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{
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"smack-dab":{
"as stated or indicated without the slightest difference":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"due",
"exactly",
"full",
"just",
"precisely",
"right",
"sharp",
"squarely"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"smacking":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he smacked the punching bag one final time before heading to the showers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"small":{
"lacking importance":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
],
"examples":[
"reluctant to bring such a small matter to the boss's attention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"related":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"catholic",
"cosmopolitan",
"liberal",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"townspeople who were helpful to one another but who also could be small and intolerant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartial",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"freethinking"
],
"related":[
"inflexible",
"ironbound",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"set",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"wrongheaded",
"bigoted",
"intolerant",
"biased",
"discriminating",
"discriminatory",
"jaundiced",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"brassbound",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"stodgy",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"stuffy",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"limited",
"hick",
"unsophisticated"
],
"synonyms":[
"illiberal",
"insular",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"parochial",
"petty",
"picayune",
"provincial",
"sectarian",
"small-minded"
]
},
"of a size that is less than average":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"examples":[
"a small cat who never weighed more than five pounds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"related":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"small in degree":{
"antonyms":[
"good"
],
"examples":[
"your chances of winning the lottery are so small that it's best not to count on it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"great",
"large",
"distinct",
"significant",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"healthy",
"largish",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy"
],
"related":[
"marginal",
"minimal",
"minor",
"little",
"tiny"
],
"synonyms":[
"fragile",
"frail",
"negligible",
"off",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight",
"slim"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"small talk":{
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"discourse",
"parley",
"symposium",
"debate",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"exchange",
"give-and-take",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"smart alec":{
"a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some smart aleck in the audience kept shouting clever insults at the nervous speaker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"know-all",
"know-it-all",
"wisecracker",
"hotshot",
"show-off"
],
"synonyms":[
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wiseass",
"wise guy",
"wisenheimer",
"weisenheimer"
]
},
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
"antonyms":[
"earnest",
"sincere"
],
"examples":[
"a talk show host who's known for his quick quips and smart-aleck observations on current events"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"serious",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre"
],
"related":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impish",
"impudent",
"mischievous",
"playful",
"roguish",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"waggish",
"disrespectful",
"rude",
"breezy",
"casual",
"glib",
"inappropriate",
"thoughtless"
],
"synonyms":[
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-ass",
"smart-assed",
"smarty-pants",
"wise",
"wiseass"
]
},
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"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"a smart-aleck reply that was met with a slap in the face"
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],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-alecky",
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"smart-mouthed",
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"snarky",
"tart"
]
},
"type":[
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"adjective",
"noun"
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]
},
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"smart aleck":{
"a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some smart aleck in the audience kept shouting clever insults at the nervous speaker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"know-all",
"know-it-all",
"wisecracker",
"hotshot",
"show-off"
],
"synonyms":[
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wiseass",
"wise guy",
"wisenheimer",
"weisenheimer"
]
},
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
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"antonyms":[
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"earnest",
"sincere"
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],
"examples":[
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"a talk show host who's known for his quick quips and smart-aleck observations on current events"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"grave",
"serious",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre"
],
"related":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impish",
"impudent",
"mischievous",
"playful",
"roguish",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"waggish",
"disrespectful",
"rude",
"breezy",
"casual",
"glib",
"inappropriate",
"thoughtless"
],
"synonyms":[
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-ass",
"smart-assed",
"smarty-pants",
"wise",
"wiseass"
]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a smart-aleck reply that was met with a slap in the face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"smart-mouthed":{
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your smart-mouthed remarks aren't at all helping the situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"snarky",
"tart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"smarty":{
"a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"think so, smarty ? Well, you're wrong, and I can prove it!"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"know-all",
"know-it-all",
"wisecracker",
"hotshot",
"show-off"
],
"synonyms":[
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty-pants",
"wise guy",
"wiseacre",
"wiseass",
"wisenheimer",
"weisenheimer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"smashes":{
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the awful smash when his dreams got hit by reality"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blows",
"buffets",
"hits",
"knocks",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"thumps",
"bashings",
"batterings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"contacts",
"encounters",
"meetings",
"touches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumps",
"collisions",
"concussions",
"crashes",
"impacts",
"impingements",
"jars",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"kicks",
"shocks",
"slams",
"strikes",
"wallops"
]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she gave the tennis ball a smash and sent it flying over the other side of the net"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
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"sliver",
"smithereens",
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"hint",
"lick",
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"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
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],
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"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
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"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
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"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
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"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
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"noun"
]
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},
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"the soldier smiled in pleasure when he saw the giant sign welcoming him home"
],
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"frowning",
"glaring",
"glooming",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling",
"pouting",
"sulking"
],
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"sneering"
],
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"grinning"
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"smiled at their ridiculous antics and walked away in disgust"
],
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"related":[
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"snorting",
"catcalling",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"hooting",
"insulting",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"decrying",
"despising",
"disdaining",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"heckling",
"jiving",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"tormenting"
],
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"laughing",
"sneering",
"snickering",
"sniggering"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"he shall smite his enemies with a mighty fist"
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"buffets",
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"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
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"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
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"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
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"sucker punches",
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"clubs",
"cudgels",
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"saps",
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"skulls"
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"busts",
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"clips",
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"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
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"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"smoked":{
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"man, they totally smoked us today!"
