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{
"pluck":{
"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
"antonyms":[
"push"
],
"examples":[
"a quick pluck pulled the hair right out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heave",
"shove",
"thrust"
],
"related":[
"drag",
"tow",
"hitch",
"twitch",
"grab",
"snatch"
],
"synonyms":[
"draw",
"haul",
"jerk",
"pull",
"tug",
"wrench",
"yank"
]
},
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"it takes pluck to survive a crippling car accident and still go on to become successful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"related":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"spunk"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pluckiness":{
"as in fortitude , grit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"spunk",
"temper",
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness",
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plucky":{
"having or showing a lot of courage or determination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A plucky young man who never gave up on his dream."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"plug":{
"as in scent , spinner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in skate , cob":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in spot , word":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"shovel"
],
"related":[
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"caulk",
"chink",
"seal",
"repack",
"restuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"bung",
"dam",
"fill",
"pack",
"stop",
"stuff"
]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plugged away at solving the math problem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"advertise",
"bark",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"sell",
"push",
"acclaim",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"recommend",
"review",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"publish"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"hype",
"pitch",
"promote",
"publicize",
"talk up",
"tout"
]
},
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blow away",
"bring down",
"drop",
"pick off",
"shoot down",
"blaze",
"pepper",
"potshot",
"snipe (at)",
"blast (at)",
"fire (at)",
"pistol",
"shotgun",
"machine-gun",
"tommy-gun",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"ice",
"kill",
"slay",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"butcher",
"decimate",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"gun",
"pop",
"shoot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plug (up)":{
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"hair plugged up the drain"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"fur",
"silt",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plugged":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"shoveled",
"shovelled"
],
"related":[
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed (off)",
"clotted",
"congested",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"caulked",
"calked",
"chinked",
"sealed",
"repacked",
"restuffed"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"bunged",
"dammed",
"filled",
"packed",
"stopped",
"stuffed"
]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plugged away at solving the math problem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"related":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"advertised",
"barked",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"sold",
"pushed",
"acclaimed",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)",
"recommended",
"reviewed",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"published"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooed",
"boosted",
"hyped",
"pitched",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"talked up",
"touted"
]
},
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blew away",
"brought down",
"dropped",
"picked off",
"shot down",
"blazed",
"peppered",
"potshot",
"sniped (at)",
"blasted (at)",
"fired (at)",
"pistoled",
"pistolled",
"shotgunned",
"machine-gunned",
"tommy-gunned",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"iced",
"killed",
"slew",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"butchered",
"decimated",
"massacred",
"slaughtered",
"wiped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilled",
"gunned",
"popped",
"shot"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"plugged (up)":{
"as in closed , blocked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed",
"congested",
"dammed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"impassable",
"impassible",
"unnegotiable",
"unpassable",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"navigable",
"negotiable",
"passable",
"clear",
"cleared",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
"examples":[
"hair plugged up the drain"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"plugging":{
"as in repair , patching":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"shoveling",
"shovelling"
],
"related":[
"choking",
"clogging",
"closing (off)",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"caulking",
"calking",
"chinking",
"sealing",
"repacking",
"restuffing"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocking",
"bunging",
"damming",
"filling",
"packing",
"stopping",
"stuffing"
]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plugged away at solving the math problem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"related":[
"applying (oneself)",
"buckling (down)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working"
]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"advertising",
"barking",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"selling",
"pushing",
"acclaiming",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)",
"recommending",
"reviewing",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"publishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooing",
"boosting",
"hyping",
"pitching",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"talking up",
"touting"
]
},
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowing away",
"bringing down",
"dropping",
"picking off",
"shooting down",
"blazing",
"peppering",
"potshotting",
"sniping (at)",
"blasting (at)",
"firing (at)",
"pistoling",
"pistolling",
"shotgunning",
"machine-gunning",
"tommy-gunning",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"icing",
"killing",
"slaying",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"butchering",
"decimating",
"massacring",
"slaughtering",
"wiping out"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilling",
"gunning",
"popping",
"shooting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plugola":{
"as in word , spot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"spot",
"word",
"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting",
"release",
"broadside",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"fly sheet",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"annunciation",
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plummeted":{
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"a week in which stock prices plummeted"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plump":{
"having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"she's been plump all her life, and her sister has always been skinny"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"endomorphic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
