dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/af_mwt.json

{
  "affable":{
    "having a relaxed, casual manner":{
      "antonyms":[
        "high-strung",
        "uptight"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "as the show's affable host, she keeps the freewheeling gabfest from getting out of hand"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ceremonious",
        "decorous",
        "formal",
        "rigid",
        "strict",
        "anxious",
        "bothered",
        "distressed",
        "worried",
        "jittery",
        "jumpy",
        "nervous",
        "skittish",
        "tense"
      ],
      "related":[
        "carefree",
        "casual",
        "d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
        "lackadaisical",
        "nonchalant",
        "unaffected",
        "unconcerned",
        "unfussy",
        "unperturbed",
        "untroubled",
        "unworried",
        "familiar",
        "homey",
        "homy",
        "informal",
        "flexible",
        "lax",
        "lenient",
        "permissive",
        "pliable",
        "pliant",
        "soft",
        "accessible",
        "approachable",
        "imperturbable",
        "nerveless",
        "unflappable",
        "unshakable",
        "amicable",
        "companionable",
        "comradely",
        "cordial",
        "genial",
        "hail-fellow-well-met",
        "hearty",
        "neighborly",
        "warm",
        "warmhearted"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breezy",
        "devil-may-care",
        "easygoing",
        "happy-go-lucky",
        "laid-back",
        "low-pressure",
        "mellow"
      ]
    },
    "having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations":{
      "antonyms":[
        "disagreeable",
        "ill-natured",
        "ill-tempered",
        "unamiable",
        "ungenial",
        "ungracious",
        "unpleasant"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "as an experienced event planner, he knows that having an affable emcee is critical"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boorish",
        "discourteous",
        "ill-mannered",
        "impolite",
        "inconsiderate",
        "rude",
        "surly",
        "uncivil",
        "unkind",
        "unmannerly",
        "unsociable",
        "bearish",
        "bilious",
        "cantankerous",
        "choleric",
        "churlish",
        "crabby",
        "cranky",
        "dyspeptic",
        "fussy",
        "grouchy",
        "grumpy",
        "ill-humored",
        "irascible",
        "irritable",
        "peevish",
        "petulant",
        "quick-tempered",
        "snappish",
        "testy",
        "touchy",
        "argumentative",
        "contentious",
        "contrary",
        "ornery",
        "querulous",
        "unappealing",
        "unattractive",
        "sour",
        "vinegary"
      ],
      "related":[
        "amicable",
        "clever",
        "cordial",
        "friendly",
        "neighborly",
        "benign",
        "gentle",
        "kind",
        "cheerful",
        "cheery",
        "glad",
        "sunny",
        "companionable",
        "conversable",
        "sociable",
        "civil",
        "considerate",
        "courteous",
        "polite",
        "thoughtful",
        "accommodating",
        "amenable",
        "obliging",
        "attractive",
        "delightful",
        "enjoyable",
        "likable",
        "likeable"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "genial",
        "good-natured",
        "good-tempered",
        "gracious",
        "mellow",
        "nice",
        "pleasant",
        "sweet",
        "well-disposed"
      ]
    },
    "showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{
      "antonyms":[
        "inhospitable",
        "ungenial",
        "ungracious",
        "unsociable"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "although First Lady Lucretia Hayes didn't particularly enjoy her role as White House hostess, she was always affable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boorish",
        "churlish",
        "abrupt",
        "blunt",
        "brusque",
        "brusk",
        "curt",
        "gruff",
        "sharp",
        "snippy",
        "antisocial",
        "disagreeable",
        "discourteous",
        "ill-mannered",
        "impolite",
        "rude",
        "sullen",
        "surly",
        "uncivil",
        "unfriendly",
        "unkind",
        "unmannerly",
        "crabbed",
        "crabby",
        "cross",
        "crusty",
        "grumpy"
      ],
      "related":[
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "benign",
        "benignant",
        "congenial",
        "convivial",
        "friendly",
        "kind",
        "kindly",
        "neighborly",
        "accommodating",
        "obliging",
        "considerate",
        "courteous",
        "polite",
        "thoughtful",
        "cosmopolitan",
        "sophisticated",
        "urbane",
        "approachable",
        "attentive",
        "outgoing"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cordial",
        "genial",
        "gracious",
        "hospitable",
        "sociable"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "affably":{
    "as in cheerfully , amiably":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "affection":{
    "a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
      "antonyms":[
        "abomination",
        "hate",
        "hatred",
        "loathing",
