferous",
|
||
|
"odoriferous",
|
||
|
"odorous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"flowery",
|
||
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
"spicy",
|
||
|
"woodsy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambrosial",
|
||
|
"aromatic",
|
||
|
"fragrant",
|
||
|
"perfumed",
|
||
|
"redolent",
|
||
|
"savory",
|
||
|
"savoury",
|
||
|
"scented",
|
||
|
"sweet"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipend":{
|
||
|
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the stipend you'll receive as an intern will just barely cover your housing costs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"emolument",
|
||
|
"hire",
|
||
|
"packet",
|
||
|
"pay",
|
||
|
"pay envelope",
|
||
|
"paycheck",
|
||
|
"payment",
|
||
|
"salary",
|
||
|
"wage"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"living wage",
|
||
|
"minimum wage",
|
||
|
"nominal wages",
|
||
|
"take-home pay",
|
||
|
"double time",
|
||
|
"overtime",
|
||
|
"time and a half",
|
||
|
"compensation",
|
||
|
"recompense",
|
||
|
"remittance",
|
||
|
"remuneration",
|
||
|
"requital",
|
||
|
"return",
|
||
|
"recoupment",
|
||
|
"redress",
|
||
|
"reparation",
|
||
|
"restitution",
|
||
|
"reimbursement",
|
||
|
"repayment",
|
||
|
"earnings",
|
||
|
"profit",
|
||
|
"takings",
|
||
|
"yield"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipends":{
|
||
|
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the stipend you'll receive as an intern will just barely cover your housing costs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"living wages",
|
||
|
"minimum wages",
|
||
|
"nominal wages",
|
||
|
"take-home pays",
|
||
|
"double times",
|
||
|
"overtimes",
|
||
|
"time and a halfs",
|
||
|
"compensations",
|
||
|
"recompenses",
|
||
|
"remittances",
|
||
|
"remunerations",
|
||
|
"requitals",
|
||
|
"returns",
|
||
|
"recoupments",
|
||
|
"redresses",
|
||
|
"reparations",
|
||
|
"restitutions",
|
||
|
"reimbursements",
|
||
|
"repayments",
|
||
|
"earnings",
|
||
|
"profits",
|
||
|
"takings",
|
||
|
"yields"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"emoluments",
|
||
|
"hires",
|
||
|
"packets",
|
||
|
"paychecks",
|
||
|
"pay envelopes",
|
||
|
"payments",
|
||
|
"pays",
|
||
|
"salaries",
|
||
|
"wages"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipulated":{
|
||
|
"as in given , stated":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"given",
|
||
|
"stated",
|
||
|
"definite",
|
||
|
"exact",
|
||
|
"explicit",
|
||
|
"specific",
|
||
|
"dependable",
|
||
|
"good",
|
||
|
"reliable",
|
||
|
"responsible",
|
||
|
"safe",
|
||
|
"solid",
|
||
|
"sure",
|
||
|
"tried",
|
||
|
"tried-and-true",
|
||
|
"true",
|
||
|
"trustworthy",
|
||
|
"trusty",
|
||
|
"constant",
|
||
|
"steady",
|
||
|
"unchanging",
|
||
|
"uniform",
|
||
|
"unwavering",
|
||
|
"nonadjustable",
|
||
|
"noncancelable",
|
||
|
"nonnegotiable",
|
||
|
"unchangeable",
|
||
|
"certain",
|
||
|
"determinate",
|
||
|
"final",
|
||
|
"firm",
|
||
|
"fixed",
|
||
|
"flat",
|
||
|
"frozen",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
||
|
"inexpugnable",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"settled",
|
||
|
"stable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"adjustable",
|
||
|
"changeable",
|
||
|
"negotiable",
|
||
|
"indefinite",
|
||
|
"open-ended",
|
||
|
"unspecified",
|
||
|
"capricious",
|
||
|
"changeful",
|
||
|
"flickery",
|
||
|
"fluctuating",
|
||
|
"fluid",
|
||
|
"inconstant",
|
||
|
"mercurial",
|
||
|
"mutable",
|
||
|
"temperamental",
|
||
|
"uncertain",
|
||
|
"unpredictable",
|
||
|
"unsettled",
|
||
|
"unstable",
|
||
|
"unsteady",
|
||
|
"variable",
|
||
|
"volatile"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in defined , stated":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"defined",
|
||
|
"specified",
|
||
|
"stated",
|
||
|
"affirmed",
|
||
|
"assured",
|
||
|
"ensured",
|
||
|
"insured",
|
||
|
"secured",
|
||
|
"clarified",
|
||
|
"cleared (up)",
|
||
|
"illuminated",
|
||
|
"demonstrated",
|
||
|
"established",
|
||
|
"nailed (down)",
|
||
|
"proved",
|
||
|
"showed",
|
||
|
"concluded",
|
||
|
"ended",
|
||
|
"finished",
|
||
|
"clinched",
|
||
|
"decided",
|
||
|
"determined",
|
||
|
"nailed",
|
||
|
"settled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"confused",
|
||
|
"muddied",
|
||
|
"muddled",
|
||
|
"unsettled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in insisted , enjoined":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"commanded",
|
||
|
"enjoined",
|
||
|
"exacted",
|
||
|
"insisted",
|
||
|
"pressed",
|
||
|
"quested",
|
||
|
"hurt (for)",
|
||
|
"lacked",
|
||
|
"asked",
|
||
|
"begged",
|
||
|
"clamored (for)",
|
||
|
"cried (for)",
|
||
|
"entailed",
|
||
|
"involved",
|
||
|
"bore",
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"claimed",
|
||
|
"demanded",
|
||
|
"necessitated",
|
||
|
"needed",
|
||
|
"required",
|
||
|
"took",
|
||
|
"wanted",
|
||
|
"warranted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"had",
|
||
|
"held",
|
||
|
"owned",
|
||
|
"possessed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipulated (for)":{
|
||
|
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the contract stipulates for a renegotiation of the terms after two years"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"gave up",
|
||
|
"relinquished",
|
||
|
"surrendered",
|
||
|
"yielded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"asked",
|
||
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
||
|
"pled (for)",
|
||
|
"plead (for)",
|
||
|
"requested",
|
||
|
"wanted",
|
||
|
"cried (for)",
|
||
|
"necessitated",
|
||
|
"needed",
|
||
|
"required",
|
||
|
"took",
|
||
|
"warranted",
|
||
|
"requisitioned",
|
||
|
"imposed",
|
||
|
"badgered",
|
||
|
"dunned",
|
||
|
"harassed",
|
||
|
"hounded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"called (for)",
|
||
|
"claimed",
|
||
|
"clamored (for)",
|
||
|
"commanded",
|
||
|
"demanded",
|
||
|
"enjoined",
|
||
|
"exacted",
|
||
|
"insisted (on)",
|
||
|
"pressed (for)",
|
||
|
"quested"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stirs":{
|
||
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the recipe says to stir the mixture carefully until it's properly blended"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitates",
|
||
|
"churns",
|
||
|
"swirls",
|
||
|
"washes",
|
||
|
"whirls"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beats",
|
||
|
"paddles",
|
||
|
"whips",
|
||
|
"whisks",
|
||
|
"reels",
|
||
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
"wheels"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to change one's position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the cat stirred , then opened its eyes and slowly got to its feet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"budges",
|
||
|
"locomotes",
|
||
|
"moves",
|
||
|
"shifts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fiddles",
|
||
|
"fidgets",
|
||
|
"jiggles",
|
||
|
"squiggles",
|
||
|
"squirms",
|
||
|
"tosses",
|
||
|
"twitches",
|
||
|
"wiggles",
|
||
|
"wriggles",
|
||
|
"writhes",
|
||
|
"rouses"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hangs around",
|
||
|
"remains",
|
||
|
"stays",
|
||
|
"sticks around",
|
||
|
"tarries",
|
||
|
"stabilizes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"freezes",
|
||
|
"stills"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arouses",
|
||
|
"encourages",
|
||
|
"excites",
|
||
|
"fires (up)",
|
||
|
"impassions",
|
||
|
"incites",
|
||
|
"instigates",
|
||
|
"moves",
|
||
|
"piques",
|
||
|
"provokes",
|
||
|
"revs (up)",
|
||
|
"sparks",
|
||
|
"stimulates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fans",
|
||
|
"ignites",
|
||
|
"inflames",
|
||
|
"enflames",
|
||
|
"kindles",
|
||
|
"triggers",
|
||
|
"activates",
|
||
|
"animates",
|
||
|
"drives",
|
||
|
"energizes",
|
||
|
"galvanizes",
|
||
|
"induces",
|
||
|
"inspires",
|
||
|
"keys (up)",
|
||
|
"motivates",
|
||
|
"motives",
|
||
|
"pumps up",
|
||
|
"quickens",
|
||
|
"sets off",
|
||
|
"vitalizes",
|
||
|
"abets",
|
||
|
"ferments",
|
||
|
"foments",
|
||
|
"raises",
|
||
|
"whips (up)",
|
||
|
"angers",
|
||
|
"enrages",
|
||
|
"maddens",
|
||
|
"upsets",
|
||
|
"jeers",
|
||
|
"taunts",
|
||
|
"teases",
|
||
|
"aggravates",
|
||
|
"annoys",
|
||
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
"exasperates",
|
||
|
"galls",
|
||
|
"gets",
|
||
|
"irritates",
|
||
|
"vexes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calms",
|
||
|
"soothes",
|
||
|
"subdues",
|
||
|
"tranquilizes",
|
||
|
"tranquillizes",
|
||
|
"appeases",
|
||
|
"mollifies",
|
||
|
"pacifies",
|
||
|
"placates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the plane's first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ados",
|
||
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
"ballyhoos",
|
||
|
"blathers",
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"bobberies",
|
||
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
"bustles",
|
||
|
"clatters",
|
||
|
"clutters",
|
||
|
"coils",
|
||
|
"commotions",
|
||
|
"corroborees",
|
||
|
"disturbances",
|
||
|
"dos",
|
||
|
"do's",
|
||
|
"foofaraws",
|
||
|
"fun",
|
||
|
"furores",
|
||
|
"furors",
|
||
|
"fusses",
|
||
|
"helter-skelters",
|
||
|
"hoo-has",
|
||
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
||
|
"hooplas",
|
||
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
||
|
"hubbubs",
|
||
|
"hullabaloos",
|
||
|
"hurlies",
|
||
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
||
|
"hurricanes",
|
||
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
||
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
||
|
"kerfuffles",
|
||
|
"moils",
|
||
|
"pandemoniums",
|
||
|
"pothers",
|
||
|
"rows",
|
||
|
"ruckuses",
|
||
|
"ructions",
|
||
|
"rumpuses",
|
||
|
"shindys",
|
||
|
"shindies",
|
||
|
"splores",
|
||
|
"squalls",
|
||
|
"stews",
|
||
|
"storms",
|
||
|
"to-dos",
|
||
|
"tumults",
|
||
|
"turmoils",
|
||
|
"uproars",
|
||
|
"welters",
|
||
|
"whirls",
|
||
|
"williwaws",
|
||
|
"zoos"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cacophonies",
|
||
|
"clamors",
|
||
|
"dins",
|
||
|
"howls",
|
||
|
"hue and cries",
|
||
|
"noises",
|
||
|
"outcries",
|
||
|
"rackets",
|
||
|
"roars",
|
||
|
"disorders",
|
||
|
"upheavals",
|
||
|
"eruptions",
|
||
|
"flare-ups",
|
||
|
"flurries",
|
||
|
"flutters",
|
||
|
"outbreaks",
|
||
|
"outbursts",
|
||
|
"brawls",
|
||
|
"fracases",
|
||
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
"frays",
|
||
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
"melees",
|
||
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
||
|
"scuffles",
|
||
|
"dithers",
|
||
|
"fevers",
|
||
|
"frets",
|
||
|
"lathers",
|
||
|
"tizzies"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calms",
|
||
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
"peaces",
|
||
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
"quietudes",
|
||
|
"rests",
|
||
|
"tranquillities",
|
||
|
"tranquilities",
|
||
|
"orders"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we were warned that the slightest stir would scare the mother bird so we hardly dared to breathe"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"motions",
|
||
|
"movements",
|
||
|
"moves",
|
||
|
"shifts",
|
||
|
"stirrings"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dislocations",
|
||
|
"migrations",
|
||
|
"relocations",
|
||
|
"locomotions",
|
||
|
"mobilities",
|
||
|
"motilities",
|
||
|
"motivities",
|
||
|
"fiddlings",
|
||
|
"squirms"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"immobilities",
|
||
|
"inertias",
|
||
|
"cessations",
|
||
|
"discontinuances",
|
||
|
"endings",
|
||
|
"expirations",
|
||
|
"finishes",
|
||
|
"halts",
|
||
|
"lapses",
|
||
|
"pauses",
|
||
|
"shutdowns",
|
||
|
"shutoffs",
|
||
|
"stoppages",
|
||
|
"stops",
|
||
|
"surceases",
|
||
|
"terminations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the mule had just got out of stir and was being followed by the feds, who had their sights set on the kingpin of the operation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bastilles",
|
||
|
"big houses",
|
||
|
"bridewells",
|
||
|
"brigs",
|
||
|
"calabooses",
|
||
|
"cans",
|
||
|
"clinks",
|
||
|
"coolers",
|
||
|
"coops",
|
||
|
"guardrooms",
|
||
|
"hocks",
|
||
|
"holds",
|
||
|
"hoosegows",
|
||
|
"jailhouses",
|
||
|
"jails",
|
||
|
"joints",
|
||
|
"jugs",
|
||
|
"lockups",
|
||
|
"nicks",
|
||
|
"penitentiaries",
|
||
|
"pens",
|
||
|
"pokeys",
|
||
|
"prisons",
|
||
|
"quods",
|
||
|
"slammers",
|
||
|
"slams",
|
||
|
"stockades",
|
||
|
"tolbooths"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bull pens",
|
||
|
"cages",
|
||
|
"cells",
|
||
|
"holes",
|
||
|
"tanks",
|
||
|
"blocks",
|
||
|
"wards",
|
||
|
"glasshouses",
|
||
|
"guardhouses",
|
||
|
"hulks",
|
||
|
"concentration camps",
|
||
|
"gulags",
|
||
|
"labor camps",
|
||
|
"prison camps",
|
||
|
"stalags",
|
||
|
"work camps",
|
||
|
"dungeons",
|
||
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
"oubliettes",
|
||
|
"reformatories",
|
||
|
"reform schools",
|
||
|
"training schools"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"outsides"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stitch":{
|
||
|
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ache",
|
||
|
"pain",
|
||
|
"pang",
|
||
|
"prick",
|
||
|
"shoot",
|
||
|
"smart",
|
||
|
"sting",
|
||
|
"throe",
|
||
|
"tingle",
|
||
|
"twinge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"discomfort",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"soreness",
|
||
|
"tenderness",
|
||
|
"affliction",
|
||
|
"agony",
|
||
|
"anguish",
|
||
|
"misery",
|
||
|
"sufferance",
|
||
|
"suffering",
|
||
|
"torment",
|
||
|
"torture",
|
||
|
"inflammation",
|
||
|
"sore",
|
||
|
"swelling",
|
||
|
"damage",
|
||
|
"detriment",
|
||
|
"harm",
|
||
|
"hurt",
|
||
|
"injury",
|
||
|
"backache",
|
||
|
"bellyache",
|
||
|
"charley horse",
|
||
|
"colic",
|
||
|
"complaint",
|
||
|
"earache",
|
||
|
"gripe",
|
||
|
"headache",
|
||
|
"stomachache",
|
||
|
"toothache"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"comfort",
|
||
|
"ease",
|
||
|
"easiness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"darn",
|
||
|
"sew",
|
||
|
"suture"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mend",
|
||
|
"patch",
|
||
|
"repair",
|
||
|
"baste",
|
||
|
"ease",
|
||
|
"fell",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"overcast",
|
||
|
"cross-stitch",
|
||
|
"embroider",
|
||
|
"crochet",
|
||
|
"knit",
|
||
|
"quilt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimulation":{
|
||
|
"as in stimulus , incentive":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"encouragement",
|
||
|
"galvanization",
|
||
|
"goad",
|
||
|
"incentive",
|
||
|
"inducement",
|
||
|
"jog",
|
||
|
"prod",
|
||
|
"spur",
|
||
|
"stimulant",
|
||
|
"stimulus",
|
||
|
"excitement",
|
||
|
"incitation",
|
||
|
"incitement",
|
||
|
"instigation",
|
||
|
"provocation",
|
||
|
"enticement",
|
||
|
"lure",
|
||
|
"induction",
|
||
|
"inspiration",
|
||
|
"motivation",
|
||
|
"aggravation",
|
||
|
"annoyance",
|
||
|
"bother",
|
||
|
"exasperation",
|
||
|
"frustration",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"headache",
|
||
|
"irritant",
|
||
|
"nuisance",
|
||
|
"peeve",
|
||
|
"pest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"subduing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stitched":{
|
||
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"darned",
|
||
|
"sewed",
|
||
|
"sutured"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mended",
|
||
|
"patched",
|
||
|
"repaired",
|
||
|
"basted",
|
||
|
"eased",
|
||
|
"felled",
|
||
|
"finished",
|
||
|
"overcast",
|
||
|
"cross-stitched",
|
||
|
"embroidered",
|
||
|
"crocheted",
|
||
|
"knit",
|
||
|
"knitted",
|
||
|
"quilted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stingers":{
|
||
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in the eighth round he delivered a stinger that knocked his opponent flat"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bangs",
|
||
|
"bashes",
|
||
|
"bats",
|
||
|
"beats",
|
||
|
"belts",
|
||
|
"biffs",
|
||
|
"blows",
|
||
|
"bops",
|
||
|
"boxes",
|
||
|
"buffets",
|
||
|
"busts",
|
||
|
"chops",
|
||
|
"claps",
|
||
|
"clips",
|
||
|
"clouts",
|
||
|
"cracks",
|
||
|
"cuffs",
|
||
|
"dabs",
|
||
|
"douses",
|
||
|
"fillips",
|
||
|
"hacks",
|
||
|
"haymakers",
|
||
|
"hits",
|
||
|
"hooks",
|
||
|
"knocks",
|
||
|
"larrups",
|
||
|
"lashes",
|
||
|
"licks",
|
||
|
"pelts",
|
||
|
"picks",
|
||
|
"plumps",
|
||
|
"pokes",
|
||
|
"pounds",
|
||
|
"punches",
|
||
|
"raps",
|
||
|
"slams",
|
||
|
"slaps",
|
||
|
"slugs",
|
||
|
"smacks",
|
||
|
"smashes",
|
||
|
"socks",
|
||
|
"spanks",
|
||
|
"stripes",
|
||
|
"strokes",
|
||
|
"swats",
|
||
|
"swipes",
|
||
|
"switches",
|
||
|
"thuds",
|
||
|
"thumps",
|
||
|
"thwacks",
|
||
|
"wallops",
|
||
|
"welts",
|
||
|
"whacks",
|
||
|
"whams",
|
||
|
"whops",
|
||
|
"whaps"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"counterblows",
|
||
|
"counter-blows",
|
||
|
"counterpunches",
|
||
|
"counters",
|
||
|
"counterstrokes",
|
||
|
"counter-strokes",
|
||
|
"body blows",
|
||
|
"hands",
|
||
|
"kicks",
|
||
|
"knees",
|
||
|
"lefts",
|
||
|
"one-twos",
|
||
|
"rabbit punches",
|
||
|
"right-handers",
|
||
|
"rights",
|
||
|
"roundhouses",
|
||
|
"shivers",
|
||
|
"sidewinders",
|
||
|
"sucker punches",
|
||
|
"swings",
|
||
|
"uppercuts",
|
||
|
"crunchers",
|
||
|
"kayos",
|
||
|
"knockdowns",
|
||
|
"knockouts",
|
||
|
"KOs",
|
||
|
"bastinadoes",
|
||
|
"bastinades",
|
||
|
"batterings",
|
||
|
"beatings",
|
||
|
"drubbings",
|
||
|
"lickings",
|
||
|
"pastings",
|
||
|
"thrashings",
|
||
|
"wallopings",
|
||
|
"whippings",
|
||
|
"whips"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticks up for":{
|
||
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"She is known for always sticking up for what is right."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"defends",
|
||
|
"justifies",
|
||
|
"maintains",
|
||
|
"supports",
|
||
|
"upholds"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advocates",
|
||
|
"champions",
|
||
|
"espouses",
|
||
|
"confirms",
|
||
|
"vindicates",
|
||
|
"warrants",
|
||
|
"affirms",
|
||
|
"asserts",
|
||
|
"avers",
|
||
|
"avouches",
|
||
|
"avows",
|
||
|
"claims",
|
||
|
"contends",
|
||
|
"insists",
|
||
|
"pleads",
|
||
|
"proclaims",
|
||
|
"professes",
|
||
|
"protests",
|
||
|
"states",
|
||
|
"argues",
|
||
|
"debates",
|
||
|
"discusses",
|
||
|
"emphasizes",
|
||
|
"stresses",
|
||
|
"underlines",
|
||
|
"underscores"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandons",
|
||
|
"abjures",
|
||
|
"forsakes",
|
||
|
"recants",
|
||
|
"retracts",
|
||
|
"takes back",
|
||
|
"withdraws",
|
||
|
"reverses",
|
||
|
"switches",
|
||
|
"controverts",
|
||
|
"disproves",
|
||
|
"rebuts",
|
||
|
"refutes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"He stuck up for his colleague during the debate."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advocates",
|
||
|
"backs",
|
||
|
"champions",
|
||
|
"endorses",
|
||
|
"indorses",
|
||
|
"patronizes",
|
||
|
"plumps (for)",
|
||
|
"plunks (for)",
|
||
|
"plonks (for)",
|
||
|
"supports"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adopts",
|
||
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
"espouses",
|
||
|
"abets",
|
||
|
"aids",
|
||
|
"assists",
|
||
|
"helps",
|
||
|
"props (up)",
|
||
|
"seconds",
|
||
|
"sides (with)",
|
||
|
"backstops",
|
||
|
"bolsters",
|
||
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
"buttresses",
|
||
|
"reinforces",
|
||
|
"reenforces",
|
||
|
"advances",
|
||
|
"forwards",
|
||
|
"furthers",
|
||
|
"plugs",
|
||
|
"preaches",
|
||
|
"talks up",
|
||
|
"bails out",
|
||
|
"delivers",
|
||
|
"rescues",
|
||
|
"saves"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"baffles",
|
||
|
"foils",
|
||
|
"frustrates",
|
||
|
"interferes",
|
||
|
"opposes",
|
||
|
"sabotages",
|
||
|
"thwarts",
|
||
|
"deserts",
|
||
|
"disappoints",
|
||
|
"fails",
|
||
|
"lets down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffens":{
|
||
|
"to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"plans to further stiffen the already onerous requirements for admission to the elite military unit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hardens",
|
||
|
"harshens",
|
||
|
"strengthens",
|
||
|
"toughens"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"lessens",
|
||
|
"moderates",
|
||
|
"softens"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ameliorates",
|
||
|
"eases"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stick-in-the-muds":{
|
||
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the committee is dominated by old stick-in-the-muds who have little interest in bringing new ideas to the table"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"antediluvians",
|
||
|
"dodoes",
|
||
|
"dodos",
|
||
|
"fogies",
|
||
|
"fogeys",
|
||
|
"fossils",
|
||
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
||
|
"fuds",
|
||
|
"mossbacks",
|
||
|
"reactionaries",
|
||
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"conservatives",
|
||
|
"rightists",
|
||
|
"Tories",
|
||
|
"mandarins",
|
||
|
"old hands",
|
||
|
"old-timers",
|
||
|
"veterans",
|
||
|
"old maids"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"liberals",
|
||
|
"progressives",
|
||
|
"radicals"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hipsters",
|
||
|
"moderns",
|
||
|
"trendies"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stickup":{
|
||
|
"as in hold up , rob":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hold up",
|
||
|
"loot",
|
||
|
"plunder",
|
||
|
"rip off",
|
||
|
"rob",
|
||
|
"invade",
|
||
|
"trespass",
|
||
|
"ransack",
|
||
|
"rifle",
|
||
|
"break in",
|
||
|
"burglarize",
|
||
|
"burgle",
|
||
|
"despoil",
|
||
|
"devastate",
|
||
|
"maraud",
|
||
|
"pillage",
|
||
|
"ravage",
|
||
|
"sack"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in burglary , holdup":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break-in",
|
||
|
"burglary",
|
||
|
"holdup",
|
||
|
"mugging",
|
||
|
"grab",
|
||
|
"heist",
|
||
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
"rip-off",
|
||
|
"snatching",
|
||
|
"swiping",
|
||
|
"theft"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stint":{
|
||
|
"a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"signed up for a three-year stint in the army"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hitch",
|
||
|
"tenure",
|
||
|
"term",
|
||
|
"tour"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"shift",
|
||
|
"watch",
|
||
|
"go",
|
||
|
"turn",
|
||
|
"duration",
|
||
|
"standing",
|
||
|
"time",
|
||
|
"cycle",
|
||
|
"span",
|
||
|
"spell",
|
||
|
"stretch",
|
||
|
"life",
|
||
|
"life span",
|
||
|
"lifetime",
|
||
|
"run"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"his parents have always supported him without stint , no matter what interests he has chosen to pursue"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circumscription",
|
||
|
"confinement",
|
||
|
"limitation",
|
||
|
"rein",
|
||
|
