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{
"dubitable":{
"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
],
"examples":[
"some highly dubitable \"evidence\" that the stone tower was built by the Vikings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive"
],
"related":[
"alleged",
"so-called",
"supposed",
"moot",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"weak"
],
"synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"duchesses":{
"as in queens , countesses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"ducked":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"related":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)"
]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"parried",
"shirked",
"skirted",
"deflected",
"turned",
"slid",
"slipped"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodged",
"jinked",
"sidestepped",
"slalomed",
"weaved",
"zigzagged"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"soused",
"submerged",
"submersed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ducking":{
"the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the disgraceful ducking of your duties to your family"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abidance",
"endurance",
"submission",
"toleration"
],
"related":[
"bypassing",
"circumvention",
"runaround",
"sidestepping",
"skirting",
"averting",
"deflection",
"obviation",
"precluding",
"prevention"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoidance",
"cop-out",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"elusion",
"escape",
"eschewal",
"eschewing",
"evasion",
"out",
"shaking",
"shunning"
]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"missing",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)",
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"precluding",
"ruling out",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"skirting",
"foiling",
"foxing",
"frustrating",
"outfoxing",
"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"finessing",
"getting around",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)"
]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"duck behind a pillar before they see us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"parrying",
"shirking",
"skirting",
"deflecting",
"turning",
"sliding",
"slipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodging",
"jinking",
"sidestepping",
"slaloming",
"weaving",
"zigzagging"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submerging",
"submersing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"ducts":{
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"air ducts to provide ventilation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drainpipes",
"drains",
"funnels",
"hydrants",
"mains",
"smokestacks",
"spouts",
"standpipes",
"stovepipes",
"tiles",
"waste pipes",
"waterspouts",
"pipages",
"pipeages",
"pipelines",
"pipings"
],
"synonyms":[
"channels",
"conduits",
"leaders",
"lines",
"penstocks",
"pipes",
"troughs",
"tubes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dude":{
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"related":[
"coxcomb",
"fancy Dan",
"popinjay",
"blade",
"cavalier",
"dasher",
"clotheshorse",
"exquisite",
"swell"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dandy",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"OK, dude , whatever you say"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"buddy",
"buster"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duffs":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been sitting on my duff all day"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"bottoms",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"butts",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"posteriors",
"rear ends",
"rears",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tail ends",
"tails",
"tushes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"dulling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make white or lighter by removing color":{
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning"
],
"examples":[
"the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"related":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"dimming",
"matting",
"etiolating",
"whitewashing",
"frosting",
"silvering"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"decolorizing",
"fading",
"paling",
"snowing",
"washing out",
"whitening"
]
},
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"sharpening",
"whetting"
],
"examples":[
"the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"consolidating",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"redoubling",
"stepping up",
"strengthening",
"animating",
"arousing",
"stimulating"
],
"related":[
"muffling",
"muting",
"toning (down)",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening",
"abating",
"moderating"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbing",
"blunting",
"cauterizing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"numbing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"dullness":{
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
],
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"examples":[
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"the dullness of the characters in horror movies cannot be overstated"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
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],
"related":[
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"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumb":{
"deliberately refraining from speech":{
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"speaking",
"talking"
],
"examples":[
"the mayor has chosen to remain dumb about her activities that night"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"eloquent",
"fluent",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"facile",
"glib",
"silver-tongued",
"smooth-tongued"
],
"related":[
"inarticulate",
"tongue-tied",
"nonvocal",
"voiceless",
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"dumbstruck",
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"sulking",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"mum",
"mute",
"muted",
"silent",
"speechless",
"uncommunicative",
"wordless"
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]
},
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"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
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"examples":[
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"don't call him dumb just because he makes the occasional mistake like the rest of us"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
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],
"related":[
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"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
]
},
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
],
"examples":[
"he prefers to remain dumb , and replies in monosyllables if really pressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitate",
"stir"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"extinguish",
"hush",
"mute",
"quell",
"quiet",
"quieten",
"settle",
"shush",
"shut up",
"silence",
"squelch",
"still"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dumbbell":{
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"no, you're not a dumbbell \u2014this is one of the hardest courses the school offers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"related":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumbfounded":{
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"casual",
"nonchalant",
"unruffled"
],
"related":[
"blindsided",
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"aghast",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"horrified",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"overwhelmed",
"agape",
"awed",
"awesome",
"openmouthed",
"wide-eyed",
"widemouthed"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"bowled over",
"dumbstruck",
"flabbergasted",
"shocked",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
]
},
"filled with amazement or wonder":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"related":[
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dumbness":{
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the determined dumbness of the accountants who tally the votes for the Academy Awards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"related":[
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"taciturnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness",
"stillness"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
],
"examples":[
"couldn't believe the dumbness of the people who fell for that scam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"related":[
"feeblemindedness",
"simplemindedness",
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"idiocy",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nincompoopery",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"wackiness",
"zaniness",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"mental deficiency",
"mental retardation"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dumfounded":{
