dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bei_MWT.json

{
  "being":{
    "as in living , existing":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "breathing",
        "existent",
        "existing",
        "living",
        "contemporary",
        "mod",
        "modern",
        "modernistic",
        "new",
        "newfangled",
        "new-fashioned",
        "recent",
        "red-hot",
        "space-age",
        "supermodern",
        "ultramodern",
        "up-to-date",
        "current",
        "extant",
        "immediate",
        "instant",
        "ongoing",
        "present",
        "present-day"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "coming",
        "future",
        "unborn",
        "completed",
        "concluded",
        "done",
        "ended",
        "finished",
        "over",
        "terminated",
        "through",
        "up",
        "ancient",
        "antediluvian",
        "antiquated",
        "antique",
        "archaic",
        "dated",
        "fusty",
        "musty",
        "noncontemporary",
        "obsolete",
        "old",
        "oldfangled",
        "old-fashioned",
        "old-time",
        "out-of-date",
        "outworn",
        "pass\u00e9",
        "ago",
        "bygone",
        "erstwhile",
        "former",
        "past"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a member of the human race":{
      "examples":[
        "no one has the right to enslave another being"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "baby",
        "bird",
        "bod",
        "body",
        "character",
        "cookie",
        "cooky",
        "creature",
        "customer",
        "devil",
        "duck",
        "egg",
        "face",
        "fish",
        "guy",
        "head",
        "human",
        "human being",
        "individual",
        "life",
        "man",
        "mortal",
        "party",
        "person",
        "personage",
        "scout",
        "slob",
        "sort",
        "soul",
        "specimen",
        "stiff",
        "thing",
        "wight"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hominid",
        "homo",
        "humanoid",
        "brother",
        "fellow",
        "fellowman",
        "neighbor",
        "celebrity",
        "personality",
        "self",
        "somebody"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "animal",
        "beast",
        "beastie",
        "brute",
        "critter"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one that has a real and independent existence":{
      "examples":[
        "new parents are typically in awe at having created this separate being"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "commodity",
        "entity",
        "existent",
        "individual",
        "individuality",
        "integer",
        "object",
        "reality",
        "something",
        "substance",
        "thing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "body",
        "subject",
        "material",
        "matter",
        "quantity",
        "stuff"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "nonentity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
      "examples":[
        "music is such a large part of her being that she could never give up performing"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "essence",
        "essentiality",
        "nature",
        "quiddity",
        "quintessence",
        "soul",
        "stuff",
        "substance"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "heart",
        "spirit",
        "alpha and omega",
        "center",
        "core",
        "keynote",
        "marrow",
        "pith",
        "seat",
        "embodiment",
        "epitome",
        "incarnation",
        "manifestation",
        "personification",
        "aspect",
        "attribute",
        "feature",
        "property",
        "gist",
        "kernel",
        "nub"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have life":{
      "examples":[
        "stories that begin with the familiar line \"once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden\""
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breathing",
        "existing",
        "living",
        "subsisting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abiding",
        "continuing",
        "enduring",
        "holding on",
        "holding up",
        "keeping (on)",
        "kicking",
        "lasting",
        "leading",
        "persisting",
        "ruling",
        "running on",
        "surviving",
        "moving",
        "flourishing",
        "prospering",
        "thriving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disappearing",
        "evaporating",
        "vanishing",
        "ceasing",
        "desisting",
        "discontinuing",
        "ending",
        "quitting",
        "stopping",
        "abating",
        "dying (down)",
        "ebbing",
        "letting up",
        "moderating",
        "subsiding",
        "waning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "departing",
        "dying",
        "expiring",
        "passing away",
        "perishing",
        "succumbing"
      ]
    },
    "to occupy a place or location":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll be there waiting for you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bearing",
        "lying",
        "sitting",
        "standing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commanding",
        "overlooking",
        "hanging around",
        "remaining",
        "resting",
        "staying",
        "sticking around",
        "tarrying",
        "awaiting",
        "waiting",
        "posting",
        "stationing",
        "dwelling",
        "residing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
      "examples":[
        "our school's football team is first in its division"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "grading",
        "placing",
        "ranking",
        "rating",
        "standing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "seeding",
        "counting",