"restriction"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"constraint",
|
||
|
"restraint",
|
||
|
"containment",
|
||
|
"isolation",
|
||
|
"segregation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in keep , retain":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"keep",
|
||
|
"retain",
|
||
|
"withhold",
|
||
|
"begrudge",
|
||
|
"deny",
|
||
|
"deprive (of)",
|
||
|
"appropriate",
|
||
|
"arrogate",
|
||
|
"confiscate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"allocate",
|
||
|
"allot",
|
||
|
"allow",
|
||
|
"apportion",
|
||
|
"assign",
|
||
|
"distribute",
|
||
|
"lot",
|
||
|
"ration",
|
||
|
"admeasure",
|
||
|
"administer",
|
||
|
"deal",
|
||
|
"dispense",
|
||
|
"divide",
|
||
|
"dole out",
|
||
|
"hand out",
|
||
|
"measure",
|
||
|
"mete (out)",
|
||
|
"meter",
|
||
|
"parcel (out)",
|
||
|
"part",
|
||
|
"portion",
|
||
|
"prorate",
|
||
|
"share (out)",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"accord",
|
||
|
"award",
|
||
|
"give",
|
||
|
"grant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in skimp":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"skimp",
|
||
|
"deplete",
|
||
|
"drain",
|
||
|
"exhaust",
|
||
|
"dispossess",
|
||
|
"divest",
|
||
|
"strip"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bless",
|
||
|
"endow",
|
||
|
"endue",
|
||
|
"indue",
|
||
|
"favor",
|
||
|
"gift",
|
||
|
"invest",
|
||
|
"equip",
|
||
|
"provide",
|
||
|
"supply",
|
||
|
"bestow (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"clothe",
|
||
|
"confer (on)",
|
||
|
"cover"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticking out":{
|
||
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"no feet sticking out in the aisles, please"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bagging",
|
||
|
"ballooning",
|
||
|
"beetling",
|
||
|
"bellying",
|
||
|
"billowing",
|
||
|
"bulging",
|
||
|
"bunching",
|
||
|
"jutting",
|
||
|
"overhanging",
|
||
|
"poking",
|
||
|
"pooching",
|
||
|
"pouching",
|
||
|
"pouting",
|
||
|
"projecting",
|
||
|
"protruding",
|
||
|
"standing out",
|
||
|
"starting",
|
||
|
"swelling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"doming",
|
||
|
"blowing up",
|
||
|
"inflating",
|
||
|
"dilating",
|
||
|
"distending",
|
||
|
"expanding",
|
||
|
"mushrooming",
|
||
|
"snowballing",
|
||
|
"elongating",
|
||
|
"extending",
|
||
|
"lengthening",
|
||
|
"stretching"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"compressing",
|
||
|
"condensing",
|
||
|
"constricting",
|
||
|
"contracting",
|
||
|
"shrinking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abiding",
|
||
|
"absorbing",
|
||
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
"bearing",
|
||
|
"biding",
|
||
|
"brooking",
|
||
|
"countenancing",
|
||
|
"enduring",
|
||
|
"going",
|
||
|
"hacking",
|
||
|
"handling",
|
||
|
"meeting",
|
||
|
"pocketing",
|
||
|
"standing",
|
||
|
"stomaching",
|
||
|
"supporting",
|
||
|
"sustaining",
|
||
|
"sweating out",
|
||
|
"taking",
|
||
|
"tolerating",
|
||
|
"wearing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"allowing",
|
||
|
"permitting",
|
||
|
"suffering",
|
||
|
"swallowing",
|
||
|
"reconciling (to)",
|
||
|
"acquiescing",
|
||
|
"agreeing (with or to)",
|
||
|
"assenting (to)",
|
||
|
"capitulating",
|
||
|
"consenting (to)",
|
||
|
"respecting",
|
||
|
"submitting (to)",
|
||
|
"yielding (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"declining",
|
||
|
"dismissing",
|
||
|
"refusing",
|
||
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
"repudiating",
|
||
|
"spurning",
|
||
|
"turning down",
|
||
|
"combating",
|
||
|
"combatting",
|
||
|
"contesting",
|
||
|
"fighting",
|
||
|
"opposing",
|
||
|
"resisting",
|
||
|
"avoiding",
|
||
|
"bypassing",
|
||
|
"circumventing",
|
||
|
"dodging",
|
||
|
"eluding",
|
||
|
"escaping",
|
||
|
"evading",
|
||
|
"missing",
|
||
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
||
|
"forbearing",
|
||
|
"refraining (from)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stickiness":{
|
||
|
"as in stuffiness , mugginess":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mugginess",
|
||
|
"stuffiness",
|
||
|
"damp",
|
||
|
"dampness",
|
||
|
"humidity",
|
||
|
"moistness",
|
||
|
"moisture",
|
||
|
"sultriness",
|
||
|
"clamminess",
|
||
|
"dankness",
|
||
|
"soddenness",
|
||
|
"sogginess",
|
||
|
"wetness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aridity",
|
||
|
"dehumidification",
|
||
|
"dehydration",
|
||
|
"dryness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in ropiness":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ropiness",
|
||
|
"compactness",
|
||
|
"firmness",
|
||
|
"solidity",
|
||
|
"consistence",
|
||
|
"consistency",
|
||
|
"density",
|
||
|
"thickness",
|
||
|
"viscidity",
|
||
|
"viscosity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffening":{
|
||
|
"to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"plans to further stiffen the already onerous requirements for admission to the elite military unit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hardening",
|
||
|
"harshening",
|
||
|
"strengthening",
|
||
|
"toughening"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"lessening",
|
||
|
"moderating",
|
||
|
"softening"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ameliorating",
|
||
|
"easing"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipulate (for)":{
|
||
|
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the contract stipulates for a renegotiation of the terms after two years"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"call (for)",
|
||
|
"claim",
|
||
|
"clamor (for)",
|
||
|
"command",
|
||
|
"demand",
|
||
|
"enjoin",
|
||
|
"exact",
|
||
|
"insist (on)",
|
||
|
"press (for)",
|
||
|
"quest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ask",
|
||
|
"plead (for)",
|
||
|
"request",
|
||
|
"want",
|
||
|
"cry (for)",
|
||
|
"necessitate",
|
||
|
"need",
|
||
|
"require",
|
||
|
"take",
|
||
|
"warrant",
|
||
|
"requisition",
|
||
|
"impose",
|
||
|
"badger",
|
||
|
"dun",
|
||
|
"harass",
|
||
|
"hound"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"give up",
|
||
|
"relinquish",
|
||
|
"surrender",
|
||
|
"yield"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stir (up)":{
|
||
|
"to bring something (volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't stir up any interest in a Saturday morning outing to the art museum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abet",
|
||
|
"brew",
|
||
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
"foment",
|
||
|
"incite",
|
||
|
"instigate",
|
||
|
"pick",
|
||
|
"provoke",
|
||
|
"raise",
|
||
|
"whip (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"foster",
|
||
|
"further",
|
||
|
"nourish",
|
||
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
"promote",
|
||
|
"sow",
|
||
|
"stimulate",
|
||
|
"detonate",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"trigger",
|
||
|
"excite",
|
||
|
"galvanize",
|
||
|
"inflame",
|
||
|
"enflame",
|
||
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
"motivate",
|
||
|
"rouse",
|
||
|
"activate",
|
||
|
"energize",
|
||
|
"enliven",
|
||
|
"fire",
|
||
|
"invigorate",
|
||
|
"jazz (up)",
|
||
|
"liven (up)",
|
||
|
"pep (up)",
|
||
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
"stimulate",
|
||
|
"vitalize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridle",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"constrain",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"discourage",
|
||
|
"hold",
|
||
|
"inhibit",
|
||
|
"regulate",
|
||
|
"rein (in)",
|
||
|
"restrain",
|
||
|
"tame",
|
||
|
"allay",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"settle",
|
||
|
"soothe",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"subdue",
|
||
|
"tranquilize",
|
||
|
"tranquillize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stirred (up)":{
|
||
|
"to bring something (volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't stir up any interest in a Saturday morning outing to the art museum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"brewed",
|
||
|
"fermented",
|
||
|
"fomented",
|
||
|
"incited",
|
||
|
"instigated",
|
||
|
"picked",
|
||
|
"provoked",
|
||
|
"raised",
|
||
|
"whipped (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"fostered",
|
||
|
"furthered",
|
||
|
"nourished",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"sowed",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"detonated",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"triggered",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"motivated",
|
||
|
"roused",
|
||
|
"activated",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"fired",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
||
|
"livened (up)",
|
||
|
"pepped (up)",
|
||
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"vitalized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridled",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"held",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"regulated",
|
||
|
"reined (in)",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"tamed",
|
||
|
"allayed",
|
||
|
"calmed",
|
||
|
"quieted",
|
||
|
"settled",
|
||
|
"soothed",
|
||
|
"stilled",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"tranquilized",
|
||
|
"tranquillized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticky wickets":{
|
||
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"with both sets of in-laws insisting that we spend Thanksgiving with them, we were on a sticky wicket indeed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"binds",
|
||
|
"boxes",
|
||
|
"catch-22's",
|
||
|
"catch-22s",
|
||
|
"corners",
|
||
|
"dilemmas",
|
||
|
"fixes",
|
||
|
"holes",
|
||
|
"impasses",
|
||
|
"jackpots",
|
||
|
"jams",
|
||
|
"mires",
|
||
|
"pickles",
|
||
|
"predicaments",
|
||
|
"quagmires",
|
||
|
"rabbit holes",
|
||
|
"rattraps",
|
||
|
"spots",
|
||
|
"swamps"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"difficulties",
|
||
|
"nodes",
|
||
|
"hot waters",
|
||
|
"soups",
|
||
|
"pinches",
|
||
|
"plights",
|
||
|
"quandaries",
|
||
|
"scrapes",
|
||
|
"troubles",
|
||
|
"deadlocks",
|
||
|
"halts",
|
||
|
"logjams",
|
||
|
"stalemates",
|
||
|
"standstills",
|
||
|
"clutches",
|
||
|
"crises",
|
||
|
"crossroads",
|
||
|
"emergencies",
|
||
|
"exigencies",
|
||
|
"junctures",
|
||
|
"straits"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticky":{
|
||
|
"tending to adhere to objects upon contact":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"both sides of the tape are sticky , making it a little tricky to work with"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adherent",
|
||
|
"adhesive",
|
||
|
"clingy",
|
||
|
"gluey",
|
||
|
"glutinous",
|
||
|
"gummy",
|
||
|
"tacky",
|
||
|
"tenacious",
|
||
|
"viscid"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"gelatinous",
|
||
|
"gooey",
|
||
|
"ropy",
|
||
|
"ropey",
|
||
|
"syrupy",
|
||
|
"viscous",
|
||
|
"pitchy",
|
||
|
"tarry"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"nonviscous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"nonadhesive"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a warm sticky day when all we wanted to do was sit somewhere with air-conditioning"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"damp",
|
||
|
"humid",
|
||
|
"muggy",
|
||
|
"sultry"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"steamy",
|
||
|
"summerlike",
|
||
|
"summery",
|
||
|
"sweltering",
|
||
|
"torrid",
|
||
|
"semitropical",
|
||
|
"semitropic",
|
||
|
"subhumid",
|
||
|
"subtropical",
|
||
|
"subtropic",
|
||
|
"tropic",
|
||
|
"tropical",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
"oppressive",
|
||
|
"smothering",
|
||
|
"stifling",
|
||
|
"stuffy",
|
||
|
"suffocating",
|
||
|
"clammy",
|
||
|
"dank",
|
||
|
"moist",
|
||
|
"awash",
|
||
|
"bathed",
|
||
|
"doused",
|
||
|
"dowsed",
|
||
|
"drenched",
|
||
|
"dripping",
|
||
|
"saturated",
|
||
|
"soaked",
|
||
|
"soaking",
|
||
|
"sodden",
|
||
|
"soggy",
|
||
|
"sopping",
|
||
|
"soppy",
|
||
|
"soused",
|
||
|
"washed",
|
||
|
"watered",
|
||
|
"waterlogged",
|
||
|
"watery",
|
||
|
"wet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bracing",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"crisp",
|
||
|
"fresh",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"refreshing",
|
||
|
"arid",
|
||
|
"baked",
|
||
|
"burned",
|
||
|
"burnt",
|
||
|
"dehydrated",
|
||
|
"desert",
|
||
|
"droughty",
|
||
|
"dusty",
|
||
|
"parched",
|
||
|
"scorched",
|
||
|
"seared",
|
||
|
"semiarid",
|
||
|
"sere",
|
||
|
"sear",
|
||
|
"sunbaked",
|
||
|
"thirsty",
|
||
|
"waterless"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dry"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"an especially sticky conversation about money matters"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"catchy",
|
||
|
"delicate",
|
||
|
"difficult",
|
||
|
"dodgy",
|
||
|
"hairy",
|
||
|
"knotty",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"prickly",
|
||
|
"problematic",
|
||
|
"problematical",
|
||
|
"sensitive",
|
||
|
"spiny",
|
||
|
"thorny",
|
||
|
"ticklish",
|
||
|
"touchy",
|
||
|
"tough",
|
||
|
"tricksy",
|
||
|
"tricky"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abstract",
|
||
|
"abstruse",
|
||
|
"complex",
|
||
|
"complicated",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"intricate",
|
||
|
"involved",
|
||
|
"recondite",
|
||
|
"serious",
|
||
|
"problem",
|
||
|
"scabrous",
|
||
|
"stubborn",
|
||
|
"troublesome",
|
||
|
"troublous",
|
||
|
"vexatious",
|
||
|
"vexing",
|
||
|
"worrisome",
|
||
|
"burdensome",
|
||
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
"discommoding",
|
||
|
"exacting",
|
||
|
"exhausting",
|
||
|
"importunate",
|
||
|
"inconvenient",
|
||
|
"onerous",
|
||
|
"oppressive",
|
||
|
"painful",
|
||
|
"stressful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"easy",
|
||
|
"effortless",
|
||
|
"manageable",
|
||
|
"painless",
|
||
|
"simple",
|
||
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
"uncomplicated",
|
||
|
"undemanding",
|
||
|
"unproblematic"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"sticky love scenes that will bore cynics to death"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chocolate-box",
|
||
|
"cloying",
|
||
|
"corny",
|
||
|
"drippy",
|
||
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
"gooey",
|
||
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
||
|
"maudlin",
|
||
|
"mawkish",
|
||
|
"mushy",
|
||
|
"novelettish",
|
||
|
"saccharine",
|
||
|
"sappy",
|
||
|
"schmaltzy",
|
||
|
"sentimental",
|
||
|
"sloppy",
|
||
|
"slushy",
|
||
|
"soppy",
|
||
|
"soupy",
|
||
|
"spoony",
|
||
|
"spooney",
|
||
|
"sugarcoated",
|
||
|
"sugary",
|
||
|
"wet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dreamy",
|
||
|
"misty-eyed",
|
||
|
"moonstruck",
|
||
|
"moony",
|
||
|
"nostalgic",
|
||
|
"starry-eyed",
|
||
|
"feel-good",
|
||
|
"fuzzy",
|
||
|
"melodramatic",
|
||
|
"soap-operatic",
|
||
|
"soapy",
|
||
|
"sudsy",
|
||
|
"flat",
|
||
|
"insipid",
|
||
|
"soft-boiled",
|
||
|
"tasteless",
|
||
|
"vapid",
|
||
|
"watery",
|
||
|
"cutesy",
|
||
|
"twee"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unadulterated",
|
||
|
"unvarnished",
|
||
|
"antisentimental",
|
||
|
"cynical",
|
||
|
"hard-boiled",
|
||
|
"hard-edged",
|
||
|
"hardheaded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unsentimental"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticking":{
|
||
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adhering",
|
||
|
"cleaving",
|
||
|
"clinging",
|
||
|
"hewing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"binding",
|
||
|
"cohering",
|
||
|
"fastening",
|
||
|
"fusing",
|
||
|
"gluing",
|
||
|
"glueing",
|
||
|
"uniting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"loosening",
|
||
|
"dropping",
|
||
|
"falling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deposing",
|
||
|
"depositing",
|
||
|
"disposing",
|
||
|
"emplacing",
|
||
|
"fixing",
|
||
|
"laying",
|
||
|
"placing",
|
||
|
"positioning",
|
||
|
"putting",
|
||
|
"setting",
|
||
|
"setting up",
|
||
|
"situating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"rearranging",
|
||
|
"reordering",
|
||
|
"shifting",
|
||
|
"orienting",
|
||
|
"establishing",
|
||
|
"locating",
|
||
|
"planting",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"clapping",
|
||
|
"flopping",
|
||
|
"planking",
|
||
|
"plopping",
|
||
|
"plumping",
|
||
|
"plunking",
|
||
|
"plonking",
|
||
|
"plunking down",
|
||
|
"plonking down",
|
||
|
"slapping",
|
||
|
"ensconcing",
|
||
|
"niching",
|
||
|
"assembling",
|
||
|
"collecting",
|
||
|
"carrying",
|
||
|
"berthing",
|
||
|
"parking",
|
||
|
"affixing",
|
||
|
"anchoring",
|
||
|
"locking",
|
||
|
"lodging",
|
||
|
"wedging",
|
||
|
"arraying",
|
||
|
"laying out",
|
||
|
"lining up",
|
||
|
"queuing",
|
||
|
"queueing",
|
||
|
"ranking",
|
||
|
"setting down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"relocating",
|
||
|
"removing",
|
||
|
"taking",
|
||
|
"banishing",
|
||
|
"dislodging",
|
||
|
"displacing",
|
||
|
"replacing",
|
||
|
"superseding",
|
||
|
"supplanting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"goring",
|
||
|
"harpooning",
|
||
|
"impaling",
|
||
|
"jabbing",
|
||
|
"lancing",
|
||
|
"pecking",
|
||
|
"picking",
|
||
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
"pinking",
|
||
|
"puncturing",
|
||
|
"running through",
|
||
|
"skewering",
|
||
|
"spearing",
|
||
|
"spiking",
|
||
|
"spitting",
|
||
|
"stabbing",
|
||
|
"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":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beating",
|
||
|
"bilking",
|
||
|
"bleeding",
|
||
|
"cheating",
|
||
|
"chiseling",
|
||
|
"chiselling",
|
||
|
"chousing",
|
||
|
"conning",
|
||
|
"cozening",
|
||
|
"defrauding",
|
||
|
"diddling",
|
||
|
"doing",
|
||
|
"doing in",
|
||
|
"euchring",
|
||
|
"fiddling",
|
||
|
"fleecing",
|
||
|
"flimflamming",
|
||
|
"gaffing",
|
||
|
"hosing",
|
||
|
"hustling",
|
||
|
"mulcting",
|
||
|
"nobbling",
|
||
|
"plucking",
|
||
|
"reaming",
|
||
|
"ripping off",
|
||
|
"rooking",
|
||
|
"screwing",
|
||
|
"shaking down",
|
||
|
"shortchanging",
|
||
|
"shorting",
|
||
|
"skinning",
|
||
|
"skunking",
|
||
|
"squeezing",
|
||
|
"stiffing",
|
||
|
"stinging",
|
||
|
"suckering",
|
||
|
"swindling",
|
||
|
"thimblerigging",
|
||
|
"victimizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extorting",
|
||
|
"wrenching",
|
||
|
"wresting",
|
||
|
"wringing",
|
||
|
"clipping",
|
||
|
"gouging",
|
||
|
"nicking",
|
||
|
"overcharging",
|
||
|
"soaking",
|
||
|
"exploiting",
|
||
|
"milking",
|
||
|
"deceiving",
|
||
|
"duping",
|
||
|
"fooling",
|
||
|
"gulling",
|
||
|
"tricking",
|
||
|
"roping (in)",
|
||
|
"betraying",
|
||
|
"bitching",
|
||
|
"double-crossing",
|
||
|
"bamboozling",
|
||
|
"fast-talking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticks (to)":{
|
||
|
"as in hugs , clings (to)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cleaves (to)",
|
||
|
"clings (to)",
|
||
|
"hugs",
|
||
|
"carries",
|
||
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
"maintains",
|
||
|
"preserves",
|
||
|
"remembers",
|
||
|
"retains",
|
||
|
"treasures",
|
||
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
||
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
||
|
"cultivates",
|
||
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
"nurtures",
|
||
|
"supports",
|
||
|
"sustains",
|
||
|
"bears",
|
||
|
"cherishes",
|
||
|
"entertains",
|
||
|
"harbors",
|
||
|
"has",
|
||
|
"holds",
|
||
|
"nurses"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disregards",
|
||
|
"drops",
|
||
|
"forgets",
|
||
|
"ignores",
|
||
|
"neglects",
|
||
|
"overlooks",
|
||
|
"abjures",
|
||
|
"declines",
|
||
|
"denies",
|
||
|
"disdains",
|
||
|
"refuses",
|
||
|
"rejects",
|
||
|
"repudiates",
|
||
|
"scorns",
|
||
|
"abandons",
|
||
|
"deserts",
|
||
|
"discards",
|
||
|
"forsakes",
|
||
|
"gives up",
|
||
|
"parts (with)",
|
||
|
"quits",
|
||
|
"renounces",
|
||
|
"throws out",
|
||
|
"erases",
|
||
|
"expunges"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimulating":{
|
||
|
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"enjoys the good food and stimulating conversation at his best friend's house"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"breathtaking",
|
||
|
"charged",
|
||
|
"electric",
|
||
|
"electrifying",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"exhilarating",
|
||
|
"exhilarative",
|
||
|
"galvanic",
|
||
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
"hair-raising",
|
||
|
"heart-stopping",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"intoxicating",
|
||
|
"kicky",
|
||
|
"mind-bending",
|
||
|
"mind-blowing",
|
||
|
"mind-boggling",
|
||
|
"rip-roaring",
|
||
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
"stirring",
|
||
|
"thrilling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arresting",
|
||
|
"interesting",
|
||
|
"intriguing",
|
||
|
"provocative",
|
||
|
"tantalizing",
|
||
|
"titillating",
|
||
|
"absorbing",
|
||
|
"engrossing",
|
||
|
"gripping",
|
||
|
"riveting",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"poignant",
|
||
|
"touching",
|
||
|
"enchanting",
|
||
|
"enthralling",
|
||
|
"fascinating",
|
||
|
"spellbinding",
|
||
|
"dynamic",
|
||
|
"energetic",
|
||
|
"high-voltage",
|
||
|
"kinetic",
|
||
|
"lively",
|
||
|
"lusty"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"boring",
|
||
|
"mind-numbing",
|
||
|
"tedious",
|
||
|
"tiresome",
|
||
|
"dreary",
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"humdrum",
|
||
|
"monotonous",
|
||
|
"uninteresting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unexciting"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a brisk, stimulating walk on a bright, clear wintry day"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bracing",
|
||
|
"cordial",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"refreshing",
|
||
|
"rejuvenating",
|
||
|
"restorative",
|
||
|
"reviving",
|
||
|
"stimulative",
|
||
|
"tonic",
|
||
|
"vital",
|
||
|
"vitalizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"life-giving",
|
||
|
"conditioning",
|
||
|
"strengthening",
|
||
|
"animating",
|
||
|
"exhilarating",
|
||
|
"exhilarative",
|
||
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
"corrective",
|
||
|
"curative",
|
||
|
"curing",
|
||
|
"medicinal",
|
||
|
"rectifying",
|
||
|
"recuperative",
|
||
|
"reformative",
|
||
|
"reformatory",
|
||
|
"rehabilitative",
|
||
|
"remedial",
|
||
|
"remedying",
|
||
|
"reparative",
|
||
|
"therapeutic",
|
||
|
"beneficial",
|
||
|
"healthful",
|
||
|
"healthy",
|
||
|
"helpful",
|
||
|
"salubrious",
|
||
|
"salutary",
|
||
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"deadening",
|
||
|
"debilitating",
|
||
|
"draining",
|
||
|
"enervating",
|
||
|
"enfeebling",
|
||
|
"exhausting",
|
||
|
"numbing",
|
||
|
"sapping",
|
||
|
"weakening",
|
||
|
"wearying",
|
||
|
"deleterious",
|
||
|
"injurious",
|
||
|
"pernicious",
|
||
|
"insalubrious",
|
||
|
"noxious",
|
||
|
"unhealthful",
|
||
|
"unhealthy",
|
||
|
