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{
"soul mate":{
"as in wife , husband":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"better half",
"companion",
"consort",
"husband",
"mate",
"partner",
"significant other",
"spouse",
"wife",
"hausfrau",
"homemaker",
"househusband",
"housekeeper",
"housewife",
"stay-at-home"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soul-searchings":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"after much soul-searching , they both realized that their marriage was essentially over"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soullessly":{
"as in ruthlessly , cruelly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"unfeelingly",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sound (out)":{
"as in feel (out)":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feel (out)",
"interrogate",
"question",
"circularize",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"solicit",
"survey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sounded":{
"as in given , told":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"given",
"pronounced",
"said",
"stated",
"told",
"voiced",
"articulated",
"verbalized",
"consensual",
"implicit",
"informal",
"nuncupative",
"oral",
"spoken",
"unwritten",
"verbal",
"viva voce",
"word-of-mouth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paper",
"written",
"explicit",
"formal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"the idea at least sounds plausible"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"appeared",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"made",
"seemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions"
],
"synonyms":[
"aired",
"expounded",
"expressed",
"gave",
"looked",
"raised",
"stated",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"declared",
"enounced",
"enunciated",
"proclaimed",
"said",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"disseminated",
"published",
"described",
"wrote",
"wrote up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"chimed in",
"communicated",
"conveyed",
"put across",
"put over",
"offered",
"submitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censored",
"restrained",
"restricted"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"trumpeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathomed",
"plumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauged",
"gaged",
"scaled",
"spanned",
"remeasured",
"replumbed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded"
],
"synonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"pitched",
"plunged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"belly flopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"soundly":{
"to a full extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"we'll keep working at it until you're soundly satisfied with the result"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"soups":{
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"examples":[
"in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"brumes",
"fogs",
"gauzes",
"hazes",
"mists",
"murks",
"reeks",
"smogs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks",
"clouds",
"fumes",
"miasmas",
"miasmata",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"steams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soups up":{
"as in tricks , embellishes":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embellishes",
"tricks",
"ameliorates",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"cosmeticizes",
"dolls up",
"spruces",
"candies",
"dresses up",
"enhances",
"sweetens"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sour":{
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"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"break up",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"disappoint",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconcile"
]
},
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"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"the sour candy made our mouths all wrinkly inside"
],
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"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to face up to the sour truth of the matter"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bad",
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
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]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"things started off well, but now it's all gone sour"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong",
"below par",
"under par",
"from hunger"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
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"gratifying",
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"satisfying"
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],
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"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sousing":{
"to make wet":{
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"examples":[
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"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"impregnating",
"macerating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"steeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"marinating",
"seething",
"presoaking",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"inundating",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"hydrating",
"swilling",
"washing",
"watering",
"infiltrating",
"penetrating",
"permeating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing",
"draining",
"emptying",
"voiding",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"wringing (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"southwesters":{
"as in winds , southeasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"headwinds",
"northeasters",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southeasters",
"westerlies",
"winds",
"airs",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"whiffs",
"sea breezes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"airflows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwinds",
"calms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"southeaster":{
"as in wind , southwester":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gale",
"headwind",
"northeaster",
"norther",
"northwester",
"southwester",
"westerly",
"wind",
"air",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft",
"zephyr",
"current",
"draft",
"whiff",
"sea breeze",
"squall",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"airflow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwind",
"calm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soul":{
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
"examples":[
"many religions teach that the soul is immortal"
],
"synonyms":[
"psyche",
"spirit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"life",
"vitality",
"being",
"essence",
"quintessence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"flesh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"I promise I won't tell another soul"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"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",