]
},
"in a direct line or course":{
"examples":[
"there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"direct",
"directly",
"due",
"plumb",
"right",
"straight",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitously",
"deviously",
"veeringly"
],
"antonyms":[
"indirectly"
]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"angrily gave a plump of his fist against the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"flop",
"flump",
"plank",
"plop",
"plunk",
"plonk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fling",
"heave",
"sling",
"toss",
"ensconce",
"install",
"plant",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plumps (for)":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will plump for any candidate who supports stem cell research"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"interferes",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down"
],
"related":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"props (up)",
"seconds",
"sides (with)",
"backstops",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"plugs",
"preaches",
"talks up",
"bails out",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"plunks (for)",
"plonks (for)",
"supports"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunderers":{
"as in robbers , looters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoilers",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"raiders",
"robbers",
"buccaneers",
"corsairs",
"freebooters",
"pirates",
"rovers",
"privateers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plundering":{
"as in pillaging , plunder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plunder",
"raiding",
"robbery",
"sacking",
"piracy",
"pirating",
"privateering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"the escaped convict plundered the house in search of valuables"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"ransacking",
"sacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking in",
"burglarizing",
"ripping off",
"stealing (from)",
"combing",
"hunting",
"raking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"harrying",
"raiding",
"ravishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plunge (in)":{
"as in fall (to) , pitch in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunged (in)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunging":{
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfacing"
],
"related":[
"dipping",
"immersing",
"submerging",
"belly flopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking"
],
"synonyms":[
"diving",
"pitching",
"sounding"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"spiking",
"upping"
],
"examples":[
"prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"drooping",
"dwindling",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"cratering",
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"diving",
"dropping",
"falling",
"lowering",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"tumbling"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"mounting",
"rising",
"uprising",
"upsweeping",
"upturning"
],
"examples":[
"a stairway plunging into darkness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothing",
"straightening"
],
"related":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling",
"sinking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunk":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fling",
"heave",
"sling",
"toss",
"ensconce",
"install",
"plant",
"settle"
],
"synonyms":[
"flop",
"flump",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunking (for)":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"plumping (for)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"seconding",
"siding (with)",
"backstopping",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"plugging",
"preaching",
"talking up",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunks":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"flops",
"flumps",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flings",
"heaves",
"slings",
"tosses",
"ensconces",
"installs",
"plants",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunking":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"flopping",
"flumping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinging",
"heaving",
"slinging",
"tossing",
"ensconcing",
"installing",
"planting",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plumpish":{
"as in heavyset , stocky":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"endomorphic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"plumbing":{
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathoming",
"sounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauging",
"gaging",
"scaling",
"spanning",
"remeasuring",
"replumbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plush":{
"having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)":{
"examples":[
"a particularly plush and buttery chardonnay"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"concentrated",
"full",
"full-bodied",
"heady",
"lusty",
"muscular",
"potent",
"rich",
"robust",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heavy",
"straight",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"high-octane",
"high-test",
"enriched",
"fortified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilute",
"diluted",
"watered-down",
"watery"
],
"antonyms":[
"delicate",
"light",
"mild",
"thin",
"thinned",
"weak",
"weakened"
]
},
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"a plush estate filled with priceless art and antiques"
],
"synonyms":[
"Babylonian",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palace",
"palatial",
"plushy",
"silken",
"sumptuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"precious",
"premium",
"rich",
"extravagant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"august",
"awesome",
"awful",
"baronial",
"beautiful",
"gorgeous",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"impressive",
"kingly",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"homelike",
"homey",
"homy",
"snug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economical",
"frugal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"spare",
"stingy",
"thrifty"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"plug (away)":{
"as in work , peg (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"work",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"readdress",
"reapply",
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"devote",
"give"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plumbs":{
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathoms",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauges",
"gages",
"scales",
"spans",
"remeasures",
"replumbs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunking down":{
"as in plopping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plopping",
"knocking down",
"knocking over",
"striking down",
"toppling",
"bobbling",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"flattening",
"flooring",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"immersing",
"sinking",
"submerging",
"depressing",
"dropping",
"lowering",
"throwing",
"throwing down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifting",
