"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
],
"synonyms":[
"baited",
"hassled",
"hazed",
"heckled",
"rode",
"rid",
"taunted",
"teased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"frosted",
"galled",
"gnawed (at)",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"hagrode",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"nagged",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"troubled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"aggravated",
"exasperated",
"goaded",
"tested",
"tried",
"aggrieved",
"agitated",
"bedeviled",
"beleaguered",
"discomforted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"browbeat",
"bullied",
"hectored",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"terrorized",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogged",
"henpecked",
"hounded",
"nagged",
"pecked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carped (at)",
"fussed (about or over)",
"nitpicked",
"annoyed",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"irked",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"rode",
"rid",
"vexed",
"vext",
"yapped (at)",
"egged",
"goaded",
"incited",
"prodded",
"prompted",
"spurred",
"urged",
"exhorted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"wheedled",
"begged",
"importuned",
"pleaded",
"pled",
"plead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complimented",
"commended",
"lauded",
"praised",
"recommended",
"touted",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"built up",
"eulogized",
"extolled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"needlepoint":{
"as in cross-stitch , crewel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crewel",
"cross-stitch",
"embroidery",
"needlework",
"fagoting",
"faggoting",
"hemstitch",
"smocking",
"fancywork"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needlers":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"those merciless needlers who had the child in tears almost every day at school"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"persecutors",
"quizzers",
"quizzes",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"trash-talkers",
"smart alecks",
"smart alecs",
"smarties",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacres",
"wise guys",
"kidders",
"lampooners",
"satirists",
"accusers",
"blamers",
"troublemakers",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"molesters",
"victimizers",
"bothers",
"disturbers",
"pests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenders",
"deliverers",
"guards",
"protectors",
"rescuers",
"saviors",
"saviours",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers",
"bodyguards",
"champions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needful":{
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"purchase needful provisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
]
},
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"let's first help the needful families in our own community"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, the family had the needful to stock up the larder before the long hard winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"needleworkers":{
"as in embroiderers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiderers",
"tailors",
"knitters",
"weavers",
"needlewomen",
"seamstresses",
"seamsters",
"sewers",
"stitchers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needler":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"those merciless needlers who had the child in tears almost every day at school"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"trash-talker",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy",
"kidder",
"lampooner",
"satirist",
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"molester",
"victimizer",
"bother",
"disturber",
"pest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defender",
"deliverer",
"guard",
"protector",
"rescuer",
"savior",
"saviour",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer",
"bodyguard",
"champion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needfuls":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"must-haves",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needs",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needlewoman":{
"as in seamstress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seamstress",
"seamster",
"sewer",
"stitcher",
"tailor",
"embroiderer",
"needleworker",
"knitter",
"weaver"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needfulness":{
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
"examples":[
"I can scarcely describe my needfulness for a hot shower after a hard-fought game of racquetball"
],
"synonyms":[
"absence",
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"dearth",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"skimpiness",
"defect",
"minus",
"deprivation",
"famishment",
"privation",
"demand",
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequacy",
"enough",
"sufficiency",
"fund",
"pool",
"stock",
"supply",
"excess",
"fill",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"plenty",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"hoard",
"stockpile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needs":{
"because of necessity":{
"examples":[
"the dangers of global warming must needs be recognized\u2014and recognized soon\u2014by the industrialized nations of the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"ineluctably",
"inescapably",
"inevitably",
"ipso facto",
"necessarily",
"perforce",
"unavoidably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"involuntarily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"requires",
"takes",
"wants",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entails",
"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"has",
"holds"
]
},
"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
"examples":[
"you need not stand when she enters the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"has (to)",
"must",
"ought (to)",
"shall",
"should"
],
"near synonyms":[
"will"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"got a job that barely provided for his basic needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"must-haves",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needfuls",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"no need to apologize"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"charges",
"commitments",
"devoirs",
"dos",
"do's",
"duties",
"imperatives",
"incumbencies",
"obligations",
"offices",
"responsibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"promises",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"arrangements",
"prearrangements",
"pre-arrangements",
"setups",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"trusts",
"debts",
"payments",
"tributes",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints",
"musts",
"requirements",
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"appointments",
"engagements",
"reservations",
"onuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graces",
"postponements",
"stays",
"discharges",
"eases",
"exemptions",
"releases",
"reliefs",
"waivers",
"loopholes",
"alternatives",
"choices",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"needleworker":{
"as in embroiderer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiderer",
"tailor",
"knitter",
"weaver",
"needlewoman",
"seamstress",
"seamster",
"sewer",
"stitcher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needlewomen":{
"as in seamstresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seamstresses",
"seamsters",
"sewers",
"stitchers",
"tailors",
"embroiderers",
"needleworkers",
"knitters",
"weavers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needling":{
"as in mocking , ridiculing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baiting",
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"taunting",
"bandying",
"quipping",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"sarcastic",
"scornful",
"bantering",
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzical",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiting",
"hassling",
"hazing",
"heckling",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"gnawing (at)",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"hagriding",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"nagging",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"troubling",
"vexing",
"aggravating",
"exasperating",
"goading",
"testing",
"trying",
"aggrieving",
"agitating",
"bedeviling",
"beleaguering",
"discomforting",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"terrorizing",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogging",
"henpecking",
"hounding",
"nagging",
"pecking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carping (at)",
"fussing (about or over)",
"nitpicking",
"annoying",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"irking",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"riding",
"vexing",
"yapping (at)",
"egging",
"goading",
"inciting",
"prodding",
"prompting",
"spurring",
"urging",
"exhorting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"wheedling",
"begging",
"importuning",
"pleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complimenting",
"commending",
"lauding",
"praising",
"recommending",
"touting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"building up",
"eulogizing",
"extolling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"needles":{
"a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{
"examples":[
"the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing"
],
"synonyms":[
"hypes",
"hypodermic needles",
"hypodermics",
"hypodermic syringes",
"syringes"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
"examples":[
"simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"indexes",
"indices",
"indicators",
"pointers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dials",
"faces",
"gauges",
"gages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
],
"synonyms":[
"baits",
"hassles",
"hazes",
"heckles",
"rides",
"taunts",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"frets",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"gnaws (at)",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"hagrides",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"nags",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"troubles",
"vexes",
"aggravates",
"exasperates",
"goads",
"tests",
"tries",
"aggrieves",
"agitates",
"bedevils",
"beleaguers",
"discomforts",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"badgers",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"browbeats",
"bullies",
"hectors",
"harasses",
"harries",
"persecutes",
"plagues",
"terrorizes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogs",
"henpecks",
"hounds",
"nags",
"pecks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carps (at)",
"fusses (about or over)",
"nitpicks",
"annoys",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"irks",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"rides",
"vexes",
"yaps (at)",
"eggs",
"goads",
"incites",
"prods",
"prompts",
"spurs",
"urges",
"exhorts",
"insists",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"wheedles",
"begs",
"importunes",
"pleads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliments",
"commends",
"lauds",
"praises",
"recommends",
"touts",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"builds up",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"needing":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"needlework":{
"decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle":{
"examples":[
"a visit to the art museum to see an exhibition of 18th-century needlework"