"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":[]
},
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
"examples":[
"a kind act that was the very soul of charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"quiddity",
"quintessence",
"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":[]
},
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
"examples":[
"knew in her soul that it was true"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"blood",
"bone(s)",
"bosom",
"breast",
"core",
"gut",
"heart",
"heartstrings",
"inner space",
"inside",
"quick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conscience",
"mind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soulfully":{
"as in lovingly , thoughtfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"thoughtfully",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly",
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"souvenir":{
"something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{
"examples":[
"kept their love letters as souvenirs of their courtship"
],
"synonyms":[
"commemorative",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"memorial",
"monument",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"token"
],
"near synonyms":[
"memorabilia",
"relic",
"vestige",
"cairn",
"landmark",
"marker",
"testimonial",
"tribute",
"cenotaph"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soubriquet":{
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
"examples":[
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
],
"synonyms":[
"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"epithet",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nickname",
"surname"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"label",
"tag",
"title",
"anonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sours":{
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienates",
"aliens",
"disaffects",
"disgruntles",
"estranges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms",
"aggravates",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"breaks up",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes",
"disappoints",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"riles",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconciles"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soubriquets":{
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
"examples":[
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
],
"synonyms":[
"aliases",
"bynames",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"epithets",
"handles",
"monikers",
"monickers",
"nicknames",
"surnames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellations",
"denominations",
"denotations",
"designations",
"labels",
"tags",
"titles",
"anonyms",
"noms de guerre",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soundless":{
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
"examples":[
"crept in on soundless little feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"hushed",
"muted",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"quieted",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boisterous",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"tumultuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"noisy",
"rackety",
"unquiet",
"uproarious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"souring":{
"the loss of friendship or affection":{
"examples":[
"the souring of the business partnership led to an ugly legal battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"disgruntlement",
"estrangement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonism",
"embitterment",
"envenoming",
"breach",
"breakup",
"divorce",
"rift",
"rupture",
"schism",
"separation",
"split",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"aggravation",
"furor",
"fury",
"incensing",
"indignation",
"infuriation",
"ire",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"disenchantment",
"disillusionment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearment",
"ingratiation",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"propitiation"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation"
]
},
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienating",
"aliening",
"disaffecting",
"disgruntling",
"estranging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming",
"aggravating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"breaking up",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"disappointing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"riling",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconciling"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soupspoons":{
"as in tablespoons , teaspoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dessertspoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons",
"skimmers",
"dippers",
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sounding (out)":{
"as in feeling (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feeling (out)",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"circularizing",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"polling",
"soliciting",
"surveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soup up":{
"as in trick , embellish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embellish",
"trick",
"ameliorate",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"cosmeticize",
"doll up",
"spruce",
"candy",
"dress up",
"enhance",
"sweeten"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soulful":{
"full of or expressing feeling or emotion":{
"examples":[
"soulful music",
"a soulful performer",
"a handsome actor with soulful eyes"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affectionate",
"feeling",
"intense",
"loving",
"passionate",
"sensitive",
"warm",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"emotional",
"touchy-feely",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"hyperemotional",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"blunt",
"candid",
"frank",
"outspoken",
"plain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"bashful",
"modest",
"retiring",
"shy",
"introverted",
"self-directed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"unconcerned",
"unfeeling",
"chilly",
"cold",
"frigid",
"glacial",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hard-hearted",
"icy",
"unfriendly",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sought (out)":{
"as in looked up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"looked up",
"called (on or upon)",
"dropped in (on)",
"saw",
"visited",
"dropped by"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"cold-shouldered",
"ignored",
"snubbed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in looked , reached":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cast about",
"hunted",
"looked",
"reached",
"grabbled",
"captured",
"clutched",
"corralled",
"got",
"grabbed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"felt",
"fished",
"fumbled",
"groped",
"scrabbled",
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sound bite":{
