2988 lines
58 KiB
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2988 lines
58 KiB
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{
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"wheedled":{
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"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
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"examples":[
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"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blandished",
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"blarneyed",
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"cajoled",
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"coaxed",
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"palavered",
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"soft-soaped",
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"sweet-talked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adulated",
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"flattered",
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"overpraised",
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"buttered up",
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"charmed",
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"massaged",
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"wooed",
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"begged",
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"beseeched",
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"besought",
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"importuned",
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"urged",
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"beguiled",
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"cozened",
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"finagled",
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"juggled",
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"wangled",
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"wiled",
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"enticed",
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"lured",
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"seduced",
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"tempted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bugged",
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"harassed",
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"nagged",
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"pestered",
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"teased",
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"browbeat",
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"bulldozed",
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"bullied",
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"cowed",
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"intimidated",
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"coerced",
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"compelled",
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"constrained",
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"demanded",
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"forced",
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"made",
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"obliged",
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"required"
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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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"wheel":{
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"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
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"examples":[
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"the wheel of the tape reel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gyration",
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"pirouette",
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"reel",
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"revolution",
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"roll",
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"rotation",
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"spin",
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"twirl",
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"whirl"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circuit",
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"circulation",
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"ring",
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"round",
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"coil",
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"curl",
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"curve",
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"spiral",
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"twist",
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"whorl",
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"circle",
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"orbit",
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"eddy",
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"swirl"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"one of high position or importance within a group":{
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"examples":[
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"she's a major wheel in that state's Democratic Party"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big",
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"big boy",
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"big cheese",
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"big gun",
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"big leaguer",
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"big shot",
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"big wheel",
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"big-timer",
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"bigfoot",
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"biggie",
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"bigwig",
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"fat cat",
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"heavy",
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"heavy hitter",
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"heavyweight",
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"high-muck-a-muck",
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"high-muckety-muck",
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"honcho",
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"kahuna",
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"kingfish",
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"kingpin",
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"major leaguer",
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"muckety-muck",
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"muck-a-muck",
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"mucky-muck",
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"nabob",
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"nawab",
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"nibs",
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"nob",
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"pooh-bah",
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"poo-bah"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baron",
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"czar",
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"tsar",
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"tzar",
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"king",
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"lion",
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"magnate",
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"mogul",
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"prince",
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"princess",
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"queen",
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"tycoon",
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"VIP"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inferior",
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"subordinate",
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"underling",
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"mediocrity",
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"obscurity"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"lightweight",
