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{
"thaumaturgist" : {
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} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"thaumaturgy" : {
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means" : {
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"a macabre tale about a woman who uses thaumaturgy to bring her dead lover back to life"
] ,
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"science"
] ,
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"abracadabra" ,
"amulet" ,
"charm" ,
"fetish" ,
"fetich" ,
"mascot" ,
"periapt" ,
"phylactery" ,
"talisman" ,
"conjuration" ,
"glamour" ,
"glamor" ,
"incantation" ,
"spell" ,
"curse" ,
"hex" ,
"jinx" ,
"augury" ,
"crystal gazing" ,
"divination" ,
"divining" ,
"forecasting" ,
"foreknowing" ,
"foreseeing" ,
"foretelling" ,
"fortune-telling" ,
"predicting" ,
"presaging" ,
"prognosticating" ,
"prophesying" ,
"soothsaying" ,
"sortilege" ,
"hexerei" ,
"hoodoo" ,
"occultism" ,
"spiritualism" ,
"augur" ,
"omen" ,
"exorcism" ,
"alchemy"
] ,
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"bewitchery" ,
"bewitchment" ,
"conjuring" ,
"devilry" ,
"deviltry" ,
"diablerie" ,
"enchantment" ,
"ensorcellment" ,
"magic" ,
"mojo" ,
"necromancy" ,
"sorcery" ,
"voodooism" ,
"witchcraft" ,
"witchery" ,
"wizardry"
]
} ,
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"noun"
]
} ,
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"thawed" : {
"freed from a frozen state by exposure to warmth" : {
"antonyms" : [
"frozen"
] ,
"examples" : [
"recommends cooking thawed fish within 24 hours"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"chilled" ,
"iced" ,
"refrigerated" ,
"quick-frozen" ,
"refrozen" ,
"supercooled" ,
"congealed" ,
"glaciated" ,
"semisolid" ,
"frostbitten" ,
"frosty" ,
"icy"
] ,
"related" : [
"liquefied" ,
"melted" ,
"molten" ,
"deiced" ,
"heated" ,
"warmed"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"defrosted" ,
"unfrozen"
]
} ,
"to go from a solid to a liquid state" : {
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"hardened" ,
"set" ,
"solidified"
] ,
"examples" : [
"will have to let the apple juice concentrate thaw before you can mix it with water"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"clotted" ,
"coagulated" ,
"congealed" ,
"gelled" ,
"jelled" ,
"jellied" ,
"thickened"
] ,
"related" : [
"founded" ,
"guttered" ,
"tried" ,
"dissolved" ,
"rendered" ,
"softened" ,
"thinned"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"deliquesced" ,
"fluxed" ,
"fused" ,
"liquefied" ,
"liquified" ,
"melted" ,
"ran" ,
"run"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"the whole kit and caboodle" : {
"a complete amount of something" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"net"
] ,
"related" : [
"gross" ,
"completeness" ,
"comprehensiveness" ,
"cumulativeness" ,
"entirety" ,
"bulk" ,
"lion's share" ,
"mass" ,
"enchilada" ,
"schmear"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aggregate" ,
"full" ,
"sum" ,
"summation" ,
"sum total" ,
"total" ,
"totality" ,
"whole"
]
} ,
"a number of things considered as a unit" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"entity" ,
"item" ,
"single" ,
"unit"
] ,
"related" : [
"accumulation" ,
"aggregate" ,
"aggregation" ,
"conglomeration" ,
"agglomeration" ,
"assortment" ,
"hodgepodge" ,
"jumble" ,
"miscellany" ,
"mixture" ,
"odds and ends" ,
"sundries" ,
"variety" ,
"cycle" ,
"run" ,
"series" ,
"suit"
] ,
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"array" ,
"assemblage" ,
"band" ,
"bank" ,
"batch" ,
"battery" ,
"block" ,
"bunch" ,
"clot" ,
"clump" ,
"cluster" ,
"clutch" ,
"collection" ,
"constellation" ,
"group" ,
"grouping" ,
"huddle" ,
"knot" ,
"lot" ,
"muster" ,
"package" ,
"parcel" ,
"passel" ,
"set" ,
"suite"
]
} ,
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"individual" ,
"single"
] ,
"related" : [
"assembly" ,
"collective" ,
"congregation" ,
"gathering" ,
"muster" ,
"organization" ,
"circle" ,
"clan" ,
"clique" ,
"coterie" ,
"fellowship" ,
"gang" ,
"ring" ,
"round" ,
"set" ,
"faction" ,
"guild" ,
"gild" ,
"order" ,
"school" ,
"sect" ,
"brigade" ,
"crew" ,
"outfit" ,
"phalanx" ,
"platoon" ,
"posse" ,
"task force" ,
"team" ,
"alliance" ,
"bloc" ,
"coalition" ,
"confederacy" ,
"confederation" ,
"federation" ,
"league" ,
"union" ,
"battalion" ,
"squadron" ,
"bevy" ,
"brood" ,
"covey"
] ,
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"array" ,
"band" ,
"batch" ,
"battery" ,
"body" ,
"boodle" ,
"bunch" ,
"cluster" ,
"clutch" ,
"consort" ,
"constellation" ,
"crop" ,
"group" ,
"grouping" ,
"huddle" ,
"knot" ,
"lot" ,
"parcel" ,
"party" ,
"passel"
]
} ,
"type" : [ ]
} ,
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"the whole shebang" : {
"a complete amount of something" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"If you buy the whole shebang right now, you'll get a 20% discount."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"net"
] ,
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"gross" ,
"completeness" ,
"comprehensiveness" ,
"cumulativeness" ,
"entirety" ,
"bulk" ,
"lion's share" ,
"mass" ,
"enchilada" ,
"schmear"
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"aggregate" ,
"full" ,
"sum" ,
"summation" ,
"sum total" ,
"total" ,
"totality" ,
"whole"
]
} ,
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"phrase"
]
} ,
"theoretical" : {
"dealing with or expressing a quality or idea" : {
"antonyms" : [
"concrete" ,
"nonabstract"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the theoretical musings in his new book are less engaging than the anecdote-driven arguments of his previous works"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"material" ,
"physical" ,
"appreciable" ,
"detectable" ,
"discernible" ,
"discernable" ,
"noticeable" ,
"observable" ,
"palpable" ,
"perceptible" ,
"sensible" ,
"substantial" ,
"tangible" ,
"visible" ,
"defined" ,
"definite" ,
"distinct" ,
"actual" ,
"factual" ,
"real"
] ,
"related" : [
"conjectural" ,
"hypothetical" ,
"speculative" ,
"cosmic" ,
"cosmical" ,
"intellectual" ,
"mental" ,
"spiritual" ,
"ethereal" ,
"immaterial" ,
"incorporeal" ,
"insubstantial" ,
"nonmaterial" ,
"nonphysical" ,
"unsubstantial" ,
"impalpable" ,
"imperceptible" ,
"insensible" ,
"intangible" ,
"invisible" ,
"impractical" ,
"romantic" ,
"transcendent" ,
"transcendental" ,
"unreal" ,
"utopian" ,
"visionary"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abstract" ,
"conceptual" ,
"ideal" ,
"ideational" ,
"metaphysical" ,
"notional"
]
} ,
"existing only as an assumption or speculation" : {
"antonyms" : [
"actual" ,
"factual" ,
"real"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the merits of the new testing procedures are purely theoretical , since no one has ever used them before"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"clinical" ,
"practical" ,
"concrete" ,
"defined" ,
"definite" ,
"distinct" ,
"attested" ,
"authenticated" ,
"confirmed" ,
"demonstrated" ,
"established" ,
"proven" ,
"substantiated" ,
"tested" ,
"time-tested" ,
"validated" ,
"verified" ,
"empirical" ,
"empiric" ,
"nonspeculative" ,
"nontheoretical" ,
"observational"
] ,
"related" : [
"alleged" ,
"assumed" ,
"presumed" ,
"presupposed" ,
"proposed" ,
"supposed" ,
"unproved" ,
"unproven" ,
"untested" ,
"debatable" ,
"moot" ,
"abstract" ,
"conceptual" ,
"intellectual" ,
"metaphysical" ,
"nonclinical" ,
"nonpractical" ,
"nonempirical"
] ,
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"academic" ,
"academical" ,
"conjectural" ,
"hypothetical" ,
"speculative" ,
"suppositional"
]
} ,
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"adjective"
]
} ,
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"theorizing" : {
"to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"theory" : {
"an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"set out to prove her theory that people can't really taste any difference between colas, so they buy according to the product's image"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"assurance" ,
"certainty" ,
"fact" ,
"knowledge"
] ,
"related" : [
"assumption" ,
"concession" ,
"premise" ,
"premiss" ,
"presumption" ,
"presupposition" ,
"theorem" ,
"conjecture" ,
"generalization" ,
"guess" ,
"guesswork" ,
"inference" ,
"speculation" ,
"surmise" ,
"proffer" ,
"proposal" ,
"suggestion" ,
"feeling" ,
"hunch" ,
"impression" ,
"inkling" ,
"notion" ,
"suspicion" ,
"abstraction" ,
"concept" ,
"conception" ,
"construct"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"hypothesis" ,
"proposition" ,
"supposition" ,
"thesis"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"there" : {
"as in here" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in no , well" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"interjection" ,
"noun"
]
} ,
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"thereabout" : {
"as in hereabouts , hereaway" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adverb"
]
} ,
"thieved" : {
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"someone's been thieving my cookies!"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"bought" ,
"purchased" ,
"bestowed" ,
"contributed" ,
"donated" ,
"gave" ,
"handed over" ,
"presented"
] ,
"related" : [
"burglarized" ,
"knocked over" ,
"robbed" ,
"looted" ,
"pillaged" ,
"plundered" ,
"sacked" ,
"carjacked" ,
"hijacked" ,
"highjacked" ,
"picked" ,
"rifled" ,
"poached" ,
"rustled" ,
"shoplifted" ,
"collared" ,
"grabbed" ,
"grasped" ,
"nailed" ,
"seized" ,
"snatched" ,
"took" ,
"mooched" ,
"sponged" ,
"abducted" ,
"kidnapped" ,
"kidnaped" ,
"shanghaied" ,
"spirited"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"appropriated" ,
"boosted" ,
"filched" ,
"heisted" ,
"hooked" ,
"lifted" ,
"misappropriated" ,
"nicked" ,
"nipped" ,
"pilfered" ,
"pinched" ,
"pocketed" ,
"purloined" ,
"ripped off" ,
"snitched" ,
"stole" ,
"swiped"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"thievery" : {
"the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a man who has a history of petty thievery and narcotics peddling"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"burglary" ,
"housebreaking" ,
"embezzlement" ,
"embezzling" ,
"graft" ,
"misapplication" ,
"misappropriation" ,
"peculation" ,
"petit larceny" ,
"petty larceny" ,
"filching" ,
"pilferage" ,
"pilfering" ,
"purloining" ,
"shoplifting" ,
"abduction" ,
"carjacking" ,
"hijacking" ,
"highjacking" ,
"kidnapping" ,
"kidnaping" ,
"shanghaiing" ,
"despoilment" ,
"despoliation" ,
"looting" ,
"pillage" ,
"plundering" ,
"rapine" ,
"spoliation" ,
"poaching" ,
"rustling" ,
"black marketeering" ,
"smuggling" ,
"banditry" ,
"piracy"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"larceny" ,
"robbery" ,
"stealing" ,
"theft"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"thieving" : {
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"someone's been thieving my cookies!"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"buying" ,
"purchasing" ,
"bestowing" ,
"contributing" ,
"donating" ,
"giving" ,
"handing over" ,
"presenting"
] ,
"related" : [
"burglarizing" ,
"knocking over" ,
"robbing" ,
"looting" ,
"pillaging" ,
"plundering" ,
"sacking" ,
"carjacking" ,
"hijacking" ,
"highjacking" ,
"picking" ,
"rifling" ,
"poaching" ,
"rustling" ,
"shoplifting" ,
"collaring" ,
"grabbing" ,
"grasping" ,
"nailing" ,
"seizing" ,
"snatching" ,
"taking" ,
"mooching" ,
"sponging" ,
"abducting" ,
"kidnapping" ,
"kidnaping" ,
"shanghaiing" ,
"spiriting"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"appropriating" ,
"boosting" ,
"filching" ,
"heisting" ,
"hooking" ,
"lifting" ,
"misappropriating" ,
"nicking" ,
"nipping" ,
"pilfering" ,
"pinching" ,
"pocketing" ,
"purloining" ,
"ripping off" ,
"snitching" ,
"stealing" ,
"swiping"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"thimblerigged" : {
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"extorted" ,
"wrenched" ,