"picking up",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plump (for)":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"will plump for any candidate who supports stem cell research"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"second",
"side (with)",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"plug",
"preach",
"talk up",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunked":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"flopped",
"flumped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"slung",
"tossed",
"ensconced",
"installed",
"planted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plum":{
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"examples":[
"that job is considered a real plum in the broadcasting business"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"gem",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"find",
"godsend",
"goody",
"goodie",
"valuable",
"windfall",
"booty",
"loot",
"plunder",
"spoil",
"swag",
"brass ring",
"glory",
"pride",
"gold",
"jackpot",
"prize money",
"treasure trove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemon",
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plugging (away)":{
"as in working , pegging (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"working",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"busying",
"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)",
"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"addressing",
"applying",
"bending",
"buckling",
"devoting",
"giving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plugs (away)":{
"as in works , pegs (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grinds",
"humps",
"hustles",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"works",
"carries on",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"exerts",
"exhausts",
"puts out",
"spends",
"strains",
"stresses",
"taxes",
"troubles",
"wears out",
"busies",
"commits",
"concerns",
"engages",
"involves",
"knuckles down",
"sets (to)",
"settles (down)",
"readdresses",
"reapplies",
"addresses",
"applies",
"bends",
"buckles",
"devotes",
"gives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"idles",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plume":{
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
"examples":[
"the Nobel Prize for Literature is the plume that all authors covet"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"award",
"blue ribbon",
"decoration",
"distinction",
"honor",
"kudo",
"premium",
"prize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"crown",
"cup",
"laurel",
"medal",
"order",
"plaque",
"plate",
"ribbon",
"trophy",
"applause",
"bravo",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"hallelujah",
"homage",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"plaudit",
"tribute",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"honorable mention"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"examples":[
"that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills"
],
"synonyms":[
"flatter",
"pique",
"pride"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boast",
"brag",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swash",
"vapor",
"vaunt",
"congratulate",
"felicitate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plucked":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plug hat":{
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plums":{
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"examples":[
"that job is considered a real plum in the broadcasting business"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"gems",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessings",
"finds",
"godsends",
"goodies",
"valuables",
"windfalls",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"brass rings",
"glories",
"prides",
"golds",
"jackpots",
"prize moneys",
"treasure troves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plugged-in":{
"as in with-it":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"with-it",
"alert",
"attentive",
"open-eyed",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"observant",
"observing",
"sharp",
"sharp-eyed",
"alerted",
"aware",
"clued (in)",
"forewarned",
"informed",
"prepared",
"ready",
"warned",
"hip",
"knowing",
"wise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknowing",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"uninformed",
"unwitting",
"heedless",
"unmindful",
"unprepared",
"unready",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pluggers":{
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"the quiet pluggers are the ones who really keep this company going"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"foot soldiers",
"grubbers",
"grubs",
"grunts",
"laborers",
"peons",
"peones",
"slaves",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plummy":{
"as in rich , mellifluous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"rich",
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"plunging (in)":{
"as in falling (to) , pitching in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"falling (to)",
"pitching in",
"settling (down)",
"buckling (down to)",
"concentrating (on)",
"focusing (on)",
"focussing (on)",
"knuckling down (to)",
"zeroing (in on)",
"pursuing",
"taking up",
"undertaking",
"addressing",
"approaching",
"facing",
"attacking",
"diving (into)",
"tackling",
"wading (in or into)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"evading",
"shunning",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"idling",
"lagging",
"messing",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"poking",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunges":{
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"dives",
"pitches",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dips",
"immerses",
"submerges",
"belly flops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"craters",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"lowers",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"sinks",
"skids",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (down)",
"diminishes",
"droops",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"spikes",
"ups"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"a stairway plunging into darkness"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls",
"sinks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"mounts",
"rises",
"uprises",
"upsweeps",
"upturns"
]
},
"an act or instance of diving":{
"examples":[
"the Olympic diver took a well-executed plunge off the diving board"
],
"synonyms":[
"dives",
"pitches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dips",
"immersions",
"submersions",
"falls",
"plumps",
"slips",
"spills",
"stumbles",
"tumbles",
"descents",
"drops",
"belly flops",
"headers",
"jackknives",
"swan dives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jumps",
"leaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
"examples":[
"an overnight plunge in temperature sent the thermometer to below the freezing mark"
],
"synonyms":[
"descents",
"dips",
"dives",
"downs",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"betterments",
"improvements"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soarings",
"upswings",
"upturns"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plugs":{
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"examples":[
"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"bungs",