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dumbfounded by the realization that he had just won the grand prize in the multistate lottery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"casual",
"nonchalant",
"unruffled"
],
"related":[
"blindsided",
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"aghast",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"horrified",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"overwhelmed",
"agape",
"awed",
"awesome",
"openmouthed",
"wide-eyed",
"widemouthed"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"bowled over",
"dumbstruck",
"flabbergasted",
"shocked",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
]
},
"filled with amazement or wonder":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dumbfounded visitors to the Grand Canyon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"related":[
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dummy":{
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"related":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dummies were arranged in the store window as if they were acting out scenes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"doll"
],
"synonyms":[
"figure",
"form",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"mannequin"
]
},
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"related":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
"bogus",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
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]
},
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"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
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"examples":[
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"for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the lunar module actually used in the mission"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
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]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
},
"dumped":{
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hooked up (with)",
"took",
"befriended",
"latched (on or onto)"
],
"related":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"cold-shouldered",
"cut",
"high-hatted",
"slighted",
"snubbed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew off",
"broke off (with)",
"ditched",
"jilted",
"kissed off",
"left"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dump the trash on the curb and go back inside"
],
"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",
"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",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dumping on":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"Please stop dumping on your coworkers behind their backs."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
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"dumpy":{
"being compact and broad in build and often short in stature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dumpy little toddlers growing into lanky children"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"puny",
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"spindly",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry"
],
"related":[
"beefy",
"brawny",
"bulky",
"burly",
"husky",
"sturdy",
"thick",
"thickish",
"weighty",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"heavy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"synonyms":[
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"squat",
"squatty",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"thickset"
]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we could only find rooms at a dumpy motel on the outskirts of the city"
],
"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",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dunces":{
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"examples":[
"she's here on scholarship, so she's clearly no dunce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"related":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"dunderheaded":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"examples":[
"a comedy featuring the antics of dunderheaded criminals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"related":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dungeons":{
"a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The king threw them into the dungeon ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dunked":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"soused",
"submerged",
"submersed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"dunks":{
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"ducks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"souses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"duper":{
"as in actor , deceiver":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"duperies":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"dupery":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"a bank facing accusations of widespread dupery in the mortgage business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duplicators":{
"as in copiers , copycats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"duplicitous":{
"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"honest",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conscientious",
"decent",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"just",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"forthright",
"straightforward"
],
"related":[
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"false",
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"wily",
"defrauding",
"devious",
"furtive",
"slippery",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"treacherous"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"crooked",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"double-dealing",
"fast",
"fraudulent",
"guileful",
"rogue",
"shady",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"duplicity":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duress":{
"the use of power to impose one's will on another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"complied with the order only under duress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreement",
"approval",
"consent",
"permission",
"convincing",
"persuasion",
"reason",
"suasion"
],
"related":[
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"fear",
"intimidation",
"menace",
"sword",
"terror",
"terrorism",
"threat",
"violence",
"squeeze",
"squeeze play",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength",
"hardheadedness",
"self-will",
"willfulness",
"strain",
"stress"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm-twisting",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"force",
"pressure"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"duty":{
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessment",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
]
},
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the regular duties of a lifeguard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chare",
"char",
"endeavor",
"enterprise",
"project",
"stint",
"undertaking",
"care",
"charge",
"commission",
"responsibility",
"function",
"mission",
"office",
"operation",
"post",
"errand",
"circuit",
"round",
"route"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"chore",
"job",
"task"
]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I must obey the call of duty and serve my country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"related":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"responsibility"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"dues":{
"as in calls , privileges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"dumbing down":{
"as in oversimplifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Dutch courages":{
"as in malt liquors , ardent spirits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dubiousness":{
"as in shakiness , doubtfulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness",
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dub":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"I've dubbed my car the \"Lone Ranger,\" although \"Loan Raider\" probably would have been more apt"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"denote",
"specify",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"rechristen",
"relabel",
"rename",
"surname"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a clumsy, awkward person":{
"examples":[
"even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub"
],
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"klutz",
"looby",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"gawky",
"lout",
"lump",
"oaf",
"tawpie",
"tyke",
"tike",
"bungler",
"duffer",
"fumbler",
"stumblebum",
"stumbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dumbfounding":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the dumbfounding sight of the race car driver walking away from that horrific crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the surprise ending will dumbfound even the most seasoned mystery reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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}
}