"unwholesome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"an article containing a stimulating argument for raising, not lowering, the tax on gasoline"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"charged",
|
||
|
"edgy",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
"instigating",
|
||
|
"instigative",
|
||
|
"piquing",
|
||
|
"provocative",
|
||
|
"provoking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"explosive",
|
||
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
"incendiary",
|
||
|
"inflammatory",
|
||
|
"triggering",
|
||
|
"inducing",
|
||
|
"inspirational",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"motivating",
|
||
|
"motivational",
|
||
|
"motivative",
|
||
|
"jeering",
|
||
|
"taunting",
|
||
|
"teasing",
|
||
|
"activating",
|
||
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
"vitalizing",
|
||
|
"angering",
|
||
|
"enraging",
|
||
|
"maddening",
|
||
|
"upsetting",
|
||
|
"aggravating",
|
||
|
"annoying",
|
||
|
"bothersome",
|
||
|
"exasperating",
|
||
|
"galling",
|
||
|
"irksome",
|
||
|
"irritating",
|
||
|
"pesky",
|
||
|
"vexatious",
|
||
|
"vexing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"subduing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"noninflammatory"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"research into alternative energy sources has been stimulated by this funding increase"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"amping (up)",
|
||
|
"animating",
|
||
|
"bracing",
|
||
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
"enlivening",
|
||
|
"filliping",
|
||
|
"firing",
|
||
|
"gingering (up)",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
||
|
"juicing up",
|
||
|
"jump-starting",
|
||
|
"livening (up)",
|
||
|
"pepping (up)",
|
||
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
"spiking",
|
||
|
"vitalizing",
|
||
|
"vivifying",
|
||
|
"zipping (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arousing",
|
||
|
"awakening",
|
||
|
"awaking",
|
||
|
"raising",
|
||
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
"stirring",
|
||
|
"waking (up)",
|
||
|
"activating",
|
||
|
"actuating",
|
||
|
"driving",
|
||
|
"impelling",
|
||
|
"motivating",
|
||
|
"motiving",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"propelling",
|
||
|
"charging",
|
||
|
"electrifying",
|
||
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
"enkindling",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"fermenting",
|
||
|
"fomenting",
|
||
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
"inflaming",
|
||
|
"enflaming",
|
||
|
"instigating",
|
||
|
"kindling",
|
||
|
"provoking",
|
||
|
"setting off",
|
||
|
"sparking",
|
||
|
"triggering",
|
||
|
"turning on",
|
||
|
"whipping (up)",
|
||
|
"abetting",
|
||
|
"boosting",
|
||
|
"buoying",
|
||
|
"cheering",
|
||
|
"emboldening",
|
||
|
"fortifying",
|
||
|
"heartening",
|
||
|
"infusing",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"lifting",
|
||
|
"rallying",
|
||
|
"steeling",
|
||
|
"strengthening",
|
||
|
"reactivating",
|
||
|
"reanimating",
|
||
|
"reawakening",
|
||
|
"reawaking",
|
||
|
"recharging",
|
||
|
"recreating",
|
||
|
"reenergizing",
|
||
|
"re-energizing",
|
||
|
"refreshening",
|
||
|
"refreshing",
|
||
|
"regenerating",
|
||
|
"reinvigorating",
|
||
|
"rejuvenating",
|
||
|
"rekindling",
|
||
|
"renewing",
|
||
|
"restimulating",
|
||
|
"resurrecting",
|
||
|
"resuscitating",
|
||
|
"revitalizing",
|
||
|
"reviving"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"burning out",
|
||
|
"debilitating",
|
||
|
"doing in",
|
||
|
"draining",
|
||
|
"enervating",
|
||
|
"enfeebling",
|
||
|
"exhausting",
|
||
|
"fagging",
|
||
|
"fatiguing",
|
||
|
"harassing",
|
||
|
"kayoing",
|
||
|
"knocking out",
|
||
|
"sapping",
|
||
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
||
|
"undermining",
|
||
|
"washing out",
|
||
|
"weakening",
|
||
|
"wearing",
|
||
|
"wearing out",
|
||
|
"wearying",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"curbing",
|
||
|
"inhibiting",
|
||
|
"jading",
|
||
|
"quelling",
|
||
|
"quenching",
|
||
|
"repressing",
|
||
|
"restraining",
|
||
|
"slowing",
|
||
|
"stilling",
|
||
|
"stunting",
|
||
|
"suppressing",
|
||
|
"daunting",
|
||
|
"demoralizing",
|
||
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
"disheartening",
|
||
|
"dispiriting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dampening",
|
||
|
"damping",
|
||
|
"deadening",
|
||
|
"dulling",
|
||
|
"killing"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the government crackdown has only stimulated the citizenry to more acts of violence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arousing",
|
||
|
"encouraging",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"firing (up)",
|
||
|
"impassioning",
|
||
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
"instigating",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"piquing",
|
||
|
"provoking",
|
||
|
"revving (up)",
|
||
|
"sparking",
|
||
|
"stirring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fanning",
|
||
|
"igniting",
|
||
|
"inflaming",
|
||
|
"enflaming",
|
||
|
"kindling",
|
||
|
"triggering",
|
||
|
"activating",
|
||
|
"animating",
|
||
|
"driving",
|
||
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
"inducing",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"keying (up)",
|
||
|
"motivating",
|
||
|
"motiving",
|
||
|
"pumping up",
|
||
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
"setting off",
|
||
|
"vitalizing",
|
||
|
"abetting",
|
||
|
"fermenting",
|
||
|
"fomenting",
|
||
|
"raising",
|
||
|
"whipping (up)",
|
||
|
"angering",
|
||
|
"enraging",
|
||
|
"maddening",
|
||
|
"upsetting",
|
||
|
"jeering",
|
||
|
"taunting",
|
||
|
"teasing",
|
||
|
"aggravating",
|
||
|
"annoying",
|
||
|
"bothering",
|
||
|
"exasperating",
|
||
|
"galling",
|
||
|
"getting",
|
||
|
"irritating",
|
||
|
"vexing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calming",
|
||
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
"subduing",
|
||
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
"tranquillizing",
|
||
|
"appeasing",
|
||
|
"mollifying",
|
||
|
"pacifying",
|
||
|
"placating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticking around":{
|
||
|
"as in staying , tarrying":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"staying",
|
||
|
"tarrying",
|
||
|
"abiding",
|
||
|
"biding",
|
||
|
"continuing",
|
||
|
"enduring",
|
||
|
"holding on",
|
||
|
"holding up",
|
||
|
"keeping up",
|
||
|
"lasting",
|
||
|
"perduring",
|
||
|
"persisting",
|
||
|
"running on",
|
||
|
"carrying through",
|
||
|
"prevailing",
|
||
|
"surviving",
|
||
|
"lingering",
|
||
|
"residual",
|
||
|
"leftover",
|
||
|
"remaining"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abating",
|
||
|
"dying (down)",
|
||
|
"ebbing",
|
||
|
"letting up",
|
||
|
"moderating",
|
||
|
"subsiding",
|
||
|
"waning",
|
||
|
"ceasing",
|
||
|
"closing",
|
||
|
"concluding",
|
||
|
"desisting",
|
||
|
"discontinuing",
|
||
|
"dying",
|
||
|
"ending",
|
||
|
"expiring",
|
||
|
"finishing",
|
||
|
"lapsing",
|
||
|
"leaving off",
|
||
|
"passing",
|
||
|
"quitting",
|
||
|
"stopping",
|
||
|
"terminating",
|
||
|
"winding up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we stuck around afterwards to help clean up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abiding",
|
||
|
"dwelling",
|
||
|
"hanging around",
|
||
|
"remaining",
|
||
|
"staying",
|
||
|
"tarrying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"awaiting",
|
||
|
"hanging on",
|
||
|
"holding on",
|
||
|
"waiting",
|
||
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
"dawdling",
|
||
|
"lingering",
|
||
|
"loitering",
|
||
|
"outstaying",
|
||
|
"overstaying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"absconding",
|
||
|
"booking",
|
||
|
"decamping",
|
||
|
"escaping",
|
||
|
"evacuating",
|
||
|
"fleeing",
|
||
|
"flying",
|
||
|
"getting out",
|
||
|
"running away",
|
||
|
"scatting",
|
||
|
"scramming",
|
||
|
"skipping",
|
||
|
"abandoning",
|
||
|
"deserting",
|
||
|
"forsaking",
|
||
|
"vacating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bailing",
|
||
|
"bailing out",
|
||
|
"bugging out",
|
||
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
||
|
"clearing off",
|
||
|
"clearing out",
|
||
|
"cutting out",
|
||
|
"departing",
|
||
|
"exiting",
|
||
|
"getting off",
|
||
|
"going",
|
||
|
"going off",
|
||
|
"leaving",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
||
|
"peeling off",
|
||
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
||
|
"pulling out",
|
||
|
"pushing off",
|
||
|
"pushing on",
|
||
|
"quitting",
|
||
|
"shoving (off)",
|
||
|
"taking off",
|
||
|
"vamoosing",
|
||
|
"walking out"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stir":{
|
||
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the recipe says to stir the mixture carefully until it's properly blended"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitate",
|
||
|
"churn",
|
||
|
"swirl",
|
||
|
"wash",
|
||
|
"whirl"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"paddle",
|
||
|
"whip",
|
||
|
"whisk",
|
||
|
"reel",
|
||
|
"shake",
|
||
|
"wheel"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to change one's position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the cat stirred , then opened its eyes and slowly got to its feet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"budge",
|
||
|
"locomote",
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"shift"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
"fidget",
|
||
|
"jiggle",
|
||
|
"squiggle",
|
||
|
"squirm",
|
||
|
"toss",
|
||
|
"twitch",
|
||
|
"wiggle",
|
||
|
"wriggle",
|
||
|
"writhe",
|
||
|
"rouse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hang around",
|
||
|
"remain",
|
||
|
"stay",
|
||
|
"stick around",
|
||
|
"tarry",
|
||
|
"stabilize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"freeze",
|
||
|
"still"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arouse",
|
||
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
"excite",
|
||
|
"fire (up)",
|
||
|
"impassion",
|
||
|
"incite",
|
||
|
"instigate",
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"pique",
|
||
|
"provoke",
|
||
|
"rev (up)",
|
||
|
"spark",
|
||
|
"stimulate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fan",
|
||
|
"ignite",
|
||
|
"inflame",
|
||
|
"enflame",
|
||
|
"kindle",
|
||
|
"trigger",
|
||
|
"activate",
|
||
|
"animate",
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"energize",
|
||
|
"galvanize",
|
||
|
"induce",
|
||
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
"key (up)",
|
||
|
"motivate",
|
||
|
"motive",
|
||
|
"pump up",
|
||
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"vitalize",
|
||
|
"abet",
|
||
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
"foment",
|
||
|
"raise",
|
||
|
"whip (up)",
|
||
|
"anger",
|
||
|
"enrage",
|
||
|
"madden",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"jeer",
|
||
|
"taunt",
|
||
|
"tease",
|
||
|
"aggravate",
|
||
|
"annoy",
|
||
|
"bother",
|
||
|
"exasperate",
|
||
|
"gall",
|
||
|
"get",
|
||
|
"irritate",
|
||
|
"vex"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"soothe",
|
||
|
"subdue",
|
||
|
"tranquilize",
|
||
|
"tranquillize",
|
||
|
"appease",
|
||
|
"mollify",
|
||
|
"pacify",
|
||
|
"placate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the plane's first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ado",
|
||
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
"ballyhoo",
|
||
|
"blather",
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"bobbery",
|
||
|
"bother",
|
||
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
"clatter",
|
||
|
"clutter",
|
||
|
"coil",
|
||
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
"corroboree",
|
||
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"foofaraw",
|
||
|
"fun",
|
||
|
"furor",
|
||
|
"furore",
|
||
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
"helter-skelter",
|
||
|
"hoo-ha",
|
||
|
"hoo-hah",
|
||
|
"hoopla",
|
||
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"hullabaloo",
|
||
|
"hurly",
|
||
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
"hurricane",
|
||
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
||
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
||
|
"kerfuffle",
|
||
|
"moil",
|
||
|
"pandemonium",
|
||
|
"pother",
|
||
|
"row",
|
||
|
"ruckus",
|
||
|
"ruction",
|
||
|
"rumpus",
|
||
|
"shindy",
|
||
|
"splore",
|
||
|
"squall",
|
||
|
"stew",
|
||
|
"storm",
|
||
|
"to-do",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"turmoil",
|
||
|
"uproar",
|
||
|
"welter",
|
||
|
"whirl",
|
||
|
"williwaw",
|
||
|
"zoo"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cacophony",
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"howl",
|
||
|
"hue and cry",
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"outcry",
|
||
|
"racket",
|
||
|
"roar",
|
||
|
"disorder",
|
||
|
"unrest",
|
||
|
"upheaval",
|
||
|
"eruption",
|
||
|
"flare-up",
|
||
|
"flurry",
|
||
|
"flutter",
|
||
|
"outbreak",
|
||
|
"outburst",
|
||
|
"brawl",
|
||
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
"fray",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"melee",
|
||
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
||
|
"scuffle",
|
||
|
"dither",
|
||
|
"fever",
|
||
|
"fret",
|
||
|
"lather",
|
||
|
"tizzy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"peace",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"rest",
|
||
|
"stillness",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility",
|
||
|
"order",
|
||
|
"orderliness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we were warned that the slightest stir would scare the mother bird so we hardly dared to breathe"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"motion",
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"movement",
|
||
|
"shift",
|
||
|
"shifting",
|
||
|
"stirring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dislocation",
|
||
|
"migration",
|
||
|
"relocation",
|
||
|
"locomotion",
|
||
|
"mobility",
|
||
|
"motility",
|
||
|
"motivity",
|
||
|
"fiddling",
|
||
|
"fidgeting",
|
||
|
"squirm",
|
||
|
"squirming",
|
||
|
"twitching",
|
||
|
"wriggling",
|
||
|
"writhing",
|
||
|
"flailing",
|
||
|
"flapping",
|
||
|
"waving"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"immobility",
|
||
|
"inertia",
|
||
|
"inertness",
|
||
|
"stillness",
|
||
|
"cessation",
|
||
|
"discontinuance",
|
||
|
"ending",
|
||
|
"expiration",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"lapse",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"shutdown",
|
||
|
"shutoff",
|
||
|
"stop",
|
||
|
"stoppage",
|
||
|
"surcease",
|
||
|
"termination"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"motionlessness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the mule had just got out of stir and was being followed by the feds, who had their sights set on the kingpin of the operation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bastille",
|
||
|
"big house",
|
||
|
"bridewell",
|
||
|
"brig",
|
||
|
"calaboose",
|
||
|
"can",
|
||
|
"clink",
|
||
|
"cooler",
|
||
|
"coop",
|
||
|
"guardroom",
|
||
|
"hock",
|
||
|
"hold",
|
||
|
"hoosegow",
|
||
|
"jail",
|
||
|
"jailhouse",
|
||
|
"joint",
|
||
|
"jug",
|
||
|
"lockup",
|
||
|
"nick",
|
||
|
"pen",
|
||
|
"penitentiary",
|
||
|
"pokey",
|
||
|
"prison",
|
||
|
"quod",
|
||
|
"slam",
|
||
|
"slammer",
|
||
|
"stockade",
|
||
|
"tolbooth"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bull pen",
|
||
|
"cage",
|
||
|
"cell",
|
||
|
"hole",
|
||
|
"tank",
|
||
|
"block",
|
||
|
"ward",
|
||
|
"glasshouse",
|
||
|
"guardhouse",
|
||
|
"hulk(s)",
|
||
|
"concentration camp",
|
||
|
"gulag",
|
||
|
"labor camp",
|
||
|
"prison camp",
|
||
|
"stalag",
|
||
|
"work camp",
|
||
|
"dungeon",
|
||
|
"keep",
|
||
|
"oubliette",
|
||
|
"reformatory",
|
||
|
"reform school",
|
||
|
"training school"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"outside"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimulated":{
|
||
|
"as in excited , energized":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"absorbed",
|
||
|
"engaged",
|
||
|
"engrossed",
|
||
|
"interested",
|
||
|
"intrigued",
|
||
|
"rapt",
|
||
|
"amused",
|
||
|
"entertained",
|
||
|
"beguiled",
|
||
|
"bewitched",
|
||
|
"captivated",
|
||
|
"charmed",
|
||
|
"enchanted",
|
||
|
"enthralled",
|
||
|
"fascinated",
|
||
|
"hypnotized",
|
||
|
"mesmerized",
|
||
|
"delighted",
|
||
|
"pleased",
|
||
|
"thrilled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bored",
|
||
|
"fed up",
|
||
|
"jaded",
|
||
|
"sick",
|
||
|
"sick and tired",
|
||
|
"tired",
|
||
|
"wearied",
|
||
|
"weary",
|
||
|
"apathetic",
|
||
|
"disinterested",
|
||
|
"uninterested",
|
||
|
"glutted",
|
||
|
"sated",
|
||
|
"satiated",
|
||
|
"surfeited"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"research into alternative energy sources has been stimulated by this funding increase"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"amped (up)",
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"braced",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"filliped",
|
||
|
"fired",
|
||
|
"gingered (up)",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
||
|
"juiced up",
|
||
|
"jump-started",
|
||
|
"livened (up)",
|
||
|
"pepped (up)",
|
||
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
"spiked",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"vivified",
|
||
|
"zipped (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aroused",
|
||
|
"awakened",
|
||
|
"awoke",
|
||
|
"awaked",
|
||
|
"raised",
|
||
|
"roused",
|
||
|
"stirred",
|
||
|
"woke (up)",
|
||
|
"waked (up)",
|
||
|
"activated",
|
||
|
"actuated",
|
||
|
"drove",
|
||
|
"impelled",
|
||
|
"motivated",
|
||
|
"motived",
|
||
|
"moved",
|
||
|
"propelled",
|
||
|
"charged",
|
||
|
"electrified",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"enkindled",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"fermented",
|
||
|
"fomented",
|
||
|
"incited",
|
||
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
"instigated",
|
||
|
"kindled",
|
||
|
"provoked",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"sparked",
|
||
|
"triggered",
|
||
|
"turned on",
|
||
|
"whipped (up)",
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"boosted",
|
||
|
"buoyed",
|
||
|
"cheered",
|
||
|
"emboldened",
|
||
|
"fortified",
|
||
|
"heartened",
|
||
|
"infused",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"lifted",
|
||
|
"rallied",
|
||
|
"steeled",
|
||
|
"strengthened",
|
||
|
"reactivated",
|
||
|
"reanimated",
|
||
|
"reawakened",
|
||
|
"reawoke",
|
||
|
"reawaked",
|
||
|
"recharged",
|
||
|
"recreated",
|
||
|
"reenergized",
|
||
|
"re-energized",
|
||
|
"refreshed",
|
||
|
"refreshened",
|
||
|
"regenerated",
|
||
|
"reinvigorated",
|
||
|
"rejuvenated",
|
||
|
"rekindled",
|
||
|
"renewed",
|
||
|
"restimulated",
|
||
|
"resurrected",
|
||
|
"resuscitated",
|
||
|
"revitalized",
|
||
|
"revived"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"burned out",
|
||
|
"burnt out",
|
||
|
"debilitated",
|
||
|
"did in",
|
||
|
"drained",
|
||
|
"enervated",
|
||
|
"enfeebled",
|
||
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
"fagged",
|
||
|
"fatigued",
|
||
|
"harassed",
|
||
|
"kayoed",
|
||
|
"knocked out",
|
||
|
"sapped",
|
||
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
||
|
"undermined",
|
||
|
"washed out",
|
||
|
"weakened",
|
||
|
"wearied",
|
||
|
"wore",
|
||
|
"wore out",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"jaded",
|
||
|
"quelled",
|
||
|
"quenched",
|
||
|
"repressed",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"slowed",
|
||
|
"stilled",
|
||
|
"stunted",
|
||
|
"suppressed",
|
||
|
"daunted",
|
||
|
"demoralized",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"disheartened",
|
||
|
"dispirited"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"damped",
|
||
|
"dampened",
|
||
|
"deadened",
|
||
|
"dulled",
|
||
|
"killed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the government crackdown has only stimulated the citizenry to more acts of violence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aroused",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"fired (up)",
|
||
|
"impassioned",
|
||
|
"incited",
|
||
|
"instigated",
|
||
|
"moved",
|
||
|
"piqued",
|
||
|
"provoked",
|
||
|
"revved (up)",
|
||
|
"sparked",
|
||
|
"stirred"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fanned",
|
||
|
"ignited",
|
||
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
"kindled",
|
||
|
"triggered",
|
||
|
"activated",
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"drove",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"induced",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"keyed (up)",
|
||
|
"motivated",
|
||
|
"motived",
|
||
|
"pumped up",
|
||
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"fermented",
|
||
|
"fomented",
|
||
|
"raised",
|
||
|
"whipped (up)",
|
||
|
"angered",
|
||
|
"enraged",
|
||
|
"maddened",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"jeered",
|
||
|
"taunted",
|
||
|
"teased",
|
||
|
"aggravated",
|
||
|
"annoyed",
|
||
|
"bothered",
|
||
|
"exasperated",
|
||
|
"galled",
|
||
|
"got",
|
||
|
"irritated",
|
||
|
"vexed",
|
||
|
"vext"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calmed",
|
||
|
"soothed",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"tranquilized",
|
||
|
"tranquillized",
|
||
|
"appeased",
|
||
|
"mollified",
|
||
|
"pacified",
|
||
|
"placated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinkpot":{
|
||
|
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"if I ever get filthy rich, I'm going to buy myself a stinkpot and take up fishing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"motorboat",
|
||
|
"powerboat",
|
||
|
"speedboat"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cabin cruiser",
|
||
|
"cruiser",
|
||
|
"hydrofoil",
|
||
|
"motor sailer",
|
||
|
"runabout",
|
||
|
"sedan",
|
||
|
"sportfisherman"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stickups":{
|
||
|
"as in burglaries , holdups":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break-ins",
|
||
|
"burglaries",
|
||
|
"holdups",
|
||
|
"muggings",
|
||
|
"grabs",
|
||
|
"heists",
|
||
|
"pinches",
|
||
|
"rip-offs",
|
||
|
"thefts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stippled":{
|
||
|
"marked with spots":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"create a stippled effect by dabbing a contrasting color of paint over an undercoat with a rag or sponge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dappled",
|
||
|
"dapple",
|
||
|
"dotted",
|
||
|
"flecked",
|
||
|
"freckled",
|
||
|
"mottled",
|
||
|
"specked",
|
||
|
"speckled",
|
||
|
"splotchy",
|
||
|
"spotted",
|
||
|
"spotty",
|
||
|
"variegated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"spangled",
|
||
|
"marbled",
|
||
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
||
|
"moire",
|
||
|
"veined",
|
||
|
"chromatic",
|
||
|
"colored",
|
||
|
"colorful",
|
||
|
"motley",
|
||
|
"multicolored",
|
||
|
"multihued",
|
||
|
"polychromatic",
|
||
|
"polychrome",
|
||
|
"prismatic",
|
||
|
"rainbow",
|
||
|
