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{
"wheedled":{
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"examples":[
"wheedled him into doing their work for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandished",
"blarneyed",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"palavered",
"soft-soaped",
"sweet-talked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulated",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"buttered up",
"charmed",
"massaged",
"wooed",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"importuned",
"urged",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"finagled",
"juggled",
"wangled",
"wiled",
"enticed",
"lured",
"seduced",
"tempted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bugged",
"harassed",
"nagged",
"pestered",
"teased",
"browbeat",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"intimidated",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"demanded",
"forced",
"made",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wheel":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"examples":[
"the wheel of the tape reel"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyration",
"pirouette",
"reel",
"revolution",
"roll",
"rotation",
"spin",
"twirl",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuit",
"circulation",
"ring",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"spiral",
"twist",
"whorl",
"circle",
"orbit",
"eddy",
"swirl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"she's a major wheel in that state's Democratic Party"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
"examples":[
"the wheel of time turns: the children are now the parents, and their children have taken their place at the school desks"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"cycle",
"merry-go-round",
"round",
"zodiac"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pattern",
"syndrome",
"course",
"development",
"progression",
"run",
"beat",
"circuit",
"loop",
"ring",
"revolution",
"rotation",
"turn",
"turnover",
"chain",
"sequence",
"series",
"string",
"succession",
"train"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"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",
"motor vehicle",
"motorcar"
],
"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":[
"deflect",
"divert",
"redirect",
"swing",
"turn",
"veer",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avert",
"deviate",
"move",
"rechannel",
"shift",
"shunt",
"sidetrack",
"swerve",
"switch",
"transfer",
"swivel",
"twist",
"whirl",
"zigzag",
"bend",
"curve",
"sway",
"reverse",
"turn 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":[
"pivot",
"revolve",
"roll",
"rotate",
"spin",
"swing",
"swirl",
"swivel",
"turn",
"twirl",
"twist",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screw",
"unscrew",
"twiddle",
"coil",
"crank",
"reel",
"wind",
"circulate"
],
"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":[
"gyrate",
"pinwheel",
"pirouette",
"revolve",
"roll",
"rotate",
"spin",
"turn",
"twirl",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"round",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twine",
"twist",
"wind",
"circle",
"circulate",
"encircle",
"orbit",
"ring",
"pivot",
"swivel"
],
"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":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"fall off",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straighten"
]
},
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"detour",
"deviate",
"diverge",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"swing",
"turn",
"turn off",
"veer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tack",
"zigzag",
"double (back)",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wheeler-dealers":{
"as in smoothies , slicks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whelping":{
"as in littering , pupping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calving",
"kidding",
"kindling",
"kittening",
"littering",
"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"
]
}
}