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"nobody",
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"nonentity",
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"nothing",
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"shrimp",
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"twerp",
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"whippersnapper",
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"zero",
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"zilch"
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]
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},
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"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
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"examples":[
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"the wheel of time turns: the children are now the parents, and their children have taken their place at the school desks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"circle",
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"cycle",
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"merry-go-round",
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"round",
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"zodiac"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pattern",
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"syndrome",
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"course",
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"development",
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"progression",
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"run",
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"beat",
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"circuit",
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"loop",
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"ring",
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"revolution",
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"rotation",
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"turn",
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"turnover",
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"chain",
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"sequence",
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"series",
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"string",
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"succession",
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"train"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
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"examples":[
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"now that I've got wheels , I can go to the outlet mall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"auto",
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"automobile",
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"bus",
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"car",
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"horseless carriage",
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"machine",
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"motor",
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"motor vehicle",
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"motorcar"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coach",
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"jitney",
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"microbus",
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"minibus",
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"minivan",
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"omnibus",
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"van",
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"convertible",
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"fastback",
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"hardtop",
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"hatchback",
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"notchback",
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"ragtop",
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"sports car",
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"sport-utility vehicle",
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"station wagon",
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"SUV",
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"town car",
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"wagon",
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"woody",
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"woodie",
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"compact",
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"coupe",
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"coup\u00e9",
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"intermediate",
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"limousine",
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"mini",
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"minicar",
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"sedan",
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"subcompact",
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"V-8",
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"gas-guzzler",
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"land yacht",
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"muscle car",
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"stock car",
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"turbocar",
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"beater",
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"clunker",
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"crate",
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"flivver",
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"jalopy",
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"junker",
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"cream puff",
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"phaeton",
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"roadster",
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"tin lizzie",
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"touring car",
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"hybrid"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
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"examples":[
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"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deflect",
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"divert",
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"redirect",
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"swing",
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"turn",
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"veer",
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"whip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"avert",
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"deviate",
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"move",
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"rechannel",
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"shift",
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"shunt",
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"sidetrack",
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"swerve",
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"switch",
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"transfer",
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"swivel",
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"twist",
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"whirl",
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"zigzag",
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"bend",
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"curve",
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"sway",
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"reverse",
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"turn back"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
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"examples":[
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"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pivot",
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"revolve",
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"roll",
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"rotate",
