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{
"butcher":{
"someone who bungles an effort":{
"examples":[
"the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunderbuss",
"blunderer",
"botcher",
"bumbler",
"bungler",
"fumbler",
"screwup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incompetent",
"muddler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to kill on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"fell",
"murder",
"slay",
"smite",
"snuff",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"waste",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"dub",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"butt":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
"examples":[
"the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"derision",
"jest",
"joke",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mock",
"mockery",
"sport",
"target"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"fall guy",
"fool",
"gull",
"monkey",
"pigeon",
"sap",
"sucker",
"victim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darling",
"favorite",
"pet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
"examples":[
"usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit"
],
"synonyms":[
"mark",
"prey",
"sitting duck",
"target",
"victim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"pilgarlic",
"lightning rod",
"fall guy",
"goat",
"scapegoat",
"whipping boy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"troublemaker",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"traducer",
"baiter",
"heckler",
"needler",
"ribber",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer",
"derider",
"insulter",
"mocker",
"ridiculer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
"examples":[
"a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"cask",
"firkin",
"hogshead",
"keg",
"kilderkin",
"pipe",
"puncheon",
"rundlet",
"runlet",
"tun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scuttlebutt",
"cistern",
"tub",
"vat",
"can",
"drum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in push , kick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bump",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"scuff",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"butte":{
"a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.":{
"examples":[
"The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mesa",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"altitude(s)",
"elevation",
"eminence",
"height",
"highland",
"hump",
"mound",
"prominence",
"rise",
"upland",
"alp",
"mount",
"mountain",
"peak",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"precipice",
"steep",
"tor",
"ridge",
"sierra",
"dome",
"sugarloaf",
"foothill",
"hillock",
"hummock",
"knob",
"knoll",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dale",
"dell",
"depression",
"dingle",
"glen",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley",
"canyon",
"gorge",
"ravine",
"basin",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"fen",
"flat",
"floodplain",
"plain",
"tidewater",
"lowland"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butted":{
"as in pushed , kicked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"scuffed",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"butterfingered":{
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
"antonyms":[
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"sure-handed"
],
"examples":[
"I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"masterly",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"coordinated"
],
"related":[
"uncoordinated",
"bunglesome",
"bungling",
"gauche",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"cack-handed",
"clumsy",
"graceless",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"left-handed",
"maladroit",
"unhandy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"butting heads":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"Our boss tries not to schedule Rosie and Mark for the same shifts, since the two often butt heads ."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"argufying",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"buttoned-down":{
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
],
"examples":[
"a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
],
"related":[
"conventional",
"square",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"right",
"right-wing",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"buttressed":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"a brace buttressed the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolstered",
"bore",
"braced",
"carried",
"propped (up)",
"shored (up)",
"stayed",
"supported",
"sustained",
"undergirded",
"underpinned",
"upheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadied",
"trussed",
"underlay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed",
"bolstered",
"corroborated",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"shored (up)",
"substantiated",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"button":{
"as in switch , key":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dial",
"key",
"knob",
"lever",
"push button",
"selector",
"switch",
"actuator",
"control",
"controller",
"regulator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in color , badge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"chevron",
"clasp",
"cockade",
"color",
"ensign",
"rosette",
"star",
"bronze",
"gold",
"silver",
"distinction",
"crown",
"insignia",
"laurel",
"ribbon",
"title",
"award",
"prize",
"trophy",
"decoration",
"honor",
"citation",
"commendation",
"medal",
"medallion",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in do up , belay":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"batten",
"belay",
"do up",
"affix",
"bend",
"fasten",
"fix",
"adhere",
"bolt",
"cinch",
"clamp",
"clasp",
"clench",
"clinch",
"clip",
"glue",
"hang",
"harness",
"hasp",
"lace",
"lash",
"latch",
"nail",
"paste",
"pin",
"plaster",
"rivet",
"screw",
"shackle",
"staple",
"stick",
"strap",
"tack",
"tackle",
"tie",
"toggle",
"yoke",
"coapt",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"unite",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unbind",
"unfix",
"unlash",
"untie",
"detach",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unhook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"butchering":{
"to kill on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"felling",
"murdering",
"slaying",
"smiting",
"snuffing",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wasting",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"butters up":{
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulates",
"belauds",
"blarneys",
"flatters",
"hero-worships",
"honeys",
"massages",
"overpraises",
"puffs",
"soft-soaps",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"sucks (up to)",
"toadies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"felicitates",
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"courts",
"romances",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buttress":{
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"sinew(s)",
"spine",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
"examples":[
"after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress"
],
"synonyms":[
"brace",
"mount",
"mounting",
"prop",
