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{
"food":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"examples":[
"a simple, little restaurant with excellent food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that maintains or stimulates the intellect":{
"examples":[
"a fascinating, highly readable book that will serve as brain food for those long winter evenings"
],
"synonyms":[
"aliment",
"nourishment",
"pabulum",
"sustenance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candy",
"fluff",
"pablum",
"pap",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foodstuffs":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stocked up on candles and foodstuffs before the hurricane"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"related":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"fool":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"dingbat",
"ding-dong",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
"examples":[
"a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't"
],
"synonyms":[
"jester",
"motley"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoon",
"clown",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"cutup",
"droll",
"harlequin",
"joker",
"jokester",
"madcap",
"merry-andrew",
"vice",
"wag",
"zany",
"mime",
"mummer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"I'm a fool for ice cream"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
]
},
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
"examples":[
"he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"maniac",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madman",
"abnormal",
"deviant",
"monomaniac",
"mythomaniac",
"neurotic",
"obsessive",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoid",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopath",
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fantastic",
"flake",
"kook",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
"patient"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"he's always got some fool plan or other"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"banter",
"chaff",
"fun",
"gag",
"jape",
"jest",
"jive",
"joke",
"jolly",
"josh",
"kid",
"quip",
"wisecrack",
"yuk",
"yuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibe",
"jibe",
"haze",
"jeer",
"mock",
"rag",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ridicule",
"tease",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"parody",
"satirize",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foolishness":{
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness , so I told them to be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"you didn't fail the test because of any innate foolishness but because of a lack of preparation"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneheadedness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dorkiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"gormlessness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"thickness",
"vacuity",
"weak-mindedness",
"witlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonableness",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"cleverness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"quickness",
"quick-wittedness",
"sharpness",
"smartness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foolproof":{
"done, made, or planned so well that nothing can go wrong":{
"examples":[
"a foolproof plan",
"DNA fingerprinting gives police a virtually foolproof way to link a suspect to a crime scene."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"certain",
"inerrant",
"perfect",
"sure",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing",
"errorless",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"dependable",
"reliable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"fallible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foot the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They continued to foot the bill for their son well into his twenties but warned him that their support would soon end and he needed to find a job."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"set up",
"sponsor",
"stake",
"underwrite"
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"maintain",
"provide (for)",
"support"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"foot-draggings":{
"failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it":{
"examples":[
"bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitations",
"lags",
"pauses",
"setbacks",
"slowdowns",
"delays",
"detainments",
"detentions",
"holdbacks",
"holding patterns",
"holdups",
"waits",
"deferments",
"deferrals",
"postponements",
"reprieves",
"respites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hastes",
"rushes",
"dispatches",
"promptitudes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footle":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footing":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"your donations help provide the charity with a firm financial footing for its work"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
"examples":[
"the village's two churches are on a friendly footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"deal",
"picture",
"posture",
"scene",
"situation",
"status",
"story"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rank",
"standing",
"place",
"spot",
"state",
"score",
"status quo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to work hard to get a better footing in the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"degree",
"echelon",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"ranking",
"reach(es)",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foolery":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"investing in that company now would be foolery"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"folly",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
"examples":[
"let the kids have a little foolery once in a while"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clowning",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"horsing around",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"roughhouse",
"roughhousing",
"shenanigan(s)",
"skylarking",
"slapstick",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"childishness",
"clownishness",
"foolishness",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"nonsense",
"silliness",
"waggery",
"boisterousness",
"rambunctiousness",
"rowdiness",
"rowdyism",
"rumbustiousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"prankishness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"trickery",
"cavorting",
"frivolity",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"merrymaking",
"playfulness",
"revelry",
"roistering",
"romping",
"sporting",
"sportiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footles":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs about",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"swans",
"furloughs",
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foots (up)":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"please foot up your traveling expenses from this past month"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds",
"casts (up)",
"summates",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tables",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foolhardy":{
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
"examples":[
"hikers who were foolhardy enough to remain on the summit during a thunderstorm"
],
"synonyms":[
"audacious",
"brash",
"daredevil",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"reckless",
"temerarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"rash",
"brainless",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"scatterbrained",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unambitious",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"alert",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"examples":[
"it's foolhardy to go hiking during late fall without warm clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"devil-may-care",
"harum-scarum",
"hell-for-leather",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze",
"reckless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"precipitate",