"wrested" ,
"wrung" ,
"clipped" ,
"gouged" ,
"nicked" ,
"overcharged" ,
"soaked" ,
"exploited" ,
"milked" ,
"deceived" ,
"duped" ,
"fooled" ,
"gulled" ,
"tricked" ,
"roped (in)" ,
"betrayed" ,
"bitched" ,
"double-crossed" ,
"bamboozled" ,
"fast-talked"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beat" ,
"bilked" ,
"bled" ,
"cheated" ,
"chiseled" ,
"chiselled" ,
"choused" ,
"conned" ,
"cozened" ,
"defrauded" ,
"did" ,
"diddled" ,
"did in" ,
"euchred" ,
"fiddled" ,
"fleeced" ,
"flimflammed" ,
"gaffed" ,
"hosed" ,
"hustled" ,
"mulcted" ,
"nobbled" ,
"plucked" ,
"reamed" ,
"ripped off" ,
"rooked" ,
"screwed" ,
"shook down" ,
"shortchanged" ,
"shorted" ,
"skinned" ,
"skunked" ,
"squeezed" ,
"stiffed" ,
"stuck" ,
"stung" ,
"suckered" ,
"swindled" ,
"victimized"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"thimblerigs" : {
"as in three-card montes" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"extorts" ,
"wrenches" ,
"wrests" ,
"wrings" ,
"clips" ,
"gouges" ,
"nicks" ,
"overcharges" ,
"soaks" ,
"exploits" ,
"milks" ,
"deceives" ,
"dupes" ,
"fools" ,
"gulls" ,
"tricks" ,
"ropes (in)" ,
"betrays" ,
"bitches" ,
"double-crosses" ,
"bamboozles" ,
"fast-talks"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beats" ,
"bilks" ,
"bleeds" ,
"cheats" ,
"chisels" ,
"chouses" ,
"cons" ,
"cozens" ,
"defrauds" ,
"diddles" ,
"does" ,
"does in" ,
"euchres" ,
"fiddles" ,
"fleeces" ,
"flimflams" ,
"gaffs" ,
"hoses" ,
"hustles" ,
"mulcts" ,
"nobbles" ,
"plucks" ,
"reams" ,
"rips off" ,
"rooks" ,
"screws" ,
"shakes down" ,
"shortchanges" ,
"shorts" ,
"skins" ,
"skunks" ,
"squeezes" ,
"sticks" ,
"stiffs" ,
"stings" ,
"suckers" ,
"swindles" ,
"victimizes"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"thin on the ground" : {
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable" : {
"antonyms" : [
"abundant" ,
"ample" ,
"bountiful" ,
"copious" ,
"generous" ,
"liberal" ,
"plenteous" ,
"plentiful"
] ,
"examples" : [
"Business has been thin on the ground since tourist season concluded."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"adequate" ,
"enough" ,
"satisfactory" ,
"sufficient" ,
"tolerable" ,
"fat" ,
"fecund" ,
"fertile" ,
"fruitful" ,
"prolific" ,
"rich" ,
"lavish" ,
"luxuriant" ,
"blooming" ,
"bursting" ,
"flourishing" ,
"proliferative" ,
"swarming" ,
"teeming" ,
"thriving" ,
"excess" ,
"extra" ,
"surplus"
] ,
"related" : [
"deficient" ,
"inadequate" ,
"insufficient" ,
"lacking" ,
"short" ,
"wanting" ,
"bare" ,
"bare-bones" ,
"least" ,
"littlest" ,
"lowest" ,
"mere" ,
"minimal" ,
"slightest" ,
"slight" ,
"small" ,
"thin" ,
"barren" ,
"infertile" ,
"sterile" ,
"unfruitful" ,
"unproductive"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"exiguous" ,
"hand-to-mouth" ,
"light" ,
"meager" ,
"niggardly" ,
"poor" ,
"scant" ,
"scanty" ,
"scarce" ,
"skimp" ,
"skimpy" ,
"slender" ,
"slim" ,
"spare" ,
"sparing" ,
"sparse" ,
"stingy"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"phrase"
]
} ,
"thingamajig" : {
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [
"dingus" ,
"doodad" ,
"doohickey" ,
"hickey" ,
"thingamabob" ,
"thingummy" ,
"whatchamacallit" ,
"whatnot" ,
"whatsit" ,
"whatsis" ,
"what-is-it"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"thingness" : {
"the fact of being or of being real" : {
"antonyms" : [
"inexistence" ,
"nonbeing" ,
"nonexistence" ,
"nothingness" ,
"unreality"
] ,
"examples" : [
"conceptual artists have taken the thingness out of art, asserting that the artistic vision is embodied in the concept and not in any particular object"
] ,
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"absence" ,
"dearth" ,
"lack" ,
"want" ,
"potentiality" ,
"virtuality"
] ,
"related" : [
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"realness" ,
"activity" ,
"animation" ,
"life" ,
"currency" ,
"presence" ,
"prevalence"
] ,
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"actuality" ,
"corporality" ,
"corporeality" ,
"existence" ,
"reality" ,
"subsistence"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
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"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"dinguses" ,
"doodads" ,
"doohickeys" ,
"doohickies" ,
"hickeys" ,
"thingamabobs" ,
"thingummies" ,
"whatchamacallits" ,
"whatnots" ,
"whatsits" ,
"whatses" ,
"what-is-its"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"thingummies" : {
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"an antiques store filled with thingummies from the horse-and-buggy days"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
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"dinguses" ,
"doodads" ,
"doohickeys" ,
"doohickies" ,
"hickeys" ,
"thingamabobs" ,
"thingamajigs" ,
"thingumajigs" ,
"whatchamacallits" ,
"whatnots" ,
"whatsits" ,
"whatses" ,
"what-is-its"
]
} ,
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"noun"
]
} ,
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"an antiques store filled with thingummies from the horse-and-buggy days"
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"doodad" ,
"doohickey" ,
"hickey" ,
"thingamabob" ,
"thingamajig" ,
"thingumajig" ,
"whatchamacallit" ,
"whatnot" ,
"whatsit" ,
"whatsis" ,
"what-is-it"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"think (about or over)" : {
"to give serious and careful thought to" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"disregard" ,
"ignore" ,
"overlook" ,
"slight" ,
"dismiss" ,
"pooh-pooh" ,
"pooh" ,
"reject"
] ,
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"reflect (on or upon)" ,
"reminisce" ,
"analyze" ,
"explore" ,
"review" ,
"conclude" ,
"reason" ,
"second-guess" ,
"speculate (about)" ,
"brood (about or over)" ,
"dwell (on or upon)" ,
"fixate (on or upon)" ,
"fret (about or over)" ,
"obsess (about or over)" ,
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"conceive" ,
"opine" ,
"absorb" ,
"assimilate" ,
"digest" ,
"drink (in)"
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"cogitate" ,
"consider" ,
"contemplate" ,
"debate" ,
"deliberate" ,
"entertain" ,
"eye" ,
"kick around" ,
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"mull (over)" ,
"perpend" ,
"ponder" ,
"pore (over)" ,
"question" ,
"revolve" ,
"ruminate" ,
"study" ,
"turn" ,
"weigh" ,
"wrestle (with)"
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} ,
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} ,
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"think (up)" : {
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination" : {
"examples" : [
"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
] ,
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"concoct" ,
"construct" ,
"contrive" ,
"cook (up)" ,
"devise" ,
"drum up" ,
"excogitate" ,
"fabricate" ,
"invent" ,
"make up" ,
"manufacture" ,
"trump up" ,
"vamp (up)"
] ,
"related" : [
"coin" ,
"design" ,
"hatch" ,
"produce" ,
"daydream" ,
"dream" ,
"fantasize" ,
"conceive" ,
"envisage" ,
"envision" ,
"imagine" ,
"picture" ,
"vision" ,
"visualize" ,
"ad-lib" ,
"extemporize" ,
"improvise"
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"near antonyms" : [
"clone" ,
"copy" ,
"copycat" ,
"duplicate" ,
"imitate" ,
"mimic" ,
"reduplicate" ,
"replicate" ,
"reproduce"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
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"as in plausible , conceivable" : {
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"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"thinking (up)" : {
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"cloning" ,
"copycatting" ,
"copying" ,
"duplicating" ,
"imitating" ,
"mimicking" ,
"reduplicating" ,
"replicating" ,
"reproducing"
] ,
"related" : [
"coining" ,
"designing" ,
"hatching" ,
"producing" ,
"daydreaming" ,
"dreaming" ,
"fantasizing" ,
"conceiving" ,
"envisaging" ,
"envisioning" ,
"imagining" ,
"picturing" ,
"visioning" ,
"visualizing" ,
"ad-libbing" ,
"extemporizing" ,
"improvising"
] ,
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"constructing" ,
"contriving" ,
"cooking (up)" ,
"devising" ,
"drumming up" ,
"excogitating" ,
"fabricating" ,
"inventing" ,
"making up" ,
"manufacturing" ,
"trumping up" ,
"vamping (up)"
]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
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"thinks (up)" : {
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination" : {
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"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
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"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
] ,
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"copies" ,
"copycats" ,
"duplicates" ,
"imitates" ,
"mimics" ,
"reduplicates" ,
"replicates" ,
"reproduces"
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] ,
"related" : [
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"coins" ,
"designs" ,
"hatches" ,
"produces" ,
"daydreams" ,
"dreams" ,
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"envisions" ,
"imagines" ,
"pictures" ,
"visions" ,
"visualizes" ,
"ad-libs" ,
"extemporizes" ,
"improvises"
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] ,
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"concocts" ,
"constructs" ,
"contrives" ,
"cooks (up)" ,
"devises" ,
"drums up" ,
"excogitates" ,
"fabricates" ,
"invents" ,
"makes up" ,
"manufactures" ,
"trumps up" ,
"vamps (up)"
]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
"thirstiness" : {
"a strong wish for something" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the only way to satisfy that thirstiness for a new job is to start looking"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
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"abomination" ,
"allergy" ,
"averseness" ,
"aversion" ,
"disfavor" ,
"disgust" ,
"disinclination" ,
"dislike" ,
"disliking" ,
"distaste" ,
"hatred" ,
"loathing" ,
"nausea" ,
"repugnance" ,
"repulsion" ,
"revulsion" ,
"apathy" ,
"indifference" ,
"insouciance" ,
"nonchalance" ,
"unconcern"
] ,
"related" : [
"compulsion" ,
"impulse" ,
"impulsion" ,
"will" ,
"zeal" ,
"liking" ,
"love" ,
"taste" ,
"weakness" ,
"eagerness" ,
"impatience" ,
"want" ,
"wish" ,
"necessity" ,
"need" ,
"requirement" ,
"obsession" ,
"acquisitiveness" ,
"avarice" ,
"avariciousness" ,
"avidity" ,
"covetousness" ,
"cupidity" ,
"greed" ,
"greediness" ,
"rapaciousness" ,
"rapacity" ,
"caco\u00ebthes" ,
"mania"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"appetency" ,
"appetite" ,
"craving" ,
"desire" ,
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"drive" ,
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"hankering" ,
"hunger" ,
"itch" ,
"jones" ,
"letch" ,
"longing" ,
"lust" ,
"passion" ,
"pining" ,
"thirst" ,
"urge" ,
"yearning" ,
"yen"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"thistly" : {
"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"caught her sleeve on a thistly bush"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"burred" ,
"bristly" ,
"coarse" ,
"jagged" ,
"rough"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"brambly" ,
"prickly" ,
"scratchy" ,
"thorny"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"stay out of the thorny brambles unless you want a ton of scratches"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"burred" ,
"bristly" ,
"coarse" ,
"jagged" ,
"rough"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"brambly" ,
"prickly" ,
"scratchy" ,
"thistly"
]
} ,
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the candidate tried to avoid discussing his views on the thorny issue"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"easy" ,
"effortless" ,
"manageable" ,
"painless" ,
"simple" ,
"straightforward" ,
"uncomplicated" ,
"undemanding" ,
"unproblematic"
] ,
"related" : [
"abstract" ,
"abstruse" ,
"complex" ,
"complicated" ,
"hard" ,
"intricate" ,
"involved" ,
"recondite" ,
"serious" ,
"problem" ,
