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{
"loca":{
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting ground",
"hive",
"hotbed",
"hot spot",
"playground",
"playland",
"kernel",
"nub",
"pith",
"deep",
"thick",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"attraction",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"polestar"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
]
},
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"scene",
"precinct",
"region",
"section",
"sector",
"here",
"there"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacement",
"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"localite":{
"a usually longtime resident of a locality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"visitors to the Florida Keys soon learn that \"conch\" is a term for a localite as well as a mollusk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excursionist",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"holidayer",
"vacationer",
"vacationist"
],
"related":[
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider"
],
"synonyms":[
"local",
"native",
"townie",
"towny",
"year-rounder"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"located":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"dredged (up)",
"dug out",
"dug up",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunted (down or up)",
"learned",
"nosed out",
"ran down",
"rooted (out)",
"routed (out)",
"rummaged",
"scared up",
"scouted (up)",
"tracked (down)",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espied",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"looked for",
"searched (for or out)",
"sought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"misset",
"mis-set"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"passed over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lock (up)":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constrain",
"limit",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"shut",
"bar",
"gate",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"capture",
"catch",
"detain",
"nab",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"seize",
"impress",
"shanghai",
"hold",
"impound",
"keep",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"manumit",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
]
},
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"locker":{
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
"examples":[
"the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"trunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carton",
"crate",
"footlocker",
"sea chest",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"coffin",
"compartment",
"vault",
"canteen",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"bandbox",
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
"examples":[
"a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffet",
"cabinet",
"closet",
"console",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"press",
"sideboard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"credenza",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"taboret",
"tabouret",
"vitrine",
"cuddy",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"armoire",
"clothespress",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"cabinetry",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locker-room":{
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"keep your locker-room talk for your fraternity brothers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"locks":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horses",
"long shots"
],
"related":[
"certainties",
"inevitabilities",
"eventualities",
"foregone conclusions"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinches",
"shoo-ins",
"slam dunks",
"sure things"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lockstep":{
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"grind",
"groove",
"pattern",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"treadmill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daily dozen",
"regimen",
"housekeeping",
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"approach",
"manner",
"method",
"procedure",
"strategy",
"style",
"tack",
"technique",
"way",
"design",
"plan",
"program",
"scheme",
"convention",
"policy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loco":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"examples":[
"that dog's plumb loco , just running around in circles all day long"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"related":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
]
},
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"quiet",
"relax",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"related":[
"agitate",
"bother",
"confuse",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distract",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"annoy",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"crack",
"craze",
"derange",
"frenzy",
"madden",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"unstring"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"locus":{
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"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":[]
},
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacement",
"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scene",
"precinct",
"region",
"section",
"sector",
"here",
"there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lockups":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locutions":{
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
"examples":[
"in the poet's somewhat affected locution , word order is often reversed and so we have \"the sea serene\""
],
"synonyms":[
"fashions",
"manners",
"modes",
"phraseologies",
"styles",
"tones",
"veins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addresses",
"deliveries",
"elocution",
"archaisms",
"colloquialisms",
"regionalisms",
"acceptations",
"connotations",
"denotations",
"expressions",
"idioms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locks horns":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"Alan likes to locks horns with everyone, so don't take it personally."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercates",
"argues",
"argufies",
"bickers",
"brabbles",
"brawls",
"controverts",
"disputes",
"falls out",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"clashes",
"contends",
"contests",
"tangles",
"cavils",
"fusses",
"nitpicks",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexists",
"gets along",
"accepts",
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs",
"consents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"locks (up)":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
],
"synonyms":[
"commits",
"confines",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constrains",
"limits",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"shuts",
"bars",
"gates",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"captures",
"catches",
"detains",
"nabs",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"seizes",
"impresses",
"shanghais",
"holds",
"impounds",
"keeps",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"manumits",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locked horns":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"Alan likes to locks horns with everyone, so don't take it personally."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercated",
"argued",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"fought",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed",
"wrangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"lock":{
"as in bar , latch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"batten (down)",
"bolt",
"chain",
"fasten",
"latch",
"close",
"make",
"shut",
"steek",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"secure",
"bang",
"clap",
"slam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"unbar",
"unbolt",
"unchain",
"unfasten",
"unlatch",
"unlock",
"unseal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wrap , fold":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fold",
"twine",
"wrap",