"dams",
"fills",
"packs",
"stops",
"stuffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes",
"clogs",
"closes (off)",
"clots",
"congests",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"caulks",
"calks",
"chinks",
"seals",
"repacks",
"restuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"shovels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"plugged away at solving the math problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs away",
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (oneself)",
"buckles (down)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"examples":[
"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"hypes",
"pitches",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"talks up",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"barks",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"sells",
"pushes",
"acclaims",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"plumps (for)",
"plunks (for)",
"plonks (for)",
"recommends",
"reviews",
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
"examples":[
"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"guns",
"pops",
"shoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"brings down",
"drops",
"picks off",
"shoots down",
"blazes",
"peppers",
"potshots",
"snipes (at)",
"blasts (at)",
"fires (at)",
"pistols",
"shotguns",
"machine-guns",
"tommy-guns",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"ices",
"kills",
"slays",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"butchers",
"decimates",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in skates , cobs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"skates",
"equines",
"nags",
"steeds",
"equids",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in campaigns , promotions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases",
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in scents , spinners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scents",
"spinners",
"stool pigeons",
"hooks",
"snares",
"trolls",
"appeals",
"attractions",
"calls",
"draws",
"incentives",
"pulls",
"ambushes",
"nets",
"traps",
"enticements",
"seducements",
"seductions",
"temptations",
"baits",
"decoys",
"lures",
"entanglements",
"entrapments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repellents",
"repellants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pluses":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"a recalculation of the year's income that resulted in a plus in the company's profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"the supply of cranberries is greatly in plus of the demand for them in the market"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyfuls",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plummeting":{
"as in sinking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sinking",
"comedown",
"decline",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"down",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"progression",
"betterment",
"improvement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"a week in which stock prices plummeted"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"cratering",
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"diving",
"dropping",
"falling",
"lowering",
"nose-diving",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"drooping",
"dwindling",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"spiking",
"upping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plucks":{
"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
"examples":[
"a quick pluck pulled the hair right out"
],
"synonyms":[
"draws",
"hauls",
"jerks",
"pulls",
"tugs",
"wrenches",
"yanks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drags",
"tows",
"hitches",
"twitches",
"grabs",
"snatches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heaves",
"shoves",
"thrusts"
],
"antonyms":[
"pushes"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plumps":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"angrily gave a plump of his fist against the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"flops",
"flumps",
"planks",
"plops",
"plunks",
"plonks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flings",
"heaves",
"slings",
"tosses",
"ensconces",
"installs",
"plants",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"plunk down":{
"as in plop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plop",
"knock down",
"knock over",
"strike down",
"topple",
"bobble",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"flatten",
"floor",
"level",
"immerse",
"sink",
"submerge",
"depress",
"drop",
"lower",
"throw",
"throw down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lift",
"pick up",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunged":{
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"pitched",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"belly flopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"a stairway plunging into darkness"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"sank",
"sunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upswept",
"upturned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunked down":{
"as in plopped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plopped",
"knocked down",
"knocked over",
"struck down",
"toppled",
"bobbled",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"flattened",
"floored",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"immersed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged",
"depressed",
"dropped",
"lowered",
"threw",
"threw down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifted",
"picked up",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunked (for)":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"plumped (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"seconded",
"sided (with)",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"plugged",
"preached",
"talked up",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plutocrat":{
"a wealthy person":{
"examples":[
"the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer \"cottages\" in Newport"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalist",
"Croesus",
"deep pocket",
"fat cat",
"have",
"money",
"moneybags",
"silk stocking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moneymaker",
"money-spinner",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"tycoon",
"billionaire",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
"multibillionaire",
"multimillionaire",
"multimillionairess",
"zillionaire",
"heir",
"heiress",
"jet-setter",
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"beggar"
],
"antonyms":[
"have-not",
"pauper"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plugolas":{
"as in words , spots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"spots",
"words",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases",
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plucking":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plushiness":{
"as in luxuriousness , luxury":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plunk (for)":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"plump (for)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"second",
"side (with)",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"plug",
"preach",
"talk up",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plumbed":{