"scabrous" ,
"stubborn" ,
"troublesome" ,
"troublous" ,
"vexatious" ,
"vexing" ,
"worrisome" ,
"burdensome" ,
"demanding" ,
"discommoding" ,
"exacting" ,
"exhausting" ,
"importunate" ,
"inconvenient" ,
"onerous" ,
"oppressive" ,
"painful" ,
"stressful"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"catchy" ,
"delicate" ,
"difficult" ,
"dodgy" ,
"hairy" ,
"knotty" ,
"nasty" ,
"prickly" ,
"problematic" ,
"problematical" ,
"sensitive" ,
"spiny" ,
"sticky" ,
"ticklish" ,
"touchy" ,
"tough" ,
"tricksy" ,
"tricky"
]
} ,
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"adjective"
]
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"thoroughfare" : {
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"one of the city's main thoroughfares"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"causeway" ,
"autobahn" ,
"autoroute" ,
"autostrada" ,
"dual carriageway" ,
"interstate" ,
"motorway" ,
"superhighway" ,
"beltway" ,
"bypass" ,
"parkway" ,
"ring road" ,
"corniche" ,
"switchback" ,
"through street" ,
"high street" ,
"Main Street" ,
"backstreet" ,
"branch" ,
"bystreet" ,
"byway" ,
"crossroad" ,
"secondary road" ,
"shunpike" ,
"side road" ,
"side street" ,
"alley" ,
"alleyway" ,
"circle" ,
"lane" ,
"laneway" ,
"mews" ,
"place" ,
"close" ,
"cul-de-sac" ,
"dead end" ,
"corridor" ,
"track" ,
"trail"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arterial" ,
"artery" ,
"avenue" ,
"boulevard" ,
"carriageway" ,
"drag" ,
"drive" ,
"expressway" ,
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"freeway" ,
"high road" ,
"highway" ,
"pass" ,
"pike" ,
"road" ,
"roadway" ,
"route" ,
"row" ,
"street" ,
"thruway" ,
"trace" ,
"turnpike" ,
"way"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"thought (about or over)" : {
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"to give serious and careful thought to" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do"
] ,
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"disregarded" ,
"ignored" ,
"overlooked" ,
"slighted" ,
"dismissed" ,
"pooh-poohed" ,
"poohed" ,
"rejected"
] ,
"related" : [
"mused (upon)" ,
"reflected (on or upon)" ,
"reminisced" ,
"analyzed" ,
"explored" ,
"reviewed" ,
"concluded" ,
"reasoned" ,
"second-guessed" ,
"speculated (about)" ,
"brooded (about or over)" ,
"dwelled (on or upon)" ,
"dwelt (on or upon)" ,
"fixated (on or upon)" ,
"fretted (about or over)" ,
"obsessed (about or over)" ,
"believed" ,
"conceived" ,
"opined" ,
"absorbed" ,
"assimilated" ,
"digested" ,
"drank (in)"
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"chewed over" ,
"cogitated" ,
"considered" ,
"contemplated" ,
"debated" ,
"deliberated" ,
"entertained" ,
"eyed" ,
"kicked around" ,
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"mulled (over)" ,
"perpended" ,
"pondered" ,
"pored (over)" ,
"questioned" ,
"revolved" ,
"ruminated" ,
"studied" ,
"turned" ,
"weighed" ,
"wrestled (with)"
]
} ,
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"decided on as a result of careful thought" : {
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"casual" ,
"unadvised" ,
"uncalculated" ,
"unconsidered" ,
"unstudied"
] ,
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"a thoughtful argument for military action"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"half-cocked" ,
"ill-advised" ,
"chance" ,
"haphazard" ,
"hit-or-miss" ,
"random" ,
"aimless" ,
"desultory" ,
"purposeless" ,
"hasty" ,
"hurried" ,
"rushed" ,
"abrupt" ,
"impetuous" ,
"sudden" ,
"automatic" ,
"extemporaneous" ,
"impromptu" ,
"instinctive" ,
"spontaneous"
] ,
"related" : [
"aforethought" ,
"premeditated" ,
"prepense" ,
"educated" ,
"informed" ,
"intentional" ,
"purposeful" ,
"designed" ,
"intended" ,
"planned" ,
"projected" ,
"careful" ,
"meticulous" ,
"foresighted" ,
"forethoughtful" ,
"provident" ,
"prudent"
] ,
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"advised" ,
"calculated" ,
"considered" ,
"deliberate" ,
"knowing" ,
"measured" ,
"reasoned" ,
"studied" ,
"thought-out" ,
"weighed"
]
} ,
"given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others" : {
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"heedless" ,
"inconsiderate" ,
"thoughtless" ,
"unthinking"
] ,
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"a thoughtful offer to watch the neighbors' children on moving day" ,
"a thoughtful manager who understands that people's families should be more important than their jobs"
] ,
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"inattentive" ,
"uncaring" ,
"unheeding" ,
"inhospitable" ,
"unkind" ,
"unkindly" ,
"ill-bred" ,
"ill-mannered" ,
"impolite" ,
"rude" ,
"uncivil" ,
"unmannerly" ,
"unhelpful" ,
"malevolent" ,
"malicious" ,
"mean" ,
"spiteful"
] ,
"related" : [
"brotherly" ,
"good" ,
"good-hearted" ,
"helpful" ,
"hospitable" ,
"kindhearted" ,
"kindly" ,
"neighborly" ,
"nice" ,
"caring" ,
"compassionate" ,
"sympathetic" ,
"tender" ,
"chivalrous" ,
"courteous" ,
"courtly" ,
"gallant" ,
"gracious" ,
"polite" ,
"diplomatic" ,
"tactful" ,
"deferential" ,
"dutiful" ,
"obliging" ,
"regardful" ,
"respectful" ,
"altruistic" ,
"beneficent" ,
"benevolent" ,
"benignant" ,
"humane" ,
"selfless" ,
"unselfish" ,
"charitable" ,
"generous" ,
"magnanimous"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"attentive" ,
"considerate" ,
"kind" ,
"solicitous"
]
} ,
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking" : {
"antonyms" : [
"unreflective"
] ,
"examples" : [
"was a quiet and thoughtful child who rarely spoke but when he did, he almost always had something worthwhile to say"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"featherbrained" ,
"flighty" ,
"flippant" ,
"frivolous" ,
"goofy" ,
"harebrained" ,
"light-headed" ,
"scatterbrained" ,
"brainless" ,
"mindless" ,
"silly" ,
"thoughtless" ,
"unthinking"
] ,
"related" : [
"introspective" ,
"retrospective" ,
"self-reflective" ,
"earnest" ,
"grave" ,
"sedate" ,
"serious" ,
"serious-minded" ,
"severe" ,
"sober" ,
"solemn" ,
"somber" ,
"sombre" ,
"weighty" ,
"philosophical" ,
"philosophic" ,
"analytic" ,
"analytical" ,
"logical" ,
"rational" ,
"deliberate" ,
"purposeful" ,
"absentminded" ,
"abstracted" ,
"preoccupied"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"broody" ,
"cogitative" ,
"contemplative" ,
"meditative" ,
"melancholy" ,
"musing" ,
"pensive" ,
"reflective" ,
"ruminant" ,
"ruminative"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"thoughtfulness" : {
"as in concern , kindness" : {
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"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"thrash" : {
"to defeat by a large margin" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"sweep" ,
"upset" ,
"beat" ,
"best" ,
"conquer" ,
"dispatch" ,
"hurdle" ,
"lick" ,
"master" ,
"overbear" ,
"overcome" ,
"overmatch" ,
"prevail (over)" ,
"subdue" ,
"surmount" ,
"take" ,
"throw" ,
"triumph (over)" ,
"win (against)" ,
"worst" ,
"crush" ,
"knock off" ,
"knock over" ,
"overpower" ,
"overthrow" ,
"overwhelm" ,
"subjugate" ,
"upend" ,
"vanquish" ,
"ace (out)" ,
"better" ,
"eclipse" ,
"exceed" ,
"outdistance" ,
"outdo" ,
"outfight" ,
"outshine" ,
"outstrip" ,
"overtop" ,
"surpass" ,
"top" ,
"transcend" ,
"edge (out)" ,
"nose out" ,
"pip" ,
"cap" ,
"excel" ,
"flourish" ,
"score" ,
"succeed" ,
"break" ,
"destroy" ,
"do in" ,
"finish" ,
"sink" ,
"slaughter"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"annihilate" ,
"blow away" ,
"bomb" ,
"bury" ,
"clobber" ,
"cream" ,
"drub" ,
"dust" ,
"flatten" ,
"paste" ,
"rout" ,
"shellac" ,
"skin" ,
"skunk" ,
"smoke" ,
"smother" ,
"snow under" ,
"trim" ,
"tromp" ,
"trounce" ,
"wallop" ,
"wax" ,
"whip" ,
"whomp" ,
"whop" ,
"whap" ,
"whup"
]
} ,
"to make jerky or restless movements" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"relax" ,
"rest" ,
"unwind" ,
"calm (down)" ,
"still"
] ,
"related" : [
"flit" ,
"flutter" ,
"twitter" ,
"quake" ,
"quiver" ,
"shake" ,
"shiver" ,
"shudder" ,
"tremble" ,
"pace"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"fiddle" ,
"fidget" ,
"jerk" ,
"jig" ,
"jiggle" ,
"squiggle" ,
"squirm" ,
"thresh" ,
"toss" ,
"twist" ,
"twitch" ,
"wiggle" ,
"wriggle" ,
"writhe"
]
} ,
"to strike repeatedly" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"assail" ,
"assault" ,
"attack" ,
"beset" ,
"box" ,
"bust" ,
"chop" ,
"clobber" ,
"clout" ,
"crack" ,
"cudgel" ,
"cuff" ,
"descend (on or upon)" ,
"hit" ,
"jump (on)" ,
"knock" ,
"lam" ,
"lay on" ,
"paste" ,
"pounce (on or upon)" ,
"punch" ,
"raid" ,
"rush" ,
"slam" ,
"slap" ,
"smack" ,
"smash" ,
"sock" ,
"spank" ,
"storm" ,
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"swipe" ,
"thwack" ,
"whack" ,
"wham" ,
"whomp" ,
"blackjack" ,
"cane" ,
"cowhide" ,
"flagellate" ,
"fustigate" ,
"horsewhip" ,
"leather" ,
"pistol-whip" ,
"rawhide" ,
"scourge" ,
"strap" ,
"gore" ,
"lacerate" ,
"wound" ,
"maim" ,
"mangle" ,
"mutilate"
] ,
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"bash" ,
"baste" ,
"bat" ,
"batter" ,
"beat" ,
"belabor" ,
"belt" ,
"birch" ,
"bludgeon" ,
"buffet" ,
"bung up" ,
"club" ,
"curry" ,
"do" ,
"drub" ,
"fib" ,
"flog" ,
"hammer" ,
"hide" ,
"lace" ,
"lambaste" ,
"lambast" ,
"lash" ,
"lather" ,
"lick" ,
"maul" ,
"mess (up)" ,
"paddle" ,
"pelt" ,
"pommel" ,
"pound" ,
"pummel" ,
"punch out" ,
"rough (up)" ,
"slate" ,
"slog" ,
"switch" ,
"tan" ,
"thresh" ,
"thump" ,
"tromp" ,
"wallop" ,
"whale" ,
"whip" ,
"whop" ,
"whap" ,
"whup" ,
"work over"
]
} ,
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"knout" ,
"quirt" ,
"strap" ,
"cut" ,
"flick" ,
"touch up" ,
"blackjack" ,
"cane" ,
"club" ,
"cudgel" ,
"fustigate" ,
"pistol-whip" ,
"bang" ,
"bop" ,
"box" ,
"bust" ,
"clap" ,
"clip" ,
"clobber" ,
"clout" ,
"crack" ,
"cuff" ,
"hit" ,
"knock" ,
"lam" ,
"paste" ,
"punch" ,
"slap" ,
"slug" ,
"smack" ,
"smite" ,
"sock" ,
"spank" ,
"swat" ,
"swipe" ,
"thwack" ,
"wallop" ,
"whack" ,
"bash" ,
"baste" ,
"bat" ,
"batter" ,
"beat" ,
"belabor" ,
"belt" ,
"bludgeon" ,
"buffet" ,
"bung" ,
"drub" ,
"fib" ,
"hammer" ,
"lace" ,
"lambaste" ,
"lambast" ,
"lather" ,
"lick" ,
"mangle" ,
"maul" ,
"paddle" ,
"pelt" ,
"pommel" ,
"pound" ,
"pummel" ,
"rough" ,
"slate" ,
"slog" ,
"thresh" ,
"thump" ,
"tromp" ,
"whop" ,
"whap" ,
"whup" ,
"work over"
] ,
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"birch" ,
"cowhide" ,
"flagellate" ,
"flail" ,
"flog" ,
"hide" ,
"horsewhip" ,
"lash" ,
"leather" ,
"rawhide" ,
"scourge" ,
"slash" ,
"switch" ,
"tan" ,
"whale" ,
"whip"
]
} ,
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]
} ,
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"thrash (out)" : {
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"demolish" ,
"destroy" ,
"dismantle" ,
"raze" ,
"tear down" ,
"ruin" ,
"undo" ,
"unmake" ,
"wreck"
] ,
"related" : [
"churn out" ,
"crank out" ,
"turn out" ,
"cobble (together or up)" ,
"throw up" ,
"compose" ,
"construct" ,
"craft" ,
"create" ,
"engineer" ,
"fabricate" ,
"fashion" ,
"form" ,
"frame" ,
"generate" ,
"manufacture" ,
"mint" ,
"model" ,
"shape" ,
"tailor" ,
"conceive" ,
"concoct" ,
"contrive" ,
"cook (up)" ,
"devise" ,
"hatch" ,
"invent" ,
"originate" ,
"accomplish" ,
"achieve" ,
"bring off" ,
"carry out" ,
"effect"
] ,
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"carve (out)" ,
"develop" ,
"forge" ,
"grind (out)" ,
"hammer out" ,
"work out" ,
"work up"
]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
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"thrashes" : {
"to defeat by a large margin" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"sweeps" ,
"upsets" ,
"beats" ,
"bests" ,
"conquers" ,
"dispatches" ,
"hurdles" ,
"licks" ,
"masters" ,
"overbears" ,
"overcomes" ,
"overmatches" ,
"prevails (over)" ,
"subdues" ,
"surmounts" ,
"takes" ,
"throws" ,
"triumphs (over)" ,
"wins (against)" ,
"worsts" ,
"crushes" ,
"knocks off" ,
"knocks over" ,
"overpowers" ,
"overthrows" ,
"overwhelms" ,
"subjugates" ,
"upends" ,
"vanquishes" ,
"aces (out)" ,
"betters" ,
"eclipses" ,
"exceeds" ,
