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{
"imbalance":{
"a state or condition in which different things do not occur in equal or proper amounts":{
"examples":[
"There is an imbalance between his work life and family life."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disproportion",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence",
"contrast",
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distance",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"otherness",
"unlikeness",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"change",
"modification",
"variation",
"conflict",
"discord",
"discordance",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"disunity",
"friction",
"strife",
"variability",
"variance",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"identicalness",
"identity",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallelism",
"similitude",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"uniformity",
"alikeness",
"analogousness",
"analogy",
"community",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"sameness",
"similarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imbeciles":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"only an imbecile would leave their car unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and then be surprised when the vehicle was stolen"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imbed":{
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbue",
"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
"establish",
"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbedding":{
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"enrooting",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"impacting",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodging",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbeds":{
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"enroots",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"impacts",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbues",
"infuses",
"instills",
"beats (into)",
"drives (into)",
"establishes",
"places",
"puts",
"settles",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disengages",
"removes"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodges",
"roots (out)",
"uproots"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbroglios":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imbues":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before"
],
"synonyms":[
"endues",
"indues",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants",
"impregnates",
"permeates",
"pervades",
"saturates",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"fills",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"submerges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"divests",
"strips",
"clears",
"empties",
"eliminates",
"removes",
"takes (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbecility":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"was arrested for the sheer imbecility of speeding down a dark road with no headlights on"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"folly",
"foolery",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"we were stunned by the imbecility of the ideas presented by this once-respected biologist"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imbued":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before"
],
"synonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbibe":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"an array of colorful and tasty drinks for party guests to imbibe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lap",
"lick",
"suck",
"consume",
"down",
"ingurgitate",
"kill",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"nip",
"tipple",
"pledge",
"toast",
"wine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"plants can imbibe water through their roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"drink",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slurp",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbecilic":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"only an imbecile would leave their car unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and then be surprised when the vehicle was stolen"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"as in stupid , dumb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asinine",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"inane",
"jerky",
"moronic",
"nonsensical",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"absurd",
"cockamamy",
"cockamamie",
"comical",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"pathetic",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-fetched",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious",
"solemn",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"logical",
"rational",
"realistic",
"reasonable",
"sensible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"imbuing":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduing",
"induing",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animating",
"charging",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"leavening",
"implanting",
"instilling",
"planting",
"impregnating",
"permeating",
"pervading",
"saturating",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"filling",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"submerging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"eliminating",
"removing",
"taking (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbibed":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"an array of colorful and tasty drinks for party guests to imbibe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belted (down)",
"drank",
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"hoisted",
"knocked back",
"pounded (down)",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slugged (down)",
"slurped",
"supped",
"swigged",
"swilled",
"tossed (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapped",
"licked",
"sucked",
"consumed",
"downed",
"ingurgitated",
"killed",
"mouthed (down)",
"put away",
"nipped",
"tippled",
"pledged",
"toasted",
"wined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"plants can imbibe water through their roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"drank",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)",
"took up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slurped",
"swallowed",
"swigged",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbibing":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"an array of colorful and tasty drinks for party guests to imbibe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belting (down)",
"drinking",
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"hoisting",
"knocking back",
"pounding (down)",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slugging (down)",
"slurping",
"supping",
"swigging",
"swilling",
"tossing (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapping",
"licking",
"sucking",
"consuming",
"downing",
"ingurgitating",
"killing",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"nipping",
"tippling",
"pledging",
"toasting",
"wining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"plants can imbibe water through their roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"drinking",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)",
"taking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slurping",
"swallowing",
"swigging",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imbibes":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"an array of colorful and tasty drinks for party guests to imbibe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts (down)",
"drinks",
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"hoists",
"knocks back",
"pounds (down)",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slugs (down)",
"slurps",
"sups",
"swigs",
"swills",
"tosses (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laps",
"licks",
"sucks",
"consumes",
"downs",
"ingurgitates",
"kills",
"mouths (down)",
"puts away",
"nips",
"tipples",
"pledges",
"toasts",
"wines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"plants can imbibe water through their roots"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"drinks",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slurps",
"swallows",
"swigs",
"swills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}