"rash",
"wild",
"blithe",
"carefree",
"happy-go-lucky",
"madcap",
"slaphappy",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"unworried",
"careless",
"freewheeling",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"feckless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"heedful",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"foozles":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"foofaraws":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the foofaraw that accompanies any big wedding"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"food chain":{
"a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food":{
"examples":[
"Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain .",
"animals that are at the top of the food chain"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"folk",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum",
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status",
"subcaste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foothold":{
"a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made":{
"examples":[
"don't let the opposing team push us back down the field and gain a foothold"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"bridgehead"
],
"near synonyms":[
"staging area",
"staging ground",
"beachhead",
"camp",
"center",
"emplacement",
"footing",
"front",
"headquarters",
"installation",
"station",
"airbase",
"bastion",
"fastness",
"fortress",
"stronghold",
"battlefront",
"field",
"toehold"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foolhardily":{
"as in recklessly , wildly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"hastily",
"precipitately",
"self-confidently",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"foots":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footed the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"maintained",
"provided (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"set up",
"sponsored",
"staked",
"underwrote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"foodie":{
"a person who enjoys and cares about food very much":{
"examples":[
"The restaurant is very popular among foodies ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"bon vivant",
"epicure",
"epicurean",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet",
"savorer",
"oenophile",
"turophile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foots the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"keeps",
"maintains",
"provides (for)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finances",
"funds",
"patronizes",
"sets up",
"sponsors",
"stakes",
"underwrites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"footmark":{
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"the police found footmarks in the dirt beneath the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"footprint",
"footstep",
"step",
"trace",
"vestige"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprint",
"pug",
"spoor",
"track",
"tread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foozle":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"fool (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddle (with)",
"fiddle (with)",
"mess (with)",
"monkey (with)",
"play (with)",
"tamper (with)",
"tinker (with)",
"toy (with)",
"twiddle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuse",
"alter",
"doctor",
"manhandle",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"misuse",
"butt in",
"interfere",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"muck (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footlocker":{
"as in sea chest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sea chest",
"carton",
"crate",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"locker",
"trunk",
"coffin",
"compartment",
"vault",
"canteen",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"bandbox",
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fools (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddles (with)",
"fiddles (with)",
"messes (with)",
"monkeys (with)",
"plays (with)",
"tampers (with)",
"tinkers (with)",
"toys (with)",
"twiddles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuses",
"alters",
"doctors",
"manhandles",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"misuses",
"butts in",
"interferes",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"mucks (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footed (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulated",
"hoofed (it)",
"legged (it)",
"padded",
"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraded",
"promenaded",
"marched",
"paced",
"stepped out",
"strode",
"trooped",
"power walked",
"hiked",
"peregrinated",
"trekked",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"wandered",
"clumped",
"stomped",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"trampled",
"tromped",
"footslogged",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"gimped",
"hobbled",
"limped",
"minced",
"pranced",
"pussyfooted",
"tiptoed",
"bounced",
"sashayed",
"stalked",
"strutted",
"swaggered",
"faltered",
"lumbered",
"lurched",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"toddled",
"waddled",
"nipped",
"tapped",
"tripped",
"trotted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"danced",
"hoofed (it)",
"stepped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pranced",
"strutted",
"tripped",
"boogied",
"boogeyed",
"bopped",
"fox-trotted",
"gavotted",
"jigged",
"jitterbugged",
"jived",
"mamboed",
"polkaed",
"shagged",
"shimmied",
"shuffled",
"tangoed",
"tap-danced",
"twisted",
"waltzed",
"trod",
"treaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foodies":{
"a person who enjoys and cares about food very much":{
"examples":[
"The restaurant is very popular among foodies ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"bons vivants",
"bon vivants",
"epicureans",
"epicures",
"gastronomes",
"gastronomists",
"gourmands",
"gourmets",
"savorers",
"oenophiles",
"turophiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footpaces":{
"a raised platform (as beneath an altar)":{
"examples":[
"\u2026 [He] deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave \u2026; then he knelt upon the footpace .",
"\u2014 Thomas Hardy"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altars",
"bimahs",
"pulpits",
"platforms",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries",
"daises",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foolhardiness":{
"as in recklessness , wildness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"remissness",
"slackness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness",
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foot":{
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
"examples":[
"the foot of the pedestal"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basement",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basis",
"bed",
"bedrock",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"seat",
"underpinning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crest",
"culmination",
"height",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
"antonyms":[
"head",
"top",
"vertex"
]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"footing (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulating",
"hoofing (it)",
"legging (it)",
"padding",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"walking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parading",
"promenading",
"marching",
"pacing",
"stepping out",
"striding",
"trooping",
"power walking",
"hiking",
"peregrinating",
"trekking",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"perambulating",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"wandering",
"clumping",
"stomping",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"trampling",
"tromping",
"footslogging",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"gimping",
"hobbling",
"limping",
"mincing",
"prancing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"bouncing",
"sashaying",
"stalking",
"strutting",
"swaggering",
"faltering",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"toddling",
"waddling",
"nipping",
"tapping",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"polkaing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"treading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footpads":{