"varicolored",
|
||
|
"blotched",
|
||
|
"blotchy",
|
||
|
"piebald",
|
||
|
"pinto",
|
||
|
"roan"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"solid"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unspotted"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the sunlight falling through the lace curtain stippled her face"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blotched",
|
||
|
"dappled",
|
||
|
"dotted",
|
||
|
"flecked",
|
||
|
"freckled",
|
||
|
"marbled",
|
||
|
"mottled",
|
||
|
"peppered",
|
||
|
"shot",
|
||
|
"specked",
|
||
|
"speckled",
|
||
|
"splotched",
|
||
|
"spotted",
|
||
|
"sprinkled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blotted",
|
||
|
"dyed",
|
||
|
"stained",
|
||
|
"banded",
|
||
|
"barred",
|
||
|
"streaked",
|
||
|
"striped",
|
||
|
"interspersed",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"studded",
|
||
|
"bespattered",
|
||
|
"spattered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stifles":{
|
||
|
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chokes",
|
||
|
"smothers",
|
||
|
"strangles",
|
||
|
"suffocates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"garrotes",
|
||
|
"garottes",
|
||
|
"throttles",
|
||
|
"asphyxiates",
|
||
|
"drowns",
|
||
|
"croaks",
|
||
|
"destroys",
|
||
|
"dispatches",
|
||
|
"does in",
|
||
|
"fells",
|
||
|
"slays"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"breathes",
|
||
|
"exhales",
|
||
|
"expires",
|
||
|
"inhales",
|
||
|
"inspires",
|
||
|
"resuscitates",
|
||
|
"revives"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stifled a yawn"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chokes (back)",
|
||
|
"holds back",
|
||
|
"pockets",
|
||
|
"represses",
|
||
|
"sinks",
|
||
|
"smothers",
|
||
|
"strangles",
|
||
|
"submerges",
|
||
|
"suppresses",
|
||
|
"swallows"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"controls",
|
||
|
"governs",
|
||
|
"manages",
|
||
|
"bridles",
|
||
|
"checks",
|
||
|
"curbs",
|
||
|
"quashes",
|
||
|
"quells",
|
||
|
"bottles up",
|
||
|
"contains",
|
||
|
"muffles",
|
||
|
"squelches"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"expresses",
|
||
|
"looses",
|
||
|
"releases",
|
||
|
"takes out",
|
||
|
"unleashes",
|
||
|
"vents"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to deaden the sound of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he stifled a cough with his hand"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"muffles",
|
||
|
"mutes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"insulates",
|
||
|
"soundproofs",
|
||
|
"pads",
|
||
|
"dampens",
|
||
|
"mellows",
|
||
|
"softens",
|
||
|
"subdues",
|
||
|
"tones (down)",
|
||
|
"baffles",
|
||
|
"smothers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"amplifies",
|
||
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
"deepens",
|
||
|
"enhances",
|
||
|
"heightens",
|
||
|
"increases",
|
||
|
"magnifies",
|
||
|
"steps up",
|
||
|
"strengthens"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unmuffles"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stilettoes":{
|
||
|
"as in daggers , machetes":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bayonets",
|
||
|
"bodkins",
|
||
|
"bolos",
|
||
|
"bowie knifes",
|
||
|
"bowie knives",
|
||
|
"cutlasses",
|
||
|
"daggers",
|
||
|
"dirks",
|
||
|
"jackknives",
|
||
|
"machetes",
|
||
|
"pocketknives",
|
||
|
"poniards",
|
||
|
"sheath knives",
|
||
|
"stylets",
|
||
|
"switchblades",
|
||
|
"switch knives",
|
||
|
"yataghans",
|
||
|
"cutters",
|
||
|
"knives",
|
||
|
"shanks",
|
||
|
"shivs",
|
||
|
"cleavers",
|
||
|
"hacks",
|
||
|
"rapiers",
|
||
|
"sabers",
|
||
|
"sabres",
|
||
|
"steels",
|
||
|
"swords",
|
||
|
"scalpels"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stillbirths":{
|
||
|
"as in abortions , miscarriages":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abortions",
|
||
|
"miscarriages"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"births",
|
||
|
"genitures",
|
||
|
"nativities",
|
||
|
"creations",
|
||
|
"geneses",
|
||
|
"nascencies",
|
||
|
"originations",
|
||
|
"rises",
|
||
|
"accouchements",
|
||
|
"bearings",
|
||
|
"childbearings",
|
||
|
"labors",
|
||
|
"parturitions"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipulates (for)":{
|
||
|
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the contract stipulates for a renegotiation of the terms after two years"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calls (for)",
|
||
|
"claims",
|
||
|
"clamors (for)",
|
||
|
"commands",
|
||
|
"demands",
|
||
|
"enjoins",
|
||
|
"exacts",
|
||
|
"insists (on)",
|
||
|
"presses (for)",
|
||
|
"quests"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"asks",
|
||
|
"pleads (for)",
|
||
|
"requests",
|
||
|
"wants",
|
||
|
"cries (for)",
|
||
|
"necessitates",
|
||
|
"needs",
|
||
|
"requires",
|
||
|
"takes",
|
||
|
"warrants",
|
||
|
"requisitions",
|
||
|
"imposes",
|
||
|
"badgers",
|
||
|
"duns",
|
||
|
"harasses",
|
||
|
"hounds"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"gives up",
|
||
|
"relinquishes",
|
||
|
"surrenders",
|
||
|
"yields"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinkard":{
|
||
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that stinkard asked his wife for a divorce while she was dying from cancer"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
"beast",
|
||
|
"bleeder",
|
||
|
"blighter",
|
||
|
"boor",
|
||
|
"bounder",
|
||
|
"bugger",
|
||
|
"buzzard",
|
||
|
"cad",
|
||
|
"chuff",
|
||
|
"churl",
|
||
|
"clown",
|
||
|
"creep",
|
||
|
"cretin",
|
||
|
"crud",
|
||
|
"crumb",
|
||
|
"cur",
|
||
|
"dirtbag",
|
||
|
"dog",
|
||
|
"fink",
|
||
|
"heel",
|
||
|
"hound",
|
||
|
"jerk",
|
||
|
"joker",
|
||
|
"louse",
|
||
|
"lout",
|
||
|
"pill",
|
||
|
"rat",
|
||
|
"rat fink",
|
||
|
"reptile",
|
||
|
"rotter",
|
||
|
"schmuck",
|
||
|
"scum",
|
||
|
"scumbag",
|
||
|
"scuzzball",
|
||
|
"skunk",
|
||
|
"sleaze",
|
||
|
"sleazebag",
|
||
|
"sleazeball",
|
||
|
"slime",
|
||
|
"slimeball",
|
||
|
"slob",
|
||
|
"snake",
|
||
|
"so-and-so",
|
||
|
"sod",
|
||
|
"stinker",
|
||
|
"swine",
|
||
|
"toad",
|
||
|
"varmint",
|
||
|
"vermin"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"barbarian",
|
||
|
"brute",
|
||
|
"caveman",
|
||
|
"Neanderthal",
|
||
|
"savage",
|
||
|
"loudmouth",
|
||
|
"vulgarian",
|
||
|
"lowlife",
|
||
|
"miscreant",
|
||
|
"rascal",
|
||
|
"rogue",
|
||
|
"roughneck",
|
||
|
"scab",
|
||
|
"scamp",
|
||
|
"scoundrel",
|
||
|
"villain",
|
||
|
"wretch",
|
||
|
"booby",
|
||
|
"doofus",
|
||
|
"fool",
|
||
|
"jackass",
|
||
|
"nincompoop",
|
||
|
"ninny",
|
||
|
"nit",
|
||
|
"nitwit",
|
||
|
"nut",
|
||
|
"schmo",
|
||
|
"schmoe",
|
||
|
"airhead",
|
||
|
"birdbrain",
|
||
|
"blockhead",
|
||
|
"dink",
|
||
|
"dolt",
|
||
|
"dope",
|
||
|
"dork",
|
||
|
"goon",
|
||
|
"half-wit",
|
||
|
"idiot",
|
||
|
"imbecile",
|
||
|
"moron",
|
||
|
"turkey",
|
||
|
"brat",
|
||
|
"insolent",
|
||
|
"nuisance",
|
||
|
"pest",
|
||
|
"snip",
|
||
|
"snob",
|
||
|
"snoot",
|
||
|
"snot",
|
||
|
"dweeb",
|
||
|
"nerd"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hero",
|
||
|
"heroine",
|
||
|
"idol",
|
||
|
"role model",
|
||
|
"gentleman",
|
||
|
"lady",
|
||
|
"angel",
|
||
|
"saint"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticklers":{
|
||
|
"a person who believes that something is very important and should be done or followed all the time":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Her father was a stickler about arriving on time."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"authoritarians",
|
||
|
"disciplinarians",
|
||
|
"discipliners",
|
||
|
"martinets",
|
||
|
"micromanagers",
|
||
|
"taskmasters",
|
||
|
"taskmistresses",
|
||
|
"perfectionists",
|
||
|
"purists",
|
||
|
"carpers",
|
||
|
"castigators",
|
||
|
"cavilers",
|
||
|
"cavillers",
|
||
|
"censurers",
|
||
|
"criticizers",
|
||
|
"disparagers",
|
||
|
"faultfinders",
|
||
|
"hypercritics",
|
||
|
"knockers",
|
||
|
"nigglers",
|
||
|
"nitpickers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stirred":{
|
||
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the recipe says to stir the mixture carefully until it's properly blended"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitated",
|
||
|
"churned",
|
||
|
"swirled",
|
||
|
"washed",
|
||
|
"whirled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"paddled",
|
||
|
"whipped",
|
||
|
"whisked",
|
||
|
"reeled",
|
||
|
"shook",
|
||
|
"wheeled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to change one's position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the cat stirred , then opened its eyes and slowly got to its feet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"budged",
|
||
|
"locomoted",
|
||
|
"moved",
|
||
|
"shifted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fiddled",
|
||
|
"fidgeted",
|
||
|
"jiggled",
|
||
|
"squiggled",
|
||
|
"squirmed",
|
||
|
"tossed",
|
||
|
"twitched",
|
||
|
"wiggled",
|
||
|
"wriggled",
|
||
|
"writhed",
|
||
|
"roused"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hung around",
|
||
|
"remained",
|
||
|
"stayed",
|
||
|
"stuck around",
|
||
|
"tarried",
|
||
|
"stabilized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"froze",
|
||
|
"stilled"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aroused",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"fired (up)",
|
||
|
"impassioned",
|
||
|
"incited",
|
||
|
"instigated",
|
||
|
"moved",
|
||
|
"piqued",
|
||
|
"provoked",
|
||
|
"revved (up)",
|
||
|
"sparked",
|
||
|
"stimulated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fanned",
|
||
|
"ignited",
|
||
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
"kindled",
|
||
|
"triggered",
|
||
|
"activated",
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"drove",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"induced",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"keyed (up)",
|
||
|
"motivated",
|
||
|
"motived",
|
||
|
"pumped up",
|
||
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"fermented",
|
||
|
"fomented",
|
||
|
"raised",
|
||
|
"whipped (up)",
|
||
|
"angered",
|
||
|
"enraged",
|
||
|
"maddened",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"jeered",
|
||
|
"taunted",
|
||
|
"teased",
|
||
|
"aggravated",
|
||
|
"annoyed",
|
||
|
"bothered",
|
||
|
"exasperated",
|
||
|
"galled",
|
||
|
"got",
|
||
|
"irritated",
|
||
|
"vexed",
|
||
|
"vext"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calmed",
|
||
|
"soothed",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"tranquilized",
|
||
|
"tranquillized",
|
||
|
"appeased",
|
||
|
"mollified",
|
||
|
"pacified",
|
||
|
"placated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stink":{
|
||
|
"a strong unpleasant smell":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the stink of burned plastic lingered in the kitchen for days after we accidentally melted a spatula on the stove"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"funk",
|
||
|
"reek",
|
||
|
"stench"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"acridness",
|
||
|
"fetidness",
|
||
|
"foulness",
|
||
|
"fustiness",
|
||
|
"malodorousness",
|
||
|
"mustiness",
|
||
|
"odoriferousness",
|
||
|
"odorousness",
|
||
|
"rancidity",
|
||
|
"rankness",
|
||
|
"staleness",
|
||
|
"badness",
|
||
|
"vileness",
|
||
|
"dirt",
|
||
|
"dirtiness",
|
||
|
"filth",
|
||
|
"filthiness",
|
||
|
"nastiness",
|
||
|
"effluvium",
|
||
|
"effluvia",
|
||
|
"emission",
|
||
|
"odor",
|
||
|
"redolence",
|
||
|
"scent",
|
||
|
"sniff"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"floweriness",
|
||
|
"lusciousness",
|
||
|
"savoriness",
|
||
|
"spiciness",
|
||
|
"sweetness",
|
||
|
"bouquet",
|
||
|
"ambrosia"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aroma",
|
||
|
"fragrance",
|
||
|
"perfume"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"many town residents raised an unholy stink about the proposal to increase taxes yet again"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"challenge",
|
||
|
"complaint",
|
||
|
"demur",
|
||
|
"demurral",
|
||
|
"demurrer",
|
||
|
"difficulty",
|
||
|
"exception",
|
||
|
"expostulation",
|
||
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"objection",
|
||
|
"protest",
|
||
|
"question",
|
||
|
"remonstrance"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"compunction",
|
||
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
"qualm",
|
||
|
"scruple",
|
||
|
"misunderstanding",
|
||
|
"cavil",
|
||
|
"niggle",
|
||
|
"quibble",
|
||
|
"argument",
|
||
|
"conflict",
|
||
|
"debate",
|
||
|
"dispute",
|
||
|
"dissent",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"quarrel",
|
||
|
"squabble",
|
||
|
"static",
|
||
|
"censure",
|
||
|
"criticism",
|
||
|
"defiance",
|
||
|
"disobedience",
|
||
|
"rebellion",
|
||
|
"distrust",
|
||
|
"distrustfulness",
|
||
|
"dubiety",
|
||
|
"dubitation",
|
||
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
"indetermination",
|
||
|
"misdoubt",
|
||
|
"mistrust",
|
||
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
||
|
"reservation",
|
||
|
"skepticism",
|
||
|
"suspicion",
|
||
|
"uncertainty",
|
||
|
"qualmishness",
|
||
|
"unease",
|
||
|
"uneasiness",
|
||
|
"reluctance",
|
||
|
"unwillingness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"willingness",
|
||
|
"approval",
|
||
|
"sanction",
|
||
|
"acceptance",
|
||
|
"acquiescence",
|
||
|
"agreement",
|
||
|
"assent",
|
||
|
"compliance",
|
||
|
"obedience"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"reek"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"exhale",
|
||
|
"savor",
|
||
|
"savour",
|
||
|
"smell",
|
||
|
"decay",
|
||
|
"decompose",
|
||
|
"rot",
|
||
|
"spoil",
|
||
|
"disgust",
|
||
|
"offend",
|
||
|
"repulse",
|
||
|
"revolt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their team really stinks this year"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bite",
|
||
|
"smell",
|
||
|
"suck"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rock",
|
||
|
"rule"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stitchers":{
|
||
|
"a person who sews":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"worked as an apparel stitcher for years"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"seamsters",
|
||
|
"sewers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"needlewomen",
|
||
|
"seamstresses",
|
||
|
"tailors",
|
||
|
"embroiderers",
|
||
|
"needleworkers",
|
||
|
"knitters",
|
||
|
"weavers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinted":{
|
||
|
"as in kept , retained":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"kept",
|
||
|
"retained",
|
||
|
"withheld",
|
||
|
"begrudged",
|
||
|
"denied",
|
||
|
"deprived (of)",
|
||
|
"appropriated",
|
||
|
"arrogated",
|
||
|
"confiscated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"allocated",
|
||
|
"allotted",
|
||
|
"allowed",
|
||
|
"apportioned",
|
||
|
"assigned",
|
||
|
"distributed",
|
||
|
"lotted",
|
||
|
"rationed",
|
||
|
"admeasured",
|
||
|
"administered",
|
||
|
"dealt",
|
||
|
"dispensed",
|
||
|
"divided",
|
||
|
"doled out",
|
||
|
"handed out",
|
||
|
"measured",
|
||
|
"meted (out)",
|
||
|
"metered",
|
||
|
"parceled (out)",
|
||
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
||
|
"parted",
|
||
|
"portioned",
|
||
|
"prorated",
|
||
|
"shared (out)",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"accorded",
|
||
|
"awarded",
|
||
|
"gave",
|
||
|
"granted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in skimped":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"skimped",
|
||
|
"depleted",
|
||
|
"drained",
|
||
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
"dispossessed",
|
||
|
"divested",
|
||
|
"stripped",
|
||
|
"stript"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blessed",
|
||
|
"blest",
|
||
|
"endowed",
|
||
|
"endued",
|
||
|
"indued",
|
||
|
"favored",
|
||
|
"gifted",
|
||
|
"invested",
|
||
|
"equipped",
|
||
|
"provided",
|
||
|
"supplied",
|
||
|
"bestowed (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"clothed",
|
||
|
"clad",
|
||
|
"conferred (on)",
|
||
|
"covered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticks up":{
|
||
|
"as in holds up , robs":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"holds up",
|
||
|
"loots",
|
||
|
"plunders",
|
||
|
"rips off",
|
||
|
"robs",
|
||
|
"invades",
|
||
|
"trespasses",
|
||
|
"ransacks",
|
||
|
"rifles",
|
||
|
"breaks in",
|
||
|
"burglarizes",
|
||
|
"burgles",
|
||
|
"despoils",
|
||
|
"devastates",
|
||
|
"marauds",
|
||
|
"pillages",
|
||
|
"ravages",
|
||
|
"sacks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stick (to)":{
|
||
|
"as in hug , cling (to)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cleave (to)",
|
||
|
"cling (to)",
|
||
|
"hug",
|
||
|
"carry",
|
||
|
"keep",
|
||
|
"maintain",
|
||
|
"preserve",
|
||
|
"remember",
|
||
|
"retain",
|
||
|
"treasure",
|
||
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
||
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
||
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
"foster",
|
||
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
"support",
|
||
|
"sustain",
|
||
|
"bear",
|
||
|
"cherish",
|
||
|
"entertain",
|
||
|
"harbor",
|
||
|
"have",
|
||
|
"hold",
|
||
|
"nurse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"forget",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"abjure",
|
||
|
"decline",
|
||
|
"deny",
|
||
|
"disdain",
|
||
|
"refuse",
|
||
|
"reject",
|
||
|
"repudiate",
|
||
|
"scorn",
|
||
|
"abandon",
|
||
|
"desert",
|
||
|
"discard",
|
||
|
"forsake",
|
||
|
"give up",
|
||
|
"part (with)",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"renounce",
|
||
|
"throw out",
|
||
|
"erase",
|
||
|
"expunge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"still and all":{
|
||
|
"in spite of that":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she's none too enthusiastic about the project; still and all , she seems willing to cooperate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"even so",
|
||
|
"howbeit",
|
||
|
"however",
|
||
|
"nevertheless",
|
||
|
"nonetheless",
|
||
|
"notwithstanding",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"though",
|
||
|
"withal",
|
||
|
"yet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"after all",
|
||
|
"anyhow",
|
||
|
"regardless",
|
||
|
"per contra"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stillbirth":{
|
||
|
"as in abortion , miscarriage":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abortion",
|
||
|
"miscarriage"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"birth",
|
||
|
"geniture",
|
||
|
"nativity",
|
||
|
"creation",
|
||
|
"genesis",
|
||
|
"nascency",
|
||
|
"origination",
|
||
|
"rise",
|
||
|
"accouchement",
|
||
|
"bearing",
|
||
|
"childbearing",
|
||
|
"labor",
|
||
|
"parturition"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stirring up":{
|
||
|
"to bring something (volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't stir up any interest in a Saturday morning outing to the art museum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abetting",
|
||
|
"brewing",
|
||
|
"fermenting",
|
||
|
"fomenting",
|
||
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
"instigating",
|
||
|
"picking",
|
||
|
"provoking",
|
||
|
"raising",
|
||
|
"whipping (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
"cultivating",
|
||
|
"encouraging",
|
||
|
"forwarding",
|
||
|
"fostering",
|
||
|
"furthering",
|
||
|
"nourishing",
|
||
|
"nurturing",
|
||
|
"promoting",
|
||
|
"sowing",
|
||
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
"detonating",
|
||
|
"setting",
|
||
|
"setting off",
|
||
|
"triggering",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
"inflaming",
|
||
|
"enflaming",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"motivating",
|
||
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
"activating",
|
||
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
"enlivening",
|
||
|
"firing",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
||
|
"livening (up)",
|
||
|
"pepping (up)",
|
||
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
"vitalizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridling",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"constraining",
|
||
|
"curbing",
|
||
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
"holding",
|
||
|
"inhibiting",
|
||
|
"regulating",
|
||
|
"reining (in)",
|
||
|
"restraining",
|
||
|
"taming",
|
||
|
"allaying",
|
||
|
"calming",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
"stilling",
|
||
|
"subduing",
|
||
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
"tranquillizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stilling":{
|
||
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"it seemed as though nothing could still the fighting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arresting",
|
||
|
"bringing up",
|
||
|
"catching",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"drawing up",
|
||
|
"fetching up",
|
||
|
"halting",
|
||
|
"holding up",
|
||
|
"pulling up",
|
||
|
"stalling",
|
||
|
"staying",
|
||
|
"stopping"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"baffling",
|
||
|
"balking",
|
||
|
"blockading",
|
||
|
"blocking",
|
||
|
"bottlenecking",
|
||
|
"clogging",
|
||
|
"damming",
|
||
|
"detaining",
|
||
|
"hindering",
|
||
|
"holding",
|
||
|
"holding back",
|
||
|
"impeding",
|
||
|
"obstructing",
|
||
|
"snagging",
|
||
|
"stemming",
|
||
|
"concluding",
|
||
|
"cutting off",
|
||
|
"ending",
|
||
|
"terminating",
|
||
|
"calling",
|
||
|
"discontinuing",
|
||
|
"suspending",
|
||
|
"choking off",
|
||
|
"reining (in)",
|
||
|
"repressing",
|
||
|
"squashing",
|
||
|
"squelching",
|
||
|
"stanching",
|
||
|
"staunching",
|
||
|
"stunting",
|
||
|
"suppressing",
|
||
|
"turning back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carrying on",
|
||
|
"continuing",
|
||
|
"following through (with)",
|
||
|
"keeping (on)",
|
||
|
"keeping up",
|
||
|
"persisting",
|
||
|
"running on",
|
||
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
"faring",
|
||
|
"going along",
|
||
|
"marching",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"proceeding",
|
||
|
"progressing",
|
||
|
"wending",
|
||
|
"actuating",
|
||
|
"budging",
|
||
|
"driving",
|
||
|
"goading",
|
||
|
"impelling",
|
||
|
"propelling",
|
||
|
"pushing",
|
||
|
"spurring",
|
||
|
"stirring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"reading a book helps me to relax and still my mind before going to bed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"becalming",
|
||
|
"calming",
|
||
|
"composing",
|
||
|
"lullabying",
|
||
|
"lulling",
|
||
|
"quietening",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"salving",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
"tranquillizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"appeasing",
|
||
|
"conciliating",
|
||
|
"hushing",
|
||
|
"mollifying",
|
||
|
"pacifying",
|
||
|
"placating",
|
||
|
"allaying",
|
||
|
"alleviating",
|
||
|
"assuaging",
|
||
|
"easing",
|
||
|
"laying",
|
||
|
"mitigating",
|
||
|
"quelling",
|
||
|
"relaxing",
|
||
|
"relieving",
|
||
|
"solacing",