"reinforcement",
"shore",
"spur",
"stay",
"support",
"underpinning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shoring",
"column",
"pedestal",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"arch",
"bolster",
"bracket",
"cantilever",
"girder",
"bearing",
"crutch",
"peg",
"post",
"stake",
"stanchion",
"stand",
"stilt",
"strut",
"truss",
"base",
"foundation",
"frame"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"a brace buttressed the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bolster",
"brace",
"carry",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"stay",
"support",
"sustain",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steady",
"truss",
"underlie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"bolster",
"corroborate",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"shore (up)",
"substantiate",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"button-down":{
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
"examples":[
"a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional",
"square",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"right",
"right-wing",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"buttery":{
"as in fat , oily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fat",
"fatty",
"greasy",
"oily",
"heavy",
"rich",
"caloric",
"calorific",
"fattening",
"cloying",
"oversweet",
"filling",
"overfilling",
"satiating",
"sating",
"spicy",
"sugary",
"sweet",
"creamy",
"sauced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"light",
"lite",
"natural",
"plain",
"simple",
"unseasoned",
"diet",
"nonfattening",
"slimming",
"nonfat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in larder , spence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambry",
"larder",
"spence",
"closet",
"cuddy",
"cupboard",
"pantry",
"press",
"cloakroom",
"coatroom",
"garderobe",
"vestiary",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"buttressing":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"a brace buttressed the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"bolstering",
"bracing",
"carrying",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"staying",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"undergirding",
"underpinning",
"upholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadying",
"trussing",
"underlying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing",
"bolstering",
"corroborating",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"shoring (up)",
"substantiating",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"verifying",
"affirming",
"avouching",
"validating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"butt heads":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"Our boss tries not to schedule Rosie and Mark for the same shifts, since the two often butt heads ."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercate",
"argue",
"argufy",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fall out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"clash",
"contend",
"contest",
"tangle",
"cavil",
"fuss",
"nitpick",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexist",
"get along",
"accept",
"agree",
"assent",
"concur",
"consent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"buttering up":{
"as in sycophancy , fawning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"allurement",
"beguilement",
"endearment",
"enticement",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"charm",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"blandishment",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"coaxing",
"entreaty",
"exhortation",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"charming",
"courting",
"massaging",
"romancing",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"wooing",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"swaying",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulating",
"belauding",
"blarneying",
"flattering",
"hero-worshipping",
"hero-worshiping",
"honeying",
"massaging",
"overpraising",
"puffing",
"soft-soaping",
"stroking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"sucking (up to)",
"toadying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"felicitating",
"drooling",
"gushing",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"courting",
"romancing",
"wooing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"butter":{
"excessive praise":{
"examples":[
"a junior exec who was laying on the butter so thickly that her colleagues were ready to gag"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulation",
"blarney",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"endearments",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butterflies":{
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
"examples":[
"even experienced actors sometimes get butterflies before a performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"nerves",
"screaming meemies",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"whim-whams",
"willies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold sweat",
"creeps",
"fidgets",
"goose bumps",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"fear",
"hysteria",
"uneasiness",
"frazzle",
"nervous breakdown",
"edginess",
"jumpiness",
"skittishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calm",
"composure",
"equanimity",
"imperturbability",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"buttinsky":{
"a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{
"examples":[
"there's always some buttinsky who has to tell you there's a better way to do whatever you're doing"
],
"synonyms":[
"busybody",
"interferer",
"interloper",
"intermeddler",
"intruder",
"kibitzer",
"kibbitzer",
"meddler",
"nosey parker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaper",
"gawker",
"gawper",
"gazer",
"peeper",
"peeping Tom",
"prier",
"pryer",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"blabber",
"discloser",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"prattler",
"quidnunc",
"revealer",
"teller",
"betrayer",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butch":{
"as in Amazonian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Amazonian",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho",
"ultramasculine",
"male",
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"man-size",
"man-sized",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine",
"metrosexual",
"unmacho",
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"emasculated",
"impotent",
"weakened",
"androgynous",
"neuter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"butt in":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"stop butting in on my personal life"
],
"synonyms":[
"interfere",
"interlope",
"intermeddle",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"mess",
"muck (about or around)",
"nose",
"obtrude",
"poke",
"pry",
"snoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intercede",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"barge (in)",
"chisel (in)",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"fiddle",
"fool",
"monkey",
"play",
"tamper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buttonhole":{
"as in keyhole , armhole":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airhole",
"armhole",
"keyhole",
"knothole",