"as in clip , snippet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"snippet",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"passage",
"citation",
"quotation",
"locus classicus",
"longueur",
"purple passage",
"context",
"sample",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sou'wester":{
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trench , trench coat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"poncho",
"trench",
"trench coat",
"rain gear",
"rainwear",
"mac",
"mack",
"mackintosh",
"macintosh",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"slicker",
"waterproof"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"souping up":{
"as in tricking , embellishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embellishing",
"tricking",
"ameliorating",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"cosmeticizing",
"dolling up",
"sprucing",
"candying",
"dressing up",
"enhancing",
"sweetening"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soul mates":{
"as in wives , husbands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"better halves",
"companions",
"consorts",
"husbands",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"spouses",
"wives",
"hausfraus",
"homemakers",
"househusbands",
"housekeepers",
"housewives",
"stay-at-homes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soundness":{
"the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged":{
"examples":[
"the car manufacturer tested the soundness of the new model in various types of collisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"firmness",
"stability",
"strength",
"sturdiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependability",
"durability",
"reliability",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"cohesion",
"toughness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insubstantiality",
"unsoundness",
"unsubstantiality",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"insecurity",
"instability",
"precariousness",
"shakiness",
"unstableness",
"unsteadiness"
]
},
"the condition of being sound in body":{
"examples":[
"his athletic soundness is open to question since he's been away from the sport for so long"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"sap",
"verdure",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fettle",
"shape",
"cleanliness",
"hygiene",
"hardiness",
"lustiness",
"robustiousness",
"ruggedness",
"stamina",
"strength",
"toughness",
"vigor",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"bloom",
"flush",
"flushness",
"activeness",
"agility",
"liveliness",
"spryness",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"sickliness",
"weakness",
"ailment",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"malady",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sounds (out)":{
"as in feels (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feels (out)",
"interrogates",
"questions",
"circularizes",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"interviews",
"polls",
"solicits",
"surveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soupspoon":{
"as in tablespoon , teaspoon":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dessertspoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon",
"skimmer",
"dipper",
"ladle",
"scoop",
"spoon"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soupy":{
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"examples":[
"the soupy skies over the island make a nighttime landing a very risky business"
],
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"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcast",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"thick",
"dirty",
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"slushy",
"turbid",
"miasmal",
"miasmatic",
"miasmic",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"smudgy",
"sooty",
"filmy",
"milky",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clean",
"clement",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"translucent",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
]
},
"having an overly soft liquid consistency":{
"examples":[
"soupy ice cream that had been left out on the counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"runny",
"watery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flowing",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"liquefied",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"thin",
"thinned",
"watered-down",
"weak",
"weakened",
"sloshy",
"slushy",
"soggy",
"waterlogged",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"viscid",
"viscous",
"creamy",
"heavy",
"thick",
"thickened",
"thickish",
"gelatinous",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"sticky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"once starred as the virginal ingenue in a string of soupy operettas"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sound bites":{
"as in clips , snippets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clips",
"snippets",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"passages",
"citations",
"quotations",
"loci classici",
"longueurs",
"purple passages",
"contexts",
"samples",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soundproofing":{
"as in insulating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insulating",
"muffling",
"muting",
"stifling",
"padding",
"dampening",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"baffling",
"smothering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmuffling",
"amplifying",
"boosting",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"magnifying",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sounded off":{
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \"stupid\" political decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"piped up",
"shot",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"roared",
"sang (out)",
"sung (out)",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled",
"articulated",
"enounced",
"enunciated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belted up",
"clammed up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"shut up",
"suppressed",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"holloed",
"hallooed",
"roared",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowed",
"whooped",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"hailed",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sou'westers":{
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trenches , trench coats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ponchos",
"trench coats",
"trenches",
"rain gear",
"rainwears",
"mackintoshes",
"macintoshes",
"macs",
"macks",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"slickers",
"waterproofs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sour grapes":{
"unfair criticism that comes from someone who is disappointed about not getting something":{
"examples":[
"His remarks are nothing but sour grapes ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol",
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"southeasters":{
"as in winds , southwesters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"headwinds",