        "rancor"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "an elderly couple showing their affection for each other by little acts of kindness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "allergy",
        "animosity",
        "antagonism",
        "antipathy",
        "aversion",
        "disfavor",
        "dislike",
        "enmity",
        "hostility",
        "abhorrence",
        "disgust",
        "repugnance",
        "repulsion",
        "revulsion",
        "misanthropy"
      ],
      "related":[
        "appetite",
        "fancy",
        "favor",
        "like",
        "liking",
        "partiality",
        "preference",
        "relish",
        "taste",
        "craving",
        "crush",
        "desire",
        "infatuation",
        "longing",
        "lust",
        "yearning",
        "ardor",
        "eagerness",
        "enthusiasm",
        "fervor",
        "zeal",
        "appreciation",
        "esteem",
        "estimation",
        "regard",
        "respect",
        "adoration",
        "adulation",
        "deification",
        "idolatry",
        "idolization",
        "worship",
        "allegiance",
        "faithfulness",
        "fealty",
        "fidelity",
        "loyalty",
        "steadfastness"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "attachment",
        "devotedness",
        "devotion",
        "fondness",
        "love",
        "passion"
      ]
    },
    "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "I'm rooting for the Cubs\u2014just my natural affection for the underdog, I guess"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "allergy",
        "averseness",
        "aversion",
        "disfavor",
        "disinclination",
        "dislike",
        "disliking",
        "disrelish",
        "distaste",
        "detachment",
        "impartiality",
        "neutrality",
        "objectivity",
        "apathy",
        "disinterestedness",
        "indifference",
        "insouciance",
        "nonchalance",
        "unconcern"
      ],
      "related":[
        "favor",
        "one-sidedness",
        "partisanship",
        "prejudice",
        "endowment",
        "faculty",
        "flair",
        "gift",
        "knack",
        "talent",
        "addiction",
        "appetite",
        "fancy",
        "fondness",
        "like",
        "liking",
        "preference",
        "taste",
        "forte",
        "speciality",
        "specialty",
        "convention",
        "custom",
        "habit",
        "pattern",
        "practice",
        "practise",
        "routine",
        "trick",
        "way",
        "wont",
        "eccentricity",
        "idiosyncrasy",
        "kink",
        "oddity",
        "peculiarity",
        "quirk",
        "singularity"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "affinity",
        "aptitude",
        "bent",
        "bias",
        "bone",
        "devices",
        "disposition",
        "genius",
        "habitude",
        "impulse",
        "inclination",
        "leaning",
        "partiality",
        "penchant",
        "predilection",
        "predisposition",
        "proclivity",
        "propensity",
        "tendency",
        "turn"
      ]
    },
    "an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{
      "antonyms":[
        "health",
        "wellness"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "born with a heart affection that later caused him problems"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fitness",
        "healthiness",
        "heartiness",
        "robustness",
        "soundness",
        "wholeness",
        "wholesomeness",
        "fettle",
        "shape"
      ],
      "related":[
        "contagion",
        "contagious disease",
        "contagium",
        "infection",
        "attack",
        "bout",
        "fit",
        "spell",
        "debility",
        "decrepitude",
        "feebleness",
        "frailness",
        "lameness",
        "sickliness",
        "unhealthiness",
        "unsoundness",
        "unwellness",
        "weakness",
        "malaise",
        "matter",
        "pip",
        "epidemic",
        "pest",
        "pestilence",
        "plague"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ail",
        "ailment",
        "bug",
        "complaint",
        "complication",
        "condition",
        "disease",
        "disorder",
        "distemper",
        "distemperature",
        "fever",
        "ill",
        "illness",
        "infirmity",
        "malady",
        "sickness",
        "trouble"
      ]
    },
    "something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "religion, of one kind or another, is an affection common to every society known to have existed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "badge",
        "indication",
        "sign",
        "emblem",
        "symbol",
        "token",
        "charm",
        "grace",
        "excellence",
        "merit",
        "virtue",
        "eccentricity",
        "idiosyncrasy",
        "oddity",
        "quirk",
        "individuality",
        "singularity",
        "uniqueness"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "attribute",
        "attribution",
        "character",
        "characteristic",
        "criterion",
        "diagnostic",
        "differentia",
        "feature",
        "fingerprint",
        "hallmark",
        "mark",
        "marker",
        "note",
        "particularity",
        "peculiarity",
        "point",
        "property",
        "quality",
        "specific",
        "stamp",
        "touch",
        "trait"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "affectionate":{
    "feeling or showing love":{
      "antonyms":[