"as in pirates , bandits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandits",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footloose":{
"not bound, confined, or detained by force":{
"examples":[
"after having been chained for so long, the suddenly footloose dog ran helter-skelter about the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"free",
"loose",
"unbound",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escaped",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unleashed",
"uncaught",
"unanchored",
"unbolted",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"clear",
"disengaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caught",
"caged",
"chained",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"leashed",
"penned",
"anchored",
"bolted",
"fastened",
"fettered",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"tied",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"restrained",
"unfree"
]
},
"not held back by rules, duties, or worries":{
"examples":[
"wished I could be as carefree as that footloose toddler"
],
"synonyms":[
"freewheeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"casual",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"nonchalant",
"relaxed",
"unattached",
"uncommitted",
"self-abandoned",
"unbridled",
"unrestrained",
"uninhibited",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-reliant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"committed",
"pledged"
],
"antonyms":[
"tied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"footsteps":{
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"saw muddy footsteps on the just-cleaned stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"footmarks",
"footprints",
"steps",
"traces",
"vestiges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprints",
"pugs",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"tracks",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"foot soldiers":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"grubbers",
"grubs",
"grunts",
"laborers",
"peons",
"peones",
"pluggers",
"slaves",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fooled":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantered",
"chaffed",
"funned",
"gagged",
"japed",
"jested",
"jived",
"joked",
"jollied",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quipped",
"wisecracked",
"yukked",
"yucked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibed",
"jibed",
"hazed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ragged",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"ridiculed",
"teased",
"caricatured",
"lampooned",
"parodied",
"satirized",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fooling (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"not a good idea to fool with power tools before you've read the manual"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fiddling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tampering (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foothills":{
"as in knolls , hillocks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hillocks",
"hummocks",
"knobs",
"knolls",
"altitudes",
"elevations",
"eminences",
"heights",
"highlands",
"humps",
"mounds",
"prominences",
"rises",
"uplands",
"alps",
"mountains",
"mounts",
"peaks",
"buttes",
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"precipices",
"steeps",
"tors",
"ridges",
"sierras",
"domes",
"sugarloafs",
"sugarloaves",
"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"
]
},
"fooling around":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting up",
"clowning (around)",
"cutting up",
"horsing around",
"hotdogging",
"monkeying (around)",
"showboating",
"showing off",
"skylarking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"misbehaving",
"roughhousing",
"capering",
"cavorting",
"disporting",
"frisking",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"larking",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"carousing",
"mafficking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roaring",
"wassailing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodling",
"fiddling (around)",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging about",
"kicking around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"clowning (around)",
"horsing around",
"diddling (with)",
"tinkering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckling (down)",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footslogs":{
"as in trudges , plods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plods",
"trudges",
"clumps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramples",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"gimps",
"hobbles",
"limps",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"wanders",
"minces",
"prances",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"hikes",
"peregrinates",
"treks",
"bounces",
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts",
"swaggers",
"power walks",
"falters",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"toddles",
"waddles",
"marches",
"paces",
"steps out",
"strides",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foolishly":{
"as in insanely , crazily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crazily",
"insanely",
"self-confidently",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"hastily",
"precipitately",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in unwisely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unwisely",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly",
"misguidedly",
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well",
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fooled around":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted up",
"clowned (around)",
"cut up",
"horsed around",
"hotdogged",
"monkeyed (around)",
"showboated",
"showed off",
"skylarked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"misbehaved",
"roughhoused",
"capered",
"cavorted",
"disported",
"frisked",
"frolicked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"larked",
"rollicked",
"romped",
"caroused",
"mafficked",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roared",
"wassailed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodled",
"fiddled (around)",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung about",
"kicked around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"clowned (around)",
"horsed around",
"diddled (with)",
"tinkered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckled (down)",
"knuckled down",
"settled (down)",
"set (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foot (up)":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"please foot up your traveling expenses from this past month"
],
"synonyms":[
"add",
"cast (up)",
"sum",
"summate",
"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"table",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foozling":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"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"
]
},
"foozled":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"foozled the attempt to move the couch into the apartment and tore the fabric on the arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foot-dragging":{
"failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it":{
"examples":[
"bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitation",
"lag",
"pause",
"setback",
"slowdown",
"delay",
"detainment",
"detention",
"holdback",
"holding pattern",
"holdup",
"wait",
"deferment",
"deferral",
"postponement",
"reprieve",
"respite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"haste",
"rush",
"dispatch",
"promptitude",
"promptness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footman":{
"as in manservant , butler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"servitor",
"valet",
"daily",
"domestic",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in infantryman , grunt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doughboy",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"commando",
"raider",
"servicewoman",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"food chains":{