|
||
|
"narcotizing",
|
||
|
"sedating",
|
||
|
"stupefying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggravating",
|
||
|
"heightening",
|
||
|
"intensifying",
|
||
|
"arousing",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"fomenting",
|
||
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
"stirring (up)",
|
||
|
"working up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
"discomposing",
|
||
|
"disquieting",
|
||
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
"keying (up)",
|
||
|
"perturbing",
|
||
|
"upsetting",
|
||
|
"vexing"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the conversation was abruptly stilled by a loud crash from the next room"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dumbing",
|
||
|
"extinguishing",
|
||
|
"hushing",
|
||
|
"muting",
|
||
|
"quelling",
|
||
|
"quietening",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"shushing",
|
||
|
"shutting up",
|
||
|
"silencing",
|
||
|
"squelching"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
"stirring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stirred up":{
|
||
|
"to bring something (volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't stir up any interest in a Saturday morning outing to the art museum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"brewed",
|
||
|
"fermented",
|
||
|
"fomented",
|
||
|
"incited",
|
||
|
"instigated",
|
||
|
"picked",
|
||
|
"provoked",
|
||
|
"raised",
|
||
|
"whipped (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"fostered",
|
||
|
"furthered",
|
||
|
"nourished",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"sowed",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"detonated",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"triggered",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"motivated",
|
||
|
"roused",
|
||
|
"activated",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"fired",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
||
|
"livened (up)",
|
||
|
"pepped (up)",
|
||
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"vitalized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridled",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"held",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"regulated",
|
||
|
"reined (in)",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"tamed",
|
||
|
"allayed",
|
||
|
"calmed",
|
||
|
"quieted",
|
||
|
"settled",
|
||
|
"soothed",
|
||
|
"stilled",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"tranquilized",
|
||
|
"tranquillized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"still":{
|
||
|
"without motion":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the cat sat absolutely still , watching as the mouse began to make its way across the floor"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"motionlessly",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"immovably",
|
||
|
"inactively"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"movably"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"in spite of that":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their star player was injured in yesterday's game; still , it looks like he will be able to play today"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"even so",
|
||
|
"howbeit",
|
||
|
"however",
|
||
|
"nevertheless",
|
||
|
"nonetheless",
|
||
|
"notwithstanding",
|
||
|
"still and all",
|
||
|
"though",
|
||
|
"withal",
|
||
|
"yet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"after all",
|
||
|
"anyhow",
|
||
|
"regardless",
|
||
|
"per contra"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the town's streets are usually still and peopleless in the early morning hours"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arcadian",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"hushed",
|
||
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
"placid",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"restful",
|
||
|
"serene",
|
||
|
"stilly",
|
||
|
"tranquil"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"noiseless",
|
||
|
"silent",
|
||
|
"soundless",
|
||
|
"mute",
|
||
|
"speechless",
|
||
|
"wordless",
|
||
|
"dead",
|
||
|
"motionless",
|
||
|
"quiescent",
|
||
|
"muffled",
|
||
|
"muted",
|
||
|
"quieted",
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
"low",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"ultraquiet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
"tempestuous",
|
||
|
"wild",
|
||
|
"blaring",
|
||
|
"blasting",
|
||
|
"booming",
|
||
|
"earsplitting",
|
||
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
"roaring",
|
||
|
"thundering",
|
||
|
"thunderous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"boisterous",
|
||
|
"clamorous",
|
||
|
"clattery",
|
||
|
"deafening",
|
||
|
"loud",
|
||
|
"noisy",
|
||
|
"raucous",
|
||
|
"rip-roaring",
|
||
|
"roistering",
|
||
|
"romping",
|
||
|
"rowdy",
|
||
|
"tumultuous",
|
||
|
"unquiet",
|
||
|
"uproarious",
|
||
|
"woolly",
|
||
|
"wooly"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the air was ominously still as dark clouds gathered in the distance"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"halcyon",
|
||
|
"hushed",
|
||
|
"lown",
|
||
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
"placid",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"serene",
|
||
|
"stilly",
|
||
|
"tranquil",
|
||
|
"untroubled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
"clement",
|
||
|
"equable",
|
||
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
"mild",
|
||
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
"temperate",
|
||
|
"clear",
|
||
|
"cloudless",
|
||
|
"fair",
|
||
|
"rainless",
|
||
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
"sunshiny",
|
||
|
"windless"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blizzardy",
|
||
|
"blizzardly",
|
||
|
"blustery",
|
||
|
"squally",
|
||
|
"windy",
|
||
|
"extreme",
|
||
|
"foul",
|
||
|
"intemperate",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"severe"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitated",
|
||
|
"angry",
|
||
|
"inclement",
|
||
|
"restless",
|
||
|
"rough",
|
||
|
"stormy",
|
||
|
"tempestuous",
|
||
|
"turbulent",
|
||
|
"unquiet",
|
||
|
"unsettled"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in his paintings Paul Gauguin depicts a still tropical paradise inhabited by mute and motionless natives"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hushed",
|
||
|
"muted",
|
||
|
"noiseless",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quieted",
|
||
|
"silent",
|
||
|
"soundless",
|
||
|
"stilly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"peaceable",
|
||
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
"serene",
|
||
|
"tranquil"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"boisterous",
|
||
|
"clamorous",
|
||
|
"clangorous",
|
||
|
"clattering",
|
||
|
"clattery",
|
||
|
"raucous",
|
||
|
"rip-roaring",
|
||
|
"roaring",
|
||
|
"roistering",
|
||
|
"tumultuous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"noisy",
|
||
|
"rackety",
|
||
|
"unquiet",
|
||
|
"uproarious"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in the still of the forest he could relax and forget his worries"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"calmness",
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"peace",
|
||
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
"placidity",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietness",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"repose",
|
||
|
"restfulness",
|
||
|
"sereneness",
|
||
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
"stillness",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"respite",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"mildness",
|
||
|
"soothingness",
|
||
|
"comity",
|
||
|
"concord",
|
||
|
"harmony",
|
||
|
"casualness",
|
||
|
"easygoingness",
|
||
|
"informality",
|
||
|
"laid-backness",
|
||
|
"relaxedness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"racket"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
"pandemonium",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"turmoil",
|
||
|
"unquietness",
|
||
|
"unrest",
|
||
|
"uproar"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a loud noise shattered the still of the night"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietness",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"stillness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"peace",
|
||
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"babel",
|
||
|
"blare",
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"cacophony",
|
||
|
"chatter",
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"clangor",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"racket",
|
||
|
"rattle",
|
||
|
"roar",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"uproar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"sound",
|
||
|
"unquietness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"it seemed as though nothing could still the fighting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
"bring up",
|
||
|
"catch",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"draw up",
|
||
|
"fetch up",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"hold up",
|
||
|
"pull up",
|
||
|
"stall",
|
||
|
"stay",
|
||
|
"stop"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"baffle",
|
||
|
"balk",
|
||
|
"block",
|
||
|
"blockade",
|
||
|
"bottleneck",
|
||
|
"clog",
|
||
|
"dam",
|
||
|
"detain",
|
||
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
"hold",
|
||
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
"impede",
|
||
|
"obstruct",
|
||
|
"snag",
|
||
|
"stem",
|
||
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
"cut off",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"terminate",
|
||
|
"call",
|
||
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
"choke off",
|
||
|
"rein (in)",
|
||
|
"repress",
|
||
|
"squash",
|
||
|
"squelch",
|
||
|
"stanch",
|
||
|
"staunch",
|
||
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
"turn back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carry on",
|
||
|
"continue",
|
||
|
"follow through (with)",
|
||
|
"keep (on)",
|
||
|
"keep up",
|
||
|
"persist",
|
||
|
"run on",
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"fare",
|
||
|
"go along",
|
||
|
"march",
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"proceed",
|
||
|
"progress",
|
||
|
"wend",
|
||
|
"actuate",
|
||
|
"budge",
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"goad",
|
||
|
"impel",
|
||
|
"propel",
|
||
|
"push",
|
||
|
"spur",
|
||
|
"stir"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"reading a book helps me to relax and still my mind before going to bed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"becalm",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"compose",
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"lullaby",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quieten",
|
||
|
"salve",
|
||
|
"settle",
|
||
|
"soothe",
|
||
|
"tranquilize",
|
||
|
"tranquillize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"appease",
|
||
|
"conciliate",
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"mollify",
|
||
|
"pacify",
|
||
|
"placate",
|
||
|
"allay",
|
||
|
"alleviate",
|
||
|
"assuage",
|
||
|
"ease",
|
||
|
"lay",
|
||
|
"mitigate",
|
||
|
"quell",
|
||
|
"relax",
|
||
|
"relieve",
|
||
|
"solace",
|
||
|
"narcotize",
|
||
|
"sedate",
|
||
|
"stupefy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggravate",
|
||
|
"heighten",
|
||
|
"intensify",
|
||
|
"arouse",
|
||
|
"excite",
|
||
|
"foment",
|
||
|
"incite",
|
||
|
"rouse",
|
||
|
"stir (up)",
|
||
|
"work up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitate",
|
||
|
"discompose",
|
||
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
"disturb",
|
||
|
"key (up)",
|
||
|
"perturb",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"vex"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the conversation was abruptly stilled by a loud crash from the next room"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dumb",
|
||
|
"extinguish",
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"mute",
|
||
|
"quell",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quieten",
|
||
|
"settle",
|
||
|
"shush",
|
||
|
"shut up",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"squelch"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitate",
|
||
|
"stir"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stick":{
|
||
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adhere",
|
||
|
"cleave",
|
||
|
"cling",
|
||
|
"hew"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bind",
|
||
|
"cohere",
|
||
|
"fasten",
|
||
|
"fuse",
|
||
|
"glue",
|
||
|
"unite"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"loosen",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"fall"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"depose",
|
||
|
"deposit",
|
||
|
"dispose",
|
||
|
"emplace",
|
||
|
"fix",
|
||
|
"lay",
|
||
|
"place",
|
||
|
"position",
|
||
|
"put",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"set up",
|
||
|
"situate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"rearrange",
|
||
|
"reorder",
|
||
|
"shift",
|
||
|
"orient",
|
||
|
"establish",
|
||
|
"locate",
|
||
|
"plant",
|
||
|
"settle",
|
||
|
"clap",
|
||
|
"flop",
|
||
|
"plank",
|
||
|
"plop",
|
||
|
"plump",
|
||
|
"plunk",
|
||
|
"plonk",
|
||
|
"plunk down",
|
||
|
"slap",
|
||
|
"ensconce",
|
||
|
"niche",
|
||
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
"collect",
|
||
|
"carry",
|
||
|
"berth",
|
||
|
"park",
|
||
|
"affix",
|
||
|
"anchor",
|
||
|
"lock",
|
||
|
"lodge",
|
||
|
"wedge",
|
||
|
"array",
|
||
|
"lay out",
|
||
|
"line up",
|
||
|
"queue",
|
||
|
"rank",
|
||
|
"set down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"relocate",
|
||
|
"remove",
|
||
|
"take",
|
||
|
"banish",
|
||
|
"dislodge",
|
||
|
"displace",
|
||
|
"replace",
|
||
|
"supersede",
|
||
|
"supplant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"gore",
|
||
|
"harpoon",
|
||
|
"impale",
|
||
|
"jab",
|
||
|
"lance",
|
||
|
"peck",
|
||
|
"pick",
|
||
|
"pierce",
|
||
|
"pink",
|
||
|
"puncture",
|
||
|
"run through",
|
||
|
"skewer",
|
||
|
"spear",
|
||
|
"spike",
|
||
|
"spit",
|
||
|
"stab",
|
||
|
"transfix",
|
||
|
"transpierce"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"spindle",
|
||
|
"perforate",
|
||
|
"riddle",
|
||
|
"bayonet",
|
||
|
"dirk",
|
||
|
"gimlet",
|
||
|
"pike",
|
||
|
"poniard",
|
||
|
"prong",
|
||
|
"quill",
|
||
|
"pinprick",
|
||
|
"poke",
|
||
|
"prick",
|
||
|
"punch",
|
||
|
"thrust",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"knife",
|
||
|
"slice"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"bilk",
|
||
|
"bleed",
|
||
|
"cheat",
|
||
|
"chisel",
|
||
|
"chouse",
|
||
|
"con",
|
||
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
"defraud",
|
||
|
"diddle",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"do in",
|
||
|
"euchre",
|
||
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
"fleece",
|
||
|
"flimflam",
|
||
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
"hose",
|
||
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
"mulct",
|
||
|
"nobble",
|
||
|
"pluck",
|
||
|
"ream",
|
||
|
"rip off",
|
||
|
"rook",
|
||
|
"screw",
|
||
|
"shake down",
|
||
|
"short",
|
||
|
"shortchange",
|
||
|
"skin",
|
||
|
"skunk",
|
||
|
"squeeze",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"sting",
|
||
|
"sucker",
|
||
|
"swindle",
|
||
|
"thimblerig",
|
||
|
"victimize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extort",
|
||
|
"wrench",
|
||
|
"wrest",
|
||
|
"wring",
|
||
|
"clip",
|
||
|
"gouge",
|
||
|
"nick",
|
||
|
"overcharge",
|
||
|
"soak",
|
||
|
"exploit",
|
||
|
"milk",
|
||
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"fool",
|
||
|
"gull",
|
||
|
"trick",
|
||
|
"rope (in)",
|
||
|
"betray",
|
||
|
"bitch",
|
||
|
"double-cross",
|
||
|
"bamboozle",
|
||
|
"fast-talk"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in finger":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"finger",
|
||
|
"cake",
|
||
|
"croquette",
|
||
|
"cutlet",
|
||
|
"fritter",
|
||
|
"galette",
|
||
|
"patty",
|
||
|
"pattie",
|
||
|
"g\u00e2teau",
|
||
|
"gateau"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in clam , wallflower":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"clam",
|
||
|
"wallflower",
|
||
|
"cold fish",
|
||
|
"cold turkey",
|
||
|
"iceberg",
|
||
|
"icicle",
|
||
|
"prig",
|
||
|
"snob",
|
||
|
"snoot",
|
||
|
"snot",
|
||
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dear",
|
||
|
"sweetheart",
|
||
|
"sweetie"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in pile , post":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beam",
|
||
|
"brace",
|
||
|
"pile",
|
||
|
"post",
|
||
|
"ridgepole",
|
||
|
"sill",
|
||
|
"splint",
|
||
|
"stake",
|
||
|
"stave",
|
||
|
"lumber",
|
||
|
"timber",
|
||
|
"wood",
|
||
|
"bar",
|
||
|
"billet",
|
||
|
"block",
|
||
|
"cordwood",
|
||
|
"firewood"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in stab":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"stab",
|
||
|
"punch",
|
||
|
"push",
|
||
|
"shove",
|
||
|
"dab",
|
||
|
"dig",
|
||
|
"jab",
|
||
|
"lunge",
|
||
|
"poke",
|
||
|
"jam",
|
||
|
"jerk",
|
||
|
"jog",
|
||
|
"nudge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stink up":{
|
||
|
"as in deodorize":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deodorize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"incense",
|
||
|
"odorize",
|
||
|
"perfume",
|
||
|
"scent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stints":{
|
||
|
"a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"signed up for a three-year stint in the army"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hitches",
|
||
|
"tenures",
|
||
|
"terms",
|
||
|
"tours"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"shifts",
|
||
|
"watches",
|
||
|
"goes",
|
||
|
"turns",
|
||
|
"durations",
|
||
|
"standings",
|
||
|
"times",
|
||
|
"cycles",
|
||
|
"spans",
|
||
|
"spells",
|
||
|
"stretches",
|
||
|
"life spans",
|
||
|
"lifetimes",
|
||
|
"lives",
|
||
|
"runs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"his parents have always supported him without stint , no matter what interests he has chosen to pursue"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circumscriptions",
|
||
|
"confinements",
|
||
|
"limitations",
|
||
|
"reins",
|
||
|
"restrictions"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"constraints",
|
||
|
"restraints",
|
||
|
"containments",
|
||
|
"isolations",
|
||
|
"segregations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in keeps , retains":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
"retains",
|
||
|
"withholds",
|
||
|
"begrudges",
|
||
|
"denies",
|
||
|
"deprives (of)",
|
||
|
"appropriates",
|
||
|
"arrogates",
|
||
|
"confiscates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"allocates",
|
||
|
"allots",
|
||
|
"allows",
|
||
|
"apportions",
|
||
|
"assigns",
|
||
|
"distributes",
|
||
|
"lots",
|
||
|
"rations",
|
||
|
"admeasures",
|
||
|
"administers",
|
||
|
"deals",
|
||
|
"dispenses",
|
||
|
"divides",
|
||
|
"doles out",
|
||
|
"hands out",
|
||
|
"measures",
|
||
|
"meters",
|
||
|
"metes (out)",
|
||
|
"parcels (out)",
|
||
|
"parts",
|
||
|
"portions",
|
||
|
"prorates",
|
||
|
"shares (out)",
|
||
|
"splits",
|
||
|
"accords",
|
||
|
"awards",
|
||
|
"gives",
|
||
|
"grants"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in skimps":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"skimps",
|
||
|
"depletes",
|
||
|
"drains",
|
||
|
"exhausts",
|
||
|
"dispossesses",
|
||
|
"divests",
|
||
|
"strips"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blesses",
|
||
|
"endows",
|
||
|
"endues",
|
||
|
"indues",
|
||
|
"favors",
|
||
|
"gifts",
|
||
|
"invests",
|
||
|
"equips",
|
||
|
"provides",
|
||
|
"supplies",
|
||
|
"bestows (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"clothes",
|
||
|
"confers (on)",
|
||
|
"covers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sties":{
|
||
|
"a dirty or messy place":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"\"That house is such a sty that I'm never setting foot in there again,\" she said with a shudder"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dumps",
|
||
|
"hellholes",
|
||
|
"holes",
|
||
|
"pigpens",
|
||
|
"pigsties",
|
||
|
"shambles"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chaoses",
|
||
|
"confusions",
|
||
|
"disarrangements",
|
||
|
"disarrays",
|
||
|
"disorders",
|
||
|
"disorganizations",
|
||
|
"messes",
|
||
|
"muddles",
|
||
|
"musses",
|
||
|
"havoc",
|
||
|
"hells",
|
||
|
"mare's nests",
|
||
|
"mares' nests",
|
||
|
"snake pits",
|
||
|
"clutters",
|
||
|
"jumbles",
|
||
|
"litters",
|
||
|
"mishmashes",
|
||
|
"welters"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffly":{
|
||
|
"in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stiffly criticized for making such indiscreet comments in public"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"brutally",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"hardly",
|
||
|
"harshly",
|
||
|
"ill",
|
||
|
"oppressively",
|
||
|
"roughly",
|
||
|
"severely",
|
||
|
"sternly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"callously",
|
||
|
"cold-bloodedly",
|
||
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
||
|
"heartlessly",
|
||
|
"inhumanely",
|
||
|
"inhumanly",
|
||
|
"insensately",
|
||
|
"insensitively",
|
||
|
"mercilessly",
|
||
|
"obdurately",
|
||
|
"pitilessly",
|
||
|
"ruthlessly",
|
||
|
"tyrannically",
|
||
|
"uncharitably",
|
||
|
"unfeelingly",
|
||
|
"unmercifully",
|
||
|
"unsparingly",
|
||
|
"abusively",
|
||
|
"brutishly",
|
||
|
"savagely",
|
||
|
"viciously",
|
||
|
"aggressively",
|
||
|
"assertively",
|
||
|
"decidedly",
|
||
|
"determinedly",
|
||
|
"firmly",
|
||
|
"grimly",
|
||
|
"gruffly",
|
||
|
"resolutely",
|
||
|
"strongly",
|
||
|
"toughly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"benevolently",
|
||
|
"benignantly",
|
||
|
"considerately",
|
||
|
"cordially",
|
||
|
"graciously",
|
||
|
"kindly",
|
||
|
"lovingly",
|
||
|
"tenderly",
|
||
|
"charitably",
|
||
|
"compassionately",
|
||
|
"humanely",
|
||
|
"mercifully",
|
||
|
"softheartedly",
|
||
|
"sympathetically",
|
||
|
"tolerantly",
|
||
|
"understandingly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clemently",
|
||
|
"gently",
|
||
|
"leniently",
|
||
|
"lightly",
|
||
|
"mildly",
|
||
|
"softly"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a stiffly fought battle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dynamically",
|
||
|
"energetically",
|
||
|
"explosively",
|
||
|
"firmly",
|
||
|
"forcefully",
|
||
|
"forcibly",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"mightily",
|
||
|
"muscularly",
|
||
|
"powerfully",
|
||
|
"roundly",
|
||
|
"stoutly",
|
||
|
"strenuously",
|
||
|
"strongly",
|
||
|
"sturdily",
|
||
|
"vigorously"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fiercely",
|
||
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