        "unloving"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "an affectionate child who gives hugs and kisses freely"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aloof",
        "antisocial",
        "cold-eyed",
        "cool",
        "detached",
        "distant",
        "dry",
        "frosty",
        "hard-hearted",
        "indifferent",
        "offish",
        "pitiless",
        "remote",
        "reserved",
        "standoffish",
        "unbending",
        "uncaring",
        "unfeeling",
        "disaffected",
        "unconcerned",
        "uninvolved",
        "cold",
        "frigid",
        "unfriendly",
        "callous",
        "cold-blooded",
        "hard-boiled",
        "heartless",
        "pitiless",
        "ruthless",
        "soulless",
        "unromantic",
        "unsentimental"
      ],
      "related":[
        "caring",
        "compassionate",
        "considerate",
        "cordial",
        "doting",
        "forgiving",
        "friendly",
        "humane",
        "kind",
        "understanding",
        "warmhearted",
        "ardent",
        "fervent",
        "impassioned",
        "passionate",
        "warm",
        "amatory",
        "amorous",
        "erotic",
        "erotical",
        "enamored",
        "infatuated",
        "lovesick",
        "lovey-dovey",
        "mushy",
        "romantic",
        "sappy",
        "sentimental",
        "brotherly",
        "fatherly",
        "motherly",
        "sisterly"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adoring",
        "devoted",
        "fond",
        "loving",
        "tender",
        "tenderhearted"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "affiance":{
    "as in":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "affiliations":{
    "the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
      "antonyms":[
        "disaffiliations",
        "dissociations"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "the Little League team, despite its name, the Northern Dynamites, has no affiliation with the Northern Dynamite Company"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breakups",
        "dissolutions",
        "disunions",
        "divisions",
        "partings",
        "separations",
        "severances",
        "splits",
        "alienations",
        "divorces",
        "estrangements"
      ],
      "related":[
        "businesses",
        "dealings",
        "interactions",
        "exchanges",
        "interconnections",
        "interrelations",
        "mutualisms",
        "reciprocities",
        "symbioses",
        "incorporations",
        "integrations",
        "mergers",
        "unifications",
        "affinities",
        "attachments",
        "intimacies",
        "rapports",
        "sympathies",
        "kinships",
        "solidarities",
        "unities",
        "colleagueships",
        "companies",
        "companionships",
        "fellowships",
        "beds",
        "cahoots",
        "leagues"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "alliances",
        "associations",
        "collaborations",
        "confederations",
        "connections",
        "cooperations",
        "hookups",
        "liaisons",
        "linkups",
        "partnerships",
        "relations",
        "relationships",
        "tie-ups",
        "unions"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "afford":{
    "to have enough money for":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "we can't afford a new car this year"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "cover",
        "expend",
        "finance",
        "outlay",
        "pay (for)",
        "pony up",
        "spring (for)",
        "pick up",
        "purchase",
        "take",
        "acquire",
        "get",
        "obtain",
        "procure",
        "secure",
        "bid",
        "offer",
        "bankroll",
        "endow",
        "subsidize",
        "underwrite"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "go",
        "swing"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "afforded":{
    "to have enough money for":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "we can't afford a new car this year"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "covered",
        "expended",
        "financed",
        "outlaid",
        "paid (for)",
        "ponied up",
        "sprang (for)",
        "sprung (for)",
        "picked up",
        "purchased",
        "took",
        "acquired",
        "got",
        "obtained",
        "procured",
        "secured",
        "bade",
        "bid",
        "offered",
        "bankrolled",
        "endowed",
        "subsidized",
        "underwrote"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "swung",
        "went"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "aficionados":{
    "a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
      "antonyms":[
        "nonfans"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "nonadmirers",
        "belittlers",
        "carpers",
        "critics",
        "detractors"
      ],
      "related":[
        "groupies",
        "admirers",
        "amateurs",
        "collectors",
        "connoisseurs",
        "dilettantes",
        "dilettanti",
        "authorities",
        "experts",
        "adherents",
        "converts",
        "cultists",
        "disciples",
        "followers",
        "hangers-on",
        "votaries",
        "advocates",
        "apostles",
        "backers",
        "champions",
        "evangelists",
        "exponents",
        "friends",
        "patrons",
        "promoters",