"northeasters",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southwesters",
"westerlies",
"winds",
"airs",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"whiffs",
"sea breezes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"airflows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwinds",
"calms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sourcing":{
"as in referencing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"referencing",
"bearing out",
"corroborating",
"documenting",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"adverting (to)",
"illustrating",
"naming",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
"exemplifying",
"representing",
"adducing",
"citing",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"quoting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sounded (out)":{
"as in felt (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"felt (out)",
"interrogated",
"questioned",
"circularized",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"interviewed",
"polled",
"solicited",
"surveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soundproof":{
"as in waterproof , lightproof":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lightproof",
"waterproof",
"airtight",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"leakproof",
"watertight",
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"snug",
"thick",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"tight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"pervious",
"absorbent",
"leaky",
"porous",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in insulate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insulate",
"muffle",
"mute",
"stifle",
"pad",
"dampen",
"mellow",
"soften",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"baffle",
"smother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmuffle",
"amplify",
"boost",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"increase",
"magnify",
"step up",
"strengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sourpusses":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sourly":{
"as in sternly , glumly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"souls":{
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
"examples":[
"many religions teach that the soul is immortal"
],
"synonyms":[
"psyches",
"spirits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lives",
"vitalities",
"beings",
"essences",
"quintessences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodies",
"flesh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"I promise I won't tell another soul"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"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",
"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":[]
},
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
"examples":[
"a kind act that was the very soul of charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"beings",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"natures",
"quiddities",
"quintessences",
"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":[]
},
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
"examples":[
"knew in her soul that it was true"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellies",
"blood",
"bones",
"bosoms",
"breasts",
"cores",
"guts",
"hearts",
"heartstrings",
"inner spaces",
"insides",
"quicks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consciences",
"minds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sourced":{
"as in referenced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"referenced",
"bore out",
"corroborated",
"documented",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"adverted (to)",
"illustrated",
"named",
"referred (to)",
"specified",
"touched (on or upon)",
"exemplified",
"represented",
"adduced",
"cited",
"instanced",
"mentioned",
"quoted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soup\u00e7ons":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the book is filled with cynicism and sarcasm, along with a soup\u00e7on of existentialist angst"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soured":{
"as in dry , unsweetened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"unsweetened",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"hyperacid",
"puckery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienated",
"aliened",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"estranged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed",
"aggravated",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"broke up",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"disappointed",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
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"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
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]
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"verb"
]
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"as in insulates":{
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"near synonyms":[
"insulates",
"muffles",
"mutes",
"stifles",
"pads",
"dampens",
"mellows",
"softens",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"baffles",
"smothers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmuffles",
"amplifies",
"boosts",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"increases",
"magnifies",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"My friend is my sounding board for new ideas."
],
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"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist",
"adviser",
"advisor",
"consigliere",
"consultant",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"confidant",
"cabinet",
"kitchen cabinet"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good":{
"examples":[
"My friend is my sounding board for new ideas."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists",
"advisers",
"advisors",
"consiglieri",
"consiglieres",
"consultants",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
"counsels",
"confidants",
"cabinets",
"kitchen cabinets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in nastiness , coldness":{
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"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soused":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"he stumbled off to bed, completely soused as usual"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"peeled off his soused socks and instantly felt much more comfortable"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"sopped",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"wet",
"wetted",
"wet down",
"wetted down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersed",
"bedewed",
"damped",
"dampened",
"drizzled",
"humidified",
"hydrated",
"misted",
"moistened",
"moisturized",
"showered",
"sprinkled",
"deluged",
"flooded",
"hosed (down)",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"splashed",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sloshed",
"sluiced",
"dipped",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"rehydrated",
"rewashed",
"rewet",
"rewetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatered",