"bosom",
"embosom",
"encircle",
"entwine",
"envelop",
"enwind",
"cuddle",
"fondle",
"nestle",
"nuzzle",
"pat",
"pet",
"snuggle",
"stroke",
"clamp",
"cling",
"cradle",
"grab",
"grip",
"hold",
"bear-hug",
"clasp",
"crush",
"embrace",
"enclasp",
"enfold",
"grasp",
"hug",
"strain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"examples":[
"the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinch",
"shoo-in",
"slam dunk",
"sure thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"eventuality",
"foregone conclusion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horse",
"long shot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"locate":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
],
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"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"scout (up)",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
],
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"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locks out":{
"as in sits in , walks":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"strikes",
"walks",
"walks out",
"sits in"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locked":{
"as in barred , latched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"battened (down)",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"closed",
"made",
"shut",
"steeked",
"plugged",
"sealed",
"stoppered",
"secured",
"banged",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"slammed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unchained",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wrapped , folded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"folded",
"twined",
"wrapped",
"bosomed",
"embosomed",
"encircled",
"entwined",
"enveloped",
"enwound",
"cuddled",
"fondled",
"nestled",
"nuzzled",
"patted",
"petted",
"snuggled",
"stroked",
"clamped",
"clung",
"cradled",
"grabbed",
"gripped",
"held",
"bear-hugged",
"clasped",
"crushed",
"embraced",
"enclasped",
"enfolded",
"grasped",
"hugged",
"strained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locking (up)":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
],
"synonyms":[
"committing",
"confining",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constraining",
"limiting",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"shutting",
"barring",
"gating",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"capturing",
"catching",
"detaining",
"nabbing",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"seizing",
"impressing",
"shanghaiing",
"holding",
"impounding",
"keeping",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"manumitting",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locality":{
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"a locality filled with exotic plants"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacement",
"locale",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scene",
"precinct",
"region",
"section",
"sector",
"here",
"there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locking":{
"as in barring , latching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barring",
"battening (down)",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"closing",
"making",
"shutting",
"steeking",
"plugging",
"sealing",
"stoppering",
"securing",
"banging",
"clapping",
"slamming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unchaining",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wrapping , folding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"folding",
"twining",
"wrapping",
"bosoming",
"embosoming",
"encircling",
"entwining",
"enveloping",
"enwinding",
"cuddling",
"fondling",
"nestling",
"nuzzling",
"patting",
"petting",
"snuggling",
"stroking",
"clamping",
"clinging",
"cradling",
"grabbing",
"gripping",
"holding",
"bear-hugging",
"clasping",
"crushing",
"embracing",
"enclasping",
"enfolding",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"straining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locoed":{
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"examples":[
"years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracked",
"crazed",
"deranged",
"frenzied",
"maddened",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unstrung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitated",
"bothered",
"confused",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distracted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"annoyed",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locking out":{
"as in sitting in , walking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"striking",
"walking",
"walking out",
"sitting in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locating":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"digging out",
"digging up",
"discovering",
"dredging (up)",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"hunting (down or up)",
"learning",
"nosing out",
"rooting (out)",
"routing (out)",
"rummaging",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"scouting (up)",
"tracking (down)",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espying",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"looking for",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing",
"missetting",
"mis-setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"passing over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lockers":{
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
"examples":[
"the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cases",
"caskets",
"chests",
"trunks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartons",
"crates",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"coffins",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"canteens",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"bandboxes",
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
"examples":[
"a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffets",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"consoles",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"presses",
"sideboards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookcases",
"breakfronts",
"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines",
"cuddies",
"dressers",
"pie safes",
"armoires",
"clothespresses",
"garderobes",
"wardrobes",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locomotions":{
"the act or power of moving from place to place":{
"examples":[
"studying the locomotion of spiders",
"Walking is one form of locomotion ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"motivity",
"motion",
"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring",
"dislocation",
"migration",
"relocation",
"fiddling",
"fidgeting",
"squirm",
"squirming",
"twitching",
"wriggling",
"writhing",
"flailing",
"flapping",
"waving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobility",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"stillness",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"pause",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination",
"motionlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locution":{
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
"examples":[
"in the poet's somewhat affected locution , word order is often reversed and so we have \"the sea serene\""
],
"synonyms":[
"fashion",
"manner",
"mode",
"phraseology",
"style",
"tone",
"vein"
],
"near synonyms":[
"address",
"delivery",
"elocution",
"archaism",
"colloquialism",
"regionalism",
"acceptation",
"connotation",
"denotation",
"expression",
"idiom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locales":{
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"we found an ideal locale for our annual picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacements",
"localities",
"locations",
"loci",
"places",
"points",
"positions",
"sites",
"spots",
"venues",
"wheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenes",
"precincts",
"regions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"heres",
"theres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set":{
"examples":[
"the movie's locale is ambiguous, though the architecture and dress are suggestive of 19th-century Europe"