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"spin",
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"swing",
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"swirl",
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"swivel",
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"turn",
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"twirl",
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"twist",
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"whirl"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"screw",
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"unscrew",
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"twiddle",
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"coil",
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"crank",
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"reel",
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"wind",
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"circulate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
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"examples":[
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"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gyrate",
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"pinwheel",
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"pirouette",
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"revolve",
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"roll",
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"rotate",
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"spin",
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"turn",
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"twirl",
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"whirl"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coil",
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"curl",
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"curve",
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"round",
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"spiral",
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"swirl",
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"twine",
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"twist",
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"wind",
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"circle",
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"circulate",
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"encircle",
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"orbit",
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"ring",
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"pivot",
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"swivel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
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"examples":[
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"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arc",
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"arch",
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"bend",
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"bow",
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"crook",
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"curve",
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"fall off",
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"hook",
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"round",
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"sweep",
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"swerve",
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"trend"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circle",
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"coil",
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"curlicue",
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"curl",
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"loop",
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"spiral",
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"turn",
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"twist",
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"wind",
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"deviate",
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"veer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"straighten"
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]
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},
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"to change one's course or direction":{
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"examples":[
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"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"detour",
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"deviate",
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"diverge",
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"sheer",
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"swerve",
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"swing",
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"turn",
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"turn off",
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"veer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"tack",
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"zigzag",
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"double (back)",
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"turn back"
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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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"wheeler-dealers":{
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"as in smoothies , slicks":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fast-talkers",
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"slickers",
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"slicks",
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"slicksters",
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"slyboots",
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"smoothies",
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"adventurers",
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"foxes",
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"fox",
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"gamesmen",
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"knaves",
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"pranksters",
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"rascals",
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"rogues",
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"plotters",
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"schemers",
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"sneakers",
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"sneaks",
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"bluffers",
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"charlatans",
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"fakers",
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"fakes",
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"humbugs",
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"impostors",
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"imposters",
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"mountebanks",
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"phonies",
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"phoneys",
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"pretenders",
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"quacks",
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"quacksalvers",
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"ringers",
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"shams",
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"blacklegs",
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"cardsharps",
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"cardsharpers",
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"double-crossers",
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"double-dealers",
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"bilkers",
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"bilks",
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"cheaters",
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"cheats",
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"chiselers",
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"chisellers",
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"confidence men",