"evaporated",
"freeze-dried",
"drip-dried",
"wrung",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenched",
"drowned",
"impregnated",
"macerated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"sopped",
"steeped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"marinated",
"seethed",
"presoaked",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"inundated",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"hydrated",
"swilled",
"washed",
"watered",
"infiltrated",
"penetrated",
"permeated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"seared",
"drained",
"emptied",
"voided",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"wrung (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"soubrette":{
"as in jade , coquette":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coquette",
"jade",
"coquet",
"vamp",
"flirt",
"flirter",
"wanton"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"souse":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"sot",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swigger",
"swiller",
"wino"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"sop",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"steep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlog",
"water-soak",
"marinate",
"seethe",
"presoak",
"dip",
"immerse",
"inundate",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"hydrate",
"swill",
"wash",
"water",
"infiltrate",
"penetrate",
"permeate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"humidify",
"moisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear",
"drain",
"empty",
"void",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"wring (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sourpuss":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontent",
"sorehead",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sourcebook":{
"as in casebook":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casebook",
"almanac",
"ana",
"analects",
"chapbook",
"digest",
"garland",
"symposium",
"archives",
"corpus",
"library",
"miscellanea",
"album",
"anthology",
"collectanea",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"florilegium",
"miscellany",
"reader"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"sounds off":{
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \"stupid\" political decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"pipes up",
"shoots",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"spouts (off)",
"talks up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawls",
"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sings (out)",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells",
"articulates",
"enounces",
"enunciates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belts up",
"clams up",
"dummies up",
"hushes",
"shuts up",
"suppresses",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls",
"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hollos",
"halloos",
"roars",
"shouts",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"ululates",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"hails",
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sound off":{
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \"stupid\" political decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"pipe up",
"shoot",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"spout (off)",
"talk up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"roar",
"shout",
"sing (out)",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell",
"articulate",
"enounce",
"enunciate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belt up",
"clam up",
"dummy up",
"hush",
"shut up",
"suppress",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"hail",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"soughed":{
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
"examples":[
"all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"sighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gasped",
"huffed",
"panted",
"puffed",
"wheezed",
"breathed",
"respired",
"exhaled",
"expired",
"inhaled",
"inspired",
"sniffed",
"snorted",
"snuffled",
"yawned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"souses":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholics",
"alkies",
"boozehounds",
"boozers",
"dipsomaniacs",
"drinkers",
"drunkards",
"drunks",
"inebriates",
"juiceheads",
"juicers",
"lushes",
"rummies",
"soakers",
"soaks",
"sots",
"tipplers",
"topers",
"tosspots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swiggers",
"swillers",
"winos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainers",
"nondrinkers",
"teetotalers",
"teetotallers",
"teetotalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathes",
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"sops",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets",
"wets down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"splashes",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"rewets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
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"drowns",
"impregnates",
"macerates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"sops",
"steeps"
],
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"waterlogs",
"water-soaks",
"marinates",
"seethes",
"presoaks",
"dips",
"immerses",
"inundates",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"hydrates",
"swills",
"washes",
"waters",
"infiltrates",
"penetrates",
"permeates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"humidifies",
"moistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"sears",
"drains",
"empties",
"voids",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"wrings (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"souped up":{
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"chichi",
"extravagant",
"exuberant",
"fancified",
"flamboyant",
"frilly",
"gimmicked (up)",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"overwrought",
"showy",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"grand",
"magnificent",
"ornate",
"splendid",
"Byzantine",
"convoluted",
"involute",
"involuted",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"complex",
"complicated",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"fancy",
"intricate",
"involved",
"sophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"no-frills",
"simple",
"unfancy",
"unsophisticated",
"modest",
"plain",
"plain-Jane",
"plain-vanilla",
"uncomplicated",
"bald",
"bare",
"naked",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unvarnished"
],
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},
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"embellished",
"tricked",
"ameliorated",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"cosmeticized",
"dolled up",
"spruced",
"candied",
"dressed up",
"enhanced",
"sweetened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sounding":{
"as in draft":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"draft",
"lowness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"drop"
],
"near antonyms":[
"shallowness",
"altitude",
"elevation",
"height",