"peephole",
"pothole",
"wormhole",
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"entrance",
"inlet",
"intake",
"exit",
"mouth",
"outlet",
"pore",
"vent",
"slot",
"space",
"breach",
"break",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"cut",
"fissure",
"gash",
"notch",
"rent",
"rift",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"split",
"tear",
"loophole",
"aperture",
"hole",
"opening",
"orifice",
"perforation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"filler",
"filling",
"patch",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"barrier",
"blockage",
"obstacle",
"obstruction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butteries":{
"as in larders , spences":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambries",
"larders",
"spences",
"closets",
"cuddies",
"cupboards",
"pantries",
"presses",
"cloakrooms",
"coatrooms",
"garderobes",
"vestiaries",
"wardrobes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butchers":{
"someone who bungles an effort":{
"examples":[
"the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunderbusses",
"blunderers",
"botchers",
"bumblers",
"bunglers",
"fumblers",
"screwups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incompetents",
"muddlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to kill on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"fells",
"murders",
"slays",
"smites",
"snuffs",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wastes",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buttoning (up)":{
"as in zipping (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zipping (up)",
"barring",
"bolting",
"clasping",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"closing",
"shutting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opening",
"unclosing",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unclasping",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unbuttoning",
"unclenching",
"unfolding",
"unfurling",
"unzipping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"butcheries":{
"the killing of a large number of people":{
"examples":[
"butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodbaths",
"carnages",
"deaths",
"holocausts",
"massacres",
"slaughters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodlettings",
"bloodsheds",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"murders",
"slayings",
"mortalities",
"annihilations",
"decimations",
"destructions",
"devastations",
"eradications",
"exterminations",
"genocides",
"pogroms",
"assassinations",
"executions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"button men":{
"as in gangsters , mobsters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackhanders",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"mafiosi",
"mobsters",
"blackmailers",
"extortioners",
"extortionists",
"racketeers",
"bullies",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"double-dealers",
"gougers",
"hustlers",
"profiteers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"swindlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buttons":{
"as in switches , keys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dials",
"keys",
"knobs",
"levers",
"push buttons",
"selectors",
"switches",
"actuators",
"controllers",
"controls",
"regulators"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in colors , badges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badges",
"chevrons",
"clasps",
"cockades",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"rosettes",
"stars",
"bronzes",
"golds",
"silvers",
"distinctions",
"crowns",
"insignia",
"insignias",
"laurels",
"ribbons",
"titles",
"awards",
"prizes",
"trophies",
"decorations",
"honors",
"citations",
"commendations",
"medallions",
"medals",
"orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in does up , belays":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battens",
"belays",
"does up",
"affixes",
"bends",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"adheres",
"bolts",
"cinches",
"clamps",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"clinches",
"clips",
"glues",
"hangs",
"harnesses",
"hasps",
"laces",
"lashes",
"latches",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pins",
"plasters",
"rivets",
"screws",
"shackles",
"staples",
"sticks",
"straps",
"tackles",
"tacks",
"ties",
"toggles",
"yokes",
"coapts",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"unites",
"reaffixes",
"reattaches",
"refastens",
"refixes",
"resecures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes",
"loosens",
"looses",
"unbinds",
"unfixes",
"unlashes",
"unties",
"detaches",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unhooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buttes":{
"a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.":{
"examples":[
"The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"altitudes",
"elevations",
"eminences",
"heights",
"highlands",
"humps",
"mounds",
"prominences",
"rises",
"uplands",
"alps",
"mountains",
"mounts",
"peaks",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"precipices",
"steeps",
"tors",
"ridges",
"sierras",
"domes",
"sugarloafs",
"sugarloaves",
"foothills",
"hillocks",
"hummocks",
"knobs",
"knolls",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dales",
"dells",
"depressions",
"dingles",
"glens",
"hollows",
"vales",
"valleys",
"canyons",
"gorges",
"ravines",
"basins",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"fens",
"flats",
"floodplains",
"plains",
"tidewaters",
"lowlands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butterfingers":{
"a clumsy, awkward person":{
"examples":[
"I declined her offer to help us move; I'm not letting that butterfingers near my antiques"
],
"synonyms":[
"dub",
"klutz",
"looby",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"gawky",
"lout",
"lump",
"oaf",
"tawpie",
"tyke",
"tike",
"bungler",
"duffer",
"fumbler",
"stumblebum",
"stumbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"buttoned (up)":{
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
"examples":[
"a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"asocial",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"offish",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indrawn",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"recessive",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"unsocial",
"withdrawn",
"misanthropic",
"apathetic",
"hard",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"clinical",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"professional",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"uninterested",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"uncommunicative",
"diffident",
"shy",
"timid",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"clubbish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"affable",
"folksy",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm"
]
},
"as in zipped (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zipped (up)",
"barred",
"bolted",
"clasped",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"closed",
"shut"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unclosed",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unclasped",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unbuttoned",
"unclenched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled",