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"cozeners",
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"defrauders",
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"dodgers",
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"fakirs",
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"finaglers",
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"fraudsters",
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"hoaxers",
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"scammers",
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"scamsters",
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"sharks",
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"sharpers",
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"sharpies",
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"skinners",
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"swindlers",
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"trickers",
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"tricksters"
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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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"whelping":{
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"as in littering , pupping":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"calving",
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"kidding",
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"kindling",
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"kittening",
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"littering",
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||
|
"pupping",
|
||
|
"begetting",
|
||
|
"fathering",
|
||
|
"generating",
|
||
|
"getting",
|
||
|
"siring",
|
||
|
"breeding",
|
||
|
"multiplying",
|
||
|
"propagating",
|
||
|
"reproducing",
|
||
|
"spawning",
|
||
|
"laboring",
|
||
|
"bearing",
|
||
|
"birthing",
|
||
|
"delivering",
|
||
|
"dropping",
|
||
|
"having",
|
||
|
"mothering",
|
||
|
"producing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aborting",
|
||
|
"losing",
|
||
|
"miscarrying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whey-faced":{
|
||
|
"as in white-faced":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"white-faced",
|
||
|
"untanned",
|
||
|
"anemic",
|
||
|
"bloodless",
|
||
|
"white",
|
||
|
"whitened",
|
||
|
"sallow",
|
||
|
"sallowish",
|
||
|
"sick",
|
||
|
"sickly",
|
||
|
"waxen",
|
||
|
"waxy",
|
||
|
"ashen",
|
||
|
"ashy",
|
||
|
"blanched",
|
||
|
"cadaverous",
|
||
|
"doughy",
|
||
|
"livid",
|
||
|
"lurid",
|
||
|
"mealy",
|
||
|
"pale",
|
||
|
"paled",
|
||
|
"pallid",
|
||
|
"pasty",
|
||
|
"peaked",
|
||
|
"wan"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blooming",
|
||
|
"florid",
|
||
|
"flush",
|
||
|
"full-blooded",
|
||
|
"glowing",
|
||
|
"red",
|
||
|
"rosy",
|
||
|
"rubicund",
|
||
|
"ruddy",
|
||
|
"sanguine",
|
||
|
"blushing",
|
||
|
"flushed",
|
||
|
"pink"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whelp":{
|
||
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"playtime's over, it's time to gather up the whelps and head home"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bairn",
|
||
|
"bambino",
|
||
|
"bud",
|
||
|
"chap",
|
||
|
"chick",
|
||
|
"child",
|
||
|
"cub",
|
||
|
"juvenile",
|
||
|
"kid",
|
||
|
"kiddie",
|
||
|
"kiddy",
|
||
|
"kiddo",
|
||
|
"moppet",
|
||
|
"sprat",
|
||
|
"sprout",
|
||
|
"squirt",
|
||
|
"youngling",
|
||
|
"youngster",
|
||
|
"youth"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adolescent",
|
||
|
"minor",
|
||
|
"kindergartner",
|
||
|
"kindergartener",
|
||
|
"preschooler",
|
||
|
"rug rat",
|
||
|
"schoolboy",
|
||
|
"schoolchild",
|
||
|
"schoolgirl",
|
||
|
"schoolkid",
|
||
|
"babe",
|
||
|
"baby",
|
||
|
"bantling",
|
||
|
"infant",
|
||
|
"neonate",
|
||
|
"nestling",
|
||
|
"newborn",
|
||
|
"toddler",
|
||
|
"tot",
|
||
|
"tyke",
|
||
|
"tike",
|
||
|
"weanling",
|
||
|
"devil",
|
||
|
"hellion",
|
||
|
"imp",
|
||
|
"jackanapes",
|
||
|
"mischief",
|
||
|
"monkey",
|
||
|
"rapscallion",
|
||
|
"rascal",
|
||
|
"rogue",
|
||
|
"urchin",
|
||
|
"whippersnapper",
|
||
|
"cherub",
|
||
|
"preteen",
|
||
|
"preteen-ager",
|
||
|
"subteen",
|
||
|
"teen",
|
||
|
"teenager",
|
||
|
"teener",
|
||
|
"teenybopper",
|
||
|
"tween",
|
||
|
"lad",
|
||
|
"nipper",
|
||
|
"shaver",
|
||
|
"stripling",
|
||
|
"tad",
|
||
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
||
|
"hoyden",
|
||
|
"tomboy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"middle-ager",
|
||
|
"ancient",
|
||
|
"elder",
|
||
|
"golden-ager",
|
||
|
"oldster",
|
||
|
"old-timer",
|
||
|
"senior",
|
||
|
"senior citizen"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"adult",
|
||
|
"grown-up"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in litter , pup":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calve",
|
||
|
"kid",
|
||
|
"kindle",
|
||
|
"kitten",
|
||
|
"litter",
|
||
|
"pup",
|
||
|
"beget",
|
||
|
"father",
|
||
|
"generate",
|
||
|
"get",
|
||
|
"sire",
|
||
|
"breed",
|
||
|
"multiply",
|
||
|
"propagate",
|
||
|
"reproduce",
|
||
|
"spawn",
|
||
|
"labor",
|
||
|
"bear",
|
||
|
"birth",
|
||
|
"deliver",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"have",
|
||
|
"mother",
|
||
|
"produce"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abort",
|
||
|
"lose",
|
||
|
"miscarry"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whether or not":{
|
||
|
"in spite of everything":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"We're going grocery shopping whether you want to or no ."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"anyhow",
|
||
|
"anyway",
|
||
|
"anyways",
|
||
|
"regardless",
|
||
|
"whatever"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"after all",
|
||
|
"however",
|
||
|
"nevertheless",
|
||
|
"always"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheeling and dealing":{
|
||
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bargaining",
|
||
|
"chaffering",
|
||
|
"dealing",
|
||
|
"dickering",
|
||
|
"haggling",
|
||
|
"horse-trading",
|
||
|
"negotiating",
|
||
|
"paltering"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arguing",
|
||
|
"bickering",
|
||
|
"clashing",
|
||
|
"fighting",
|
||
|
"hassling",
|
||
|
"quarreling",
|
||
|
"quarrelling",
|
||
|
"quibbling",
|
||
|
"squabbling",
|
||
|
"wrangling",
|
||
|
"comparison shopping",
|
||
|
"shopping (around)",
|
||
|
"bartering",
|
||
|
"exchanging",
|
||
|
"trading",
|
||
|
"hawking",
|
||
|
"peddling",
|
||
|
"buying",
|
||
|
"purchasing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheelbarrows":{
|
||
|
"a vehicle with two handles, a large bowl, and usually one wheel that is used for carrying heavy loads of dirt, rocks, etc.":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"barrows",
|
||
|
"hand trucks",
|
||
|
"pushcarts",
|
||
|
"trams",
|
||
|
"trucks",
|
||
|
"carts",
|
||
|
"wagons",
|
||
|
"wains",
|
||
|
"drays",
|
||
|
"jolt-wagons",
|
||
|
"oxcarts",
|
||
|
"spring wagons",
|
||
|
"wagonettes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheat cake":{
|
||
|
"as in oatcake":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"oatcake",
|
||
|
"flapjack",
|
||
|
"griddle cake",
|
||
|
"hotcake",
|
||
|
"pancake",
|
||
|
"slapjack",
|
||
|
"blin",
|
||
|
"blintze",
|
||
|
"blintz",
|
||
|
"crepe",
|
||
|
"cr\u00eape",
|
||
|
"waffle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whether or no":{
|
||
|
"in spite of everything":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"We're going grocery shopping whether you want to or no ."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"anyhow",
|
||
|
"anyway",
|
||
|
"anyways",
|
||
|
"regardless",
|
||
|
"whatever"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"after all",
|
||
|
"however",
|
||
|
"nevertheless",
|
||
|
"always"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whelm":{
|
||
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"devastate",
|
||
|
"floor",
|
||
|
"grind (down)",
|
||
|
"oppress",
|
||
|
"overcome",
|
||
|
"overmaster",
|
||
|
"overpower",
|
||
|
"overwhelm",
|
||
|
"prostrate",
|
||
|
"snow under",
|
||
|
"swamp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deluge",
|
||
|
"drown",
|
||
|
"sink",
|
||
|
"confute",
|
||
|
"defeat",
|
||
|
"refute",
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"demoralize",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"disturb",
|
||
|
"rock",
|
||
|
"shatter",
|
||
|
"stagger",
|
||
|
"throw",
|
||
|
"unman",
|
||
|
"unnerve",
|
||
|
"upset"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheedle":{
|
||