"stature"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon"
],
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"echoing",
"reechoing",
"resonating",
"resounding",
"reverberating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ringing",
"rolling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"the idea at least sounds plausible"
],
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"acting",
"appearing",
"coming across (as)",
"coming off (as)",
"feeling",
"looking",
"making",
"seeming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembling",
"pretending",
"recalling",
"resembling",
"suggesting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions"
],
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"airing",
"expounding",
"expressing",
"giving",
"looking",
"raising",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"enouncing",
"enunciating",
"proclaiming",
"saying",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"publishing",
"describing",
"writing",
"writing up",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"chiming in",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"putting across",
"putting over",
"offering",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"restraining",
"restricting"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months"
],
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"advertising",
"announcing",
"annunciating",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"enunciating",
"flashing",
"giving out",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"releasing",
"trumpeting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barking",
"calling (off or out)",
"crying",
"billboarding",
"billing",
"bulletining",
"gazetting",
"knelling",
"ringing",
"tolling",
"blurbing",
"featuring",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"puffing",
"disseminating",
"spreading",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"introducing",
"kithing",
"kything",
"manifesting",
"reporting",
"revealing",
"showing",
"advising",
"apprising",
"handing down",
"informing",
"notifying",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"intimating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealing",
"hushing (up)",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"revoking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathoming",
"plumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauging",
"gaging",
"scaling",
"spanning",
"remeasuring",
"replumbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded"
],
"synonyms":[
"diving",
"pitching",
"plunging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dipping",
"immersing",
"submerging",
"belly flopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"southwester":{
"as in wind , southeaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gale",
"headwind",
"northeaster",
"norther",
"northwester",
"southeaster",
"westerly",
"wind",
"air",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft",
"zephyr",
"current",
"draft",
"whiff",
"sea breeze",
"squall",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"airflow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwind",
"calm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sought":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chased (down)",
"foraged (for)",
"hunted",
"looked up",
"pursued",
"quested",
"searched (for or out)",
"shopped (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreted (out)",
"rooted (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"came seeking financial advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"bespoke",
"called (for)",
"desired",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"quested",
"requested",
"solicited",
"spoke (for)",
"sued (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (for)",
"begged (for)",
"claimed",
"clamored (for)",
"importuned",
"urged",
"wished (for)",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"petitioned (for)",
"pressed (for)",
"required",
"requisitioned",
"invited",
"invoked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"examples":[
"seek to find the best solution"
],
"synonyms":[
"assayed",
"attempted",
"endeavored",
"essayed",
"strove",
"strived",
"tried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fought",
"strained",
"struggled",
"toiled",
"troubled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"aimed",
"aspired",
"hoped",
"assumed",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave up",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sourcebooks":{
"as in casebooks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casebooks",
"almanacs",
"ana",
"anas",
"analects",
"chapbooks",
"digests",
"garlands",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"archives",
"corpora",
"libraries",
"miscellanea",
"albums",
"anthologies",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"florilegia",
"miscellanies",
"readers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"source":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"we were uncertain as to the source of the rumors",
"a source of inspiration"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"baseline",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the beginning part of a stream":{
"examples":[
"19th-century explorers who sought the source of the Nile"
],
"synonyms":[
"head",
"headstream",
"headwater"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"geyser",
"headspring",
"hot spring",
"spring",
"wellspring",
"branch",
"feeder",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information":{
"examples":[
"the professor asked the students to have at least five different sources for their papers"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"reference"
],
"near synonyms":[
"citation",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"quotation",
"caption",
"cross-reference",
"footnote",
"note"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reference":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reference",
"bear out",
"corroborate",
"document",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"advert (to)",
"illustrate",
"name",
"refer (to)",
"specify",
"touch (on or upon)",
"exemplify",
"represent",
"adduce",
"cite",
"instance",
"mention",
"quote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soundlessly":{
"as in silently , inaudibly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inaudibly",
"silently",
"voicelessly",
"faintly",
"feebly",
"low",
"noiselessly",
"quietly",
"softly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloud",
"audibly",
"out",
"out loud",
"verbally",
"vocally",
"clearly",
"discernibly",
"distinctly",
"distinguishably",
"perceptibly",
"plainly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"soundproofed":{
"as in insulated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insulated",
"muffled",
"muted",
"stifled",
"padded",
"dampened",
"mellowed",
"softened",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"baffled",
"smothered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmuffled",
"amplified",
"boosted",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"increased",
"magnified",
"stepped up",
"strengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sourish":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"examples":[
"real French Chablis is going to taste sourish to someone who's had only the jug wine marketed under that name"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sources":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"examples":[
"we were uncertain as to the source of the rumors",
"a source of inspiration"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradles",
"fonts",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"baselines",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the beginning part of a stream":{
"examples":[
"19th-century explorers who sought the source of the Nile"
],
"synonyms":[
"heads",
"headstreams",
"headwaters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"geysers",
"headsprings",
"hot springs",
"springs",
"wellsprings",
"branches",
"feeders",
"tributaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information":{
"examples":[
"the professor asked the students to have at least five different sources for their papers"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"references"
],
"near synonyms":[
"citations",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"quotations",
"captions",
"cross-references",
"footnotes",
"notes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in references":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"references",
"bears out",
"corroborates",
"documents",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"adverts (to)",
"illustrates",
"names",
"refers (to)",
"specifies",
"touches (on or upon)",
"exemplifies",
"represents",
"adduces",
"cites",
"instances",
"mentions",
"quotes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sound":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echo",
"reecho",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ring",
"roll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"the idea at least sounds plausible"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"look",
"make",
"seem"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissemble",
"pretend",
"recall",
"resemble",
"suggest",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"expound",
"express",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"enounce",
"enunciate",
"proclaim",
"say",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"disseminate",
"publish",
"describe",
"write",
"write up",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"chime in",
"communicate",
"convey",
"put across",
"put over",
"offer",
"submit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"restrain",
"restrict"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"trumpet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathom",
"plumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauge",
"gage",
"scale",
"span",
"remeasure",
"replumb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded"
],
"synonyms":[
"dive",
"pitch",
"plunge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dip",
"immerse",
"submerge",
"belly flop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surface"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"range of hearing":{
"examples":[
"wandered off, out of her parents' sight and sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"earshot",
"hail",
"hearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"volume",
"distance",
"sight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
"examples":[
"Long Island Sound is between Connecticut and Long Island, New York"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"narrows",
"neck",
"strait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"reach",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"according to the rules of logic":{
"examples":[
"sound reasoning alone should tell you that the result is invalid"
],
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"a posteriori",
"a priori",
"syllogistic",
"cognitive",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"defendable",
"defensible",
"justifiable",
"maintainable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tenable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casuistic",
"casuistical",
"eristic",
"eristical",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"unarticulated",
"unscientific",
"absurd",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"fatuous",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"loony",
"looney",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"senseless",
"thoughtless",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
]
},
"enjoying health and vigor":{
"examples":[
"the horse is getting along in years, but still perfectly sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"bouncing",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"well",
"well-conditioned",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard",
"hardy",
"iron",
"lusty",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"ambulatory",
"nondisabled",
"uncrippled",
"active",
"agile",
"chipper",
"lively",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"spry",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"blooming",
"clean-cut",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"all right",
"good",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decrepit",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"infirm",
"run-down",
"sickened",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakened",
"weakly",
"worn-out",
"challenged",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"differently abled",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"malnourished",
"undernourished",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"bad",
"poorly"
],
"antonyms":[
"ailing",
"diseased",
"ill",
"sick",
"unfit",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
]
},
"marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion":{
"examples":[
"the shed looks flimsy, but it's actually surprisingly sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombproof",
"fast",
"firm",
"stable",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"sturdy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependable",
"durable",
"reliable",
"infrangible",
"irrefragable",
"unbreakable",
"beefy",
"solid",
"cohesive",
"tough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infirm",
"insecure",
"weak",
"shaky",
"tottering",
"tottery",
"unbalanced",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"unsubstantial"
],
"antonyms":[
"rickety",
"unsound",
"unstable",
"unsteady"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sounds":{
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoes",
"reechos",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"reverberates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rings",
"rolls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"the idea at least sounds plausible"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"appears",
"comes across (as)",
"comes off (as)",
"feels",
"looks",
"makes",
"seems"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembles",
"pretends",
"recalls",
"resembles",