"outdistances" ,
"outdoes" ,
"outfights" ,
"outshines" ,
"outstrips" ,
"overtops" ,
"surpasses" ,
"tops" ,
"transcends" ,
"edges (out)" ,
"noses out" ,
"pips" ,
"caps" ,
"excels" ,
"flourishes" ,
"scores" ,
"succeeds" ,
"breaks" ,
"destroys" ,
"does in" ,
"finishes" ,
"sinks" ,
"slaughters"
] ,
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"annihilates" ,
"blows away" ,
"bombs" ,
"buries" ,
"clobbers" ,
"creams" ,
"drubs" ,
"dusts" ,
"flattens" ,
"pastes" ,
"routs" ,
"shellacs" ,
"skins" ,
"skunks" ,
"smokes" ,
"smothers" ,
"snows under" ,
"trims" ,
"tromps" ,
"trounces" ,
"wallops" ,
"waxes" ,
"whips" ,
"whomps" ,
"whops" ,
"whaps" ,
"whups"
]
} ,
"to make jerky or restless movements" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"relaxes" ,
"rests" ,
"unwinds" ,
"calms (down)" ,
"stills"
] ,
"related" : [
"flits" ,
"flutters" ,
"twitters" ,
"quakes" ,
"quivers" ,
"shakes" ,
"shivers" ,
"shudders" ,
"trembles" ,
"paces"
] ,
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"fiddles" ,
"fidgets" ,
"jerks" ,
"jiggles" ,
"jigs" ,
"squiggles" ,
"squirms" ,
"threshes" ,
"tosses" ,
"twists" ,
"twitches" ,
"wiggles" ,
"wriggles" ,
"writhes"
]
} ,
"to strike repeatedly" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
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"assaults" ,
"attacks" ,
"besets" ,
"boxes" ,
"busts" ,
"chops" ,
"clobbers" ,
"clouts" ,
"cracks" ,
"cudgels" ,
"cuffs" ,
"descends (on or upon)" ,
"hits" ,
"jumps (on)" ,
"knocks" ,
"lams" ,
"lays on" ,
"pastes" ,
"pounces (on or upon)" ,
"punches" ,
"raids" ,
"rushes" ,
"slams" ,
"slaps" ,
"smacks" ,
"smashes" ,
"socks" ,
"spanks" ,
"storms" ,
"swats" ,
"swipes" ,
"thwacks" ,
"whacks" ,
"whams" ,
"whomps" ,
"blackjacks" ,
"canes" ,
"cowhides" ,
"flagellates" ,
"fustigates" ,
"horsewhips" ,
"leathers" ,
"pistol-whips" ,
"rawhides" ,
"scourges" ,
"straps" ,
"gores" ,
"lacerates" ,
"wounds" ,
"maims" ,
"mangles" ,
"mutilates"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bashes" ,
"bastes" ,
"bats" ,
"batters" ,
"beats" ,
"belabors" ,
"belts" ,
"birches" ,
"bludgeons" ,
"buffets" ,
"bungs up" ,
"clubs" ,
"curries" ,
"does" ,
"drubs" ,
"fibs" ,
"flogs" ,
"hammers" ,
"hides" ,
"laces" ,
"lambastes" ,
"lambasts" ,
"lashes" ,
"lathers" ,
"licks" ,
"mauls" ,
"messes (up)" ,
"paddles" ,
"pelts" ,
"pommels" ,
"pounds" ,
"pummels" ,
"punches out" ,
"roughs (up)" ,
"slates" ,
"slogs" ,
"switches" ,
"tans" ,
"threshes" ,
"thumps" ,
"tromps" ,
"wallops" ,
"whales" ,
"whips" ,
"whops" ,
"whaps" ,
"whups" ,
"works over"
]
} ,
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
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"quirts" ,
"straps" ,
"cuts" ,
"flicks" ,
"touches up" ,
"blackjacks" ,
"canes" ,
"clubs" ,
"cudgels" ,
"fustigates" ,
"pistol-whips" ,
"bangs" ,
"bops" ,
"boxes" ,
"busts" ,
"claps" ,
"clips" ,
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"clouts" ,
"cracks" ,
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"hits" ,
"knocks" ,
"lams" ,
"pastes" ,
"punches" ,
"slaps" ,
"slugs" ,
"smacks" ,
"smites" ,
"socks" ,
"spanks" ,
"swats" ,
"swipes" ,
"thwacks" ,
"wallops" ,
"whacks" ,
"bashes" ,
"bastes" ,
"bats" ,
"batters" ,
"beats" ,
"belabors" ,
"belts" ,
"bludgeons" ,
"buffets" ,
"bungs" ,
"drubs" ,
"fibs" ,
"hammers" ,
"laces" ,
"lambastes" ,
"lambasts" ,
"lathers" ,
"licks" ,
"mangles" ,
"mauls" ,
"paddles" ,
"pelts" ,
"pommels" ,
"pounds" ,
"pummels" ,
"roughs" ,
"slates" ,
"slogs" ,
"threshes" ,
"thumps" ,
"tromps" ,
"whops" ,
"whaps" ,
"whups" ,
"works over"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"birches" ,
"cowhides" ,
"flagellates" ,
"flails" ,
"flogs" ,
"hides" ,
"horsewhips" ,
"lashes" ,
"leathers" ,
"rawhides" ,
"scourges" ,
"slashes" ,
"switches" ,
"tans" ,
"whales" ,
"whips"
]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
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"thrashing" : {
"as in pounding , battering" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to defeat by a large margin" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"sweeping" ,
"upsetting" ,
"beating" ,
"besting" ,
"conquering" ,
"dispatching" ,
"hurdling" ,
"licking" ,
"mastering" ,
"overbearing" ,
"overcoming" ,
"overmatching" ,
"prevailing (over)" ,
"subduing" ,
"surmounting" ,
"taking" ,
"throwing" ,
"triumphing (over)" ,
"winning (against)" ,
"worsting" ,
"crushing" ,
"knocking off" ,
"knocking over" ,
"overpowering" ,
"overthrowing" ,
"overwhelming" ,
"subjugating" ,
"upending" ,
"vanquishing" ,
"acing (out)" ,
"bettering" ,
"eclipsing" ,
"exceeding" ,
"outdistancing" ,
"outdoing" ,
"outfighting" ,
"outshining" ,
"outstripping" ,
"overtopping" ,
"surpassing" ,
"topping" ,
"transcending" ,
"edging (out)" ,
"nosing out" ,
"pipping" ,
"capping" ,
"excelling" ,
"flourishing" ,
"scoring" ,
"succeeding" ,
"breaking" ,
"destroying" ,
"doing in" ,
"finishing" ,
"sinking" ,
"slaughtering"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"annihilating" ,
"blowing away" ,
"bombing" ,
"burying" ,
"clobbering" ,
"creaming" ,
"drubbing" ,
"dusting" ,
"flattening" ,
"pasting" ,
"routing" ,
"shellacking" ,
"skinning" ,
"skunking" ,
"smoking" ,
"smothering" ,
"snowing under" ,
"trimming" ,
"tromping" ,
"trouncing" ,
"walloping" ,
"waxing" ,
"whipping" ,
"whomping" ,
"whopping" ,
"whapping" ,
"whupping"
]
} ,
"to make jerky or restless movements" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"relaxing" ,
"resting" ,
"unwinding" ,
"calming (down)" ,
"stilling"
] ,
"related" : [
"flitting" ,
"fluttering" ,
"twittering" ,
"quaking" ,
"quivering" ,
"shaking" ,
"shivering" ,
"shuddering" ,
"trembling" ,
"pacing"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"fiddling" ,
"fidgeting" ,
"jerking" ,
"jigging" ,
"jiggling" ,
"squiggling" ,
"squirming" ,
"threshing" ,
"tossing" ,
"twisting" ,
"twitching" ,
"wiggling" ,
"wriggling" ,
"writhing"
]
} ,
"to strike repeatedly" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"assailing" ,
"assaulting" ,
"attacking" ,
"besetting" ,
"boxing" ,
"busting" ,
"chopping" ,
"clobbering" ,
"clouting" ,
"cracking" ,
"cudgeling" ,
"cudgelling" ,
"cuffing" ,
"descending (on or upon)" ,
"hitting" ,
"jumping (on)" ,
"knocking" ,
"lamming" ,
"laying on" ,
"pasting" ,
"pouncing (on or upon)" ,
"punching" ,
"raiding" ,
"rushing" ,
"slamming" ,
"slapping" ,
"smacking" ,
"smashing" ,
"socking" ,
"spanking" ,
"storming" ,
"swatting" ,
"swiping" ,
"thwacking" ,
"whacking" ,
"whamming" ,
"whomping" ,
"blackjacking" ,
"caning" ,
"cowhiding" ,
"flagellating" ,
"fustigating" ,
"horsewhipping" ,
"leathering" ,
"pistol-whipping" ,
"rawhiding" ,
"scourging" ,
"strapping" ,
"goring" ,
"lacerating" ,
"wounding" ,
"maiming" ,
"mangling" ,
"mutilating"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bashing" ,
"basting" ,
"battering" ,
"batting" ,
"beating" ,
"belaboring" ,
"belting" ,
"birching" ,
"bludgeoning" ,
"buffeting" ,
"bunging up" ,
"clubbing" ,
"currying" ,
"doing" ,
"drubbing" ,
"fibbing" ,
"flogging" ,
"hammering" ,
"hiding" ,
"lacing" ,
"lambasting" ,
"lashing" ,
"lathering" ,
"licking" ,
"mauling" ,
"messing (up)" ,
"paddling" ,
"pelting" ,
"pommeling" ,
"pommelling" ,
"pounding" ,
"pummeling" ,
"pummelling" ,
"punching out" ,
"roughing (up)" ,
"slating" ,
"slogging" ,
"switching" ,
"tanning" ,
"threshing" ,
"thumping" ,
"tromping" ,
"walloping" ,
"whaling" ,
"whipping" ,
"whopping" ,
"whapping" ,
"whupping" ,
"working over"
]
} ,
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"knouting" ,
"quirting" ,
"strapping" ,
"cutting" ,
"flicking" ,
"touching up" ,
"blackjacking" ,
"caning" ,
"clubbing" ,
"cudgeling" ,
"cudgelling" ,
"fustigating" ,
"pistol-whipping" ,
"banging" ,
"bopping" ,
"boxing" ,
"busting" ,
"clapping" ,
"clipping" ,
"clobbering" ,
"clouting" ,
"cracking" ,
"cuffing" ,
"hitting" ,
"knocking" ,
"lamming" ,
"pasting" ,
"punching" ,
"slapping" ,
"slugging" ,
"smacking" ,
"smiting" ,
"socking" ,
"spanking" ,
"swatting" ,
"swiping" ,
"thwacking" ,
"walloping" ,
"whacking" ,
"bashing" ,
"basting" ,
"battering" ,
"batting" ,
"beating" ,
"belaboring" ,
"belting" ,
"bludgeoning" ,
"buffeting" ,
"bunging" ,
"drubbing" ,
"fibbing" ,
"hammering" ,
"lacing" ,
"lambasting" ,
"lathering" ,
"licking" ,
"mangling" ,
"mauling" ,
"paddling" ,
"pelting" ,
"pommeling" ,
"pommelling" ,
"pounding" ,
"pummeling" ,
"pummelling" ,
"roughing" ,
"slating" ,
"slogging" ,
"threshing" ,
"thumping" ,
"tromping" ,
"whopping" ,
"whapping" ,
"whupping" ,
"working over"
] ,
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"birching" ,
"cowhiding" ,
"flagellating" ,
"flailing" ,
"flogging" ,
"hiding" ,
"horsewhipping" ,
"lashing" ,
"leathering" ,
"rawhiding" ,
"scourging" ,
"slashing" ,
"switching" ,
"tanning" ,
"whaling" ,
"whipping"
]
} ,
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"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"demolishing" ,
"destroying" ,
"dismantling" ,
"razing" ,
"tearing down" ,
"ruining" ,
"undoing" ,
"unmaking" ,
"wrecking"
] ,
"related" : [
"churning out" ,
"cranking out" ,
"turning out" ,
"cobbling (together or up)" ,
"throwing up" ,
"composing" ,
"constructing" ,
"crafting" ,
"creating" ,
"engineering" ,
"fabricating" ,
"fashioning" ,
"forming" ,
"framing" ,
"generating" ,
"manufacturing" ,
"minting" ,
"modeling" ,
"modelling" ,
"shaping" ,
"tailoring" ,
"conceiving" ,
"concocting" ,
"contriving" ,
"cooking (up)" ,
"devising" ,
"hatching" ,
"inventing" ,
"originating" ,
"accomplishing" ,
"achieving" ,
"bringing off" ,
"carrying out" ,
"effecting"
] ,
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"carving (out)" ,
"developing" ,
"forging" ,
"grinding (out)" ,
"hammering out" ,
"working out" ,
"working up"
]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
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"threadbare" : {
"lacking money or material possessions" : {
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"affluent" ,
"deep-pocketed" ,
"fat" ,
"fat-cat" ,
"flush" ,
"moneyed" ,
"monied" ,
"opulent" ,
"rich" ,
"silk-stocking" ,
"wealthy" ,
"well-heeled" ,
"well-off" ,
"well-to-do"
] ,
"examples" : [
"never knew that she had so many threadbare relatives until she won the lottery"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"comfortable" ,
"prosperous"
] ,
"related" : [
"deprived" ,
"disadvantaged" ,
"dispossessed" ,
"unaffluent" ,
"underprivileged" ,
"bankrupt" ,
"bankrupted" ,
"bust" ,
"busted" ,
"insolvent" ,
"possessionless" ,
"ruined" ,
"depressed" ,
"distressed" ,
"hand-to-mouth" ,
"hardscrabble" ,
"pinched" ,
"poorish" ,
"reduced" ,
"straitened" ,
"cash-strapped" ,
"low" ,
"short" ,
"tapped out"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beggared" ,
"beggarly" ,
"broke" ,
"destitute" ,
"dirt-poor" ,
"down-and-out" ,
"famished" ,
"hard up" ,
"impecunious" ,
"impoverished" ,
"indigent" ,
"necessitous" ,
"needful" ,
"needy" ,
"pauperized" ,
"penniless" ,
"penurious" ,
"poor" ,
"poverty-stricken" ,
"skint"
]
} ,
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"brand-new" ,
"fresh" ,
"new" ,
"cared-for" ,
"kept-up" ,
"maintained" ,
"mended" ,
"patched" ,
"rebuilt" ,
"reconstructed" ,
"smart" ,
"spiffy" ,
"spruce"
] ,
"related" : [
"abandoned" ,
"unkept" ,
"desolate" ,
"forlorn" ,
"godforsaken" ,
"broken-down" ,
"decrepit" ,
"tired" ,
"worn-out" ,
"bedraggled" ,
"dingy" ,
"ragged" ,
"tattered" ,
"decaying" ,
"deteriorated" ,
"deteriorating" ,
"rackety" ,
"ramshackle" ,
"rattletrap" ,
"rickety" ,
"broken" ,
"damaged" ,
"destroyed" ,
"harmed" ,
"hurt" ,
"impaired" ,
"injured" ,
"ruined" ,
"wrecked"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beat-up" ,
"bombed-out" ,
"dilapidated" ,
"dog-eared" ,
"down-at-the-heels" ,
"down-at-heel" ,
"down-at-the-heel" ,
"down-at-heels" ,
"dumpy" ,
"grungy" ,
"mangy" ,
"mean" ,
"miserable" ,
"moth-eaten" ,
"neglected" ,
"ratty" ,
"run-down" ,
"scrubby" ,
"scruffy" ,
"seedy" ,
"shabby" ,
"sleazy" ,
"tacky" ,
"tatterdemalion" ,
"tatty" ,
"timeworn" ,