||
|
"robustly",
|
||
|
"roughshod",
|
||
|
"sharply",
|
||
|
"vehemently",
|
||
|
"violently",
|
||
|
"actively",
|
||
|
"animatedly",
|
||
|
"briskly",
|
||
|
"crisply",
|
||
|
"eagerly",
|
||
|
"gamely",
|
||
|
"heartily",
|
||
|
"lustily",
|
||
|
"snappily",
|
||
|
"spiritedly",
|
||
|
"spunkily",
|
||
|
"vivaciously",
|
||
|
"decidedly",
|
||
|
"determinedly",
|
||
|
"directly",
|
||
|
"emphatically",
|
||
|
"fast",
|
||
|
"fixedly",
|
||
|
"intensively",
|
||
|
"intently",
|
||
|
"purposefully",
|
||
|
"resolutely",
|
||
|
"rigidly",
|
||
|
"smartly",
|
||
|
"solidly",
|
||
|
"soundly",
|
||
|
"squarely",
|
||
|
"steadfastly",
|
||
|
"steadily",
|
||
|
"surely",
|
||
|
"aggressively",
|
||
|
"assertively",
|
||
|
"manfully",
|
||
|
"potently"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"delicately",
|
||
|
"faintly",
|
||
|
"frailly",
|
||
|
"shakily",
|
||
|
"bloodlessly",
|
||
|
"halfheartedly",
|
||
|
"languidly",
|
||
|
"lazily",
|
||
|
"listlessly",
|
||
|
"spiritlessly",
|
||
|
"impotently",
|
||
|
"ineffectively",
|
||
|
"ineffectually",
|
||
|
"lamely",
|
||
|
"nervelessly",
|
||
|
"spinelessly",
|
||
|
"uncertainly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"feebly",
|
||
|
"gently",
|
||
|
"softly",
|
||
|
"weakly"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffened":{
|
||
|
"incapable of or highly resistant to bending":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stiffened corpses",
|
||
|
"an old-fashioned dress with a stiffened lace collar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inflexible",
|
||
|
"rigid",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"unyielding"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inelastic",
|
||
|
"firm",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"solid",
|
||
|
"sound",
|
||
|
"strong",
|
||
|
"brittle",
|
||
|
"crisp",
|
||
|
"compact",
|
||
|
"dense",
|
||
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
"arthritic",
|
||
|
"rheumatic",
|
||
|
"nonelastic",
|
||
|
"nonmalleable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"elastic",
|
||
|
"resilient",
|
||
|
"springy",
|
||
|
"stretchy",
|
||
|
"workable",
|
||
|
"malleable",
|
||
|
"plastic",
|
||
|
"semiflexible",
|
||
|
"droopy",
|
||
|
"flabby",
|
||
|
"flaccid",
|
||
|
"mushy",
|
||
|
"semisoft",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"squashy",
|
||
|
"squishy",
|
||
|
"lank",
|
||
|
"limber",
|
||
|
"limp",
|
||
|
"lissome",
|
||
|
"lissom",
|
||
|
"lithe",
|
||
|
"lithesome",
|
||
|
"willowy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"flexible",
|
||
|
"floppy",
|
||
|
"pliable",
|
||
|
"pliant",
|
||
|
"supple",
|
||
|
"yielding"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"plans to further stiffen the already onerous requirements for admission to the elite military unit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
"harshened",
|
||
|
"strengthened",
|
||
|
"toughened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"lessened",
|
||
|
"moderated",
|
||
|
"softened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ameliorated",
|
||
|
"eased"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipulation":{
|
||
|
"something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their proposal for a baseball franchise includes several stipulations that are unacceptable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"condition",
|
||
|
"contingency",
|
||
|
"if",
|
||
|
"provision",
|
||
|
"proviso",
|
||
|
"qualification",
|
||
|
"reservation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"strings",
|
||
|
"terms",
|
||
|
"precondition",
|
||
|
"prerequisite",
|
||
|
"requirement",
|
||
|
"requisite",
|
||
|
"limitation",
|
||
|
"modification",
|
||
|
"restriction",
|
||
|
"exception",
|
||
|
"exemption",
|
||
|
"demand",
|
||
|
"essential",
|
||
|
"must",
|
||
|
"necessity",
|
||
|
"need"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stigmatized":{
|
||
|
"to describe or regard (something, such as a characteristic or group of people) in a way that shows strong disapproval":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a legal system that stigmatizes juveniles as criminals"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"branded",
|
||
|
"tagged",
|
||
|
"baptized",
|
||
|
"baptised",
|
||
|
"called",
|
||
|
"christened",
|
||
|
"cleped",
|
||
|
"denominated",
|
||
|
"designated",
|
||
|
"dubbed",
|
||
|
"entitled",
|
||
|
"labeled",
|
||
|
"labelled",
|
||
|
"named",
|
||
|
"nominated",
|
||
|
"styled",
|
||
|
"termed",
|
||
|
"titled",
|
||
|
"denoted",
|
||
|
"specified",
|
||
|
"miscalled",
|
||
|
"misnamed",
|
||
|
"mistitled",
|
||
|
"code-named",
|
||
|
"nicknamed",
|
||
|
"rechristened",
|
||
|
"relabeled",
|
||
|
"relabelled",
|
||
|
"renamed",
|
||
|
"surnamed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stippling":{
|
||
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the sunlight falling through the lace curtain stippled her face"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blotching",
|
||
|
"dappling",
|
||
|
"dotting",
|
||
|
"flecking",
|
||
|
"freckling",
|
||
|
"marbling",
|
||
|
"mottling",
|
||
|
"peppering",
|
||
|
"shooting",
|
||
|
"specking",
|
||
|
"speckling",
|
||
|
"splotching",
|
||
|
"spotting",
|
||
|
"sprinkling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blotting",
|
||
|
"dyeing",
|
||
|
"staining",
|
||
|
"banding",
|
||
|
"barring",
|
||
|
"streaking",
|
||
|
"striping",
|
||
|
"interspersing",
|
||
|
"setting",
|
||
|
"studding",
|
||
|
"bespattering",
|
||
|
"spattering"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stick-in-the-mud":{
|
||
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the committee is dominated by old stick-in-the-muds who have little interest in bringing new ideas to the table"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"antediluvian",
|
||
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
||
|
"dodo",
|
||
|
"fogy",
|
||
|
"fogey",
|
||
|
"fossil",
|
||
|
"fud",
|
||
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
||
|
"mossback",
|
||
|
"reactionary",
|
||
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"conservative",
|
||
|
"rightist",
|
||
|
"Tory",
|
||
|
"mandarin",
|
||
|
"old hand",
|
||
|
"old-timer",
|
||
|
"veteran",
|
||
|
"old maid"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"liberal",
|
||
|
"progressive",
|
||
|
"radical"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hipster",
|
||
|
"modern",
|
||
|
"trendy"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticks (to or with)":{
|
||
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"thanks for sticking with me after all my other so-called friends turned their backs",
|
||
|
"the governor has sworn to stick to his campaign promises"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adheres (to)",
|
||
|
"clings (to)",
|
||
|
"hews (to)",
|
||
|
"keeps (to)",
|
||
|
"stands by"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cleaves (to)",
|
||
|
"advocates",
|
||
|
"backs",
|
||
|
"champions",
|
||
|
"confirms",
|
||
|
"defends",
|
||
|
"endorses",
|
||
|
"indorses",
|
||
|
"espouses",
|
||
|
"supports",
|
||
|
"upholds",
|
||
|
"accepts",
|
||
|
"adopts",
|
||
|
"cherishes",
|
||
|
"cultivates",
|
||
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
"follows",
|
||
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
"heeds",
|
||
|
"backstops",
|
||
|
"bolsters",
|
||
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
"buttresses",
|
||
|
"enforces",
|
||
|
"reinforces",
|
||
|
"reenforces"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandons",
|
||
|
"abnegates",
|
||
|
"deserts",
|
||
|
"forsakes",
|
||
|
"gives up",
|
||
|
"relinquishes",
|
||
|
"spurns",
|
||
|
"surrenders",
|
||
|
"abjures",
|
||
|
"recalls",
|
||
|
"recants",
|
||
|
"reconsiders",
|
||
|
"reneges",
|
||
|
"renounces",
|
||
|
"retracts",
|
||
|
"revokes",
|
||
|
"takes back",
|
||
|
"unsays",
|
||
|
"withdraws",
|
||
|
"controverts",
|
||
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
||
|
"disproves",
|
||
|
"disputes",
|
||
|
"rebuts",
|
||
|
"refutes",
|
||
|
"contradicts",
|
||
|
"denies",
|
||
|
"disavows",
|
||
|
"disclaims",
|
||
|
"disowns",
|
||
|
"gainsays",
|
||
|
"negates",
|
||
|
"negatives",
|
||
|
"repudiates",
|
||
|
"backs down",
|
||
|
"backs off",
|
||
|
"backtracks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"defects (from)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stirs up":{
|
||
|
"to bring something (volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't stir up any interest in a Saturday morning outing to the art museum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abets",
|
||
|
"brews",
|
||
|
"ferments",
|
||
|
"foments",
|
||
|
"incites",
|
||
|
"instigates",
|
||
|
"picks",
|
||
|
"provokes",
|
||
|
"raises",
|
||
|
"whips (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advances",
|
||
|
"cultivates",
|
||
|
"encourages",
|
||
|
"forwards",
|
||
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
"furthers",
|
||
|
"nourishes",
|
||
|
"nurtures",
|
||
|
"promotes",
|
||
|
"sows",
|
||
|
"stimulates",
|
||
|
"detonates",
|
||
|
"sets",
|
||
|
"sets off",
|
||
|
"triggers",
|
||
|
"excites",
|
||
|
"galvanizes",
|
||
|
"inflames",
|
||
|
"enflames",
|
||
|
"inspires",
|
||
|
"motivates",
|
||
|
"rouses",
|
||
|
"activates",
|
||
|
"energizes",
|
||
|
"enlivens",
|
||
|
"fires",
|
||
|
"invigorates",
|
||
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
||
|
"livens (up)",
|
||
|
"peps (up)",
|
||
|
"quickens",
|
||
|
"stimulates",
|
||
|
"vitalizes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridles",
|
||
|
"checks",
|
||
|
"constrains",
|
||
|
"curbs",
|
||
|
"discourages",
|
||
|
"holds",
|
||
|
"inhibits",
|
||
|
"regulates",
|
||
|
"reins (in)",
|
||
|
"restrains",
|
||
|
"tames",
|
||
|
"allays",
|
||
|
"calms",
|
||
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
"settles",
|
||
|
"soothes",
|
||
|
"stills",
|
||
|
"subdues",
|
||
|
"tranquilizes",
|
||
|
"tranquillizes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinting":{
|
||
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a stinting boss who doesn't give paid sick leave no matter how long you've worked for him"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheap",
|
||
|
"chintzy",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"closefisted",
|
||
|
"mean",
|
||
|
"mingy",
|
||
|
"miserly",
|
||
|
"niggard",
|
||
|
"niggardly",
|
||
|
"parsimonious",
|
||
|
"penny-pinching",
|
||
|
"penurious",
|
||
|
"pinching",
|
||
|
"pinchpenny",
|
||
|
"spare",
|
||
|
"sparing",
|
||
|
"stingy",
|
||
|
"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"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in keeping , retaining":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"keeping",
|
||
|
"retaining",
|
||
|
"withholding",
|
||
|
"begrudging",
|
||
|
"denying",
|
||
|
"depriving (of)",
|
||
|
"appropriating",
|
||
|
"arrogating",
|
||
|
"confiscating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"allocating",
|
||
|
"allotting",
|
||
|
"allowing",
|
||
|
"apportioning",
|
||
|
"assigning",
|
||
|
"distributing",
|
||
|
"lotting",
|
||
|
"rationing",
|
||
|
"admeasuring",
|
||
|
"administering",
|
||
|
"dealing",
|
||
|
"dispensing",
|
||
|
"dividing",
|
||
|
"doling out",
|
||
|
"handing out",
|
||
|
"measuring",
|
||
|
"metering",
|
||
|
"meting (out)",
|
||
|
"parceling (out)",
|
||
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
||
|
"parting",
|
||
|
"portioning",
|
||
|
"prorating",
|
||
|
"sharing (out)",
|
||
|
"splitting",
|
||
|
"according",
|
||
|
"awarding",
|
||
|
"giving",
|
||
|
"granting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in skimping":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"skimping",
|
||
|
"depleting",
|
||
|
"draining",
|
||
|
"exhausting",
|
||
|
"dispossessing",
|
||
|
"divesting",
|
||
|
"stripping"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blessing",
|
||
|
"endowing",
|
||
|
"enduing",
|
||
|
"induing",
|
||
|
"favoring",
|
||
|
"gifting",
|
||
|
"investing",
|
||
|
"equipping",
|
||
|
"providing",
|
||
|
"supplying",
|
||
|
"bestowing (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"clothing",
|
||
|
"conferring (on)",
|
||
|
"covering"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipulations":{
|
||
|
"something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their proposal for a baseball franchise includes several stipulations that are unacceptable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"conditions",
|
||
|
"contingencies",
|
||
|
"ifs",
|
||
|
"provisions",
|
||
|
"provisos",
|
||
|
"provisoes",
|
||
|
"qualifications",
|
||
|
"reservations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"strings",
|
||
|
"terms",
|
||
|
"preconditions",
|
||
|
"prerequisites",
|
||
|
"requirements",
|
||
|
"requisites",
|
||
|
"limitations",
|
||
|
"modifications",
|
||
|
"restrictions",
|
||
|
"exceptions",
|
||
|
"exemptions",
|
||
|
"demands",
|
||
|
"essentials",
|
||
|
"musts",
|
||
|
"necessities",
|
||
|
"needs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stilettos":{
|
||
|
"as in daggers , machetes":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bayonets",
|
||
|
"bodkins",
|
||
|
"bolos",
|
||
|
"bowie knifes",
|
||
|
"bowie knives",
|
||
|
"cutlasses",
|
||
|
"daggers",
|
||
|
"dirks",
|
||
|
"jackknives",
|
||
|
"machetes",
|
||
|
"pocketknives",
|
||
|
"poniards",
|
||
|
"sheath knives",
|
||
|
"stylets",
|
||
|
"switchblades",
|
||
|
"switch knives",
|
||
|
"yataghans",
|
||
|
"cutters",
|
||
|
"knives",
|
||
|
"shanks",
|
||
|
"shivs",
|
||
|
"cleavers",
|
||
|
"hacks",
|
||
|
"rapiers",
|
||
|
"sabers",
|
||
|
"sabres",
|
||
|
"steels",
|
||
|
"swords",
|
||
|
"scalpels"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stickler":{
|
||
|
"a person who believes that something is very important and should be done or followed all the time":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Her father was a stickler about arriving on time."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"authoritarian",
|
||
|
"disciplinarian",
|
||
|
"discipliner",
|
||
|
"martinet",
|
||
|
"micromanager",
|
||
|
"taskmaster",
|
||
|
"taskmistress",
|
||
|
"perfectionist",
|
||
|
"purist",
|
||
|
"carper",
|
||
|
"castigator",
|
||
|
"caviler",
|
||
|
"caviller",
|
||
|
"censurer",
|
||
|
"criticizer",
|
||
|
"disparager",
|
||
|
"faultfinder",
|
||
|
"hypercritic",
|
||
|
"knocker",
|
||
|
"niggler",
|
||
|
"nitpicker"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stitches":{
|
||
|
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aches",
|
||
|
"pains",
|
||
|
"pangs",
|
||
|
"pricks",
|
||
|
"shoots",
|
||
|
"smarts",
|
||
|
"stings",
|
||
|
"throes",
|
||
|
"tingles",
|
||
|
"twinges"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"discomforts",
|
||
|
"distresses",
|
||
|
"afflictions",
|
||
|
"agonies",
|
||
|
"anguishes",
|
||
|
"miseries",
|
||
|
"sufferances",
|
||
|
"sufferings",
|
||
|
"torments",
|
||
|
"tortures",
|
||
|
"inflammations",
|
||
|
"sores",
|
||
|
"swellings",
|
||
|
"damages",
|
||
|
"detriments",
|
||
|
"harms",
|
||
|
"hurts",
|
||
|
"injuries",
|
||
|
"backaches",
|
||
|
"bellyaches",
|
||
|
"charley horses",
|
||
|
"colics",
|
||
|
"complaints",
|
||
|
"earaches",
|
||
|
"gripes",
|
||
|
"headaches",
|
||
|
"stomachaches",
|
||
|
"toothaches"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"comforts",
|
||
|
"eases"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"darns",
|
||
|
"sews",
|
||
|
"sutures"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mends",
|
||
|
"patches",
|
||
|
"repairs",
|
||
|
"bastes",
|
||
|
"eases",
|
||
|
"fells",
|
||
|
"finishes",
|
||
|
"overcasts",
|
||
|
"cross-stitches",
|
||
|
"embroiders",
|
||
|
"crochets",
|
||
|
"knits",
|
||
|
"quilts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinging":{
|
||
|
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"these cold, stinging winds are not just a discomfort\u2014they can be dangerous to exposed flesh"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"biting",
|
||
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
"keen",
|
||
|
"penetrating",
|
||
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
"raw",
|
||
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
"shrewd",
|
||
|
"smarting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"brisk",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"nippy",
|
||
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
"needlelike",
|
||
|
"prickly",
|
||
|
"tingling",
|
||
|
"caustic",
|
||
|
"corrosive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
"mild",
|
||
|
"soothing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a nightclub that's been stinging patrons for years"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"gouging",
|
||
|
"overcharging",
|
||
|
"soaking",
|
||
|
"surcharging"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheating",
|
||
|
"defrauding",
|
||
|
"sticking",
|
||
|
"clipping",
|
||
|
"fleecing",
|
||
|
"skinning",
|
||
|
"mischarging"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"undercharging"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beating",
|
||
|
"bilking",
|
||
|
"bleeding",
|
||
|
"cheating",
|
||
|
"chiseling",
|
||
|
"chiselling",
|
||
|
"chousing",
|
||
|
"conning",
|
||
|
"cozening",
|
||
|
"defrauding",
|
||
|
"diddling",
|
||
|
"doing",
|
||
|
"doing in",
|
||
|
"euchring",
|
||
|
"fiddling",
|
||
|
"fleecing",
|
||
|
"flimflamming",
|
||
|
"gaffing",
|
||
|
"hosing",
|
||
|
"hustling",
|
||
|
"mulcting",
|
||
|
"nobbling",
|
||
|
"plucking",
|
||
|
"reaming",
|
||
|
"ripping off",
|
||
|
"rooking",
|
||
|
"screwing",
|
||
|
"shaking down",
|
||
|
"shortchanging",
|
||
|
"shorting",
|
||
|
"skinning",
|
||
|
"skunking",
|
||
|
"squeezing",
|
||
|
"sticking",
|
||
|
"stiffing",
|
||
|
"suckering",
|
||
|
"swindling",
|
||
|
"thimblerigging",
|
||
|
"victimizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extorting",
|
||
|
"wrenching",
|
||
|
"wresting",
|
||
|
"wringing",
|
||
|
"clipping",
|
||
|
"gouging",
|
||
|
"nicking",
|
||
|
"overcharging",
|
||
|
"soaking",
|
||
|
"exploiting",
|
||
|
"milking",
|
||
|
"deceiving",
|
||
|
"duping",
|
||
|
"fooling",
|
||
|
"gulling",
|
||
|
"tricking",
|
||
|
"roping (in)",
|
||
|
"betraying",
|
||
|
"bitching",
|
||
|
"double-crossing",
|
||
|
"bamboozling",
|
||
|
"fast-talking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffs":{
|
||
|
"a dead body":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"to the mortician, a stiff was a stiff and they were all pretty much alike"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bones",
|
||
|
"cadavers",
|
||
|
"carcasses",
|
||
|
"corpora",
|
||
|
"corpses",
|
||
|
"corses",
|
||
|
"relics",
|
||
|
"remains"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mummies",
|
||
|
"carnages",
|
||
|
"carrions",
|
||
|
"ashes",
|
||
|
"deceased",
|
||
|
"decedents"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"one lucky stiff will get the biggest jackpot in the lottery's history"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"babies",
|
||
|
"beings",
|
||
|
"birds",
|
||
|
"bodies",
|
||
|
"bods",
|
||
|
"characters",
|
||
|
"cookies",
|
||
|
"creatures",
|
||
|
"customers",
|
||
|
"devils",
|
||
|
"ducks",
|
||
|
"eggs",
|
||
|
"faces",
|
||
|
"fish",
|
||
|
"fishes",
|
||
|
"guys",
|
||
|
"heads",
|
||
|
"human beings",
|
||
|
"humans",
|
||
|
"individuals",
|
||
|
"lives",
|
||
|
"men",
|
||
|
"mortals",
|
||
|
"parties",
|
||
|
"people",
|
||
|
"personages",
|
||
|
"scouts",
|
||
|
"slobs",
|
||
|
"sorts",
|
||
|
"souls",
|
||
|
"specimens",
|
||
|
"things",
|
||
|
"wights"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hominids",
|
||
|
"homos",
|
||
|
"humanoids",
|
||
|
"brothers",
|
||
|
"brethren",
|
||
|
"fellowmen",
|
||
|
"fellows",
|
||
|
"neighbors",
|
||
|
"celebrities",
|
||
|
"personalities",
|
||
|
"selves",
|
||
|
"somebodies"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"animals",
|
||
|
"beasties",
|
||
|
"beasts",
|
||
|
"brutes",
|
||
|
"critters"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
||
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
"high-hats",
|
||
|
"slights",
|
||
|
"snubs",
|
||
|
"stiff-arms"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"isolates",
|
||
|
"ostracizes",
|
||
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"disdains",
|
||
|
"rebuffs",
|
||
|
"rejects",
|
||
|
"repels",
|
||
|
"repulses",
|
||
|
"scorns",
|
||
|
"spurns",
|
||
|
"disregards",
|
||
|
"forgets",
|
||
|
"neglects",
|
||
|
"overlooks",
|
||
|
"overpasses",
|
||
|
"passes over",
|
||
|
"shrugs off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beats",
|
||
|
"bilks",
|
||
|
"bleeds",
|
||
|
"cheats",
|
||
|
"chisels",
|
||
|
"chouses",
|
||
|
"cons",
|
||
|
"cozens",
|
||
|
"defrauds",
|
||
|
"diddles",
|
||
|
"does",
|
||
|
"does in",
|
||
|
"euchres",
|
||
|
"fiddles",
|
||
|
"fleeces",
|
||
|
"flimflams",
|
||
|
"gaffs",
|
||
|
"hoses",
|
||
|
"hustles",
|
||
|
"mulcts",
|
||
|
"nobbles",
|
||
|
"plucks",
|
||
|
"reams",
|
||
|
"rips off",
|
||
|
"rooks",
|
||
|
"screws",
|
||
|
"shakes down",
|
||
|
"shortchanges",
|
||
|
"shorts",
|
||
|
"skins",
|
||
|
"skunks",
|
||
|
"squeezes",
|
||
|
"sticks",
|
||
|
"stings",
|
||
|
"suckers",
|
||
|
"swindles",
|
||
|
"thimblerigs",
|
||
|
"victimizes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extorts",
|
||
|
"wrenches",
|
||
|
"wrests",
|
||
|
"wrings",
|
||
|
"clips",
|
||
|
"gouges",
|
||
|
"nicks",
|
||
|
"overcharges",
|
||
|
"soaks",
|
||
|
"exploits",
|
||
|
"milks",
|
||
|
"deceives",
|
||
|
"dupes",
|
||
|
"fools",
|
||
|
"gulls",
|
||
|
"tricks",
|
||
|
"ropes (in)",
|
||
|
"betrays",
|
||
|
"bitches",
|
||
|
"double-crosses",
|
||
|
"bamboozles",
|
||
|
"fast-talks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stills":{
|
||
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"it seemed as though nothing could still the fighting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arrests",
|
||
|
"brings up",
|
||
|
"catches",
|
||
|
"checks",
|
||
|
"draws up",
|
||
|
"fetches up",
|
||
|
"halts",
|
||
|
"holds up",
|
||
|
"pulls up",
|
||
|
"stalls",
|
||
|
"stays",
|
||
|
"stops"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"baffles",
|
||
|
"balks",
|
||
|
"blockades",
|
||
|
"blocks",
|
||
|
"bottlenecks",
|
||
|
"clogs",
|
||
|
"dams",
|
||
|
"detains",
|
||
|
"hinders",
|
||
|
"holds",
|
||
|
"holds back",
|
||
|
"impedes",
|
||
|
"obstructs",
|
||
|
"snags",
|
||
|
"stems",
|
||
|
"concludes",
|
||
|
"cuts off",
|
||
|
"ends",
|
||
|
"terminates",
|
||
|
"calls",
|
||
|
"discontinues",
|
||
|
"suspends",
|
||
|
"chokes off",
|
||
|
"reins (in)",
|
||
|
"represses",
|
||
|
"squashes",
|
||
|
"squelches",
|
||
|
"stanches",
|
||
|
"staunches",
|
||
|
"stunts",
|
||
|
"suppresses",
|
||
|
"turns back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carries on",
|
||
|
"continues",
|
||
|
"follows through (with)",
|
||
|
"keeps (on)",
|
||
|
"keeps up",
|
||
|
"persists",
|
||
|
"runs on",
|
||
|
"advances",
|
||
|
"fares",
|
||
|
"goes along",
|
||
|
"marches",
|
||
|
"moves",
|
||
|
"proceeds",
|
||
|
"progresses",
