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{
"gulags":{
"as in concentration camps , stalags":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concentration camps",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths",
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gulch":{
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abyss",
"chasm",
"cirque",
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"cwm",
"fissure",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dale",
"dell",
"glen",
"hollow",
"shut-in",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"floodplain",
"kettle",
"arroyo",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"coulee",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"gutter",
"nullah",
"trench",
"trough",
"wadi",
"wash"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyon",
"ca\u00f1on",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gullable":{
"readily taken advantage of":{
"examples":[
"wished that his brother weren't so gullible as to believe he could win the fixed carnival game if he kept playing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"dewy-eyed",
"easy",
"exploitable",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"susceptible",
"trusting",
"unwary",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credulous",
"overcredulous",
"trustful",
"uncritical",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"innocent",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"fictile",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"deceivable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"sophisticated",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"shrewd",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gullets":{
"the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach":{
"examples":[
"food traveling down the gullet"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maws",
"cakeholes",
"chops",
"gobs",
"kissers",
"mouths",
"mugs",
"pieholes",
"pie holes",
"traps",
"yaps",
"muzzles",
"jaws",
"mandibles",
"maxillae",
"maxillas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gulley":{
"a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyo",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"coulee",
"draw",
"gutter",
"nullah",
"trench",
"trough",
"wadi",
"wash",
"canyon",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"cirque",
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"cwm",
"fissure",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dale",
"dell",
"glen",
"hollow",
"shut-in",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"floodplain",
"kettle",
"pothole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gullibility":{
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"examples":[
"teased her about her well-known gullibility by repeatedly offering to sell her the Brooklyn Bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simpleness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gullible":{
"readily taken advantage of":{
"examples":[
"wished that his brother weren't so gullible as to believe he could win the fixed carnival game if he kept playing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"dewy-eyed",
"easy",
"exploitable",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"susceptible",
"trusting",
"unwary",
"wide-eyed"
],
"related":[
"credulous",
"overcredulous",
"trustful",
"uncritical",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"innocent",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"fictile",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"deceivable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"sophisticated",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"shrewd",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gulp":{
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
"examples":[
"took a big gulp of water"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"draft",
"drag",
"drink",
"nip",
"quaff",
"shot",
"sip",
"slug",
"snort",
"sup",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dram",
"drop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lap",
"lick",
"suck",
"consume",
"down",
"ingurgitate",
"kill",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"nip",
"tipple",
"pledge",
"toast",
"wine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"you never taste your food\u2014you just gulp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"cram",
"devour",
"glut",
"gobble",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"ingurgitate",
"inhale",
"raven",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"slop",
"wolf"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeat",
"pig out",
"swill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibble",
"peck",
"pick"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gulfs":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"bays",
"bights",
"coves",
"creeks",
"embayments",
"estuaries",
"firths",
"fjords",
"fiords",
"inlets",
"lochs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbors",
"ports",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"narrows",
"sounds",
"straits",
"bayous",
"backwaters",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an immeasurable depth or space":{
"examples":[
"the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along"
],
"synonyms":[
"abysms",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"deeps",
"oceans"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"caverns",
"holes",
"hollows",
"pits",
"breadths",
"expanses",
"extents",
"reaches",
"spreads",
"stretches",
"black holes",
"vacancies",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"examples":[
"the gulf was too wide to cross, so we had to hike down into it and go through it"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyons",
"ca\u00f1ons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
"examples":[
"a wide gulf in the defensive wall meant the city was in grave danger"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"hiatuses",
"holes",
"interstices",
"intervals",
"openings",
"rents",
"rifts",
"separations",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"notches",
"slits",
"slots",
"splits",
"interspaces",
"pores",
"abysses",
"apertures",
"cavities",
"chasms",
"gapes",
"orifices",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"severances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center":{
"examples":[
"the doomed ship was sucked into the gulf and consigned to Davy Jones's locker"
],
"synonyms":[
"maelstroms",
"vortices",
"vortexes",
"whirlpools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tourbillions",
"tourbillons",
"eddies",
"swirls",
"whirls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"submerses",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"antonyms":[
"drains"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gulping":{
"as in devouring , gobbling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"devouring",
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"hearty",
"wolfish",
"insatiable",
"unquenchable",
"unslakable",
"edacious",
"esurient",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"swinish",
"voracious",
"empty",
"famished",
"hungry",
"peckish",
"starved",
"starving",
"malnourished",
"underfed",
"undernourished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"content",
"full",
"glutted",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"belting (down)",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"hoisting",
"imbibing",
"knocking back",
"pounding (down)",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slugging (down)",
"slurping",
"supping",
"swigging",
"swilling",
"tossing (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapping",
"licking",
"sucking",
"consuming",
"downing",
"ingurgitating",
"killing",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"nipping",
"tippling",
"pledging",
"toasting",
"wining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"you never taste your food\u2014you just gulp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolting",
"cramming",
"devouring",
"glutting",
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"ingurgitating",
"inhaling",
"ravening",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"wolfing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeating",
"pigging out",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbling",
"pecking",
"picking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gulling":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"we were gulled into believing that if we answered the e-mail, we'd somehow become millionaires, but instead we just got put on a list for junk mail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"suckering",