"tumbledown"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
] ,
"used or heard so often as to be dull" : {
"antonyms" : [
"fresh" ,
"new" ,
"novel" ,
"original" ,
"unclich\u00e9d" ,
"unhackneyed"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clich\u00e9s"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"animating" ,
"energizing" ,
"enlivening" ,
"exciting" ,
"galvanizing" ,
"invigorating" ,
"stimulating" ,
"absorbing" ,
"engaging" ,
"engrossing" ,
"gripping" ,
"interesting" ,
"intriguing" ,
"involving" ,
"riveting" ,
"atypical" ,
"extraordinary" ,
"strange" ,
"unaccustomed" ,
"uncommon" ,
"unfamiliar" ,
"unheard-of" ,
"unknown" ,
"unprecedented" ,
"unusual" ,
"pathbreaking" ,
"pioneering" ,
"trailblazing"
] ,
"related" : [
"twice-told" ,
"bromidic" ,
"platitudinal" ,
"platitudinous" ,
"canned" ,
"cardboard" ,
"conventional" ,
"cookie-cutter" ,
"derivative" ,
"imitative" ,
"ready-made" ,
"tried-and-true" ,
"unimaginative" ,
"uninspired" ,
"unoriginal" ,
"normal" ,
"ordinary" ,
"rote" ,
"routine" ,
"standard" ,
"stock" ,
"typical" ,
"usual" ,
"arid" ,
"barren" ,
"boring" ,
"colorless" ,
"drab" ,
"dreary" ,
"drudging" ,
"dry" ,
"dull" ,
"dusty" ,
"flat" ,
"heavy" ,
"ho-hum" ,
"humdrum" ,
"jading" ,
"jejune" ,
"leaden" ,
"mind-numbing" ,
"monotonous" ,
"numbing" ,
"old" ,
"pedantic" ,
"pedestrian" ,
"ponderous" ,
"prosaic" ,
"stodgy" ,
"stuffy" ,
"tame" ,
"tedious" ,
"tiresome" ,
"tiring" ,
"undramatic" ,
"uninteresting" ,
"vapid" ,
"wearisome" ,
"weary" ,
"wearying" ,
"old-fashioned" ,
"old hat"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"banal" ,
"clich\u00e9" ,
"cliche" ,
"clich\u00e9d" ,
"cobwebby" ,
"commonplace" ,
"hack" ,
"hackney" ,
"hackneyed" ,
"moth-eaten" ,
"musty" ,
"obligatory" ,
"shopworn" ,
"stale" ,
"stereotyped" ,
"timeworn" ,
"tired" ,
"trite" ,
"well-worn"
]
} ,
"worn or torn into or as if into rags" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I loved that threadbare shirt, but after 10 years of wear, it was time to throw it away"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"brand-new" ,
"new" ,
"spick-and-span" ,
"spic-and-span" ,
"unused"
] ,
"related" : [
"dowdy" ,
"scruffy" ,
"tatterdemalion" ,
"dingy" ,
"faded" ,
"lacerate" ,
"lacerated" ,
"shredded" ,
"holey" ,
"patchy" ,
"broken-down" ,
"decrepit" ,
"dilapidated" ,
"dog-eared" ,
"grungy" ,
"mangy" ,
"moth-eaten" ,
"run-down" ,
"scuzzy" ,
"tacky"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"frayed" ,
"ragged" ,
"raggedy" ,
"ratty" ,
"seedy" ,
"shabby" ,
"tattered" ,
"worn-out"
]
}
} ,
"threaded" : {
"to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"chained" ,
"connected" ,
"joined" ,
"linked" ,
"united" ,
"interlaced" ,
"interspersed" ,
"intertwined" ,
"interwove" ,
"interweaved" ,
"laced" ,
"wove" ,
"weaved" ,
"wreathed"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"concatenated" ,
"strung"
]
} ,
"to scatter or set here and there among other things" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"inserted" ,
"intermingled" ,
"mingled" ,
"mixed" ,
"alternated" ,
"juxtaposed" ,
"amalgamated" ,
"assimilated" ,
"blended" ,
"blent" ,
"combined" ,
"commingled" ,
"embodied" ,
"fused" ,
"incorporated" ,
"integrated" ,
"merged"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"interlaced" ,
"interspersed" ,
"interwove" ,
"interweaved" ,
"laced" ,
"salted" ,
"wove" ,
"weaved" ,
"wreathed"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"threaten" : {
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"endanger" ,
"hazard" ,
"imperil" ,
"jeopardize" ,
"peril"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"hang (over)" ,
"hover (over)" ,
"impend (over)" ,
"menace" ,
"overhang"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"threshing" : {
"to make jerky or restless movements" : {
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"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
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"the poor dog threshed against his chain"
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] ,
"near antonyms" : [
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"relaxing" ,
"resting" ,
"unwinding" ,
"calming (down)" ,
"stilling"
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] ,
"related" : [
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"flitting" ,
"fluttering" ,
"twittering" ,
"quaking" ,
"quivering" ,
"shaking" ,
"shivering" ,
"shuddering" ,
"trembling" ,
"pacing"
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] ,
"synonyms" : [
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"fiddling" ,
"fidgeting" ,
"jerking" ,
"jigging" ,
"jiggling" ,
"squiggling" ,
"squirming" ,
"thrashing" ,
"tossing" ,
"twisting" ,
"twitching" ,
"wiggling" ,
"wriggling" ,
"writhing"
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]
} ,
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"to strike repeatedly" : {
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"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
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"he threshed the whimpering dog with his cane"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"assailing" ,
"assaulting" ,
"attacking" ,
"besetting" ,
"boxing" ,
"busting" ,
"chopping" ,
"clobbering" ,
"clouting" ,
"cracking" ,
"cudgeling" ,
"cudgelling" ,
"cuffing" ,
"descending (on or upon)" ,
"hitting" ,
"jumping (on)" ,
"knocking" ,
"lamming" ,
"laying on" ,
"pasting" ,
"pouncing (on or upon)" ,
"punching" ,
"raiding" ,
"rushing" ,
"slamming" ,
"slapping" ,
"smacking" ,
"smashing" ,
"socking" ,
"spanking" ,
"storming" ,
"swatting" ,
"swiping" ,
"thwacking" ,
"whacking" ,
"whamming" ,
"whomping" ,
"blackjacking" ,
"caning" ,
"cowhiding" ,
"flagellating" ,
"fustigating" ,
"horsewhipping" ,
"leathering" ,
"pistol-whipping" ,
"rawhiding" ,
"scourging" ,
"strapping" ,
"goring" ,
"lacerating" ,
"wounding" ,
"maiming" ,
"mangling" ,
"mutilating"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bashing" ,
"basting" ,
"battering" ,
"batting" ,
"beating" ,
"belaboring" ,
"belting" ,
"birching" ,
"bludgeoning" ,
"buffeting" ,
"bunging up" ,
"clubbing" ,
"currying" ,
"doing" ,
"drubbing" ,
"fibbing" ,
"flogging" ,
"hammering" ,
"hiding" ,
"lacing" ,
"lambasting" ,
"lashing" ,
"lathering" ,
"licking" ,
"mauling" ,
"messing (up)" ,
"paddling" ,
"pelting" ,
"pommeling" ,
"pommelling" ,
"pounding" ,
"pummeling" ,
"pummelling" ,
"punching out" ,
"roughing (up)" ,
"slating" ,
"slogging" ,
"switching" ,
"tanning" ,
"thrashing" ,
"thumping" ,
"tromping" ,
"walloping" ,
"whaling" ,
"whipping" ,
"whopping" ,
"whapping" ,
"whupping" ,
"working over"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"threw" : {
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally" : {
"antonyms" : [
"lifted" ,
"picked up" ,
"raised"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the attacker threw his victim to the ground"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"flattened" ,
"floored" ,
"leveled" ,
"levelled" ,
"knocked down" ,
"knocked over" ,
"struck down" ,
"toppled" ,
"plopped" ,
"plunked down" ,
"plonked down" ,
"bobbled" ,
"bungled" ,
"foozled" ,
"fumbled" ,
"immersed" ,
"sank" ,
"sunk" ,
"submerged"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"depressed" ,
"dropped" ,
"lowered" ,
"threw down"
]
} ,
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"threw a life preserver to the drowning man"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"bowled" ,
"darted" ,
"flipped" ,
"gunned" ,
"hooked" ,
"passed" ,
"rolled" ,
"shot" ,
"bucked" ,
"ejected" ,
"impelled" ,
"precipitated" ,
"projected" ,
"propelled" ,
"rifled" ,
"thrust"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cast" ,
"catapulted" ,
"chucked" ,
"dashed" ,
"fired" ,
"flung" ,
"heaved" ,
"hove" ,
"hurled" ,
"hurtled" ,
"launched" ,
"lobbed" ,
"lofted" ,
"pegged" ,
"pelted" ,
"pitched" ,
"slung" ,
"tossed"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"threw out" : {
"to drive or force out" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"accepted" ,
"admitted" ,
"received" ,
"took" ,
"took in" ,
"welcomed" ,
"entertained" ,
"harbored" ,
"housed" ,
"lodged" ,
"sheltered"
] ,
"related" : [
"deforced" ,
"deported" ,
"displaced" ,
"dispossessed" ,
"evicted" ,
"exiled" ,
"expatriated" ,
"ostracized" ,
"read out" ,
"shut out" ,
"axed" ,
"canned" ,
"cashiered" ,
"defenestrated" ,
"discharged" ,
"fired" ,
"mustered out" ,
"pink-slipped" ,
"released" ,
"removed" ,
"retired" ,
"sacked" ,
"terminated"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"banished" ,
"booted (out)" ,
"bounced" ,
"cast out" ,
"chased" ,
"dismissed" ,
"drummed (out)" ,
"ejected" ,
"expelled" ,
"extruded" ,
"kicked out" ,
"ousted" ,
"outed" ,
"ran off" ,
"routed" ,
"turfed (out)" ,
"turned out"
]
} ,
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
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] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"adopted" ,
"embraced" ,
"took on" ,
"employed" ,
"used" ,
"utilized" ,
"held" ,
"held back" ,
"kept" ,
"retained"
] ,
"related" : [
"abandoned" ,
"abdicated" ,
"deserted" ,
"forsook" ,
"dismissed" ,
"kicked out" ,
"abolished" ,
"annihilated" ,
"eliminated" ,
"eradicated" ,
"expunged" ,
"exterminated" ,
"extinguished" ,
"extirpated" ,
"liquidated" ,
"removed" ,
"rooted (out)" ,
"stamped (out)" ,
"wiped out"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cashiered" ,
"cast (off)" ,
"chucked" ,
"deep-sixed" ,
"discarded" ,
"ditched" ,
"dumped" ,
"eighty-sixed" ,
"86'd" ,
"exorcised" ,
"exorcized" ,
"flung (off or away)" ,
"jettisoned" ,
"junked" ,
"laid by" ,
"lost" ,
"pitched" ,
"rejected" ,
"scrapped" ,
"shed" ,
"shucked (off)" ,
"sloughed (off)" ,
"sluffed (off)" ,
"threw away" ,
"tossed" ,
"unloaded"
]
} ,
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to" : {
"antonyms" : [
"accepted" ,
"agreed (to)" ,
"approved"
] ,
"examples" : [
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"condoned" ,
"countenanced" ,
"swallowed" ,
"tolerated" ,
"adopted" ,
"embraced" ,
"received" ,
"took" ,
"welcomed" ,
"acceded" ,
"acquiesced" ,
"agreed" ,
"assented" ,
"consented" ,
"chose" ,
"handpicked" ,
"selected" ,
"espoused" ,
"supported"
] ,
"related" : [
"blew off" ,
"disdained" ,
"rebuffed" ,
"scorned" ,
"scouted" ,
"shot down" ,
"overruled" ,
"vetoed" ,
"forbade" ,
"forbad" ,
"prohibited" ,
"proscribed" ,
"dismissed" ,
"ignored" ,
"abstained (from)" ,
"forbore" ,
"refrained (from)" ,
"denied" ,
"disavowed" ,
"disclaimed" ,
"disputed" ,
"gainsaid" ,
"stuck" ,
"abjured" ,
"forswore" ,
"foreswore" ,
"recanted" ,
"renounced" ,
"retracted" ,
"took back" ,
"unsaid" ,
"withdrew" ,
"avoided" ,
"bypassed" ,
"detoured" ,
"contradicted" ,
"denied" ,
"disowned" ,
"negated" ,
"controverted" ,
"disagreed (with)" ,
"disproved" ,
"disputed" ,
"rebutted" ,
"refuted" ,
"backed down" ,
"backed off" ,
"backtracked" ,
"disallowed" ,
"recalled" ,
"reneged" ,
"revoked"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"balked (at)" ,
"declined" ,
"deselected" ,
"disapproved" ,
"negatived" ,
"nixed" ,
"passed" ,
"passed up" ,
"refused" ,
"rejected" ,
"reprobated" ,
"repudiated" ,
"spurned" ,
"threw over" ,
"turned down"
]
} ,
"to throw or give off" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"absorbed" ,
"inhaled" ,
"soaked (up)" ,
"sponged" ,
"sucked (up)" ,
"took up"
] ,
"related" : [
"eliminated" ,
"evacuated" ,
"excreted" ,
"exuded" ,
"oozed" ,
"secreted" ,
"ejected" ,
"erupted" ,
"gushed" ,
"jetted" ,
"outpoured" ,
"poured" ,
"spewed" ,
"spouted" ,
"sprayed" ,
"spurted" ,
"squirted"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cast" ,
"discharged" ,
"emanated" ,
"emitted" ,
"evolved" ,
"exhaled" ,
"expelled" ,
"expired" ,
"gave out" ,
"irradiated" ,
"issued" ,
"radiated" ,
"released" ,
"sent (out)" ,
"shot" ,
"vented"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"threw up" : {
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"disgorged" ,