        "categorizing",
        "classifying",
        "classing",
        "codifying",
        "compartmentalizing",
        "grouping",
        "separating",
        "setting",
        "sorting",
        "installing",
        "instating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take place":{
      "examples":[
        "the party is next Saturday"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "befalling",
        "betiding",
        "chancing",
        "coming",
        "coming about",
        "coming down",
        "coming off",
        "cooking",
        "doing",
        "going down",
        "going on",
        "happening",
        "happing",
        "occurring",
        "passing",
        "transpiring"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "breaking",
        "developing",
        "rising",
        "shaping (up)",
        "arising",
        "coming up",
        "cropping (up)",
        "materializing",
        "springing (up)",
        "intervening",
        "falling out",
        "following",
        "resulting",
        "turning out",
        "going off",
        "proceeding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "being friends with":{
    "to come or be together as friends":{
      "examples":[
        "If you could be friends with any famous person, past or present, who would you pick?"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "associating",
        "chumming",
        "companying",
        "consociating",
        "consorting",
        "fraternizing",
        "hanging (around or out)",
        "hobnobbing",
        "hooking up",
        "messing around",
        "palling (around)",
        "running",
        "sorting",
        "traveling",
        "travelling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affiliating",
        "allying",
        "attaching",
        "banding",
        "bonding",
        "clubbing",
        "collaborating",
        "colluding",
        "confederating",
        "conjoining",
        "connecting",
        "cooperating",
        "coupling",
        "ganging",
        "getting along",
        "getting on",
        "grouping",
        "interrelating",
        "joining",
        "knotting",
        "leaguing",
        "linking",
        "mingling",
        "mixing",
        "rallying",
        "relating",
        "siding",
        "socializing",
        "teaming",
        "tying",
        "tieing",
        "wedding",
        "befriending",
        "friending"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "avoiding",
        "cold-shouldering",
        "shunning",
        "snubbing",
        "alienating",
        "estranging",
        "breaking up",
        "disbanding",
        "dispersing",
        "splitting (up)",
        "disjoining",
        "dissociating",
        "disuniting",
        "divorcing",
        "severing",
        "splitting",
        "sundering"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "being (as or as how or that)":{
    "for the reason that":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "'cause",
        "as",
        "as long as",
        "because",
        "considering",
        "for",
        "inasmuch as",
        "now",
        "seeing",
        "since",
        "whereas"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "being (to)":{
    "to behave toward in a stated way":{
      "examples":[
        "you need to be nice to your brother"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acting (toward)",
        "dealing (with)",
        "handling",
        "serving",
        "treating",
        "using"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "considering",
        "esteeming",
        "rating",
        "reckoning",
        "regarding",
        "viewing",
        "engaging (with)",
        "reacting (to)",
        "responding (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "being on the lookout for":{
    "to be cautious of or on guard against":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "guarding (against)",
        "looking out (for)",
        "minding",
        "waring",
        "watching out (for)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attending",
        "heeding",
        "marking",
        "noticing",
        "noting",
        "beholding",
        "discerning",
        "observing",
        "perceiving",
        "seeing",
        "watching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "discounting",
        "disregarding",
        "ignoring",
        "missing",
        "overlooking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "beige":{
    "lacking in distinctive features or qualities":{
      "examples":[
        "some food critics have dismissed that chef's version of French cuisine as beige and boring"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "characterless",
        "faceless",
        "featureless",
        "indistinctive",
        "neutral",
        "noncommittal",
        "nondescript",
        "vanilla"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "boring",
        "drab",
        "dreary",
        "dry",
        "dull",
        "flat",
        "humdrum",
        "leaden",
        "monotonous",
        "pedestrian",
        "stodgy",
        "stuffy",
        "tame",
        "tedious",
        "tiresome",
        "tiring",
        "uninteresting",
        "wearisome",
        "weary",
        "wearying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "arresting",
        "bold",
        "catchy",
        "dramatic",
        "emphatic",
        "eye-catching",
        "flamboyant",
        "showy",
        "splashy",
        "striking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "being out of breath":{
    "to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
      "examples":[
        "They were out of breath after their five-mile run."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blowing",
        "gasping",
        "heaving",
        "hyperventilating",
        "panting",
        "puffing",
        "wheezing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "choking",
        "gagging",
        "gulping",
        "huffing",