],
"synonyms":[
"backgrounds",
"scenes",
"settings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backdrops",
"sceneries",
"sets",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"tableaux",
"tableaus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"loch":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"in his biography of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell tells of being conducted by a Scottish boatman \"across one of the lochs , as they call them, or arms of the sea\""
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"localities":{
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"a locality filled with exotic plants"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacements",
"locales",
"locations",
"loci",
"places",
"points",
"positions",
"sites",
"spots",
"venues",
"wheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenes",
"precincts",
"regions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"heres",
"theres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locomoted":{
"to change one's position":{
"examples":[
"most babies begin to locomote \u2014by crawling\u2014when they are seven to ten months old"
],
"synonyms":[
"budged",
"moved",
"shifted",
"stirred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled",
"fidgeted",
"jiggled",
"squiggled",
"squirmed",
"tossed",
"twitched",
"wiggled",
"wriggled",
"writhed",
"roused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hung around",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"stabilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"froze",
"stilled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locksteps":{
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
"examples":[
"followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"grinds",
"grooves",
"patterns",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"treadmills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daily dozens",
"regimens",
"housekeepings",
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"practices",
"practises",
"tricks",
"wonts",
"approaches",
"manners",
"methods",
"procedures",
"strategies",
"styles",
"tacks",
"techniques",
"ways",
"designs",
"plans",
"programs",
"schemes",
"conventions",
"policies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locates":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs out",
"digs up",
"discovers",
"dredges (up)",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"hunts (down or up)",
"learns",
"noses out",
"roots (out)",
"routs (out)",
"rummages",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"scouts (up)",
"tracks (down)",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espies",
"sights",
"spots",
"looks for",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces",
"missets"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"passes over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locations":{
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"we chose the historic church on Main Street as the location for the ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacements",
"locales",
"localities",
"loci",
"places",
"points",
"positions",
"sites",
"spots",
"venues",
"wheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenes",
"precincts",
"regions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"heres",
"theres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locus classicus":{
"as in classic , paradigm":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archetype",
"classic",
"paradigm",
"case",
"example",
"exemplar",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"instance",
"prototype",
"representative",
"sample",
"specimen",
"cross section",
"microcosm",
"evidence",
"indication",
"manifestation",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"locomote":{
"to change one's position":{
"examples":[
"most babies begin to locomote \u2014by crawling\u2014when they are seven to ten months old"
],
"synonyms":[
"budge",
"move",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle",
"fidget",
"jiggle",
"squiggle",
"squirm",
"toss",
"twitch",
"wiggle",
"wriggle",
"writhe",
"rouse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hang around",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"stabilize"
],
"antonyms":[
"freeze",
"still"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lockup":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constrain",
"limit",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"shut",
"bar",
"gate",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"capture",
"catch",
"detain",
"nab",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"seize",
"impress",
"shanghai",
"hold",
"impound",
"keep",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"manumit",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
]
},
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"locked out":{
"as in sat in , walked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"struck",
"walked",
"walked out",
"sat in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"localism":{
"as in regionalism , provincialism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquial",
"colloquialism",
"idiom",
"parlance",
"pidgin",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"speech",
"vernacular",
"vernacularism",
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jargon",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patois",
"patter",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"slang",
"terminology",
"vocabulary",
"slanguage",
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"cyberspeak",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"journalese",
"technobabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"local":{
"as in regional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regional",
"aboriginal",
"autochthonous",
"born",
"domestic",
"endemic",
"indigenous",
"native",
"original"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonindigenous",
"nonnative",
"imported",
"introduced",
"transplanted",
"alien",
"exotic",
"foreign",
"strange",
"expatriate",
"immigrant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a local unit of an organization":{
"examples":[
"the truck drivers are members of Local 349 of the Teamsters' Union"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"branch",
"cell",
"chapter",
"council"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"division",
"wing",
"offshoot",
"subchapter",
"lodge",
"post"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually longtime resident of a locality":{
"examples":[
"few locals seem to patronize the city's touristy restaurants, leaving them to diners who prefer atmosphere over food"
],
"synonyms":[
"localite",
"native",
"townie",
"towny",
"year-rounder"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excursionist",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"holidayer",
"vacationer",
"vacationist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"lockout":{
"as in sit in , walk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"strike",
"walk",
"walk out",
"sit in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in strike , walkout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"go-slow",
"job action",
"sick-out",
"sit-down",
"sit-in",
"slowdown",
"strike",
"walkout",
"sympathetic strike",
"sympathy strike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"locos":{
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"examples":[
"years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracks",
"crazes",
"deranges",
"frenzies",
"maddens",
"unbalances",
"unhinges",
"unstrings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitates",
"bothers",
"confuses",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distracts",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"annoys",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"quiets",
"relaxes",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"locket":{
"as in teardrop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"teardrop",
"bangle",
"charm",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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