"a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval":{
"the bill passed with 50 \" yeses \" and 12 \"noes\""
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmatives",
"yeas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pros",
"acceptances",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"approvals",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"permissions",
"sanctions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cons",
"blackballs",
"vetoes",
"declinations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"negations",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"turndowns"
],
"antonyms":[
"nays",
"negatives",
"noes",
"nos",
"non placets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yearning (over)":{
"to have sympathy for":{
"examples":[
"who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"bleeding (for)",
"commiserating (with)",
"compassionating",
"condoling (with)",
"feeling (for)",
"pitying",
"sympathizing (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"grieving (for)",
"sorrowing (for)",
"loving",
"empathizing (with)",
"identifying (with)",
"tolerating",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"disliking",
"hating",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"yes-men":{
"a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval":{
"examples":[
"corporate yes-men"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"followers",
"liege men",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists",
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yen (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"what car lover doesn't yen for a new car at the start of every model year"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"years":{
"as in generations , cycles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cycles",
"generations",
"ages",
"days",
"epochs",
"eras",
"periods",
"times",
"bits",
"spaces",
"spans",
"spells",
"stretches",
"whiles",
"dates",
"vintages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yesteryear":{
"the events or experience of former times":{
"examples":[
"the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"auld lang syne",
"history",
"past",
"yesterday",
"yore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bygone",
"flashback",
"annals",
"chronicle",
"record",
"memoir",
"antiquity",
"long ago"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-and-by",
"future",
"futurity",
"hereafter",
"offing",
"tomorrow",
"moment",
"now",
"present",
"today"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yearnings":{
"a strong wish for something":{
"examples":[
"had a sudden yearning for something sweet"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetency",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in crying , pressing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clamorous",
"crying",
"pressing",
"demanding",
"exigent",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"urgent",
"avid",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious",
"unappeased",
"unsatisfied",
"inappeasable",
"inextinguishable",
"insatiable",
"insatiate",
"quenchless",
"unappeasable",
"unquenchable",
"unslakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasable",
"extinguishable",
"satiable",
"satisfiable",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in longing , pining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"longing",
"pining",
"agonizing",
"chafing",
"bothering",
"fearing",
"fretting",
"fussing",
"stewing",
"stressing",
"sweating",
"troubling",
"worrying",
"despairing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"sustaining",
"taking",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"yen":{
"a strong wish for something":{
"examples":[
"I have a strange yen to take the day off from work"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetency",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yearning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yeshivot":{
"as in madrassas , Sunday schools":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"madrassas",
"madrasas",
"madrassahs",
"madrasahs",
"Sunday schools",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yeshivah":{
"as in madrassa , Sunday school":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"madrassa",
"madrasa",
"madrassah",
"madrasah",
"Sunday school",
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"minischool",
"common school",
"elementary school",
"grammar school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"boarding school",
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yearn (over)":{
"to have sympathy for":{
"examples":[
"who wouldn't yearn over the poor little girl who fell and scraped her knee?"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"bleed (for)",
"commiserate (with)",
"compassionate",
"condole (with)",
"feel (for)",
"pity",
"sympathize (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"grieve (for)",
"sorrow (for)",
"love",
"empathize (with)",
"identify (with)",
"tolerate",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"dislike",
"hate",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"yesteryears":{
"the events or experience of former times":{
"examples":[
"the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"auld lang synes",
"histories",
"pasts",
"yesterdays",
"yores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bygones",
"flashbacks",
"annals",
"chronicles",
"records",
"memoirs",
"antiquities",
"long agos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-and-bys",
"futures",
"futurities",
"hereafters",
"offings",
"tomorrows",
"moments",
"nows",
"presents",
"todays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yeoman":{
"as in sharecropper , crofter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller",
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"granger",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"campesino"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yearns":{
"as in longs , pines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"longs",
"pines",
"agonizes",
"chafes",
"bothers",
"fears",
"frets",
"fusses",
"stews",
"stresses",
"sweats",
"troubles",
"worries",
"despairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"abides",
"bears",
"endures",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"sustains",
"takes",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"yearbooks":{
"as in annuals , weeklies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yeasty":{
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
"examples":[
"the yeasty chatter at a cocktail party on New Year's Eve"
],
"synonyms":[
"birdbrained",
"ditzy",
"ditsy",
"dizzy",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"frothy",
"futile",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"light-minded",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"inane",
"nonsensical",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"daft",
"fruity",
"exuberant",
"flippant",
"fluttery",
"giggly",
"happy",
"light",
"lighthearted",
"playful",
"sappy",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"melancholy",
"somber",
"sombre",
"thoughtful",
"dignified",
"heavy",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"severe",
"solemn",
"staid"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"sober",
"unfrivolous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"yearning (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"examples":[
"yearned for a little house in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yenning (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"yeas":{
"a vote or decision for something":{
"examples":[
"the measure passed with 50 yeas and 17 nays"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmatives",
"yeses",
"yesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pros",
"acceptances",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"approvals",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"permissions",
"sanctions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cons",
"blackballs",
"vetoes",
"declinations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"negations",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"turndowns"
],
"antonyms":[
"nays",
"negatives",
"noes",
"nos",
"non placets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yeomen":{
"as in sharecroppers , crofters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"workfolks",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"grangers",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"campesinos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yearly":{
"occurring once every year":{
"examples":[
"The department store has a yearly clearance sale that attracts shoppers from all over the region."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annual",
"bimonthly",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"intermittent",
"perennial",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"regular",
"repeated",
"routine",
"serial",
"usual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"year-rounder":{
"a usually longtime resident of a locality":{
"examples":[
"year-rounders love the off-season, when the tourists are a bittersweet memory and once again they have the island all to themselves"
],
"synonyms":[
"local",
"localite",
"native",
"townie",
"towny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excursionist",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"holidayer",
"vacationer",
"vacationist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"year":{
"as in generation , cycle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cycle",
"generation",
"age",
"day",
"epoch",
"era",
"period",
"time",
"bit",
"space",
"span",
"spell",
"stretch",
"while",
"date",
"vintage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"yeast":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"taxation without representation proved to be the yeast of rebellion"