],
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"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
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"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"smokestacks":{
"a tall vertical structure (as on a factory, ship, etc.) for carrying smoke away":{
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"The skyline of the old factory town is dotted with smokestacks ."
],
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"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"smolder":{
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
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"She smoldered when first learning of her son's misbehavior at school, but had calmed down by the time he arrived home."
],
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},
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"They look forward to those long summer nights telling stories beside a smoldering campfire."
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"as in charmer , captivator":{
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"related":[],
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},
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},
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"noun"
]
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},
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},
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
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"examples":[
"children should never play inside discarded appliances because they could become trapped and smother"
],
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"breathed",
"exhaled",
"expired",
"inhaled",
"inspired",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"related":[
"garroted",
"garotted",
"throttled",
"asphyxiated",
"drowned",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"slew"
],
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"choked",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"the soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round"
],
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"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
]
},
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"examples":[
"he quickly smothered his inappropriate laughter at the funeral ceremony"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"related":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
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"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
]
},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
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"She smoldered when first learning of her son's misbehavior at school, but had calmed down by the time he arrived home."
],
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"related":[],
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},
"to be on fire usually with smoke but few flames":{
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"examples":[
"They look forward to those long summer nights telling stories beside a smoldering campfire."
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
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"examples":[
"the president's spouse must not have the slightest smudge of scandal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"award",
"credit",
"honor",
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"modesty",
"purity",
"stainlessness",
"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"fame",
"glory",
"renown",
"repute"
],
"related":[
"black eye",
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"guilt",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"licentiousness",
"sin",
"unscrupulousness",
"vice"
],
"synonyms":[
"blot",
"brand",
"onus",
"slur",
"smirch",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma",
"taint"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"examples":[
"she accidentally smudged her collar with the lipstick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"smuggled":{
"as in unauthorized , unlicensed":{
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to move (people or goods) from one country to another secretly and illegally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They were arrested for smuggling drugs across the border."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"smoky":{
"as in rough , husky":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sooty , smudgy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"smartens":{
"as in brightens , freshens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"smile":{
"to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward":{
"examples":[
"the soldier smiled in pleasure when he saw the giant sign welcoming him home"
],
"synonyms":[
"beam",
"grin"
],
"related":[
"laugh",
"simper",
"smirk",
"sneer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grimace",
"frown",
"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"pout",
"sulk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"smiled at their ridiculous antics and walked away in disgust"
],
"synonyms":[
"laugh",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger"
],
"related":[
"sniff",
"snort",
"catcall",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"hoot",
"insult",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"decry",
"despise",
"disdain",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"heckle",
"jive",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease",
"torment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in grin , smirk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"smart alecks":{
"a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way":{
"examples":[
"some smart aleck in the audience kept shouting clever insults at the nervous speaker"
],
"synonyms":[
"smarties",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacres",
"wiseasses",
"wise guys",
"wisenheimers",
"weisenheimers"
],
"related":[
"know-alls",
"know-it-alls",
"wisecrackers",
"hotshots",
"show-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"smacks (of)":{
"as in smells (of)":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"smells (of)",
"adverts",
"mentions",
"points",
"refers",
"signalizes",
"signals",
"signifies",
"alludes",
"hints",
"implies",
"indicates",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"spells out",
"delineates",
"describes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"smell":{
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"we smelled the aroma of freshly baked cookies as soon as we walked in the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"nose",
"scent",
"sniff",
"snuff",
"whiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathe",
"drink (in)",
"inhale",
"respire",
"snort",
"snuffle",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"I smell something fishy about this situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"perceive",
"scent",
"see",
"sense",
"taste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"regard",
"remark",
"sight",
"spy",
"view",
"witness",
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"expect",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"that movie smells \u2014I wouldn't waste my money on it if I were you"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"stink",
"suck"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rock",
"rule"
]
},
"the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"the smell of vanilla is supposed to be very soothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroma",
"odor",
"redolence",
"scent",
"sniff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"whiff",
"attar",
"otto",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"perfume",
"ambrosia",
"lusciousness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"spice",
"tang",
"acridness",
"fetidness",
"fetor",
"foulness",
"funk",
"gaminess",
"malodor",
"noisomeness",
"rancidity",
"rankness",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink",
"aromaticity",
"odoriferousness",
"odorousness",
"incense",
"musk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the pie has barely a smell of ginger, but lots of cinnamon"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"a law firm with a mahogany-lined boardroom that has the discernible smell of money and power"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"flavor",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"smugness":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"the sense of smugness that can come with too many easy victories"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"smithereens":{
"small broken pieces":{
"examples":[
"The car was blown to smithereens when its gas tank exploded.",
"The vase was smashed to smithereens ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"shred",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"smarted":{
"to feel or cause physical pain":{
"examples":[
"the injection only smarted for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached",
"hurt",
"pained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"bled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"chafed",
"cramped",
"festered",
"itched",
"nagged",
"pinched",
"pounded",
"racked",
"stung",
"swelled",
"throbbed",
"tingled",
"twinged",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"suffered",
"afflicted",
"harrowed",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
add MWThesaurus
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}
}
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