|
||
|
"wends",
|
||
|
"actuates",
|
||
|
"budges",
|
||
|
"drives",
|
||
|
"goads",
|
||
|
"impels",
|
||
|
"propels",
|
||
|
"pushes",
|
||
|
"spurs",
|
||
|
"stirs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"reading a book helps me to relax and still my mind before going to bed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"becalms",
|
||
|
"calms",
|
||
|
"composes",
|
||
|
"lullabies",
|
||
|
"lulls",
|
||
|
"quietens",
|
||
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
"salves",
|
||
|
"settles",
|
||
|
"soothes",
|
||
|
"tranquilizes",
|
||
|
"tranquillizes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"appeases",
|
||
|
"conciliates",
|
||
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
"mollifies",
|
||
|
"pacifies",
|
||
|
"placates",
|
||
|
"allays",
|
||
|
"alleviates",
|
||
|
"assuages",
|
||
|
"eases",
|
||
|
"lays",
|
||
|
"mitigates",
|
||
|
"quells",
|
||
|
"relaxes",
|
||
|
"relieves",
|
||
|
"solaces",
|
||
|
"narcotizes",
|
||
|
"sedates",
|
||
|
"stupefies"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggravates",
|
||
|
"heightens",
|
||
|
"intensifies",
|
||
|
"arouses",
|
||
|
"excites",
|
||
|
"foments",
|
||
|
"incites",
|
||
|
"rouses",
|
||
|
"stirs (up)",
|
||
|
"works up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitates",
|
||
|
"discomposes",
|
||
|
"disquiets",
|
||
|
"disturbs",
|
||
|
"keys (up)",
|
||
|
"perturbs",
|
||
|
"upsets",
|
||
|
"vexes"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the conversation was abruptly stilled by a loud crash from the next room"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dumbs",
|
||
|
"extinguishes",
|
||
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
"mutes",
|
||
|
"quells",
|
||
|
"quietens",
|
||
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
"settles",
|
||
|
"shushes",
|
||
|
"shuts up",
|
||
|
"silences",
|
||
|
"squelches"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitates",
|
||
|
"stirs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stitching":{
|
||
|
"as in sewing , knitting":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"closing",
|
||
|
"darning",
|
||
|
"filling",
|
||
|
"healing",
|
||
|
"knitting",
|
||
|
"mending",
|
||
|
"patching",
|
||
|
"plugging",
|
||
|
"repair",
|
||
|
"sealing",
|
||
|
"sewing",
|
||
|
"suturing",
|
||
|
"combination",
|
||
|
"combining",
|
||
|
"connecting",
|
||
|
"connection",
|
||
|
"consolidation",
|
||
|
"coupling",
|
||
|
"joining",
|
||
|
"junction",
|
||
|
"linking",
|
||
|
"merger",
|
||
|
"merging",
|
||
|
"unification",
|
||
|
"union",
|
||
|
"uniting",
|
||
|
"hill",
|
||
|
"mound",
|
||
|
"rise",
|
||
|
"bump",
|
||
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
"hump",
|
||
|
"lump",
|
||
|
"pimple",
|
||
|
"swell",
|
||
|
"swelling",
|
||
|
"tumor",
|
||
|
"bulge",
|
||
|
"camber",
|
||
|
"convexity",
|
||
|
"jut",
|
||
|
"projection",
|
||
|
"protrusion",
|
||
|
"protuberance"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"fissure",
|
||
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
"rift",
|
||
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"tear",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"gash",
|
||
|
"incision",
|
||
|
"laceration",
|
||
|
"notch",
|
||
|
"rent",
|
||
|
"rip",
|
||
|
"slash",
|
||
|
"slit",
|
||
|
"breach",
|
||
|
"gap",
|
||
|
"opening"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"darning",
|
||
|
"sewing",
|
||
|
"suturing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mending",
|
||
|
"patching",
|
||
|
"repairing",
|
||
|
"basting",
|
||
|
"easing",
|
||
|
"felling",
|
||
|
"finishing",
|
||
|
"overcasting",
|
||
|
"cross-stitching",
|
||
|
"embroidering",
|
||
|
"crocheting",
|
||
|
"knitting",
|
||
|
"quilting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticker price":{
|
||
|
"as in list price , asking price":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"asking price",
|
||
|
"list price",
|
||
|
"fair market value",
|
||
|
"market value",
|
||
|
"valuation",
|
||
|
"value",
|
||
|
"price point",
|
||
|
"rate",
|
||
|
"tariff",
|
||
|
"unit price",
|
||
|
"ante",
|
||
|
"charge",
|
||
|
"cost",
|
||
|
"damage",
|
||
|
"fee",
|
||
|
"figure",
|
||
|
"freight",
|
||
|
"price",
|
||
|
"price tag",
|
||
|
"carrying charge",
|
||
|
"overcharge",
|
||
|
"service charge",
|
||
|
"service fee",
|
||
|
"surcharge",
|
||
|
"deduction",
|
||
|
"discount",
|
||
|
"markdown",
|
||
|
"reduction",
|
||
|
"sale",
|
||
|
"deposit",
|
||
|
"down payment",
|
||
|
"account",
|
||
|
"bill",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"invoice",
|
||
|
"tab"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stir up":{
|
||
|
"to bring something (volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't stir up any interest in a Saturday morning outing to the art museum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abet",
|
||
|
"brew",
|
||
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
"foment",
|
||
|
"incite",
|
||
|
"instigate",
|
||
|
"pick",
|
||
|
"provoke",
|
||
|
"raise",
|
||
|
"whip (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"foster",
|
||
|
"further",
|
||
|
"nourish",
|
||
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
"promote",
|
||
|
"sow",
|
||
|
"stimulate",
|
||
|
"detonate",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"trigger",
|
||
|
"excite",
|
||
|
"galvanize",
|
||
|
"inflame",
|
||
|
"enflame",
|
||
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
"motivate",
|
||
|
"rouse",
|
||
|
"activate",
|
||
|
"energize",
|
||
|
"enliven",
|
||
|
"fire",
|
||
|
"invigorate",
|
||
|
"jazz (up)",
|
||
|
"liven (up)",
|
||
|
"pep (up)",
|
||
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
"stimulate",
|
||
|
"vitalize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridle",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"constrain",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"discourage",
|
||
|
"hold",
|
||
|
"inhibit",
|
||
|
"regulate",
|
||
|
"rein (in)",
|
||
|
"restrain",
|
||
|
"tame",
|
||
|
"allay",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"settle",
|
||
|
"soothe",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"subdue",
|
||
|
"tranquilize",
|
||
|
"tranquillize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stints (on)":{
|
||
|
"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the entr\u00e9es would be worth these prices if the restaurant didn't stint on the side dishes so much"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"nurses",
|
||
|
"scants",
|
||
|
"skimps (on)",
|
||
|
"spares"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"doles out",
|
||
|
"metes (out)",
|
||
|
"portions (out)",
|
||
|
"rations (out)",
|
||
|
"pinches",
|
||
|
"shortchanges",
|
||
|
"conserves",
|
||
|
"preserves"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"heaps",
|
||
|
"lavishes",
|
||
|
"pours",
|
||
|
"rains",
|
||
|
"showers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sting":{
|
||
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a nightclub that's been stinging patrons for years"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"gouge",
|
||
|
"overcharge",
|
||
|
"soak",
|
||
|
"surcharge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheat",
|
||
|
"defraud",
|
||
|
"stick",
|
||
|
"clip",
|
||
|
"fleece",
|
||
|
"skin",
|
||
|
"mischarge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"undercharge"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"bilk",
|
||
|
"bleed",
|
||
|
"cheat",
|
||
|
"chisel",
|
||
|
"chouse",
|
||
|
"con",
|
||
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
"defraud",
|
||
|
"diddle",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"do in",
|
||
|
"euchre",
|
||
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
"fleece",
|
||
|
"flimflam",
|
||
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
"hose",
|
||
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
"mulct",
|
||
|
"nobble",
|
||
|
"pluck",
|
||
|
"ream",
|
||
|
"rip off",
|
||
|
"rook",
|
||
|
"screw",
|
||
|
"shake down",
|
||
|
"short",
|
||
|
"shortchange",
|
||
|
"skin",
|
||
|
"skunk",
|
||
|
"squeeze",
|
||
|
"stick",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"sucker",
|
||
|
"swindle",
|
||
|
"thimblerig",
|
||
|
"victimize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extort",
|
||
|
"wrench",
|
||
|
"wrest",
|
||
|
"wring",
|
||
|
"clip",
|
||
|
"gouge",
|
||
|
"nick",
|
||
|
"overcharge",
|
||
|
"soak",
|
||
|
"exploit",
|
||
|
"milk",
|
||
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"fool",
|
||
|
"gull",
|
||
|
"trick",
|
||
|
"rope (in)",
|
||
|
"betray",
|
||
|
"bitch",
|
||
|
"double-cross",
|
||
|
"bamboozle",
|
||
|
"fast-talk"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the pawn shop operation turned out to be a sting by undercover police officers to catch the ring of burglars"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bunco",
|
||
|
"bunko",
|
||
|
"con",
|
||
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
"flimflam",
|
||
|
"fraud",
|
||
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
"scam",
|
||
|
"shell game",
|
||
|
"swindle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cross",
|
||
|
"fix",
|
||
|
"Ponzi scheme",
|
||
|
"pyramid scheme",
|
||
|
"racket",
|
||
|
"rip-off",
|
||
|
"thimblerig",
|
||
|
"three-card monte",
|
||
|
"device",
|
||
|
"dodge",
|
||
|
"gimmick",
|
||
|
"jig",
|
||
|
"ploy",
|
||
|
"scheme",
|
||
|
"sleight",
|
||
|
"stratagem",
|
||
|
"trick",
|
||
|
"wile",
|
||
|
"gouging",
|
||
|
"overcharging",
|
||
|
"soaking",
|
||
|
"counterfeit",
|
||
|
"fake",
|
||
|
"forgery",
|
||
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"phony",
|
||
|
"phoney",
|
||
|
"sham"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the sting of cold air against my face"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ache",
|
||
|
"pain",
|
||
|
"pang",
|
||
|
"prick",
|
||
|
"shoot",
|
||
|
"smart",
|
||
|
"stitch",
|
||
|
"throe",
|
||
|
"tingle",
|
||
|
"twinge"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"discomfort",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"soreness",
|
||
|
"tenderness",
|
||
|
"affliction",
|
||
|
"agony",
|
||
|
"anguish",
|
||
|
"misery",
|
||
|
"sufferance",
|
||
|
"suffering",
|
||
|
"torment",
|
||
|
"torture",
|
||
|
"inflammation",
|
||
|
"sore",
|
||
|
"swelling",
|
||
|
"damage",
|
||
|
"detriment",
|
||
|
"harm",
|
||
|
"hurt",
|
||
|
"injury",
|
||
|
"backache",
|
||
|
"bellyache",
|
||
|
"charley horse",
|
||
|
"colic",
|
||
|
"complaint",
|
||
|
"earache",
|
||
|
"gripe",
|
||
|
"headache",
|
||
|
"stomachache",
|
||
|
"toothache"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"comfort",
|
||
|
"ease",
|
||
|
"easiness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiff-necked":{
|
||
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he was too stiff-necked to admit that \"underlings\" might have useful ideas"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arrogant",
|
||
|
"assumptive",
|
||
|
"bumptious",
|
||
|
"cavalier",
|
||
|
"chesty",
|
||
|
"haughty",
|
||
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
||
|
"high-handed",
|
||
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
"huffish",
|
||
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
"imperious",
|
||
|
"important",
|
||
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
"masterful",
|
||
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
"peremptory",
|
||
|
"pompous",
|
||
|
"presuming",
|
||
|
"presumptuous",
|
||
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
"self-asserting",
|
||
|
"self-assertive",
|
||
|
"sniffy",
|
||
|
"supercilious",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"toplofty",
|
||
|
"toploftical",
|
||
|
"uppish",
|
||
|
"uppity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"authoritarian",
|
||
|
"bossy",
|
||
|
"dominant",
|
||
|
"dominating",
|
||
|
"domineering",
|
||
|
"magisterial",
|
||
|
"pontifical",
|
||
|
"pontificating",
|
||
|
"condescending",
|
||
|
"disdainful",
|
||
|
"patronizing",
|
||
|
"impertinent",
|
||
|
"impudent",
|
||
|
"saucy",
|
||
|
"snobbish",
|
||
|
"snobby",
|
||
|
"snooty",
|
||
|
"blusterous",
|
||
|
"blustery",
|
||
|
"boastful",
|
||
|
"bombastic",
|
||
|
"braggart",
|
||
|
"bragging",
|
||
|
"braggy",
|
||
|
"cocky",
|
||
|
"swaggering",
|
||
|
"vain",
|
||
|
"vainglorious",
|
||
|
"complacent",
|
||
|
"conceited",
|
||
|
"egocentric",
|
||
|
"egoistic",
|
||
|
"egoistical",
|
||
|
"egotistic",
|
||
|
"egotistical",
|
||
|
"hubristic",
|
||
|
"narcissistic",
|
||
|
"orgulous",
|
||
|
"prideful",
|
||
|
"proud",
|
||
|
"self-affected",
|
||
|
"self-applauding",
|
||
|
"self-centered",
|
||
|
"self-complacent",
|
||
|
"self-conceited",
|
||
|
"self-pleased",
|
||
|
"self-satisfied",
|
||
|
"smug",
|
||
|
"stuck-up",
|
||
|
"self-flattering",
|
||
|
"self-loving",
|
||
|
"self-promoting",
|
||
|
"brash",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"uninhibited",
|
||
|
"unreserved",
|
||
|
"extroverted",
|
||
|
"extraverted",
|
||
|
"immodest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bashful",
|
||
|
"cowering",
|
||
|
"cringing",
|
||
|
"demure",
|
||
|
"diffident",
|
||
|
"introverted",
|
||
|
"mousy",
|
||
|
"mousey",
|
||
|
"overmodest",
|
||
|
"self-critical",
|
||
|
"self-doubting",
|
||
|
"sheepish",
|
||
|
"shrinking",
|
||
|
"shy",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"timid",
|
||
|
"acquiescent",
|
||
|
"compliant",
|
||
|
"deferential",
|
||
|
"meek",
|
||
|
"passive",
|
||
|
"submissive",
|
||
|
"unaggressive",
|
||
|
"unassertive",
|
||
|
"unassuming",
|
||
|
"unobtrusive",
|
||
|
"yielding",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"reserved",
|
||
|
"retiring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"humble",
|
||
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"unarrogant",
|
||
|
"unpretentious"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"her dinner parties are typically stiff-necked affairs, more to be endured than enjoyed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ceremonious",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"formal",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"punctilious",
|
||
|
"starchy",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"stilted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"sober",
|
||
|
"solemn",
|
||
|
"stately",
|
||
|
"chivalrous",
|
||
|
"courtly",
|
||
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"polished",
|
||
|
"refined",
|
||
|
"civil",
|
||
|
"courteous",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"red-carpet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"improper",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"unmannerly",
|
||
|
"discourteous",
|
||
|
"impolite",
|
||
|
"rude"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"casual",
|
||
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
"informal",
|
||
|
"laid-back",
|
||
|
"unceremonious"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"obviously uninterested in hearing any excuses, the stiff-necked officer handed me my speeding ticket with a flourish"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adamant",
|
||
|
"adamantine",
|
||
|
"bullheaded",
|
||
|
"dogged",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"hard-nosed",
|
||
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
"hardheaded",
|
||
|
"headstrong",
|
||
|
"immovable",
|
||
|
"implacable",
|
||
|
"inconvincible",
|
||
|
"inflexible",
|
||
|
"intransigent",
|
||
|
"mulish",
|
||
|
"obdurate",
|
||
|
"obstinate",
|
||
|
"opinionated",
|
||
|
"ossified",
|
||
|
"pat",
|
||
|
"pertinacious",
|
||
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
"pigheaded",
|
||
|
"self-opinionated",
|
||
|
"self-willed",
|
||
|
"stubborn",
|
||
|
"unbending",
|
||
|
"uncompromising",
|
||
|
"unrelenting",
|
||
|
"unyielding",
|
||
|
"willful",
|
||
|
"wilful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"anal-retentive",
|
||
|
"obsessive",
|
||
|
"wayward",
|
||
|
"wrongheaded",
|
||
|
"determined",
|
||
|
"hell-bent",
|
||
|
"inexorable",
|
||
|
"persistent",
|
||
|
"relentless",
|
||
|
"resolved",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"single-minded",
|
||
|
"steadfast",
|
||
|
"stouthearted",
|
||
|
"tenacious",
|
||
|
"unflinching",
|
||
|
"firm",
|
||
|
"hard-line",
|
||
|
"hard-shell",
|
||
|
"hard-shelled",
|
||
|
"iron",
|
||
|
"severe",
|
||
|
"stern",
|
||
|
"strict",
|
||
|
"hidebound",
|
||
|
"narrow-minded",
|
||
|
"rigid",
|
||
|
"bloody-minded",
|
||
|
"cantankerous",
|
||
|
"contrary",
|
||
|
"cussed",
|
||
|
"contumacious",
|
||
|
"disobedient",
|
||
|
"froward",
|
||
|
"insubordinate",
|
||
|
"intractable",
|
||
|
"recalcitrant",
|
||
|
"refractory",
|
||
|
"uncooperative",
|
||
|
"ungovernable",
|
||
|
"unmanageable",
|
||
|
"unruly",
|
||
|
"defiant",
|
||
|
"insurgent",
|
||
|
"mutinous",
|
||
|
"indomitable",
|
||
|
"invincible",
|
||
|
"unconquerable",
|
||
|
"confirmed",
|
||
|
"inveterate",
|
||
|
"unregenerate",
|
||
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
"exacting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"docile",
|
||
|
"obedient",
|
||
|
"placable",
|
||
|
"submissive",
|
||
|
"tractable",
|
||
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
"persuadable",
|
||
|
"receptive",
|
||
|
"responsive",
|
||
|
"willing",
|
||
|
"governable",
|
||
|
"manageable",
|
||
|
"reasonable",
|
||
|
"temperate",
|
||
|
"slavish",
|
||
|
"subservient"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acquiescent",
|
||
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
"amenable",
|
||
|
"compliant",
|
||
|
"complying",
|
||
|
"flexible",
|
||
|
"pliable",
|
||
|
"pliant",
|
||
|
"relenting",
|
||
|
"yielding"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stigmatizes":{
|
||
|
"to describe or regard (something, such as a characteristic or group of people) in a way that shows strong disapproval":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a legal system that stigmatizes juveniles as criminals"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"brands",
|
||
|
"tags",
|
||
|
"baptizes",
|
||
|
"calls",
|
||
|
"christens",
|
||
|
"clepes",
|
||
|
"denominates",
|
||
|
"designates",
|
||
|
"dubs",
|
||
|
"entitles",
|
||
|
"labels",
|
||
|
"names",
|
||
|
"nominates",
|
||
|
"styles",
|
||
|
"terms",
|
||
|
"titles",
|
||
|
"denotes",
|
||
|
"specifies",
|
||
|
"miscalls",
|
||
|
"misnames",
|
||
|
"mistitles",
|
||
|
"code-names",
|
||
|
"nicknames",
|
||
|
"rechristens",
|
||
|
"relabels",
|
||
|
"renames",
|
||
|
"surnames"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticking up":{
|
||
|
"as in holding up , robbing":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"holding up",
|
||
|
"looting",
|
||
|
"plundering",
|
||
|
"ripping off",
|
||
|
"robbing",
|
||
|
"invading",
|
||
|
"trespassing",
|
||
|
"ransacking",
|
||
|
"rifling",
|
||
|
"breaking in",
|
||
|
"burglarizing",
|
||
|
"burgling",
|
||
|
"despoiling",
|
||
|
"devastating",
|
||
|
"marauding",
|
||
|
"pillaging",
|
||
|
"ravaging",
|
||
|
"sacking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinks":{
|
||
|
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"many town residents raised an unholy stink about the proposal to increase taxes yet again"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"challenges",
|
||
|
"complaints",
|
||
|
"demurrals",
|
||
|
"demurrers",
|
||
|
"demurs",
|
||
|
"difficulties",
|
||
|
"exceptions",
|
||
|
"expostulations",
|
||
|
"fusses",
|
||
|
"kicks",
|
||
|
"objections",
|
||
|
"protests",
|
||
|
"questions",
|
||
|
"remonstrances"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"compunctions",
|
||
|
"doubts",
|
||
|
"misgivings",
|
||
|
"qualms",
|
||
|
"scruples",
|
||
|
"misunderstandings",
|
||
|
"cavils",
|
||
|
"niggles",
|
||
|
"quibbles",
|
||
|
"arguments",
|
||
|
"conflicts",
|
||
|
"debates",
|
||
|
"disputes",
|
||
|
"dissents",
|
||
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
"quarrels",
|
||
|
"squabbles",
|
||
|
"statics",
|
||
|
"censures",
|
||
|
"criticisms",
|
||
|
"defiances",
|
||
|
"disobediences",
|
||
|
"rebellions",
|
||
|
"distrust",
|
||
|
"dubieties",
|
||
|
"dubitations",
|
||
|
"incertitudes",
|
||
|
"indeterminations",
|
||
|
"misdoubts",
|
||
|
"mistrust",
|
||
|
"reservations",
|
||
|
"skepticism",
|
||
|
"suspicions",
|
||
|
"uncertainties",
|
||
|
"reluctances"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"approvals",
|
||
|
"sanctions",
|
||
|
"acceptances",
|
||
|
"acquiescences",
|
||
|
"agreements",
|
||
|
"assents",
|
||
|
"compliances",
|
||
|
"obediences"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"reeks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"exhales",
|
||
|
"savors",
|
||
|
"savours",
|
||
|
"smells",
|
||
|
"decays",
|
||
|
"decomposes",
|
||
|
"rots",
|
||
|
"spoils",
|
||
|
"disgusts",
|
||
|
"offends",
|
||
|
"repulses",
|
||
|
"revolts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their team really stinks this year"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bites",
|
||
|
"smells",
|
||
|
"sucks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rocks",
|
||
|
"rules"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stirring (up)":{
|
||
|
"to bring something (volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't stir up any interest in a Saturday morning outing to the art museum"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abetting",
|
||
|
"brewing",
|
||
|
"fermenting",
|
||
|
"fomenting",
|
||
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
"instigating",
|
||
|
"picking",
|
||
|
"provoking",
|
||
|
"raising",
|
||
|
"whipping (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
"cultivating",
|
||
|
"encouraging",
|
||
|
"forwarding",
|
||
|
"fostering",
|
||
|
"furthering",
|
||
|
"nourishing",
|
||
|
"nurturing",
|
||
|
"promoting",
|
||
|
"sowing",
|
||
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
"detonating",
|
||
|
"setting",
|
||
|
"setting off",
|
||
|
"triggering",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
"inflaming",
|
||
|
"enflaming",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"motivating",
|
||
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
"activating",
|
||
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
"enlivening",
|
||
|
"firing",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
||
|
"livening (up)",
|
||
|
"pepping (up)",
|
||
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
"vitalizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridling",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"constraining",
|
||
|
"curbing",
|
||
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
"holding",
|
||
|
"inhibiting",
|
||
|
"regulating",
|
||
|
"reining (in)",
|
||
|
"restraining",
|
||
|
"taming",
|
||
|
"allaying",
|
||
|
"calming",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
"stilling",
|
||
|
"subduing",
|
||
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
"tranquillizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffing":{
|
||
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
||
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