"regurgitated" ,
"ejected" ,
"expelled" ,
"nauseated"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"barfed" ,
"gagged" ,
"heaved" ,
"hove" ,
"hurled" ,
"puked" ,
"retched" ,
"spewed" ,
"spit up" ,
"spat up" ,
"upchucked" ,
"vomited"
]
} ,
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"crafted" ,
"handcrafted" ,
"fashioned" ,
"forged" ,
"hammered out" ,
"pounded (out)"
] ,
"related" : [
"dashed (off)" ,
"jerry-built"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cobbled (together or up)" ,
"jury-rigged" ,
"patched (together)"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"thrift" : {
"careful management of material resources" : {
"antonyms" : [
"diseconomy" ,
"wastefulness"
] ,
"examples" : [
"through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"extravagance" ,
"improvidence" ,
"lavishness" ,
"prodigality" ,
"squandering"
] ,
"related" : [
"conservation" ,
"saving" ,
"miserliness" ,
"niggardliness" ,
"stinginess" ,
"belt-tightening" ,
"retrenchment" ,
"discretion" ,
"forehandedness" ,
"prudence" ,
"austerity" ,
"moderation" ,
"restraint" ,
"temperance"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"economy" ,
"frugality" ,
"husbandry" ,
"parsimony" ,
"penny-pinching" ,
"providence" ,
"scrimping" ,
"skimping"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"thriftless" : {
"given to spending money freely or foolishly" : {
"antonyms" : [
"conserving" ,
"economical" ,
"economizing" ,
"frugal" ,
"penny-pinching" ,
"scrimping" ,
"skimping" ,
"thrifty"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a thriftless girl who didn't keep track of her finances and overspent constantly"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"cheap" ,
"close" ,
"closefisted" ,
"mean" ,
"miserly" ,
"niggardly" ,
"parsimonious" ,
"penurious" ,
"pinching" ,
"spare" ,
"sparing" ,
"stingy" ,
"stinting" ,
"tight" ,
"tightfisted" ,
"careful" ,
"judicious" ,
"prudent" ,
"sensible" ,
"wise" ,
"farsighted" ,
"forehanded" ,
"foreseeing" ,
"foresighted" ,
"forethoughtful" ,
"provident"
] ,
"related" : [
"improvident" ,
"myopic" ,
"shortsighted" ,
"bighearted" ,
"bountiful" ,
"charitable" ,
"freehanded" ,
"freehearted" ,
"generous" ,
"lavish" ,
"liberal" ,
"munificent" ,
"openhanded" ,
"openhearted" ,
"philanthropic" ,
"philanthropical" ,
"unselfish" ,
"unsparing" ,
"unstinting" ,
"careless" ,
"heedless" ,
"imprudent" ,
"incautious" ,
"injudicious" ,
"unwise" ,
"indulgent" ,
"reckless" ,
"self-indulgent" ,
"splurging" ,
"wanton"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"extravagant" ,
"high-rolling" ,
"prodigal" ,
"profligate" ,
"spendthrift" ,
"squandering" ,
"unthrifty" ,
"wasteful"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"thrived" : {
"to grow vigorously" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"luxuriated" ,
"overgrew" ,
"proliferated" ,
"shot up" ,
"germinated" ,
"rooted" ,
"sprouted" ,
"bloomed" ,
"flowered" ,
"fruited" ,
"produced" ,
"propagated" ,
"regenerated" ,
"seeded"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"burgeoned" ,
"bourgeoned" ,
"flourished" ,
"prospered"
]
} ,
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment" : {
"antonyms" : [
"failed"
] ,
"examples" : [
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"floundered" ,
"struggled"
] ,
"related" : [
"prevailed" ,
"triumphed" ,
"won" ,
"excelled"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arrived" ,
"flourished" ,
"prospered" ,
"succeeded"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"thriving" : {
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune" : {
"antonyms" : [
"failed" ,
"unsuccessful"
] ,
"examples" : [
"our new landscaping business is thriving"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"futureless" ,
"hopeless" ,
"inauspicious" ,
"no-good" ,
"unpromising" ,
"collapsing" ,
"failing" ,
"flopping" ,
"flunking" ,
"folding" ,
"washing-out" ,
"declining" ,
"slipping" ,
"slumping" ,
"waning" ,
"bankrupt" ,
"kaput" ,
"kaputt" ,
"kerflooey" ,
"destroyed" ,
"ruined" ,
"wrecked"
] ,
"related" : [
"coming" ,
"promising" ,
"booming" ,
"growing" ,
"roaring" ,
"robust" ,
"boffo" ,
"gangbusters" ,
"gangbuster" ,
"runaway" ,
"socko"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"flourishing" ,
"going" ,
"palmy" ,
"prosperous" ,
"successful" ,
"triumphant"
]
} ,
"marked by much life, movement, or activity" : {
"antonyms" : [
"asleep" ,
"dead" ,
"inactive" ,
"lifeless" ,
"sleepy"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"abounding" ,
"crowded" ,
"overflowing" ,
"populous" ,
"swarming" ,
"teeming" ,
"thronging"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aboil" ,
"abubble" ,
"abuzz" ,
"alive" ,
"animated" ,
"astir" ,
"brisk" ,
"bustling" ,
"busy" ,
"buzzing" ,
"flourishing" ,
"happening" ,
"hopping" ,
"humming" ,
"kinetic" ,
"lively" ,
"rousing" ,
"stirring" ,
"vibrant"
]
} ,
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically" : {
"antonyms" : [
"depressed" ,
"unprosperous" ,
"unsuccessful"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a thriving manufacturing community that is experiencing a tremendous growth in new jobs"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"declining" ,
"dying" ,
"failing" ,
"floundering" ,
"languishing" ,
"struggling" ,
"bankrupt" ,
"bankrupted" ,
"insolvent"
] ,
"related" : [
"affluent" ,
"moneyed" ,
"monied" ,
"opulent" ,
"rich" ,
"substantial" ,
"wealthy" ,
"well-heeled" ,
"well-off" ,
"well-to-do" ,
"comfortable"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"booming" ,
"boomy" ,
"flourishing" ,
"golden" ,
"halcyon" ,
"healthy" ,
"lush" ,
"palmy" ,
"prospering" ,
"prosperous" ,
"roaring" ,
"successful"
]
} ,
"to grow vigorously" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"luxuriating" ,
"overgrowing" ,
"proliferating" ,
"shooting up" ,
"germinating" ,
"rooting" ,
"sprouting" ,
"blooming" ,
"flowering" ,
"fruiting" ,
"producing" ,
"propagating" ,
"regenerating" ,
"seeding"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"burgeoning" ,
"bourgeoning" ,
"flourishing" ,
"prospering"
]
} ,
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment" : {
"antonyms" : [
"failing"
] ,
"examples" : [
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"floundering" ,
"struggling"
] ,
"related" : [
"prevailing" ,
"triumphing" ,
"winning" ,
"excelling"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arriving" ,
"flourishing" ,
"prospering" ,
"succeeding"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"throbs" : {
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I seemed to feel anew the pain of her death with each throb of my heart"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"fluctuations" ,
"oscillations" ,
"vibrations" ,
"quivers" ,
"trembles" ,
"tremors"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beatings" ,
"beats" ,
"palpitations" ,
"pulsations" ,
"pulses"
]
} ,
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"fluctuates" ,
"oscillates" ,
"vibrates" ,
"quivers" ,
"trembles"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beats" ,
"palpitates" ,
"pit-a-pats" ,
"pitter-patters" ,
"pulsates" ,
"pulses"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"throng" : {
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"masses" ,
"millions" ,
"rabble" ,
"rabblement" ,
"riffraff" ,
"gaggle" ,
"heap" ,
"mountain" ,
"pile" ,
"jam" ,
"logjam"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"army" ,
"bike" ,
"cram" ,
"crowd" ,
"crush" ,
"drove" ,
"flock" ,
"herd" ,
"horde" ,
"host" ,
"legion" ,
"mass" ,
"mob" ,
"multitude" ,
"press" ,
"rout" ,
"scrum" ,
"swarm"
]
} ,
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"fans thronged the field to celebrate the win"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"beset" ,
"infest" ,
"invade" ,
"overrun" ,
"clog" ,
"dam" ,
"jam" ,
"obstruct" ,
"plug (up)"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"crowd" ,
"flock" ,
"mob" ,
"swarm"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"through" : {
"along the way of" : {
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"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
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"the quickest way out of the building is through that hall there"
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] ,
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"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"related" : [
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"across" ,
"along" ,
"alongside" ,
"beyond" ,
"near" ,
"nearby" ,
"over" ,
"below" ,
"beneath" ,
"under" ,
"underneath" ,
"outside" ,
"past" ,
"throughout"
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] ,
"synonyms" : [
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"by" ,
"via"
]
} ,
"as the result of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"won the tournament through practice and hard work"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [
"because of" ,
"due to" ,
"owing to" ,
"with"
]
} ,
"brought or having come to an end" : {
"antonyms" : [
"continuing" ,
"incomplete" ,
"ongoing" ,
"uncompleted" ,
"undone" ,
"unfinished"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a standing ovation for the cast when the play was through"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"accomplished" ,
"achieved" ,
"attained" ,
"compassed" ,
"realized" ,
"dead" ,
"defunct" ,
"extinct" ,
"kaput" ,
"kaputt" ,
"obsolete" ,
"expired"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"complete" ,
"completed" ,
"concluded" ,
"done" ,
"down" ,
"ended" ,
"finished" ,
"over" ,
"over with" ,
"terminated" ,
"up"
]
} ,
"from beginning to end" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"read the letter through twice" ,
"never once missed class the whole year through"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [
"around" ,
"over" ,
"round" ,
"throughout"
]
} ,
"from one side to the other of an intervening space" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the bullet struck the door and went right through"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"clear"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"across" ,
"athwart" ,
"over"
]
} ,
"in or into the middle of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"lost control of the car and drove through the crowd"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"from" ,
"out of"
] ,
"related" : [
"between" ,
"betwixt"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"amid" ,
"amidst" ,
"among" ,
"amongst" ,
"mid" ,
"midst"
]
} ,
"in random positions within the boundaries of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the numerous small towns scattered through these hills"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"on"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"about" ,
"across" ,
"around" ,
"over" ,
"round" ,
"throughout"
]
} ,
"in the course of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"thoughtless people talking through the whole movie"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [
"amid" ,
"amidst" ,
"by" ,
"during" ,
"over" ,
"pending" ,
"throughout"
]
} ,
"to the opposite side of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"walked through the room"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"around" ,
"round" ,
"beyond" ,
"past"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"across" ,
"athwart" ,
"over"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"adverb" ,
"preposition"
] ,
"using the means or agency of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"apparently got his money through theft and deception"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [
"by" ,
"in" ,
"per" ,
"via" ,
"with"
]
}
} ,
"through street" : {
"as in Main Street , high street" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"throw cold water on" : {
"to lessen the courage or confidence of" : {
"antonyms" : [
"embolden" ,
"encourage" ,