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blandish",
|
||
|
"blarney",
|
||
|
"cajole",
|
||
|
"coax",
|
||
|
"palaver",
|
||
|
"soft-soap",
|
||
|
"sweet-talk"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adulate",
|
||
|
"flatter",
|
||
|
"overpraise",
|
||
|
"butter up",
|
||
|
"charm",
|
||
|
"massage",
|
||
|
"woo",
|
||
|
"beg",
|
||
|
"beseech",
|
||
|
"importune",
|
||
|
"urge",
|
||
|
"beguile",
|
||
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
"finagle",
|
||
|
"juggle",
|
||
|
"wangle",
|
||
|
"wile",
|
||
|
"entice",
|
||
|
"lure",
|
||
|
"seduce",
|
||
|
"tempt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bug",
|
||
|
"harass",
|
||
|
"nag",
|
||
|
"pester",
|
||
|
"tease",
|
||
|
"browbeat",
|
||
|
"bulldoze",
|
||
|
"bully",
|
||
|
"cow",
|
||
|
"intimidate",
|
||
|
"coerce",
|
||
|
"compel",
|
||
|
"constrain",
|
||
|
"demand",
|
||
|
"force",
|
||
|
"make",
|
||
|
"oblige",
|
||
|
"require"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheat cakes":{
|
||
|
"as in oatcakes":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"oatcakes",
|
||
|
"flapjacks",
|
||
|
"griddle cakes",
|
||
|
"hotcakes",
|
||
|
"pancakes",
|
||
|
"slapjacks",
|
||
|
"blini",
|
||
|
"blinis",
|
||
|
"blintzes",
|
||
|
"crepes",
|
||
|
"cr\u00eapes",
|
||
|
"waffles"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheelman":{
|
||
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we'll need someone to be our wheelman for the heist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"automobilist",
|
||
|
"driver",
|
||
|
"motorist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"operator",
|
||
|
"codriver",
|
||
|
"chauffeur",
|
||
|
"carpooler"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whelms":{
|
||
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"crushes",
|
||
|
"devastates",
|
||
|
"floors",
|
||
|
"grinds (down)",
|
||
|
"oppresses",
|
||
|
"overcomes",
|
||
|
"overmasters",
|
||
|
"overpowers",
|
||
|
"overwhelms",
|
||
|
"prostrates",
|
||
|
"snows under",
|
||
|
"swamps"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deluges",
|
||
|
"drowns",
|
||
|
"sinks",
|
||
|
"confutes",
|
||
|
"defeats",
|
||
|
"refutes",
|
||
|
"breaks",
|
||
|
"demoralizes",
|
||
|
"distresses",
|
||
|
"disturbs",
|
||
|
"rocks",
|
||
|
"shatters",
|
||
|
"staggers",
|
||
|
"throws",
|
||
|
"unmans",
|
||
|
"unnerves",
|
||
|
"upsets"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheeled":{
|
||
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deflected",
|
||
|
"diverted",
|
||
|
"redirected",
|
||
|
"swung",
|
||
|
"turned",
|
||
|
"veered",
|
||
|
"whipped"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"averted",
|
||
|
"deviated",
|
||
|
"moved",
|
||
|
"rechanneled",
|
||
|
"rechannelled",
|
||
|
"shifted",
|
||
|
"shunted",
|
||
|
"sidetracked",
|
||
|
"swerved",
|
||
|
"switched",
|
||
|
"transferred",
|
||
|
"swiveled",
|
||
|
"swivelled",
|
||
|
"twisted",
|
||
|
"whirled",
|
||
|
"zigzagged",
|
||
|
"bent",
|
||
|
"curved",
|
||
|
"swayed",
|
||
|
"reversed",
|
||
|
"turned back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"pivoted",
|
||
|
"revolved",
|
||
|
"rolled",
|
||
|
"rotated",
|
||
|
"spun",
|
||
|
"swirled",
|
||
|
"swiveled",
|
||
|
"swivelled",
|
||
|
"swung",
|
||
|
"turned",
|
||
|
"twirled",
|
||
|
"twisted",
|
||
|
"whirled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"screwed",
|
||
|
"unscrewed",
|
||
|
"twiddled",
|
||
|
"coiled",
|
||
|
"cranked",
|
||
|
"reeled",
|
||
|
"wound",
|
||
|
"winded",
|
||
|
"circulated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"gyrated",
|
||
|
"pinwheeled",
|
||
|
"pirouetted",
|
||
|
"revolved",
|
||
|
"rolled",
|
||
|
"rotated",
|
||
|
"spun",
|
||
|
"turned",
|
||
|
"twirled",
|
||
|
"whirled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"coiled",
|
||
|
"curled",
|
||
|
"curved",
|
||
|
"rounded",
|
||
|
"spiraled",
|
||
|
"spiralled",
|
||
|
"swirled",
|
||
|
"twined",
|
||
|
"twisted",
|
||
|
"wound",
|
||
|
"winded",
|
||
|
"circled",
|
||
|
"circulated",
|
||
|
"encircled",
|
||
|
"orbited",
|
||
|
"ringed",
|
||
|
"pivoted",
|
||
|
"swiveled",
|
||
|
"swivelled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arced",
|
||
|
"arched",
|
||
|
"bent",
|
||
|
"bowed",
|
||
|
"crooked",
|
||
|
"curved",
|
||
|
"fell off",
|
||
|
"hooked",
|
||
|
"rounded",
|
||
|
"swept",
|
||
|
"swerved",
|
||
|
"trended"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circled",
|
||
|
"coiled",
|
||
|
"curled",
|
||
|
"curlicued",
|
||
|
"looped",
|
||
|
"spiraled",
|
||
|
"spiralled",
|
||
|
"turned",
|
||
|
"twisted",
|
||
|
"wound",
|
||
|
"winded",
|
||
|
"deviated",
|
||
|
"veered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"straightened"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"detoured",
|
||
|
"deviated",
|
||
|
"diverged",
|
||
|
"sheered",
|
||
|
"swerved",
|
||
|
"swung",
|
||
|
"turned",
|
||
|
"turned off",
|
||
|
"veered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"tacked",
|
||
|
"zigzagged",
|
||
|
"doubled (back)",
|
||
|
"turned back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"where it's at":{
|
||
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"When visiting Paris, the Eiffel Tower is where it's at ."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"axis",
|
||
|
"base",
|
||
|
"capital",
|
||
|
"center",
|
||
|
"central",
|
||
|
"core",
|
||
|
"cynosure",
|
||
|
"epicenter",
|
||
|
"eye",
|
||
|
"focus",
|
||
|
"ground zero",
|
||
|
"heart",
|
||
|
"hub",
|
||
|
"locus",
|
||
|
"mecca",
|
||
|
"navel",
|
||
|
"nerve center",
|
||
|
"nexus",
|
||
|
"nucleus",
|
||
|
"omphalos",
|
||
|
"seat"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"headquarters",
|
||
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
||
|
"hive",
|
||
|
"hotbed",
|
||
|
"hot spot",
|
||
|
"playground",
|
||
|
"playland",
|
||
|
"kernel",
|
||
|
"nub",
|
||
|
"pith",
|
||
|
"deep",
|
||
|
"thick",
|
||
|
"essence",
|
||
|
"quintessence",
|
||
|
"soul",
|
||
|
"attraction",
|
||
|
"lodestone",
|
||
|
"loadstone",
|
||
|
"magnet",
|
||
|
"polestar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whet":{
|
||
|
"to make sharp or sharper":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"whetted the knife with the grindstone"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"edge",
|
||
|
"grind",
|
||
|
"hone",
|
||
|
"sharpen",
|
||
|
"stone",
|
||
|
"strop"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"file"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"buff",
|
||
|
"burnish",
|
||
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
"polish",
|
||
|
"round",
|
||
|
"smooth"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
"dull"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in shot , nip":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"belt",
|
||
|
"load",
|
||
|
"nip",
|
||
|
"peg",
|
||
|
"pop",
|
||
|
"shooter",
|
||
|
"shot",
|
||
|
"slug",
|
||
|
"snifter",
|
||
|
"snort",
|
||
|
"tot",
|
||
|
"aperitif",
|
||
|
"bracer",
|
||
|
"chaser",
|
||
|
"digestif",
|
||
|
"nightcap",
|
||
|
"cocktail",
|
||
|
"mixed drink",
|
||
|
"alcohol",
|
||
|
"aqua vitae",
|
||
|
"ardent spirits",
|
||
|
"booze",
|
||
|
"bottle",
|
||
|
"drink",
|
||
|
"firewater",
|
||
|
"grog",
|
||
|
"hooch",
|
||
|
"inebriant",
|
||
|
"intoxicant",
|
||
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
||
|
"juice",
|
||
|
"liquor",
|
||
|
"lush",
|
||
|
"moonshine",
|
||
|
"potable",
|
||
|
"rum",
|
||
|
"sauce",
|
||
|
"spirits",
|
||
|
"stimulant",
|
||
|
"strong drink",
|
||
|
"tipple",
|
||
|
"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":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"where":{
|
||
|
"at, in, or to what place":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"where will you be tonight?"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"whereabouts",
|
||
|
"whereabout",
|
||
|
"whither"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"wherever"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"in what manner or way":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I cannot see where the explanation is mistaken"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"how",
|
||
|
"wherein"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"thus",
|
||
|
"thusly",
|
||
|
"accordingly",
|
||
|
"consequently",
|
||
|
"ergo",
|
||
|
"hence",
|
||
|
"so",
|
||
|
"thereupon",
|
||
|
"wherefore"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we've decided on the when, but we still haven't resolved the where for the party"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"emplacement",
|
||
|
"locale",
|
||
|
"locality",
|
||
|
"location",
|
||
|