"unzipped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"butted in":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"stop butting in on my personal life"
],
"synonyms":[
"interfered",
"interloped",
"intermeddled",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"messed",
"mucked (about or around)",
"nosed",
"obtruded",
"poked",
"pried",
"snooped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interceded",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"barged (in)",
"chiseled (in)",
"chiselled (in)",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"fiddled",
"fooled",
"monkeyed",
"played",
"tampered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"button (up)":{
"as in zip (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zip (up)",
"bar",
"bolt",
"clasp",
"fasten",
"latch",
"lock",
"close",
"shut"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"unclose",
"unbar",
"unbolt",
"unclasp",
"unfasten",
"unlatch",
"unlock",
"unbutton",
"unclench",
"unfold",
"unfurl",
"unzip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buttonholes":{
"as in keyholes , armholes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airholes",
"armholes",
"keyholes",
"knotholes",
"peepholes",
"potholes",
"wormholes",
"pinholes",
"pinpricks",
"punches",
"punctures",
"entrances",
"inlets",
"intakes",
"exits",
"mouths",
"outlets",
"pores",
"vents",
"slots",
"spaces",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"cuts",
"fissures",
"gashes",
"notches",
"rents",
"rifts",
"ruptures",
"slashes",
"slits",
"splits",
"tears",
"loopholes",
"apertures",
"holes",
"openings",
"orifices",
"perforations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fillers",
"fillings",
"fills",
"patches",
"plugs",
"seals",
"stoppers",
"barriers",
"blockages",
"obstacles",
"obstructions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butts":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"bottoms",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"duffs",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"posteriors",
"rear ends",
"rears",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tail ends",
"tails",
"tushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
"examples":[
"the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"derisions",
"jests",
"jokes",
"laughingstocks",
"marks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"sports",
"targets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"fall guys",
"fools",
"gulls",
"monkeys",
"pigeons",
"saps",
"suckers",
"victims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darlings",
"favorites",
"pets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
"examples":[
"usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit"
],
"synonyms":[
"marks",
"prey",
"preys",
"sitting ducks",
"targets",
"victims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"pilgarlics",
"lightning rods",
"fall guys",
"goats",
"scapegoats",
"whipping boys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"troublemakers",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"traducers",
"baiters",
"hecklers",
"needlers",
"ribbers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers",
"deriders",
"insulters",
"mockers",
"ridiculers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"parodists",
"satirists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
"examples":[
"a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"casks",
"firkins",
"hogsheads",
"kegs",
"kilderkins",
"pipes",
"puncheons",
"rundlets",
"runlets",
"tuns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scuttlebutt",
"cisterns",
"tubs",
"vats",
"cans",
"drums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pushes , kicks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"scuffs",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buttered up":{
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulated",
"belauded",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"soft-soaped",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up to)",
"toadied",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"butt (on or against)":{
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"flank",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"neighbor",
"skirt",
"touch",
"verge (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attach (to)",
"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"butting":{
"as in pushing , kicking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"scuffing",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"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",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buttoned-up":{
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
"examples":[
"a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"asocial",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"offish",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unbending",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indrawn",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"recessive",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"unsocial",
"withdrawn",
"misanthropic",
"apathetic",
"hard",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"clinical",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"professional",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"uninterested",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"uncommunicative",
"diffident",
"shy",
"timid",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"clubbish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"affable",
"folksy",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"sociable",
"social",
"warm"
]
},
"as in zipped (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zipped (up)",
"barred",
"bolted",
"clasped",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"closed",
"shut"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unclosed",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unclasped",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unbuttoned",
"unclenched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled",
"unzipped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"butting in":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"stop butting in on my personal life"
],
"synonyms":[
"interfering",
"interloping",
"intermeddling",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"messing",
"mucking (about or around)",
"nosing",
"obtruding",
"poking",
"prying",
"snooping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interceding",
"interposing",
"intervening",
"barging (in)",
"chiseling (in)",
"chiselling (in)",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"fiddling",
"fooling",
"monkeying",
"playing",
"tampering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"butting (on or against)":{
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjoining",
"bordering (on)",
"flanking",
"fringing",
"joining",
"marching (with)",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attaching (to)",
"communicating (with)",
"connecting (with)",
"linking (with)",
"bounding",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"lining",
"margining",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"contacting",
"converging",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
}
}