"sucking in",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gulfing":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"submerging",
"submersing",
"swamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanching",
"smothering",
"overcoming",
"overrunning",
"flowing",
"flushing",
"gushing",
"pouring",
"sluicing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"streaming",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"wetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"drying",
"parching"
],
"antonyms":[
"draining"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gull":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"was enough of a gull to fall victim to a pyramid scheme even though he'd been duped before"
],
"synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"mark",
"target",
"victim",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"butt",
"derision",
"laughingstock",
"mock",
"mockery",
"booby",
"dodo",
"fool",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"monkey",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo",
"loser",
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheat",
"cheater",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"hoaxer",
"shark",
"sharper",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"trickster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"we were gulled into believing that if we answered the e-mail, we'd somehow become millionaires, but instead we just got put on a list for junk mail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gulches":{
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"examples":[
"the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyons",
"ca\u00f1ons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gulfed":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue"
],
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"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged",
"submersed",
"swamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanched",
"smothered",
"overcame",
"overran",
"flowed",
"flushed",
"gushed",
"poured",
"sluiced",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"streamed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"soaked",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"dried",
"parched"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gulled":{
"as in duped , tricked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beguiled",
"duped",
"tricked",
"believing",
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unguarded",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"callow",
"childish",
"immature",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"critical",
"cynical",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unconvinced",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"down-to-earth",
"hardheaded",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic",
"sober",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"we were gulled into believing that if we answered the e-mail, we'd somehow become millionaires, but instead we just got put on a list for junk mail"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gulleys":{
"a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes",
"canyons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"potholes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gulped":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"belted (down)",
"drank",
"guzzled",
"hoisted",
"imbibed",
"knocked back",
"pounded (down)",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slugged (down)",
"slurped",
"supped",
"swigged",
"swilled",
"tossed (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapped",
"licked",
"sucked",
"consumed",
"downed",
"ingurgitated",
"killed",
"mouthed (down)",
"put away",
"nipped",
"tippled",
"pledged",
"toasted",
"wined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"you never taste your food\u2014you just gulp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"crammed",
"devoured",
"glutted",
"gobbled",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"ingurgitated",
"inhaled",
"ravened",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"slopped",
"wolfed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overate",
"pigged out",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbled",
"pecked",
"picked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gulps":{
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
"examples":[
"took a big gulp of water"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts",
"drafts",
"drags",
"drinks",
"nips",
"quaffs",
"shots",
"sips",
"slugs",
"snorts",
"sups",
"swallows",
"swigs",
"swills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drams",
"drops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"hastily gulping down the last of her tea before rushing out the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts (down)",
"drinks",
"guzzles",
"hoists",
"imbibes",
"knocks back",
"pounds (down)",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slugs (down)",
"slurps",
"sups",
"swigs",
"swills",
"tosses (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laps",
"licks",
"sucks",
"consumes",
"downs",
"ingurgitates",
"kills",
"mouths (down)",
"puts away",
"nips",
"tipples",
"pledges",
"toasts",
"wines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"you never taste your food\u2014you just gulp it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"crams",
"devours",
"gluts",
"gobbles",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"ingurgitates",
"inhales",
"ravens",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"wolfs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeats",
"pigs out",
"swills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbles",
"pecks",
"picks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gulf":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an immeasurable depth or space":{
"examples":[
"the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along"
],
"synonyms":[
"abysm",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"deep",
"ocean"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"cavern",
"hole",
"hollow",
"pit",
"breadth",
"expanse",
"extent",
"reach",
"spread",
"stretch",
"black hole",
"emptiness",
"nothingness",
"vacancy",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
"examples":[
"the gulf was too wide to cross, so we had to hike down into it and go through it"
],
"synonyms":[
"canyon",
"ca\u00f1on",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyss",
"chasm",
"cirque",
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"cwm",
"fissure",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dale",
"dell",
"glen",
"hollow",
"shut-in",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"floodplain",
"kettle",
"arroyo",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"coulee",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"gutter",
"nullah",
"trench",
"trough",
"wadi",
"wash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
"examples":[
"a wide gulf in the defensive wall meant the city was in grave danger"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus",
"hole",
"interstice",
"interval",
"opening",
"rent",
"rift",
"separation",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"notch",
"slit",
"slot",
"split",
"interspace",
"pore",
"abyss",
"aperture",
"cavity",
"chasm",
"gape",
"orifice",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"severance",
"sundering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center":{
"examples":[
"the doomed ship was sucked into the gulf and consigned to Davy Jones's locker"
],
"synonyms":[
"maelstrom",
"vortex",
"whirlpool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tourbillion",
"tourbillon",
"eddy",
"swirl",
"whirl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"antonyms":[
"drain"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gullet":{
"the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach":{
"examples":[
"food traveling down the gullet"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maw",
"cakehole",
"chops",
"gob",
"kisser",
"mouth",
"mug",
"piehole",
"trap",
"yap",
"muzzle",
"jaws",
"mandible",
"maxilla"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gullies":{
"a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes",
"canyons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"potholes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}