"locus",
|
||
|
"place",
|
||
|
"point",
|
||
|
"position",
|
||
|
"site",
|
||
|
"spot",
|
||
|
"venue"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"scene",
|
||
|
"precinct",
|
||
|
"region",
|
||
|
"section",
|
||
|
"sector",
|
||
|
"here",
|
||
|
"there"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whereabouts":{
|
||
|
"at, in, or to what place":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"whereabouts do you expect to be on your journey tonight?"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"where",
|
||
|
"whither"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"wherever"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheedling":{
|
||
|
"as in entreaty , coaxing":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blandishment",
|
||
|
"cajolement",
|
||
|
"cajolery",
|
||
|
"coaxing",
|
||
|
"entreaty",
|
||
|
"exhortation",
|
||
|
"urging",
|
||
|
"conversion",
|
||
|
"convincing",
|
||
|
"inducement",
|
||
|
"inducing",
|
||
|
"persuading",
|
||
|
"persuasion",
|
||
|
"suasion",
|
||
|
"seduction",
|
||
|
"tempting",
|
||
|
"influencing",
|
||
|
"prompting",
|
||
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
"lobbying",
|
||
|
"pressuring",
|
||
|
"brainwashing",
|
||
|
"overpersuasion"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blandishing",
|
||
|
"blarneying",
|
||
|
"cajoling",
|
||
|
"coaxing",
|
||
|
"palavering",
|
||
|
"soft-soaping",
|
||
|
"sweet-talking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adulating",
|
||
|
"flattering",
|
||
|
"overpraising",
|
||
|
"buttering up",
|
||
|
"charming",
|
||
|
"massaging",
|
||
|
"wooing",
|
||
|
"begging",
|
||
|
"beseeching",
|
||
|
"importuning",
|
||
|
"urging",
|
||
|
"beguiling",
|
||
|
"cozening",
|
||
|
"finagling",
|
||
|
"juggling",
|
||
|
"wangling",
|
||
|
"wiling",
|
||
|
"enticing",
|
||
|
"luring",
|
||
|
"seducing",
|
||
|
"tempting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bugging",
|
||
|
"harassing",
|
||
|
"nagging",
|
||
|
"pestering",
|
||
|
"teasing",
|
||
|
"browbeating",
|
||
|
"bulldozing",
|
||
|
"bullying",
|
||
|
"cowing",
|
||
|
"intimidating",
|
||
|
"coercing",
|
||
|
"compelling",
|
||
|
"constraining",
|
||
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
"forcing",
|
||
|
"making",
|
||
|
"obliging",
|
||
|
"requiring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheeler-dealer":{
|
||
|
"as in smoothy , slick":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fast-talker",
|
||
|
"slick",
|
||
|
"slicker",
|
||
|
"slickster",
|
||
|
"slyboots",
|
||
|
"smoothy",
|
||
|
"smoothie",
|
||
|
"adventurer",
|
||
|
"fox",
|
||
|
"gamesman",
|
||
|
"knave",
|
||
|
"prankster",
|
||
|
"rascal",
|
||
|
"rogue",
|
||
|
"plotter",
|
||
|
"schemer",
|
||
|
"sneak",
|
||
|
"sneaker",
|
||
|
"bluffer",
|
||
|
"charlatan",
|
||
|
"fake",
|
||
|
"faker",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"impostor",
|
||
|
"imposter",
|
||
|
"mountebank",
|
||
|
"phony",
|
||
|
"phoney",
|
||
|
"pretender",
|
||
|
"quack",
|
||
|
"quacksalver",
|
||
|
"ringer",
|
||
|
"sham",
|
||
|
"blackleg",
|
||
|
"cardsharp",
|
||
|
"cardsharper",
|
||
|
"double-crosser",
|
||
|
"double-dealer",
|
||
|
"bilk",
|
||
|
"bilker",
|
||
|
"cheat",
|
||
|
"cheater",
|
||
|
"chiseler",
|
||
|
"chiseller",
|
||
|
"confidence man",
|
||
|
"cozener",
|
||
|
"defrauder",
|
||
|
"dodger",
|
||
|
"fakir",
|
||
|
"finagler",
|
||
|
"fraudster",
|
||
|
"hoaxer",
|
||
|
"scammer",
|
||
|
"scamster",
|
||
|
"shark",
|
||
|
"sharper",
|
||
|
"sharpie",
|
||
|
"sharpy",
|
||
|
"skinner",
|
||
|
"swindler",
|
||
|
"tricker",
|
||
|
"trickster"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheeze":{
|
||
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he was wheezing rapidly after a hard run"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blow",
|
||
|
"gasp",
|
||
|
"heave",
|
||
|
"hyperventilate",
|
||
|
"pant",
|
||
|
"puff"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"choke",
|
||
|
"gag",
|
||
|
"gulp",
|
||
|
"huff",
|
||
|
"asphyxiate",
|
||
|
"smother",
|
||
|
"stifle",
|
||
|
"strangle",
|
||
|
"snore",
|
||
|
"snuffle",
|
||
|
"exhale",
|
||
|
"expire"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in whistle , whoosh":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"swoosh",
|
||
|
"whistle",
|
||
|
"whoosh",
|
||
|
"zip",
|
||
|
"fizz",
|
||
|
"hiss",
|
||
|
"sizzle",
|
||
|
"swish",
|
||
|
"whish",
|
||
|
"whiz",
|
||
|
"whizz",
|
||
|
"sibilance",
|
||
|
"sibilant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in clich\u00e9 , platitude":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bromide",
|
||
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
||
|
"cliche",
|
||
|
"commonplace",
|
||
|
"platitude",
|
||
|
"adage",
|
||
|
"aphorism",
|
||
|
"apothegm",
|
||
|
"byword",
|
||
|
"epigram",
|
||
|
"maxim",
|
||
|
"proverb",
|
||
|
"saw",
|
||
|
"saying",
|
||
|
"sententia",
|
||
|
"word",
|
||
|
"expression",
|
||
|
"felicity",
|
||
|
"axiom",
|
||
|
"motto",
|
||
|
"precept",
|
||
|
"truism",
|
||
|
"truth",
|
||
|
"formula",
|
||
|
"comment",
|
||
|
"note",
|
||
|
"reflection",
|
||
|
"remark"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wherries":{
|
||
|
"as in pirogues , skiffs":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bateaux",
|
||
|
"batteaux",
|
||
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
||
|
"canoes",
|
||
|
"catamarans",
|
||
|
"coracles",
|
||
|
"curraghs",
|
||
|
"currachs",
|
||
|
"dhows",
|
||
|
"dinghies",
|
||
|
"dinks",
|
||
|
"dories",
|
||
|
"dugouts",
|
||
|
"flatboats",
|
||
|
"garveys",
|
||
|
"gigs",
|
||
|
"johnboats",
|
||
|
"kayaks",
|
||
|
"outriggers",
|
||
|
"paddleboats",
|
||
|
"pinnaces",
|
||
|
"piraguas",
|
||
|
"pirogues",
|
||
|
"pontoons",
|
||
|
"prams",
|
||
|
"punts",
|
||
|
"rafts",
|
||
|
"rowboats",
|
||
|
"rowing boats",
|
||
|
"sampans",
|
||
|
"scows",
|
||
|
"sculls",
|
||
|
"shallops",
|
||
|
"shells",
|
||
|
"skiffs",
|
||
|
"surfboats",
|
||
|
"umiaks",
|
||
|
"bottoms",
|
||
|
"crafts",
|
||
|
"vessels",
|
||
|
"watercrafts",
|
||
|
"catboats",
|
||
|
"ketches",
|
||
|
"sailboats",
|
||
|
"schooners",
|
||
|
"yachts",
|
||
|
"cruisers",
|
||
|
"inboards",
|
||
|
"motorboats",
|
||
|
"outboards",
|
||
|
"powerboats",
|
||
|
"houseboats",
|
||
|
"riverboats",
|
||
|
"auxiliaries",
|
||
|
"bumboats",
|
||
|
"cutters",
|
||
|
"jolly boats",
|
||
|
"launches",
|
||
|
"lifeboats",
|
||
|
"longboats",
|
||
|
"tender",
|
||
|
"yawls",
|
||
|
"barges",
|
||
|
"hoys",
|
||
|
"keelboats",
|
||
|
"keels",
|
||
|
"lighters",
|
||
|
"narrow boats",
|
||
|
"towboats",
|
||
|
"tugboats",
|
||
|
"tugs",
|
||
|
"ferries",
|
||
|
"ferryboats",
|
||
|
"gondolas",
|
||
|
"taxis",
|
||
|
"taxies",
|
||
|
"water taxis"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheels":{
|
||
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"now that I've got wheels , I can go to the outlet mall"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"auto",
|
||
|
"automobile",
|
||
|
"bus",
|
||
|
"car",
|
||
|
"horseless carriage",
|
||
|
"machine",
|
||
|
"motor",
|
||
|
"motorcar",
|
||
|
"motor vehicle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"coach",
|
||
|
"jitney",
|
||
|
"microbus",
|
||
|
"minibus",
|
||
|
"minivan",
|
||
|
"omnibus",
|
||
|
"van",
|
||
|
"convertible",
|
||
|
"fastback",
|
||
|
"hardtop",
|
||
|
"hatchback",
|
||
|
"notchback",
|
||
|
"ragtop",
|
||
|
"sports car",
|
||
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
||
|
"station wagon",
|
||
|
"SUV",
|
||
|
"town car",
|
||
|
"wagon",
|
||
|
"woody",
|
||
|
"woodie",
|
||
|
"compact",
|
||
|
"coupe",
|
||
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
||
|
"intermediate",
|
||
|
"limousine",
|
||
|
"mini",
|
||
|
"minicar",
|
||
|
"sedan",
|
||
|
"subcompact",
|
||
|
"V-8",
|
||
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
||
|
"land yacht",
|
||
|
"muscle car",
|
||
|
"stock car",
|
||
|
"turbocar",
|
||
|
"beater",
|
||
|
"clunker",
|
||
|
"crate",
|
||
|
"flivver",
|
||
|
"jalopy",
|
||
|
"junker",
|
||
|
"cream puff",
|
||
|
"phaeton",
|
||
|
"roadster",
|
||
|
"tin lizzie",
|
||
|
"touring car",
|
||
|
"hybrid"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deflects",
|
||
|
"diverts",
|
||
|
"redirects",
|
||
|
"swings",
|
||
|
"turns",
|
||
|
"veers",
|
||
|
"whips"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"averts",
|
||
|
"deviates",
|
||
|
"moves",
|
||
|
"rechannels",
|
||
|
"shifts",
|
||
|
"shunts",
|
||
|
"sidetracks",
|
||
|
"swerves",
|
||
|
"switches",
|
||
|
"transfers",
|
||
|
"swivels",
|
||
|
"twists",
|
||
|
"whirls",
|
||
|
"zigzags",
|
||
|
"bends",
|
||
|
"curves",
|
||
|
"sways",
|
||
|
"reverses",