        "proponents",
        "supporters",
        "partisans",
        "partizans",
        "zealots",
        "boosters",
        "rooters",
        "well-wishers",
        "faddists"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "addicts",
        "buffs",
        "bugs",
        "devotees",
        "enthusiasts",
        "fanatics",
        "fanciers",
        "fans",
        "fiends",
        "fools",
        "freaks",
        "habitu\u00e9s",
        "habitues",
        "heads",
        "hounds",
        "junkies",
        "lovers",
        "maniacs",
        "mavens",
        "mavins",
        "nuts",
        "suckers"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "aftereffect":{
    "a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
      "antonyms":[
        "antecedent",
        "causation",
        "cause",
        "occasion",
        "reason"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "in the U.S. slavery was abolished in 1865, but its aftereffects remained keenly felt long afterwards"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "consideration",
        "determinant",
        "factor",
        "base",
        "basis",
        "foundation",
        "ground",
        "groundwork",
        "impetus",
        "incentive",
        "inspiration",
        "instigation",
        "stimulus",
        "mother",
        "origin",
        "root",
        "source",
        "spring"
      ],
      "related":[
        "ramification",
        "denouement",
        "d\u00e9nouement",
        "echo",
        "implication",
        "repercussion",
        "afterclap",
        "afterglow",
        "aftershock",
        "blowback",
        "by-product",
        "fallout",
        "offshoot",
        "ripple",
        "side effect",
        "side reaction",
        "spin-off"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aftermath",
        "backwash",
        "child",
        "conclusion",
        "consequence",
        "corollary",
        "development",
        "effect",
        "fate",
        "fruit",
        "issue",
        "outcome",
        "outgrowth",
        "precipitate",
        "product",
        "result",
        "resultant",
        "sequel",
        "sequence",
        "upshot"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "aftereffects":{
    "a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
      "antonyms":[
        "antecedents",
        "causations",
        "causes",
        "occasions",
        "reasons"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "in the U.S. slavery was abolished in 1865, but its aftereffects remained keenly felt long afterwards"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "considerations",
        "determinants",
        "factors",
        "bases",
        "bases",
        "foundations",
        "grounds",
        "groundworks",
        "impetuses",
        "incentives",
        "inspirations",
        "instigations",
        "stimuli",
        "mothers",
        "origins",
        "roots",
        "sources",
        "springs"
      ],
      "related":[
        "ramifications",
        "denouements",
        "d\u00e9nouements",
        "echoes",
        "echos",
        "implications",
        "repercussions",
        "afterclaps",
        "afterglows",
        "aftershocks",
        "blowbacks",
        "by-products",
        "byproducts",
        "fallouts",
        "offshoots",
        "ripples",
        "side effects",
        "side reactions",
        "spin-offs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aftermaths",
        "backwashes",
        "children",
        "conclusions",
        "consequences",
        "corollaries",
        "developments",
        "effects",
        "fates",
        "fruits",
        "issues",
        "outcomes",
        "outgrowths",
        "precipitates",
        "products",
        "resultants",
        "results",
        "sequels",
        "sequences",
        "upshots"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "afterglow":{
    "as in aftershock , afterclap":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "as in joy , elation":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "as in ray , streak":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "aftershocks":{
    "as in afterglows , afterclaps":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "as in shocks , foreshocks":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "affectedly":{
    "as in artificially , unnaturally":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "afloat":{
    "riding upon the surface of a body of liquid":{
      "examples":[
        "the boat can't stay afloat much longer"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "floating"
      ],
      "related":[
        "buoyant",
        "floaty",
        "unsinkable",
        "free-floating",
        "awash",
        "drifting",
        "gliding",
        "hanging",
        "hovering",
        "poised",
        "sailing",
        "wafting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aground",
        "high and dry"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "sinking",
        "sunk"
      ]
    },
    "as in abroad , hereabouts":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "affiances":{
    "as in betroths , promises":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "betroths",
        "commits",
        "engages",
        "pledges",
        "promises",
        "proposes",
        "espouses",
        "marries",
        "weds",
        "remarries"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "divorces",
        "separates (from)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}