"hearten" ,
"nerve" ,
"steel"
] ,
"examples" : [
"Her parents threw cold water on her dream of becoming a poet."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"buoy (up)" ,
"cheer" ,
"gladden" ,
"animate" ,
"enliven" ,
"invigorate" ,
"enforce" ,
"fortify" ,
"reinforce" ,
"reenforce" ,
"strengthen" ,
"assure" ,
"reassure" ,
"boost" ,
"energize" ,
"excite" ,
"galvanize" ,
"inspire" ,
"lift" ,
"provoke" ,
"quicken" ,
"rally" ,
"stimulate" ,
"stir"
] ,
"related" : [
"browbeat" ,
"bully" ,
"cow" ,
"intimidate" ,
"depress" ,
"sadden" ,
"weigh" ,
"afflict" ,
"try" ,
"damp" ,
"dampen" ,
"deaden" ,
"distress" ,
"trouble" ,
"bother" ,
"irk" ,
"vex" ,
"worry" ,
"debilitate" ,
"enfeeble" ,
"undermine" ,
"weaken" ,
"frighten" ,
"horrify" ,
"scare"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"chill" ,
"daunt" ,
"demoralize" ,
"discourage" ,
"dishearten" ,
"dismay" ,
"dispirit" ,
"frustrate" ,
"unman" ,
"unnerve"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"phrase"
]
} ,
"throw in the sponge" : {
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)" : {
"antonyms" : [
"resist"
] ,
"examples" : [
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"contend" ,
"fight" ,
"hold off" ,
"battle" ,
"breast" ,
"combat" ,
"confront" ,
"counter" ,
"defy" ,
"face" ,
"meet" ,
"object" ,
"oppose" ,
"repel" ,
"thwart" ,
"withstand"
] ,
"related" : [
"acquiesce" ,
"defer"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blink" ,
"bow" ,
"budge" ,
"capitulate" ,
"concede" ,
"give in" ,
"knuckle under" ,
"quit" ,
"relent" ,
"submit" ,
"succumb" ,
"surrender" ,
"yield"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"phrase"
]
} ,
"throw off" : {
"to draw the attention or mind to something else" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"concentrate" ,
"focus"
] ,
"related" : [
"amuse" ,
"beguile" ,
"entertain" ,
"stray" ,
"wander"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abstract" ,
"call off" ,
"detract" ,
"distract" ,
"divert"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"throw out" : {
"to drive or force out" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"accept" ,
"admit" ,
"receive" ,
"take" ,
"take in" ,
"welcome" ,
"entertain" ,
"harbor" ,
"house" ,
"lodge" ,
"shelter"
] ,
"related" : [
"deforce" ,
"deport" ,
"displace" ,
"dispossess" ,
"evict" ,
"exile" ,
"expatriate" ,
"ostracize" ,
"read out" ,
"shut out" ,
"ax" ,
"axe" ,
"can" ,
"cashier" ,
"defenestrate" ,
"discharge" ,
"fire" ,
"muster out" ,
"pink-slip" ,
"release" ,
"remove" ,
"retire" ,
"sack" ,
"terminate"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"banish" ,
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"boot (out)" ,
"bounce" ,
"cast out" ,
"chase" ,
"dismiss" ,
"drum (out)" ,
"eject" ,
"expel" ,
"extrude" ,
"kick out" ,
"oust" ,
"out" ,
"rout" ,
"run off" ,
"turf (out)" ,
"turn out"
]
} ,
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"adopt" ,
"embrace" ,
"take on" ,
"employ" ,
"use" ,
"utilize" ,
"hold" ,
"hold back" ,
"keep" ,
"retain"
] ,
"related" : [
"abandon" ,
"abdicate" ,
"desert" ,
"forsake" ,
"dismiss" ,
"kick out" ,
"abolish" ,
"annihilate" ,
"eliminate" ,
"eradicate" ,
"expunge" ,
"exterminate" ,
"extinguish" ,
"extirpate" ,
"liquidate" ,
"remove" ,
"root (out)" ,
"stamp (out)" ,
"wipe out"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cashier" ,
"cast (off)" ,
"chuck" ,
"deep-six" ,
"discard" ,
"ditch" ,
"dump" ,
"eighty-six" ,
"86" ,
"exorcise" ,
"exorcize" ,
"fling (off or away)" ,
"jettison" ,
"junk" ,
"lay by" ,
"lose" ,
"pitch" ,
"reject" ,
"scrap" ,
"shed" ,
"shuck (off)" ,
"slough (off)" ,
"sluff (off)" ,
"throw away" ,
"toss" ,
"unload"
]
} ,
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to" : {
"antonyms" : [
"accept" ,
"agree (to)" ,
"approve"
] ,
"examples" : [
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"condone" ,
"countenance" ,
"swallow" ,
"tolerate" ,
"adopt" ,
"embrace" ,
"receive" ,
"take" ,
"welcome" ,
"accede" ,
"acquiesce" ,
"agree" ,
"assent" ,
"consent" ,
"choose" ,
"handpick" ,
"select" ,
"espouse" ,
"support"
] ,
"related" : [
"blow off" ,
"disdain" ,
"rebuff" ,
"scorn" ,
"scout" ,
"shoot down" ,
"overrule" ,
"veto" ,
"forbid" ,
"prohibit" ,
"proscribe" ,
"dismiss" ,
"ignore" ,
"abstain (from)" ,
"forbear" ,
"refrain (from)" ,
"deny" ,
"disavow" ,
"disclaim" ,
"dispute" ,
"gainsay" ,
"stick" ,
"abjure" ,
"forswear" ,
"foreswear" ,
"recant" ,
"renounce" ,
"retract" ,
"take back" ,
"unsay" ,
"withdraw" ,
"avoid" ,
"bypass" ,
"detour" ,
"contradict" ,
"deny" ,
"disown" ,
"negate" ,
"controvert" ,
"disagree (with)" ,
"disprove" ,
"dispute" ,
"rebut" ,
"refute" ,
"back down" ,
"back off" ,
"backtrack" ,
"disallow" ,
"recall" ,
"renege" ,
"revoke"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"balk (at)" ,
"decline" ,
"deselect" ,
"disapprove" ,
"negative" ,
"nix" ,
"pass" ,
"pass up" ,
"refuse" ,
"reject" ,
"reprobate" ,
"repudiate" ,
"spurn" ,
"throw over" ,
"turn down"
]
} ,
"to throw or give off" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"absorb" ,
"inhale" ,
"soak (up)" ,
"sponge" ,
"suck (up)" ,
"take up"
] ,
"related" : [
"eliminate" ,
"evacuate" ,
"excrete" ,
"exude" ,
"ooze" ,
"secrete" ,
"eject" ,
"erupt" ,
"gush" ,
"jet" ,
"outpour" ,
"pour" ,
"spew" ,
"spout" ,
"spray" ,
"spurt" ,
"squirt"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cast" ,
"discharge" ,
"emanate" ,
"emit" ,
"evolve" ,
"exhale" ,
"expel" ,
"expire" ,
"give out" ,
"irradiate" ,
"issue" ,
"radiate" ,
"release" ,
"send (out)" ,
"shoot" ,
"vent"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"throwaway" : {
"as in castaway" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in handout , handbill" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I should throw away that torn shirt"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"adopt" ,
"embrace" ,
"take on" ,
"employ" ,
"use" ,
"utilize" ,
"hold" ,
"hold back" ,
"keep" ,
"retain"
] ,
"related" : [
"abandon" ,
"abdicate" ,
"desert" ,
"forsake" ,
"dismiss" ,
"kick out" ,
"abolish" ,
"annihilate" ,
"eliminate" ,
"eradicate" ,
"expunge" ,
"exterminate" ,
"extinguish" ,
"extirpate" ,
"liquidate" ,
"remove" ,
"root (out)" ,
"stamp (out)" ,
"wipe out"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cashier" ,
"cast (off)" ,
"chuck" ,
"deep-six" ,
"discard" ,
"ditch" ,
"dump" ,
"eighty-six" ,
"86" ,
"exorcise" ,
"exorcize" ,
"fling (off or away)" ,
"jettison" ,
"junk" ,
"lay by" ,
"lose" ,
"pitch" ,
"reject" ,
"scrap" ,
"shed" ,
"shuck (off)" ,
"slough (off)" ,
"sluff (off)" ,
"throw out" ,
"toss" ,
"unload"
]
} ,
"to use up carelessly" : {
"antonyms" : [
"conserve"
] ,
"examples" : [
"if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"economize" ,
"scrimp" ,
"skimp" ,
"preserve" ,
"protect" ,
"save" ,
"hoard" ,
"lay up"
] ,
"related" : [
"splurge" ,
"consume" ,
"deplete" ,
"exhaust" ,
"impoverish" ,
"overspend" ,
"shoot" ,
"indulge" ,
"overindulge" ,
"disburse" ,
"expend" ,
"lay out"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blow" ,
"dissipate" ,
"fiddle away" ,
"fritter (away)" ,
"lavish" ,
"lose" ,
"misspend" ,
"run through" ,
"spend" ,
"squander" ,
"trifle (away)" ,
"waste"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"throwing over" : {
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"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to" : {
"antonyms" : [
"accepting" ,
"agreeing (to)" ,
"approving"
] ,
"examples" : [
"if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"condoning" ,
"countenancing" ,
"swallowing" ,
"tolerating" ,
"adopting" ,
"embracing" ,
"receiving" ,
"taking" ,
"welcoming" ,
"acceding" ,
"acquiescing" ,
"agreeing" ,
"assenting" ,
"consenting" ,
"choosing" ,
"handpicking" ,
"selecting" ,
"espousing" ,
"supporting"
] ,
"related" : [
"blowing off" ,
"disdaining" ,
"rebuffing" ,
"scorning" ,
"scouting" ,
"shooting down" ,
"overruling" ,
"vetoing" ,
"forbidding" ,
"prohibiting" ,
"proscribing" ,
"dismissing" ,
"ignoring" ,
"abstaining (from)" ,
"forbearing" ,
"refraining (from)" ,
"denying" ,
"disavowing" ,
"disclaiming" ,
"disputing" ,
"gainsaying" ,
"sticking" ,
"abjuring" ,
"forswearing" ,
"foreswearing" ,
"recanting" ,
"renouncing" ,
"retracting" ,
"taking back" ,
"unsaying" ,
"withdrawing" ,
"avoiding" ,
"bypassing" ,
"detouring" ,
"contradicting" ,
"denying" ,
"disowning" ,
"negating" ,
"controverting" ,
"disagreeing (with)" ,
"disproving" ,
"disputing" ,
"rebutting" ,
"refuting" ,
"backing down" ,
"backing off" ,
"backtracking" ,
"disallowing" ,
"recalling" ,
"reneging" ,
"revoking"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"balking (at)" ,
"declining" ,
"deselecting" ,
"disapproving" ,
"negativing" ,
"nixing" ,
"passing" ,
"passing up" ,
"refusing" ,
"rejecting" ,
"reprobating" ,
"repudiating" ,
"spurning" ,
"throwing out" ,
"turning down"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"throwing up" : {
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"disgorging" ,
"regurgitating" ,
"ejecting" ,
"expelling" ,
"nauseating"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"barfing" ,
"gagging" ,
"heaving" ,
"hurling" ,
"puking" ,
"retching" ,
"spewing" ,
"spitting up" ,
"upchucking" ,
"vomiting"
]
} ,
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"crafting" ,
"handcrafting" ,
"fashioning" ,
"forging" ,
"hammering out" ,
"pounding (out)"
] ,
"related" : [
"dashing (off)" ,
"jerry-building"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cobbling (together or up)" ,
"jury-rigging" ,
"patching (together)"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"thumb (through)" : {
"as in turn over , dip (into)" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"thumbs one's nose (at)" : {
"to show contempt for" : {
"antonyms" : [
"honors" ,
"respects"
] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"cherishes" ,
"prizes" ,
"treasures" ,
"values" ,
"admires" ,
"esteems" ,
"lionizes" ,
"hallows" ,
"reveres" ,
"venerates" ,
"worships" ,
"accepts" ,
"appreciates" ,
"approves (of)" ,
"cares (for)" ,
"countenances" ,
"favors" ,
"OKs" ,
"okays" ,
"subscribes (to)"
] ,
"related" : [
"scouts" ,
"abhors" ,
"abominates" ,
"despises" ,
"detests" ,
"execrates" ,
"hates" ,
"loathes" ,
"belittles" ,
"deplores" ,
"deprecates" ,
"disparages" ,
"disapproves (of)" ,
"discountenances" ,
"disfavors" ,
"frowns (on or upon)"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"contemns" ,
"disdains" ,
"disrespects" ,
"disses" ,
"high-hats" ,
"looks down (on or upon)" ,
"scorns" ,
"slights" ,
"sniffs (at)" ,
"snoots" ,
"snubs"
]
} ,
"type" : [ ]
} ,
"thump" : {
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"In frustration, she gave the jammed copier a thump with her fist."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"counter" ,
"counterblow" ,
"counterpunch" ,
"counterstroke" ,
"body blow" ,
"hand" ,
"kick" ,
"knee" ,
"left" ,
"one-two" ,
"rabbit punch" ,
"right" ,
"right-hander" ,
"roundhouse" ,
"shiver" ,
"sidewinder" ,
"sucker punch" ,
"swing" ,
"uppercut" ,
"cruncher" ,
"kayo" ,
"knockdown" ,
"knockout" ,
"KO" ,
"bastinado" ,
"bastinade" ,
"battering" ,
"beating" ,
"bludgeoning" ,
"clobbering" ,
"cudgeling" ,
"cudgelling" ,
"drubbing" ,
"hammering" ,
"lambasting" ,
"licking" ,
"pasting" ,
"pounding" ,
"pummeling" ,
"pummelling" ,
"thrashing" ,
"flogging" ,
"walloping" ,
"whip" ,
"whipping"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bang" ,
"bash" ,
"bat" ,
"beat" ,
"belt" ,
"biff" ,
"blow" ,
"bop" ,
"box" ,
"buffet" ,
"bust" ,
"chop" ,
"clap" ,
"clip" ,
"clout" ,
"crack" ,
"cuff" ,
"dab" ,
"douse" ,
"fillip" ,
"hack" ,
"haymaker" ,
"hit" ,
"hook" ,
"knock" ,
"larrup" ,
"lash" ,
"lick" ,
"pelt" ,
"pick" ,
"plump" ,
"poke" ,
"pound" ,
"punch" ,
"rap" ,
"slam" ,
"slap" ,
"slug" ,
"smack" ,
"smash" ,
"sock" ,
"spank" ,
"stinger" ,
"stripe" ,
"stroke" ,
"swat" ,
"swipe" ,
"switch" ,
"thud" ,
"thwack" ,
"wallop" ,
"welt" ,
"whack" ,
"wham" ,
"whop" ,
"whap"
]
} ,