|
||
|
"turns back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"pivots",
|
||
|
"revolves",
|
||
|
"rolls",
|
||
|
"rotates",
|
||
|
"spins",
|
||
|
"swings",
|
||
|
"swirls",
|
||
|
"swivels",
|
||
|
"turns",
|
||
|
"twirls",
|
||
|
"twists",
|
||
|
"whirls"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"screws",
|
||
|
"unscrews",
|
||
|
"twiddles",
|
||
|
"coils",
|
||
|
"cranks",
|
||
|
"reels",
|
||
|
"winds",
|
||
|
"circulates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"gyrates",
|
||
|
"pinwheels",
|
||
|
"pirouettes",
|
||
|
"revolves",
|
||
|
"rolls",
|
||
|
"rotates",
|
||
|
"spins",
|
||
|
"turns",
|
||
|
"twirls",
|
||
|
"whirls"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"coils",
|
||
|
"curls",
|
||
|
"curves",
|
||
|
"rounds",
|
||
|
"spirals",
|
||
|
"swirls",
|
||
|
"twines",
|
||
|
"twists",
|
||
|
"winds",
|
||
|
"circles",
|
||
|
"circulates",
|
||
|
"encircles",
|
||
|
"orbits",
|
||
|
"rings",
|
||
|
"pivots",
|
||
|
"swivels"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arches",
|
||
|
"arcs",
|
||
|
"bends",
|
||
|
"bows",
|
||
|
"crooks",
|
||
|
"curves",
|
||
|
"falls off",
|
||
|
"hooks",
|
||
|
"rounds",
|
||
|
"sweeps",
|
||
|
"swerves",
|
||
|
"trends"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circles",
|
||
|
"coils",
|
||
|
"curlicues",
|
||
|
"curls",
|
||
|
"loops",
|
||
|
"spirals",
|
||
|
"turns",
|
||
|
"twists",
|
||
|
"winds",
|
||
|
"deviates",
|
||
|
"veers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"straightens"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"detours",
|
||
|
"deviates",
|
||
|
"diverges",
|
||
|
"sheers",
|
||
|
"swerves",
|
||
|
"swings",
|
||
|
"turns",
|
||
|
"turns off",
|
||
|
"veers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"tacks",
|
||
|
"zigzags",
|
||
|
"doubles (back)",
|
||
|
"turns back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheels and deals":{
|
||
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"The buyer and seller wheeled and dealed before finally coming to an agreement."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bargains",
|
||
|
"chaffers",
|
||
|
"deals",
|
||
|
"dickers",
|
||
|
"haggles",
|
||
|
"horse-trades",
|
||
|
"negotiates",
|
||
|
"palters"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"argues",
|
||
|
"bickers",
|
||
|
"clashes",
|
||
|
"fights",
|
||
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
"quarrels",
|
||
|
"quibbles",
|
||
|
"squabbles",
|
||
|
"wrangles",
|
||
|
"comparison shops",
|
||
|
"shops (around)",
|
||
|
"barters",
|
||
|
"exchanges",
|
||
|
"trades",
|
||
|
"hawks",
|
||
|
"peddles",
|
||
|
"buys",
|
||
|
"purchases"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wherever":{
|
||
|
"as in where , whither":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"where",
|
||
|
"whereabouts",
|
||
|
"whereabout",
|
||
|
"whither"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whelps":{
|
||
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"playtime's over, it's time to gather up the whelps and head home"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bairns",
|
||
|
"bambinos",
|
||
|
"bambini",
|
||
|
"buds",
|
||
|
"chaps",
|
||
|
"chicks",
|
||
|
"children",
|
||
|
"cubs",
|
||
|
"juveniles",
|
||
|
"kiddies",
|
||
|
"kiddos",
|
||
|
"kids",
|
||
|
"moppets",
|
||
|
"sprats",
|
||
|
"sprat",
|
||
|
"sprouts",
|
||
|
"squirts",
|
||
|
"younglings",
|
||
|
"youngsters",
|
||
|
"youths"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adolescents",
|
||
|
"minors",
|
||
|
"kindergartners",
|
||
|
"kindergarteners",
|
||
|
"preschoolers",
|
||
|
"rug rats",
|
||
|
"schoolboys",
|
||
|
"schoolchildren",
|
||
|
"schoolgirls",
|
||
|
"schoolkids",
|
||
|
"babes",
|
||
|
"babies",
|
||
|
"bantlings",
|
||
|
"infants",
|
||
|
"neonates",
|
||
|
"nestlings",
|
||
|
"newborn",
|
||
|
"newborns",
|
||
|
"toddlers",
|
||
|
"tots",
|
||
|
"tykes",
|
||
|
"tikes",
|
||
|
"weanlings",
|
||
|
"devils",
|
||
|
"hellions",
|
||
|
"imps",
|
||
|
"jackanapeses",
|
||
|
"mischiefs",
|
||
|
"monkeys",
|
||
|
"rapscallions",
|
||
|
"rascals",
|
||
|
"rogues",
|
||
|
"urchins",
|
||
|
"whippersnappers",
|
||
|
"cherubs",
|
||
|
"cherubim",
|
||
|
"preteen-agers",
|
||
|
"preteens",
|
||
|
"subteens",
|
||
|
"teenagers",
|
||
|
"teeners",
|
||
|
"teens",
|
||
|
"teenyboppers",
|
||
|
"tweens",
|
||
|
"lads",
|
||
|
"nippers",
|
||
|
"shavers",
|
||
|
"striplings",
|
||
|
"tads",
|
||
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
||
|
"hoydens",
|
||
|
"tomboys"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"middle-agers",
|
||
|
"ancients",
|
||
|
"elders",
|
||
|
"golden-agers",
|
||
|
"oldsters",
|
||
|
"old-timers",
|
||
|
"senior citizens",
|
||
|
"seniors"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"adults",
|
||
|
"grown-ups"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in litters , pups":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calves",
|
||
|
"kids",
|
||
|
"kindles",
|
||
|
"kittens",
|
||
|
"litters",
|
||
|
"pups",
|
||
|
"begets",
|
||
|
"fathers",
|
||
|
"generates",
|
||
|
"gets",
|
||
|
"sires",
|
||
|
"breeds",
|
||
|
"multiplies",
|
||
|
"propagates",
|
||
|
"reproduces",
|
||
|
"spawns",
|
||
|
"labors",
|
||
|
"bears",
|
||
|
"births",
|
||
|
"delivers",
|
||
|
"drops",
|
||
|
"has",
|
||
|
"mothers",
|
||
|
"produces"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aborts",
|
||
|
"loses",
|
||
|
"miscarries"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whereabout":{
|
||
|
"at, in, or to what place":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"whereabouts do you expect to be on your journey tonight?"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"where",
|
||
|
"whither"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"wherever"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheres":{
|
||
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we've decided on the when, but we still haven't resolved the where for the party"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"emplacements",
|
||
|
"locales",
|
||
|
"localities",
|
||
|
"locations",
|
||
|
"loci",
|
||
|
"places",
|
||
|
"points",
|
||
|
"positions",
|
||
|
"sites",
|
||
|
"spots",
|
||
|
"venues"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"scenes",
|
||
|
"precincts",
|
||
|
"regions",
|
||
|
"sections",
|
||
|
"sectors",
|
||
|
"heres",
|
||
|
"theres"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheeling":{
|
||
|
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deflecting",
|
||
|
"diverting",
|
||
|
"redirecting",
|
||
|
"swinging",
|
||
|
"turning",
|
||
|
"veering",
|
||
|
"whipping"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"averting",
|
||
|
"deviating",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"rechanneling",
|
||
|
"shifting",
|
||
|
"shunting",
|
||
|
"sidetracking",
|
||
|
"swerving",
|
||
|
"switching",
|
||
|
"transferring",
|
||
|
"swiveling",
|
||
|
"swivelling",
|
||
|
"twisting",
|
||
|
"whirling",
|
||
|
"zigzagging",
|
||
|
"bending",
|
||
|
"curving",
|
||
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
"reversing",
|
||
|
"turning back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"pivoting",
|
||
|
"revolving",
|
||
|
"rolling",
|
||
|
"rotating",
|
||
|
"spinning",
|
||
|
"swinging",
|
||
|
"swirling",
|
||
|
"swiveling",
|
||
|
"swivelling",
|
||
|
"turning",
|
||
|
"twirling",
|
||
|
"twisting",
|
||
|
"whirling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"screwing",
|
||
|
"unscrewing",
|
||
|
"twiddling",
|
||
|
"coiling",
|
||
|
"cranking",
|
||
|
"reeling",
|
||
|
"winding",
|
||
|
"circulating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"gyrating",
|
||
|
"pinwheeling",
|
||
|
"pirouetting",
|
||
|
"revolving",
|
||
|
"rolling",
|
||
|
"rotating",
|
||
|
"spinning",
|
||
|
"turning",
|
||
|
"twirling",
|
||
|
"whirling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"coiling",
|
||
|
"curling",
|
||
|
"curving",
|
||
|
"rounding",
|
||
|
"spiraling",
|
||
|
"spiralling",
|
||
|
"swirling",
|
||
|
"twining",
|
||
|
"twisting",
|
||
|
"winding",
|
||
|
"circling",
|
||
|
"circulating",
|
||
|
"encircling",
|
||
|
"orbiting",
|
||
|
"ringing",
|
||
|
"pivoting",
|
||
|
"swiveling",
|
||
|
"swivelling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arching",
|
||
|
"arcing",
|
||
|
"bending",
|
||
|
"bowing",
|
||
|
"crooking",
|
||
|
"curving",
|
||
|
"falling off",
|
||
|
"hooking",
|
||
|
"rounding",
|
||
|
"sweeping",
|
||
|
"swerving",
|
||
|
"trending"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circling",
|
||
|
"coiling",
|
||
|
"curlicuing",
|
||
|
"curling",
|
||
|
"looping",
|
||
|
"spiraling",
|
||
|