"a series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food":{
"examples":[
"Sharks eat fish that are lower in the food chain .",
"animals that are at the top of the food chain"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"castes",
"classes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata",
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses",
"subcastes",
"sub-castes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footnotes":{
"as in notes , captions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captions",
"cross-references",
"notes",
"authorities",
"references",
"sources",
"citations",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"quotations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footling":{
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"the assistant's job was to shield the president from such footling problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging about",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"kicking around",
"kicking back",
"lazing",
"lazying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"vegging out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"messing",
"monkeying",
"mucking",
"piddling",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"dozing",
"estivating",
"aestivating",
"hibernating",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"swanning",
"furloughing",
"goldbricking",
"malingering",
"truanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grinding",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"applying",
"buckling (down)",
"exerting",
"putting out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"foot (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulate",
"hoof (it)",
"leg (it)",
"pad",
"step",
"traipse",
"tread",
"walk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parade",
"promenade",
"march",
"pace",
"step out",
"stride",
"troop",
"power walk",
"hike",
"peregrinate",
"trek",
"amble",
"mosey",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"wander",
"clump",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"trample",
"tromp",
"footslog",
"plod",
"trudge",
"gimp",
"hobble",
"limp",
"mince",
"prance",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"bounce",
"sashay",
"stalk",
"strut",
"swagger",
"falter",
"lumber",
"lurch",
"pound",
"scuff",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"toddle",
"waddle",
"nip",
"tap",
"trip",
"trot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dance",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"polka",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"tread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footing the bill (for)":{
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"maintaining",
"providing (for)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"setting up",
"sponsoring",
"staking",
"underwriting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"footprints":{
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"mysterious footprints along the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"footmarks",
"footsteps",
"steps",
"traces",
"vestiges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprints",
"pugs",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"tracks",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fooleries":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"examples":[
"investing in that company now would be foolery"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdities",
"asininities",
"b\u00eatises",
"fatuities",
"follies",
"fopperies",
"idiocies",
"imbecilities",
"inanities",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"stupidities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffooneries",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddles",
"blunders",
"bungles",
"flubs",
"goofs",
"howlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretions",
"forethoughts",
"prudences",
"sagacities",
"wisdoms",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footpad":{
"as in pirate , bandit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandit",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fool's paradises":{
"as in hells , anti-utopias":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anti-utopias",
"dystopias",
"hells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"Camelots",
"Cockaignes",
"Edens",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"fantasylands",
"heavens",
"lotuslands",
"never-never lands",
"New Jerusalems",
"nirvanas",
"paradises",
"promised lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"Zions",
"Sions",
"arcadias",
"dreamlands",
"dreamworlds",
"fairylands",
"wonderlands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fool around":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"quit fooling around on the jungle gym, or you'll get hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"clown (around)",
"cut up",
"horse around",
"hotdog",
"monkey (around)",
"show off",
"showboat",
"skylark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry on",
"misbehave",
"roughhouse",
"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"carouse",
"maffick",
"revel",
"roar",
"wassail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we fooled around outdoors for a while, then went in to get some work done"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodle",
"fiddle (around)",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang about",
"kick around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"clown (around)",
"horse around",
"diddle (with)",
"tinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckle (down)",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"footnote":{
"as in note , caption":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caption",
"cross-reference",
"note",
"authority",
"reference",
"source",
"citation",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"quotation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"footlights":{
"as in acting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acting",
"boards",
"entertainment",
"showbiz",
"show business",
"drama",
"dramatics",
"stage",
"theater",
"theatre",
"theatricals",
"theatrics",
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"recreation",
"exhibition",
"pageant",
"pageantry",
"presentation",
"production",
"show",
"spectacle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
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},
"foots (it)":{
"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"after the car broke down, we had to foot it to the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulates",
"hoofs (it)",
"legs (it)",
"pads",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parades",
"promenades",
"marches",
"paces",
"steps out",
"strides",
"troops",
"power walks",
"hikes",
"peregrinates",
"treks",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"wanders",
"clumps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramples",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"footslogs",
"plods",
"trudges",
"gimps",
"hobbles",
"limps",
"minces",
"prances",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"bounces",
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts",
"swaggers",
"falters",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"toddles",
"waddles",
"nips",
"taps",
"trips",
"trots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"got out onto the dance floor and footed it like crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"dances",
"hoofs (it)",
"steps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prances",
"struts",
"trips",
"boogies",
"boogeys",
"bops",
"fox-trots",
"gavottes",
"jigs",
"jitterbugs",
"jives",
"mambos",
"polkas",
"shags",
"shimmies",
"shuffles",
"tangos",
"tap-dances",
"twists",
"waltzes",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"footmarks":{
"the mark or impression made by a foot":{
"examples":[
"the police found footmarks in the dirt beneath the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"footprints",
"footsteps",
"steps",
"traces",
"vestiges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoofprints",
"pugs",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"tracks",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}