"high-hatting",
|
||
|
"slighting",
|
||
|
"snubbing",
|
||
|
"stiff-arming"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"isolating",
|
||
|
"ostracizing",
|
||
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"disdaining",
|
||
|
"rebuffing",
|
||
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
"repelling",
|
||
|
"repulsing",
|
||
|
"scorning",
|
||
|
"spurning",
|
||
|
"disregarding",
|
||
|
"forgetting",
|
||
|
"neglecting",
|
||
|
"overlooking",
|
||
|
"overpassing",
|
||
|
"passing over",
|
||
|
"shrugging off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beating",
|
||
|
"bilking",
|
||
|
"bleeding",
|
||
|
"cheating",
|
||
|
"chiseling",
|
||
|
"chiselling",
|
||
|
"chousing",
|
||
|
"conning",
|
||
|
"cozening",
|
||
|
"defrauding",
|
||
|
"diddling",
|
||
|
"doing",
|
||
|
"doing in",
|
||
|
"euchring",
|
||
|
"fiddling",
|
||
|
"fleecing",
|
||
|
"flimflamming",
|
||
|
"gaffing",
|
||
|
"hosing",
|
||
|
"hustling",
|
||
|
"mulcting",
|
||
|
"nobbling",
|
||
|
"plucking",
|
||
|
"reaming",
|
||
|
"ripping off",
|
||
|
"rooking",
|
||
|
"screwing",
|
||
|
"shaking down",
|
||
|
"shortchanging",
|
||
|
"shorting",
|
||
|
"skinning",
|
||
|
"skunking",
|
||
|
"squeezing",
|
||
|
"sticking",
|
||
|
"stinging",
|
||
|
"suckering",
|
||
|
"swindling",
|
||
|
"thimblerigging",
|
||
|
"victimizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extorting",
|
||
|
"wrenching",
|
||
|
"wresting",
|
||
|
"wringing",
|
||
|
"clipping",
|
||
|
"gouging",
|
||
|
"nicking",
|
||
|
"overcharging",
|
||
|
"soaking",
|
||
|
"exploiting",
|
||
|
"milking",
|
||
|
"deceiving",
|
||
|
"duping",
|
||
|
"fooling",
|
||
|
"gulling",
|
||
|
"tricking",
|
||
|
"roping (in)",
|
||
|
"betraying",
|
||
|
"bitching",
|
||
|
"double-crossing",
|
||
|
"bamboozling",
|
||
|
"fast-talking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimulatory":{
|
||
|
"as in stimulative , restorative":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bracing",
|
||
|
"refreshing",
|
||
|
"restorative",
|
||
|
"reviving",
|
||
|
"stimulative",
|
||
|
"arousing",
|
||
|
"awakening",
|
||
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
"wakening",
|
||
|
"waking",
|
||
|
"stimulant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"drowsy",
|
||
|
"hypnotic",
|
||
|
"narcotic",
|
||
|
"opiate",
|
||
|
"sleepy",
|
||
|
"slumberous",
|
||
|
"slumbrous",
|
||
|
"somniferous",
|
||
|
"somnolent",
|
||
|
"soporific",
|
||
|
"depressant",
|
||
|
"relaxant",
|
||
|
"sedative",
|
||
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
"tranquillizing",
|
||
|
"calming",
|
||
|
"comforting",
|
||
|
"lulling",
|
||
|
"pacifying",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"relaxing",
|
||
|
"restful",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"soothing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stimulations":{
|
||
|
"as in stimuli , incentives":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"encouragements",
|
||
|
"galvanizations",
|
||
|
"goads",
|
||
|
"incentives",
|
||
|
"inducements",
|
||
|
"jogs",
|
||
|
"prods",
|
||
|
"spurs",
|
||
|
"stimulants",
|
||
|
"stimuli",
|
||
|
"excitements",
|
||
|
"incitations",
|
||
|
"incitements",
|
||
|
"instigations",
|
||
|
"provocations",
|
||
|
"enticements",
|
||
|
"lures",
|
||
|
"inductions",
|
||
|
"inspirations",
|
||
|
"motivations",
|
||
|
"aggravations",
|
||
|
"annoyances",
|
||
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
"exasperations",
|
||
|
"frustrations",
|
||
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
"headaches",
|
||
|
"irritants",
|
||
|
"nuisances",
|
||
|
"peeves",
|
||
|
"pests"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticks around":{
|
||
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we stuck around afterwards to help clean up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abides",
|
||
|
"dwells",
|
||
|
"hangs around",
|
||
|
"remains",
|
||
|
"stays",
|
||
|
"tarries"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"awaits",
|
||
|
"hangs on",
|
||
|
"holds on",
|
||
|
"waits",
|
||
|
"dallies",
|
||
|
"dawdles",
|
||
|
"lingers",
|
||
|
"loiters",
|
||
|
"outstays",
|
||
|
"overstays"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"absconds",
|
||
|
"books",
|
||
|
"decamps",
|
||
|
"escapes",
|
||
|
"evacuates",
|
||
|
"flees",
|
||
|
"flies",
|
||
|
"gets out",
|
||
|
"runs away",
|
||
|
"scats",
|
||
|
"scrams",
|
||
|
"skips",
|
||
|
"abandons",
|
||
|
"deserts",
|
||
|
"forsakes",
|
||
|
"vacates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bails",
|
||
|
"bails out",
|
||
|
"bugs out",
|
||
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
||
|
"clears off",
|
||
|
"clears out",
|
||
|
"cuts out",
|
||
|
"departs",
|
||
|
"exits",
|
||
|
"gets off",
|
||
|
"goes",
|
||
|
"goes off",
|
||
|
"leaves",
|
||
|
"moves",
|
||
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
||
|
"peels off",
|
||
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
||
|
"pulls out",
|
||
|
"pushes off",
|
||
|
"pushes on",
|
||
|
"quits",
|
||
|
"shoves (off)",
|
||
|
"takes off",
|
||
|
"vamooses",
|
||
|
"walks out"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinks up":{
|
||
|
"as in deodorizes":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deodorizes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"incenses",
|
||
|
"odorizes",
|
||
|
"perfumes",
|
||
|
"scents"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiletto":{
|
||
|
"as in dagger , machete":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bayonet",
|
||
|
"bodkin",
|
||
|
"bolo",
|
||
|
"bowie knife",
|
||
|
"cutlass",
|
||
|
"dagger",
|
||
|
"dirk",
|
||
|
"jackknife",
|
||
|
"machete",
|
||
|
"pocketknife",
|
||
|
"poniard",
|
||
|
"sheath knife",
|
||
|
"stylet",
|
||
|
"switchblade",
|
||
|
"switch knife",
|
||
|
"yataghan",
|
||
|
"cutter",
|
||
|
"knife",
|
||
|
"shank",
|
||
|
"shiv",
|
||
|
"cleaver",
|
||
|
"hack",
|
||
|
"rapier",
|
||
|
"saber",
|
||
|
"sabre",
|
||
|
"steel",
|
||
|
"sword",
|
||
|
"scalpel"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stiffed":{
|
||
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"high-hatted",
|
||
|
"slighted",
|
||
|
"snubbed",
|
||
|
"stiff-armed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"isolated",
|
||
|
"ostracized",
|
||
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"disdained",
|
||
|
"rebuffed",
|
||
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
"repelled",
|
||
|
"repulsed",
|
||
|
"scorned",
|
||
|
"spurned",
|
||
|
"disregarded",
|
||
|
"forgot",
|
||
|
"neglected",
|
||
|
"overlooked",
|
||
|
"overpassed",
|
||
|
"passed over",
|
||
|
"shrugged off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"bilked",
|
||
|
"bled",
|
||
|
"cheated",
|
||
|
"chiseled",
|
||
|
"chiselled",
|
||
|
"choused",
|
||
|
"conned",
|
||
|
"cozened",
|
||
|
"defrauded",
|
||
|
"did",
|
||
|
"diddled",
|
||
|
"did in",
|
||
|
"euchred",
|
||
|
"fiddled",
|
||
|
"fleeced",
|
||
|
"flimflammed",
|
||
|
"gaffed",
|
||
|
"hosed",
|
||
|
"hustled",
|
||
|
"mulcted",
|
||
|
"nobbled",
|
||
|
"plucked",
|
||
|
"reamed",
|
||
|
"ripped off",
|
||
|
"rooked",
|
||
|
"screwed",
|
||
|
"shook down",
|
||
|
"shortchanged",
|
||
|
"shorted",
|
||
|
"skinned",
|
||
|
"skunked",
|
||
|
"squeezed",
|
||
|
"stuck",
|
||
|
"stung",
|
||
|
"suckered",
|
||
|
"swindled",
|
||
|
"thimblerigged",
|
||
|
"victimized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"extorted",
|
||
|
"wrenched",
|
||
|
"wrested",
|
||
|
"wrung",
|
||
|
"clipped",
|
||
|
"gouged",
|
||
|
"nicked",
|
||
|
"overcharged",
|
||
|
"soaked",
|
||
|
"exploited",
|
||
|
"milked",
|
||
|
"deceived",
|
||
|
"duped",
|
||
|
"fooled",
|
||
|
"gulled",
|
||
|
"tricked",
|
||
|
"roped (in)",
|
||
|
"betrayed",
|
||
|
"bitched",
|
||
|
"double-crossed",
|
||
|
"bamboozled",
|
||
|
"fast-talked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticking up for":{
|
||
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"She is known for always sticking up for what is right."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"defending",
|
||
|
"justifying",
|
||
|
"maintaining",
|
||
|
"supporting",
|
||
|
"upholding"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advocating",
|
||
|
"championing",
|
||
|
"espousing",
|
||
|
"confirming",
|
||
|
"vindicating",
|
||
|
"warranting",
|
||
|
"affirming",
|
||
|
"asserting",
|
||
|
"averring",
|
||
|
"avouching",
|
||
|
"avowing",
|
||
|
"claiming",
|
||
|
"contending",
|
||
|
"insisting",
|
||
|
"pleading",
|
||
|
"proclaiming",
|
||
|
"professing",
|
||
|
"protesting",
|
||
|
"stating",
|
||
|
"arguing",
|
||
|
"debating",
|
||
|
"discussing",
|
||
|
"emphasizing",
|
||
|
"stressing",
|
||
|
"underlining",
|
||
|
"underscoring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandoning",
|
||
|
"abjuring",
|
||
|
"forsaking",
|
||
|
"recanting",
|
||
|
"retracting",
|
||
|
"taking back",
|
||
|
"withdrawing",
|
||
|
"reversing",
|
||
|
"switching",
|
||
|
"controverting",
|
||
|
"disproving",
|
||
|
"rebutting",
|
||
|
"refuting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"He stuck up for his colleague during the debate."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advocating",
|
||
|
"backing",
|
||
|
"championing",
|
||
|
"endorsing",
|
||
|
"indorsing",
|
||
|
"patronizing",
|
||
|
"plumping (for)",
|
||
|
"plunking (for)",
|
||
|
"plonking (for)",
|
||
|
"supporting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adopting",
|
||
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
"espousing",
|
||
|
"abetting",
|
||
|
"aiding",
|
||
|
"assisting",
|
||
|
"helping",
|
||
|
"propping (up)",
|
||
|
"seconding",
|
||
|
"siding (with)",
|
||
|
"backstopping",
|
||
|
"bolstering",
|
||
|
"boosting",
|
||
|
"buttressing",
|
||
|
"reinforcing",
|
||
|
"reenforcing",
|
||
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
"forwarding",
|
||
|
"furthering",
|
||
|
"plugging",
|
||
|
"preaching",
|
||
|
"talking up",
|
||
|
"bailing out",
|
||
|
"delivering",
|
||
|
"rescuing",
|
||
|
"saving"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"baffling",
|
||
|
"foiling",
|
||
|
"frustrating",
|
||
|
"interfering",
|
||
|
"opposing",
|
||
|
"sabotaging",
|
||
|
"thwarting",
|
||
|
"deserting",
|
||
|
"disappointing",
|
||
|
"failing",
|
||
|
"letting down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stipulating":{
|
||
|
"as in defining , stating":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"defining",
|
||
|
"specifying",
|
||
|
"stating",
|
||
|
"affirming",
|
||
|
"assuring",
|
||
|
"ensuring",
|
||
|
"insuring",
|
||
|
"securing",
|
||
|
"clarifying",
|
||
|
"clearing (up)",
|
||
|
"illuminating",
|
||
|
"demonstrating",
|
||
|
"establishing",
|
||
|
"nailing (down)",
|
||
|
"proving",
|
||
|
"showing",
|
||
|
"concluding",
|
||
|
"ending",
|
||
|
"finishing",
|
||
|
"clinching",
|
||
|
"deciding",
|
||
|
"determining",
|
||
|
"nailing",
|
||
|
"settling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"confusing",
|
||
|
"muddling",
|
||
|
"muddying",
|
||
|
"unsettling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in insisting , enjoining":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"commanding",
|
||
|
"enjoining",
|
||
|
"exacting",
|
||
|
"insisting",
|
||
|
"pressing",
|
||
|
"questing",
|
||
|
"hurting (for)",
|
||
|
"lacking",
|
||
|
"asking",
|
||
|
"begging",
|
||
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
||
|
"crying (for)",
|
||
|
"entailing",
|
||
|
"involving",
|
||
|
"bearing",
|
||
|
"challenging",
|
||
|
"claiming",
|
||
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
"necessitating",
|
||
|
"needing",
|
||
|
"requiring",
|
||
|
"taking",
|
||
|
"wanting",
|
||
|
"warranting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"having",
|
||
|
"holding",
|
||
|
"owning",
|
||
|
"possessing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stingily":{
|
||
|
"as in insufficiently , scantily":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"inferiorly",
|
||
|
"insufficiently",
|
||
|
"meagerly",
|
||
|
"meanly",
|
||
|
"niggardly",
|
||
|
"scantily",
|
||
|
"scantly",
|
||
|
"shabbily",
|
||
|
"skimpily",
|
||
|
"sparely",
|
||
|
"abominably",
|
||
|
"odiously",
|
||
|
"vilely",
|
||
|
"miserably",
|
||
|
"shoddily",
|
||
|
"sleazily",
|
||
|
"trashily",
|
||
|
"unspeakably",
|
||
|
"egregiously",
|
||
|
"flagrantly",
|
||
|
"grossly",
|
||
|
"naughtily",
|
||
|
"inappropriately",
|
||
|
"incorrectly",
|
||
|
"indecently",
|
||
|
"reprehensibly",
|
||
|
"unsuitably",
|
||
|
"vulgarly",
|
||
|
"intolerably",
|
||
|
"unbearably",
|
||
|
"abysmally",
|
||
|
"atrociously",
|
||
|
"awfully",
|
||
|
"damnably",
|
||
|
"deplorably",
|
||
|
"detestably",
|
||
|
"disastrously",
|
||
|
"dreadfully",
|
||
|
"execrably",
|
||
|
"horrendously",
|
||
|
"horribly",
|
||
|
"horrifically",
|
||
|
"rottenly",
|
||
|
"terribly",
|
||
|
"bad",
|
||
|
"badly",
|
||
|
"deficiently",
|
||
|
"inadequately",
|
||
|
"lousily",
|
||
|
"poorly",
|
||
|
"unacceptably",
|
||
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
||
|
"wretchedly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acceptably",
|
||
|
"adequately",
|
||
|
"all right",
|
||
|
"fine",
|
||
|
"good",
|
||
|
"nicely",
|
||
|
"OK",
|
||
|
"okay",
|
||
|
"palatably",
|
||
|
"passably",
|
||
|
"satisfactorily",
|
||
|
"so-so",
|
||
|
"tolerably",
|
||
|
"well",
|
||
|
"appropriately",
|
||
|
"congruously",
|
||
|
"correctly",
|
||
|
"decently",
|
||
|
"decorously",
|
||
|
"felicitously",
|
||
|
"fittingly",
|
||
|
"meetly",
|
||
|
"rightly",
|
||
|
"seemly",
|
||
|
"suitably",
|
||
|
"exactly",
|
||
|
"faithfully",
|
||
|
"ideally",
|
||
|
"precisely",
|
||
|
"respectably",
|
||
|
"gratifyingly",
|
||
|
"satisfyingly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"sticky wicket":{
|
||
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"with both sets of in-laws insisting that we spend Thanksgiving with them, we were on a sticky wicket indeed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bind",
|
||
|
"box",
|
||
|
"catch-22",
|
||
|
"corner",
|
||
|
"dilemma",
|
||
|
"fix",
|
||
|
"hole",
|
||
|
"impasse",
|
||
|
"jackpot",
|
||
|
"jam",
|
||
|
"mire",
|
||
|
"pickle",
|
||
|
"predicament",
|
||
|
"quagmire",
|
||
|
"rabbit hole",
|
||
|
"rattrap",
|
||
|
"spot",
|
||
|
"swamp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"difficulty",
|
||
|
"node",
|
||
|
"hot water",
|
||
|
"soup",
|
||
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
"plight",
|
||
|
"quandary",
|
||
|
"scrape",
|
||
|
"trouble",
|
||
|
"deadlock",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"logjam",
|
||
|
"stalemate",
|
||
|
"standstill",
|
||
|
"clutch",
|
||
|
"crisis",
|
||
|
"crossroad",
|
||
|
"emergency",
|
||
|
"exigency",
|
||
|
"juncture",
|
||
|
"strait"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stinking up":{
|
||
|
"as in deodorizing":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deodorizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"incensing",
|
||
|
"odorizing",
|
||
|
"perfuming",
|
||
|
"scenting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stick-to-itiveness":{
|
||
|
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I wonder if he really has the stick-to-itiveness to finish law school"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"decidedness",
|
||
|
"decision",
|
||
|
"decisiveness",
|
||
|
"determination",
|
||
|
"determinedness",
|
||
|
"firmness",
|
||
|
"granite",
|
||
|
"purposefulness",
|
||
|
"resoluteness",
|
||
|
"resolution",
|
||
|
"resolve"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"doggedness",
|
||
|
"obduracy",
|
||
|
"obdurateness",
|
||
|
"obstinacy",
|
||
|
"obstinateness",
|
||
|
"perseverance",
|
||
|
"persistence",
|
||
|
"persistency",
|
||
|
"stubbornness",
|
||
|
"tenaciousness",
|
||
|
"tenacity",
|
||
|
"certainty",
|
||
|
"certitude",
|
||
|
"confidence",
|
||
|
"sureness",
|
||
|
"alacrity",
|
||
|
"eagerness",
|
||
|
"gameness",
|
||
|
"readiness",
|
||
|
"backbone",
|
||
|
"fortitude",
|
||
|
"grit",
|
||
|
"iron",
|
||
|
"pluck",
|
||
|
"sand"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
"indetermination",
|
||
|
"uncertainty",
|
||
|
"aversion",
|
||
|
"disinclination",
|
||
|
"indisposition",
|
||
|
"reluctance",
|
||
|
"unwillingness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hesitation",
|
||
|
"indecision",
|
||
|
"indecisiveness",
|
||
|
"irresoluteness",
|
||
|
"irresolution",
|
||
|
"vacillation"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stint (on)":{
|
||
|
"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the entr\u00e9es would be worth these prices if the restaurant didn't stint on the side dishes so much"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"nurse",
|
||
|
"scant",
|
||
|
"skimp (on)",
|
||
|
"spare"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dole out",
|
||
|
"mete (out)",
|
||
|
"portion (out)",
|
||
|
"ration (out)",
|
||
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
"shortchange",
|
||
|
"conserve",
|
||
|
"preserve"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"heap",
|
||
|
"lavish",
|
||
|
"pour",
|
||
|
"rain",
|
||
|
"shower"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"stick in one's craw":{
|
||
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"That new pop song sticks in his craw every time it's played."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggravate",
|
||
|
"annoy",
|
||
|
"bother",
|
||
|
"bug",
|
||
|
"burn (up)",
|
||
|
"chafe",
|
||
|
"eat",
|
||
|
"exasperate",
|
||
|
"frost",
|
||
|
"gall",
|
||
|
"get",
|
||
|
"grate",
|
||
|
"gripe",
|
||
|
"hack (off)",
|
||
|
"irk",
|
||
|
"irritate",
|
||
|
"itch",
|
||
|
"nark",
|
||
|
"nettle",
|
||
|
"peeve",
|
||
|
"persecute",
|
||
|
"pique",
|
||
|
"put out",
|
||
|
"rasp",
|
||
|
"rile",
|
||
|
"ruffle",
|
||
|
"spite",
|
||
|
"vex"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"heckle",
|
||
|
"nag",
|
||
|
"inflame",
|
||
|
"enflame",
|
||
|
"provoke",
|
||
|
"rouse",
|
||
|
"badger",
|
||
|
"bait",
|
||
|
"bullyrag",
|
||
|
"ballyrag",
|
||
|
"devil",
|
||
|
"hagride",
|
||
|
"harass",
|
||
|
"harry",
|
||
|
"pester",
|
||
|
"plague",
|
||
|
"tease",
|
||
|
"anger",
|
||
|
"antagonize",
|
||
|
"enrage",
|
||
|
"incense",
|
||
|
"infuriate",
|
||
|
"madden",
|
||
|
"rankle",
|
||
|
"roil",
|
||
|
"agitate",
|
||
|
"discomfort",
|
||
|
"discompose",
|
||
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"exercise",
|
||
|
"freak (out)",
|
||
|
"fret",
|
||
|
"perturb",
|
||
|
"undo",
|
||
|
"unhinge",
|
||
|
"unsettle",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"worry",
|
||
|
"affront",
|
||
|
"insult",
|
||
|
"miff",
|
||
|
"offend",
|
||
|
"outrage"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"appease",
|
||
|
"conciliate",
|
||
|
"mollify",
|
||
|
"oblige",
|
||
|
"pacify",
|
||
|
"placate",
|
||
|
"propitiate",
|
||
|
"delight",
|
||
|
"gladden",
|
||
|
"gratify",
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"please",
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"satisfy",
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"assure",
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"cheer",
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"comfort",
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"console",
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"content",
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"quiet",
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"reassure",
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"solace",
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"soothe"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"stick out":{
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"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
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"examples":[
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"no feet sticking out in the aisles, please"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bag",
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"balloon",
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"beetle",
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"belly",
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"billow",
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"bulge",
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"bunch",
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"jut",
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"overhang",
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"poke",
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"pooch",
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"pouch",
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"pout",
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"project",
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"protrude",
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"stand out",
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"start",
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"swell"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"dome",
|
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"blow up",
|
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"inflate",
|
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"dilate",
|
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"distend",
|
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"expand",
|
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"mushroom",
|
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"snowball",
|
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"elongate",
|
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"extend",
|
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|
"lengthen",
|
||
|
"stretch"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"compress",
|
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|
"condense",
|
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|
"constrict",
|
||
|
"contract",
|
||
|
"shrink"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abide",
|
||
|
"absorb",
|
||
|
"accept",
|
||
|
"bear",
|
||
|
"bide",
|
||
|
"brook",
|
||
|
"countenance",
|
||
|
"endure",
|
||
|
"go",
|
||
|
"hack",
|
||
|
"handle",
|
||
|
"meet",
|
||
|
"pocket",
|
||
|
"stand",
|
||
|
"stomach",
|
||
|
"support",
|
||
|
"sustain",
|
||
|
"sweat out",
|
||
|
"take",
|
||
|
"tolerate",
|
||
|
"wear"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"allow",
|
||
|
"permit",
|
||
|
"suffer",
|
||
|
"swallow",
|
||
|
"reconcile (to)",
|
||
|
"acquiesce",
|
||
|
"agree (with or to)",
|
||
|
"assent (to)",
|
||
|
"capitulate",
|
||
|
"consent (to)",
|
||
|
"respect",
|
||
|
"submit (to)",
|
||
|
"yield (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"decline",
|
||
|
"dismiss",
|
||
|
"refuse",
|
||
|
"reject",
|
||
|
"repudiate",
|
||
|
"spurn",
|
||
|
"turn down",
|
||
|
"combat",
|
||
|
"contest",
|
||
|
"fight",
|
||
|
"oppose",
|
||
|
"resist",
|
||
|
"avoid",
|
||
|
"bypass",
|
||
|
"circumvent",
|
||
|
"dodge",
|
||
|
"elude",
|
||
|
"escape",
|
||
|
"evade",
|
||
|
"miss",
|
||
|
"abstain (from)",
|
||
|
"forbear",
|
||
|
"refrain (from)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
}
|