        "asphyxiating",
        "smothering",
        "stifling",
        "strangling",
        "snoring",
        "snuffling",
        "exhaling",
        "expiring"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "being partial to":{
    "to show partiality toward":{
      "examples":[
        "My girlfriend likes thrillers, but I myself am partial to comedies."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "caring (for)",
        "favoring",
        "leaning (toward or towards)",
        "liking",
        "preferring"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adoring",
        "cottoning (to)",
        "delighting (in)",
        "digging",
        "enjoying",
        "fancying",
        "grooving (on)",
        "relishing",
        "reveling (in)",
        "revelling (in)",
        "choosing",
        "culling",
        "handpicking",
        "naming",
        "picking",
        "selecting",
        "singling (out)",
        "taking",
        "coveting",
        "craving",
        "desiring",
        "hankering (for or after)",
        "wanting",
        "wishing (for)",
        "biasing",
        "biassing",
        "prejudicing",
        "inclining (toward)",
        "tending (to)",
        "admiring",
        "appreciating",
        "cherishing",
        "prizing",
        "treasuring",
        "valuing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disfavoring",
        "disliking",
        "misliking",
        "abhorring",
        "abominating",
        "detesting",
        "hating",
        "loathing",
        "declining",
        "refusing",
        "rejecting",
        "turning down",
        "discarding",
        "jettisoning",
        "throwing away",
        "throwing out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take pleasure in":{
      "examples":[
        "They are both partial to weekend camping trips."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "adoring",
        "delighting (in)",
        "digging",
        "enjoying",
        "fancying",
        "getting off (on)",
        "grooving (on)",
        "liking",
        "loving",
        "rejoicing (in)",
        "relishing",
        "reveling (in)",
        "revelling (in)",
        "savoring",
        "savouring"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "admiring",
        "appreciating",
        "cherishing",
        "revering",
        "venerating",
        "worshipping",
        "worshiping",
        "prizing",
        "treasuring",
        "valuing",
        "devouring",
        "drinking (in)",
        "eating (up)",
        "feasting (on)",
        "doting (on)",
        "idolizing",
        "cottoning (to)",
        "favoring",
        "preferring",
        "indulging (in)",
        "luxuriating (in)",
        "wallowing (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abhorring",
        "abominating",
        "detesting",
        "disliking",
        "hating",
        "loathing",
        "condemning",
        "despising",
        "scorning"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "beings":{
    "a member of the human race":{
      "examples":[
        "no one has the right to enslave another being"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "babies",
        "birds",
        "bodies",
        "bods",
        "characters",
        "cookies",
        "creatures",
        "customers",
        "devils",
        "ducks",
        "eggs",
        "faces",
        "fish",
        "fishes",
        "guys",
        "heads",
        "human beings",
        "humans",
        "individuals",
        "lives",
        "men",
        "mortals",
        "parties",
        "people",
        "personages",
        "scouts",
        "slobs",
        "sorts",
        "souls",
        "specimens",
        "stiffs",
        "things",
        "wights"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hominids",
        "homos",
        "humanoids",
        "brothers",
        "brethren",
        "fellowmen",
        "fellows",
        "neighbors",
        "celebrities",
        "personalities",
        "selves",
        "somebodies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "animals",
        "beasties",
        "beasts",
        "brutes",
        "critters"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one that has a real and independent existence":{
      "examples":[
        "new parents are typically in awe at having created this separate being"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "commodities",
        "entities",
        "existents",
        "individualities",
        "individuals",
        "integers",
        "objects",
        "realities",
        "substances",
        "things"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bodies",
        "subjects",
        "materials",
        "matters",
        "quantities",
        "stuff"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "nonentities"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
      "examples":[
        "music is such a large part of her being that she could never give up performing"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "essences",
        "essentialities",
        "natures",
        "quiddities",
        "quintessences",
        "souls",
        "stuff",
        "substances"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hearts",
        "spirits",
        "alpha and omegas",
        "centers",
        "cores",
        "keynotes",
        "marrows",
        "piths",
        "seats",
        "embodiments",
        "epitomes",
        "incarnations",
        "manifestations",
        "personifications",
        "aspects",
        "attributes",
        "features",
        "properties",
        "gists",
        "kernels",
        "nubs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "being (as":{
    "for the reason that":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "'cause",
        "as",
        "as long as",
        "because",
        "considering",
        "for",
        "inasmuch as",
        "now",
        "seeing",
        "since",
        "whereas"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  }
}