"spiralling",
|
||
|
"turning",
|
||
|
"twisting",
|
||
|
"winding",
|
||
|
"deviating",
|
||
|
"veering"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"straightening"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to change one's course or direction":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"detouring",
|
||
|
"deviating",
|
||
|
"diverging",
|
||
|
"sheering",
|
||
|
"swerving",
|
||
|
"swinging",
|
||
|
"turning",
|
||
|
"turning off",
|
||
|
"veering"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"tacking",
|
||
|
"zigzagging",
|
||
|
"doubling (back)",
|
||
|
"turning back"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whetted":{
|
||
|
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I'll need a well- whetted axe to split the wood"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
"edged",
|
||
|
"edgy",
|
||
|
"ground",
|
||
|
"honed",
|
||
|
"keen",
|
||
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
"sharpened",
|
||
|
"stropped",
|
||
|
"trenchant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"clawlike",
|
||
|
"daggerlike",
|
||
|
"knifelike",
|
||
|
"jabbing",
|
||
|
"jagged",
|
||
|
"lacerating",
|
||
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
"scratching",
|
||
|
"stabbing",
|
||
|
"pointed",
|
||
|
"pointy",
|
||
|
"spiky",
|
||
|
"spikey"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rounded",
|
||
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"even",
|
||
|
"flat",
|
||
|
"level",
|
||
|
"slick"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
"blunted",
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"dulled",
|
||
|
"obtuse"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make sharp or sharper":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"whetted the knife with the grindstone"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"edged",
|
||
|
"ground",
|
||
|
"honed",
|
||
|
"sharpened",
|
||
|
"stoned",
|
||
|
"stropped"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"filed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"buffed",
|
||
|
"burnished",
|
||
|
"glossed",
|
||
|
"polished",
|
||
|
"rounded",
|
||
|
"smoothed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blunted",
|
||
|
"dulled"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheezes":{
|
||
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he was wheezing rapidly after a hard run"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blows",
|
||
|
"gasps",
|
||
|
"heaves",
|
||
|
"hyperventilates",
|
||
|
"pants",
|
||
|
"puffs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chokes",
|
||
|
"gags",
|
||
|
"gulps",
|
||
|
"huffs",
|
||
|
"asphyxiates",
|
||
|
"smothers",
|
||
|
"stifles",
|
||
|
"strangles",
|
||
|
"snores",
|
||
|
"snuffles",
|
||
|
"exhales",
|
||
|
"expires"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in whistles , whooshes":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"swooshes",
|
||
|
"whistles",
|
||
|
"whooshes",
|
||
|
"zips",
|
||
|
"fizzes",
|
||
|
"hisses",
|
||
|
"sizzles",
|
||
|
"swishes",
|
||
|
"whishes",
|
||
|
"whizzes",
|
||
|
"sibilances",
|
||
|
"sibilants"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in clich\u00e9s , platitudes":{
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bromides",
|
||
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
||
|
"cliches",
|
||
|
"commonplaces",
|
||
|
"platitudes",
|
||
|
"adages",
|
||
|
"aphorisms",
|
||
|
"apothegms",
|
||
|
"bywords",
|
||
|
"epigrams",
|
||
|
"maxims",
|
||
|
"proverbs",
|
||
|
"saws",
|
||
|
"sayings",
|
||
|
"sententiae",
|
||
|
"words",
|
||
|
"expressions",
|
||
|
"felicities",
|
||
|
"axioms",
|
||
|
"mottoes",
|
||
|
"mottos",
|
||
|
"precepts",
|
||
|
"truisms",
|
||
|
"truths",
|
||
|
"formulas",
|
||
|
"formulae",
|
||
|
"comments",
|
||
|
"notes",
|
||
|
"reflections",
|
||
|
"remarks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whelk":{
|
||
|
"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unsightly whelks covered the beggar's face"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boil",
|
||
|
"fester",
|
||
|
"hickey",
|
||
|
"papule",
|
||
|
"pimple",
|
||
|
"pock",
|
||
|
"pustule",
|
||
|
"zit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blackhead",
|
||
|
"blister",
|
||
|
"milium",
|
||
|
"whitehead",
|
||
|
"bump",
|
||
|
"lump",
|
||
|
"protuberance",
|
||
|
"sore",
|
||
|
"wart",
|
||
|
"weal",
|
||
|
"welt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheelmen":{
|
||
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we'll need someone to be our wheelman for the heist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"automobilists",
|
||
|
"drivers",
|
||
|
"motorists"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"operators",
|
||
|
"codrivers",
|
||
|
"co-drivers",
|
||
|
"chauffeurs",
|
||
|
"carpoolers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wherein":{
|
||
|
"in what manner or way":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wherein this document can be demonstrated to be out of compliance with current standards, that section will be considered null and void"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"how",
|
||
|
"where"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"thus",
|
||
|
"thusly",
|
||
|
"accordingly",
|
||
|
"consequently",
|
||
|
"ergo",
|
||
|
"hence",
|
||
|
"so",
|
||
|
"thereupon",
|
||
|
"wherefore"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheeled and dealed":{
|
||
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"The buyer and seller wheeled and dealed before finally coming to an agreement."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bargained",
|
||
|
"chaffered",
|
||
|
"dealt",
|
||
|
"dickered",
|
||
|
"haggled",
|
||
|
"horse-traded",
|
||
|
"negotiated",
|
||
|
"paltered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"argued",
|
||
|
"bickered",
|
||
|
"clashed",
|
||
|
"fought",
|
||
|
"hassled",
|
||
|
"quarreled",
|
||
|
"quarrelled",
|
||
|
"quibbled",
|
||
|
"squabbled",
|
||
|
"wrangled",
|
||
|
"comparison shopped",
|
||
|
"shopped (around)",
|
||
|
"bartered",
|
||
|
"exchanged",
|
||
|
"traded",
|
||
|
"hawked",
|
||
|
"peddled",
|
||
|
"bought",
|
||
|
"purchased"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whelks":{
|
||
|
"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unsightly whelks covered the beggar's face"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boils",
|
||
|
"festers",
|
||
|
"hickeys",
|
||
|
"papules",
|
||
|
"pimples",
|
||
|
"pocks",
|
||
|
"pustules",
|
||
|
"zits"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blackheads",
|
||
|
"blisters",
|
||
|
"milia",
|
||
|
"whiteheads",
|
||
|
"bumps",
|
||
|
"lumps",
|
||
|
"protuberances",
|
||
|
"sores",
|
||
|
"warts",
|
||
|
"weals",
|
||
|
"welts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"wheedles":{
|
||
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blandishes",
|
||
|
"blarneys",
|
||
|
"cajoles",
|
||
|
"coaxes",
|
||
|
"palavers",
|
||
|
"soft-soaps",
|
||
|
"sweet-talks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adulates",
|
||
|
"flatters",
|
||
|
"overpraises",
|
||
|
"butters up",
|
||
|
"charms",
|
||
|
"massages",
|
||
|
"woos",
|
||
|
"begs",
|
||
|
"beseeches",
|
||
|
"importunes",
|
||
|
"urges",
|
||
|
"beguiles",
|
||
|
"cozens",
|
||
|
"finagles",
|
||
|
"juggles",
|
||
|
"wangles",
|
||
|
"wiles",
|
||
|
"entices",
|
||
|
"lures",
|
||
|
"seduces",
|
||
|
"tempts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bugs",
|
||
|
"harasses",
|
||
|
"nags",
|
||
|
"pesters",
|
||
|
"teases",
|
||
|
"browbeats",
|
||
|
"bulldozes",
|
||
|
"bullies",
|
||
|
"cows",
|
||
|
"intimidates",
|
||
|
"coerces",
|
||
|
"compels",
|
||
|
"constrains",
|
||
|
"demands",
|
||
|
"forces",
|
||
|
"makes",
|
||
|
"obliges",
|
||
|
"requires"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"whelming":{
|
||
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"crushing",
|
||
|
"devastating",
|
||
|
"flooring",
|
||
|
"grinding (down)",
|
||
|
"oppressing",
|
||
|
"overcoming",
|
||
|
"overmastering",
|
||
|
"overpowering",
|
||
|
"overwhelming",
|
||
|
"prostrating",
|
||
|
"snowing under",
|
||
|
"swamping"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deluging",
|
||
|
"drowning",
|
||
|
"sinking",
|
||
|
"confuting",
|
||
|
"defeating",
|
||
|
"refuting",
|
||
|
"breaking",
|
||
|
"demoralizing",
|
||
|
"distressing",
|
||
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
"shattering",
|
||
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
"throwing",
|
||
|
"unmanning",
|
||
|
"unnerving",
|
||
|
"upsetting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
}
|