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"batter" ,
"beat" ,
"buffet" ,
"bung" ,
"chop" ,
"cuff" ,
"drub" ,
"lace" ,
"lambaste" ,
"lambast" ,
"lick" ,
"mangle" ,
"maul" ,
"pelt" ,
"pepper" ,
"pommel" ,
"pummel" ,
"rough" ,
"scuff" ,
"bunt" ,
"flick" ,
"stroke" ,
"tap" ,
"bump" ,
"butt" ,
"jab" ,
"jostle" ,
"kick" ,
"knee" ,
"poke" ,
"prod" ,
"push" ,
"shove" ,
"stamp" ,
"bowl (down or over)" ,
"cream" ,
"deck" ,
"dump" ,
"fell" ,
"floor" ,
"knock down" ,
"level" ,
"rabbit-punch" ,
"sucker punch" ,
"cane" ,
"club" ,
"cudgel" ,
"flail" ,
"flog" ,
"lash" ,
"sap" ,
"slash" ,
"sledge" ,
"sledgehammer" ,
"spear" ,
"stab" ,
"switch" ,
"thrash" ,
"whip" ,
"bean" ,
"brain" ,
"conk" ,
"skull"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bang" ,
"bash" ,
"bat" ,
"belt" ,
"biff" ,
"bludgeon" ,
"bob" ,
"bonk" ,
"bop" ,
"box" ,
"bust" ,
"clap" ,
"clip" ,
"clobber" ,
"clock" ,
"clout" ,
"crack" ,
"hammer" ,
"hit" ,
"knock" ,
"nail" ,
"paste" ,
"pound" ,
"punch" ,
"rap" ,
"slam" ,
"slap" ,
"slog" ,
"slug" ,
"smack" ,
"smite" ,
"sock" ,
"strike" ,
"swat" ,
"swipe" ,
"tag" ,
"thwack" ,
"wallop" ,
"whack" ,
"whale" ,
"zap"
]
} ,
"to strike repeatedly" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"assail" ,
"assault" ,
"attack" ,
"beset" ,
"box" ,
"bust" ,
"chop" ,
"clobber" ,
"clout" ,
"crack" ,
"cudgel" ,
"cuff" ,
"descend (on or upon)" ,
"hit" ,
"jump (on)" ,
"knock" ,
"lam" ,
"lay on" ,
"paste" ,
"pounce (on or upon)" ,
"punch" ,
"raid" ,
"rush" ,
"slam" ,
"slap" ,
"smack" ,
"smash" ,
"sock" ,
"spank" ,
"storm" ,
"swat" ,
"swipe" ,
"thwack" ,
"whack" ,
"wham" ,
"whomp" ,
"blackjack" ,
"cane" ,
"cowhide" ,
"flagellate" ,
"fustigate" ,
"horsewhip" ,
"leather" ,
"pistol-whip" ,
"rawhide" ,
"scourge" ,
"strap" ,
"gore" ,
"lacerate" ,
"wound" ,
"maim" ,
"mangle" ,
"mutilate"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bash" ,
"baste" ,
"bat" ,
"batter" ,
"beat" ,
"belabor" ,
"belt" ,
"birch" ,
"bludgeon" ,
"buffet" ,
"bung up" ,
"club" ,
"curry" ,
"do" ,
"drub" ,
"fib" ,
"flog" ,
"hammer" ,
"hide" ,
"lace" ,
"lambaste" ,
"lambast" ,
"lash" ,
"lather" ,
"lick" ,
"maul" ,
"mess (up)" ,
"paddle" ,
"pelt" ,
"pommel" ,
"pound" ,
"pummel" ,
"punch out" ,
"rough (up)" ,
"slate" ,
"slog" ,
"switch" ,
"tan" ,
"thrash" ,
"thresh" ,
"tromp" ,
"wallop" ,
"whale" ,
"whip" ,
"whop" ,
"whap" ,
"whup" ,
"work over"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"thunderously" : {
"as in loudly , boisterously" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adverb"
]
} ,
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"thunders" : {
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"as we got closer, the waterfall thundered louder and louder"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"grunts" ,
"mouths" ,
"mumbles" ,
"murmurs" ,
"mutters" ,
"whispers" ,
"mewls" ,
"pules" ,
"squeaks" ,
"whimpers"
] ,
"related" : [
"grumbles" ,
"rolls" ,
"rumbles" ,
"bangs" ,
"blares" ,
"blasts" ,
"peals" ,
"screams" ,
"screeches" ,
"shrieks" ,
"squalls" ,
"bawls" ,
"calls" ,
"cries" ,
"hollers" ,
"hoots" ,
"shouts" ,
"whoops" ,
"yells" ,
"bells" ,
"caterwauls" ,
"howls" ,
"wails" ,
"yowls"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bellows" ,
"booms" ,
"growls" ,
"roars"
]
} ,
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a hotheaded man who was always thundering about the crooks and idiots running the government"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"breathes" ,
"mumbles" ,
"murmurs" ,
"mutters" ,
"whispers"
] ,
"related" : [
"crows" ,
"whoops" ,
"screams" ,
"screeches" ,
"shrieks" ,
"shrills" ,
"squeaks" ,
"squeals" ,
"caterwauls" ,
"howls" ,
"ululates" ,
"wails" ,
"yawps" ,
"yaups" ,
"yowls" ,
"hails" ,
"speaks out" ,
"speaks up"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bawls" ,
"bays" ,
"bellows" ,
"calls" ,
"cries" ,
"hollers" ,
"hollos" ,
"halloos" ,
"roars" ,
"shouts" ,
"sounds off" ,
"vociferates" ,
"yells"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"thwarted" : {
"to prevent from achieving a goal" : {
"antonyms" : [
"advanced" ,
"cultivated" ,
"encouraged" ,
"forwarded" ,
"fostered" ,
"furthered" ,
"nurtured" ,
"promoted"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"abetted" ,
"aided" ,
"assisted" ,
"eased" ,
"facilitated" ,
"smoothed"
] ,
"related" : [
"barred" ,
"blocked" ,
"clogged" ,
"encumbered" ,
"fettered" ,
"hampered" ,
"handicapped" ,
"held back" ,
"hindered" ,
"hobbled" ,
"impeded" ,
"inhibited" ,
"interfered (with)" ,
"manacled" ,
"obstructed" ,
"shackled" ,
"tied up" ,
"trammeled" ,
"trammelled" ,
"arrested" ,
"checked" ,
"halted" ,
"set back" ,
"short-circuited" ,
"stalled" ,
"stopped" ,
"averted" ,
"forestalled" ,
"obviated" ,
"precluded" ,
"prevented" ,
"negated" ,
"neutralized" ,
"nullified" ,
"counteracted" ,
"offset" ,
"conquered" ,
"defeated" ,
"overcame"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"baffled" ,
"balked" ,
"beat" ,
"checkmated" ,
"discomfited" ,
"foiled" ,
"frustrated"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
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} ,
"thief" : {
"one who steals" : {
"examples" : [
"a thief has been stealing wallets and valuables from the lockers at the gym"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"larcenist" ,
"pincher" ,
"purloiner" ,
"robber" ,
"stealer"
] ,
"related" : [
"burglar" ,
"cat burglar" ,
"cracksman" ,
"housebreaker" ,
"picklock" ,
"safecracker" ,
"embezzler" ,
"grafter" ,
"klepto" ,
"kleptomaniac" ,
"sneak thief" ,
"cutpurse" ,
"dip" ,
"pickpocket" ,
"pilferer" ,
"shoplifter" ,
"abductor" ,
"carjacker" ,
"hijacker" ,
"kidnapper" ,
"kidnaper" ,
"skyjacker" ,
"despoiler" ,
"looter" ,
"pillager" ,
"plunderer" ,
"ransacker" ,
"ravisher" ,
"poacher" ,
"rustler" ,
"smuggler" ,
"bandit" ,
"footpad" ,
"highwayman" ,
"pirate" ,
"mugger"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"thick on the ground" : {
"being more than enough without being excessive" : {
"examples" : [
"Tourism has been thick on the ground since the new ampitheater opened last fall."
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abundant" ,
"ample" ,
"aplenty" ,
"bounteous" ,
"bountiful" ,
"comfortable" ,
"cornucopian" ,
"galore" ,
"generous" ,
"liberal" ,
"plenteous" ,
"plentiful" ,
"plenty"
] ,
"related" : [
"extra" ,
"supernumerary" ,
"surplus" ,
"abounding" ,
"blooming" ,
"overflowing" ,
"plump" ,
"replete" ,
"rich" ,
"rife" ,
"teeming" ,
"wealthy" ,
"adequate" ,
"enough" ,
"sufficient" ,
"fat" ,
"fecund" ,
"fertile" ,
"fruitful" ,
"luxuriant" ,
"prodigal" ,
"prolific" ,
"copious" ,
"fulsome" ,
"lavish" ,
"profuse"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"deficient" ,
"inadequate" ,
"insufficient" ,
"lacking" ,
"wanting" ,
"meager" ,
"meagre" ,
"niggardly" ,
"stingy" ,
"skimpy" ,
"least" ,
"minimum" ,
"light" ,
"slight" ,
"small" ,
"barren" ,
"infertile" ,
"sterile" ,
"unfruitful" ,
"unproductive"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"bare" ,
"minimal" ,
"scant" ,
"spare"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"phrase"
]
} ,
"thingamajigs" : {
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember" : {
"examples" : [
"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"dinguses" ,
"doodads" ,
"doohickeys" ,
"doohickies" ,
"hickeys" ,
"thingamabobs" ,
"thingummies" ,
"whatchamacallits" ,
"whatnots" ,
"whatsits" ,
"whatses" ,
"what-is-its"
] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"thrusting" : {
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one" : {
"examples" : [
"the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"driving" ,
"propelling" ,
"pushing" ,
"shoving"
] ,
"related" : [
"impelling" ,
"moving" ,
"bearing (down)" ,
"compressing" ,
"depressing" ,
"jamming" ,
"pressuring" ,
"squashing" ,
"squeezing" ,
"weighing (upon)" ,
"bulldozing" ,
"compelling" ,
"forcing" ,
"leaning (on or against)" ,
"muscling" ,
"ramming"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to move or extend upward" : {
"examples" : [
"the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arising" ,
"ascending" ,
"aspiring" ,
"climbing" ,
"lifting" ,
"mounting" ,
"rising" ,
"soaring" ,
"upping" ,
"uprearing" ,
"uprising" ,
"upthrusting" ,
"upturning"
] ,
"related" : [
"surging" ,
"towering" ,
"boosting" ,
"elevating" ,
"raising" ,
"upheaving" ,
"uplifting" ,
"upraising" ,
"ballooning" ,
"blasting off" ,
"taking off" ,
"zooming" ,
"cresting" ,
"scaling" ,
"surmounting" ,
"topping" ,
"canting" ,
"inclining" ,
"leaning" ,
"listing" ,
"reclining" ,
"slanting" ,
"sloping" ,
"tilting" ,
"tipping"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"diving" ,
"nose-diving" ,
"plummeting" ,
"sinking" ,
"sliding"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"declining" ,
"descending" ,
"dipping" ,
"dropping" ,
"falling (off)" ,
"plunging"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"thwacked" : {
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner" : {
"examples" : [
"thwacked the growling dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"banged" ,
"bashed" ,
"batted" ,
"belted" ,
"biffed" ,
"bludgeoned" ,
"bobbed" ,
"bonked" ,
"bopped" ,
"boxed" ,
"busted" ,
"bust" ,
"clapped" ,
"clapt" ,
"clipped" ,
"clobbered" ,
"clocked" ,
"clouted" ,
"cracked" ,
"hammered" ,
"hit" ,
"knocked" ,
"nailed" ,
"pasted" ,
"pounded" ,
"punched" ,
"rapped" ,
"slammed" ,
"slapped" ,
"slogged" ,
"slugged" ,
"smacked" ,
"smote" ,
"socked" ,
"struck" ,
"swatted" ,
"swiped" ,
"tagged" ,
"thumped" ,
"walloped" ,
"whacked" ,
"whaled" ,
"zapped"
] ,
"related" : [
"battered" ,
"beat" ,
"buffeted" ,
"bunged" ,
"chopped" ,
"cuffed" ,
"drubbed" ,
"laced" ,
"lambasted" ,
"licked" ,
"mangled" ,
"mauled" ,
"pelted" ,
"peppered" ,
"pommeled" ,
"pommelled" ,
"pummeled" ,
"pummelled" ,
"roughed" ,
"scuffed" ,
"bunted" ,
"flicked" ,
"stroked" ,
"tapped" ,
"bumped" ,
"butted" ,
"jabbed" ,
"jostled" ,
"kicked" ,
"kneed" ,
"poked" ,
"prodded" ,
"pushed" ,
"shoved" ,
"stamped" ,
"bowled (down or over)" ,
"creamed" ,
"decked" ,
"dumped" ,
"felled" ,
"floored" ,
"knocked down" ,
"leveled" ,
"levelled" ,
"rabbit-punched" ,
"sucker punched" ,
"caned" ,
"clubbed" ,
"cudgeled" ,
"cudgelled" ,
"flailed" ,
"flogged" ,
"lashed" ,
"sapped" ,
"slashed" ,
"sledged" ,
"sledgehammered" ,
"speared" ,
"stabbed" ,
"switched" ,
"thrashed" ,
"whipped" ,
"beaned" ,
"brained" ,
"conked" ,
"skulled"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"thresholds" : {
"an interval of time just before the onset of something" : {
"examples" : [
"on the threshold of a new age of green technology"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"brinks" ,
"cusps" ,
"edges" ,
"points" ,
"verges"
] ,
"related" : [
"nicks"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"the point at which something begins" : {
"examples" : [
"at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alphas" ,
"baselines" ,
"beginnings" ,
"births" ,
"commencements" ,
"dawns" ,
"day ones" ,
"geneses" ,
"get-goes" ,
"git-goes" ,
"inceptions" ,
"incipiences" ,
"incipiencies" ,
"kickoffs" ,
"launches" ,
"mornings" ,
"nascences" ,
"nascencies" ,
"onsets" ,
"outsets" ,
"starts"
] ,
"related" : [
"drawing boards" ,
"first bases" ,
"ground zeros" ,
"square ones" ,
"creations" ,
"inaugurations" ,
"initiations" ,
"institutions" ,
"originations" ,
"cradles" ,
"fountainheads" ,
"fountains" ,
"germs" ,
"origins" ,
"roots" ,
"seedbeds" ,
"sources" ,
"springs" ,
"wells" ,
"wellsprings" ,
"openings" ,
"advents" ,
"appearances" ,
"arrivals" ,
"debuts" ,
"d\u00e9buts" ,
"emergences" ,
"childhoods" ,
"infancies" ,
"youths"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"cessations" ,
"closings" ,
"closures" ,
"completions" ,
"finales" ,
"finishes" ,
"periods" ,
"stops" ,
"terminations" ,
"windups"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"closes" ,
"conclusions" ,
"endings" ,
"ends" ,
"omegas"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
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}
}