"suggests",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"expounds",
"expresses",
"gives",
"looks",
"raises",
"states",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"declares",
"enounces",
"enunciates",
"proclaims",
"says",
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"disseminates",
"publishes",
"describes",
"writes",
"writes up",
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"chimes in",
"communicates",
"conveys",
"puts across",
"puts over",
"offers",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"restrains",
"restricts"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"annunciates",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"releases",
"trumpets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"puffs",
"disseminates",
"spreads",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
"manifests",
"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathoms",
"plumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauges",
"gages",
"scales",
"spans",
"remeasures",
"replumbs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded"
],
"synonyms":[
"dives",
"pitches",
"plunges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dips",
"immerses",
"submerges",
"belly flops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"range of hearing":{
"examples":[
"wandered off, out of her parents' sight and sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"hails",
"hearings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"volumes",
"distances",
"sights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
"examples":[
"Long Island Sound is between Connecticut and Long Island, New York"
],
"synonyms":[
"channels",
"narrows",
"necks",
"straits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"bays",
"gulfs",
"inlets",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"reaches",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"souvenirs":{
"something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{
"examples":[
"kept their love letters as souvenirs of their courtship"
],
"synonyms":[
"commemoratives",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"monuments",
"remembrances",
"reminders",
"tokens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"memorabilias",
"relics",
"vestiges",
"cairns",
"landmarks",
"markers",
"testimonials",
"tributes",
"cenotaphs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soubrettes":{
"as in jades , coquettes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coquettes",
"jades",
"coquets",
"vamps",
"flirters",
"flirts",
"wantons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soughs":{
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
"examples":[
"all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"sighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gasps",
"huffs",
"pants",
"puffs",
"wheezes",
"breathes",
"respires",
"exhales",
"expires",
"inhales",
"inspires",
"sniffs",
"snorts",
"snuffles",
"yawns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soup":{
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"examples":[
"in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"brume",
"fog",
"gauze",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank",
"cloud",
"fume",
"miasma",
"smoke",
"smother",
"steam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soup\u00e7on":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the book is filled with cynicism and sarcasm, along with a soup\u00e7on of existentialist angst"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soughing":{
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
"examples":[
"all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"sighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gasping",
"huffing",
"panting",
"puffing",
"wheezing",
"breathing",
"respiring",
"exhaling",
"expiring",
"inhaling",
"inspiring",
"sniffing",
"snorting",
"snuffling",
"yawning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soulless":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"the public's soulless response to the news about the latest famine overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sounding off":{
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \"stupid\" political decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"piping up",
"shooting",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"spouting (off)",
"talking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawling",
"baying",
"bellowing",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"singing (out)",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling",
"articulating",
"enouncing",
"enunciating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belting up",
"clamming up",
"dummying up",
"hushing",
"shutting up",
"suppressing",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawling",
"baying",
"bellowing",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"holloing",
"hallooing",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowing",
"whooping",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"shrilling",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"caterwauling",
"howling",
"ululating",
"wailing",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"hailing",
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sough":{
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
"examples":[
"all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"sigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gasp",
"huff",
"pant",
"puff",
"wheeze",
"breathe",
"respire",
"exhale",
"expire",
"inhale",
"inspire",
"sniff",
"snort",
"snuffle",
"yawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soul-searching":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"after much soul-searching , they both realized that their marriage was essentially over"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"souped-up":{
"as in extravagant , flamboyant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chichi",
"extravagant",
"exuberant",
"fancified",
"flamboyant",
"frilly",
"gimmicked (up)",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"overwrought",
"showy",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"grand",
"magnificent",
"ornate",
"splendid",
"Byzantine",
"convoluted",
"involute",
"involuted",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"complex",
"complicated",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"fancy",
"intricate",
"involved",
"sophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"no-frills",
"simple",
"unfancy",
"unsophisticated",
"modest",
"plain",
"plain-Jane",
"plain-vanilla",
"uncomplicated",
"bald",
"bare",
"naked",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unvarnished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tricked , embellished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embellished",
"tricked",
"ameliorated",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"cosmeticized",
"dolled up",
"spruced",
"candied",
"dressed up",
"enhanced",
"sweetened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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}
}
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