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathomed",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauged",
"gaged",
"scaled",
"spanned",
"remeasured",
"replumbed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plug hats":{
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plumping":{
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
"examples":[
"plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"flopping",
"flumping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plunking",
"plonking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinging",
"heaving",
"slinging",
"tossing",
"ensconcing",
"installing",
"planting",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pluming":{
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"examples":[
"that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills"
],
"synonyms":[
"flattering",
"piquing",
"priding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boasting",
"bragging",
"crowing",
"gasconading",
"swaggering",
"swanking",
"swashing",
"vaporing",
"vaunting",
"congratulating",
"felicitating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plushy":{
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"a plushy Parisian hotel where a night's stay commands a king's ransom"
],
"synonyms":[
"Babylonian",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palace",
"palatial",
"plush",
"silken",
"sumptuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"precious",
"premium",
"rich",
"extravagant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"august",
"awesome",
"awful",
"baronial",
"beautiful",
"gorgeous",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"impressive",
"kingly",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"homelike",
"homey",
"homy",
"snug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economical",
"frugal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"spare",
"stingy",
"thrifty"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"plunks (for)":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"plumps (for)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"props (up)",
"seconds",
"sides (with)",
"backstops",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"plugs",
"preaches",
"talks up",
"bails out",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"interferes",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plumb":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"rising straight up":{
"examples":[
"the wall was not plumb , so everything else in the room was out of kilter"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"raised",
"stand-up",
"standing",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"upended",
"upraised",
"semierect",
"freestanding",
"stand-alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prostrate",
"supine",
"diagonal",
"hanging",
"sagging",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slanty"
],
"antonyms":[
"flat",
"recumbent"
]
},
"in a direct line or course":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe he walked plumb into the tree, without even seeing it!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"direct",
"directly",
"due",
"plump",
"right",
"straight",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitously",
"deviously",
"veeringly"
],
"antonyms":[
"indirectly"
]
},
"to a full extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"I'm plumb tuckered out"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
]
},
"without delay":{
"examples":[
"we had no sooner resolved that crisis than we plumb rushed into another one"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathom",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauge",
"gage",
"scale",
"span",
"remeasure",
"replumb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"plumpness":{
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"a man of considerable plumpness sat down next to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"endomorphy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
]
},
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"the astonishing plumpness that is so often found in the speech of the very young or the very old"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"outspokenness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"straightforwardness",
"unguardedness",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earnestness",
"sincerity",
"sobriety",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"communicativeness",
"freedom",
"license",
"licence",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"evasiveness",
"secretiveness",
"inhibition",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"reticence",
"shyness",
"diplomacy",
"tact"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"indirection"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pluralities":{
"as in majorities , masses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"heaps",
"loads",
"lots",
"much",
"oodles",
"plenties",
"profusions",
"reams",
"scads",
"wealths",
"bulks",
"generalities",
"majorities",
"masses",
"preponderances",
"maxima",
"maximums",
"mosts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minorities",
"couples",
"fews",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"smatterings",
"sprinklings",
"leasts",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plusses":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"a recalculation of the year's income that resulted in a plus in the company's profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"the supply of cranberries is greatly in plus of the demand for them in the market"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyfuls",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plummets":{
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"a week in which stock prices plummeted"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"craters",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"lowers",
"nose-dives",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"skids",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (down)",
"diminishes",
"droops",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"spikes",
"ups"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plushness":{
"as in opulence , sumptuousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plunges (in)":{
"as in falls (to) , pitches in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"falls (to)",
"pitches in",
"settles (down)",
"buckles (down to)",
"concentrates (on)",
"focuses (on)",
"focusses (on)",
"knuckles down (to)",
"zeroes (in on)",
"pursues",
"takes up",
"undertakes",
"addresses",
"approaches",
"faces",
"attacks",
"dives (into)",
"tackles",
"wades (in or into)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"evades",
"shuns",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"idles",
"lags",
"messes",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"pokes",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plushly":{
"in a luxurious manner":{
"examples":[
"the plushly furnished cabin alone is worth the price we've paid for this Caribbean cruise"
],
"synonyms":[
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"richly",
"sumptuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imposingly",
"impressively",
"magnificently",
"splendidly",
"grandiosely",
"ostentatiously",
"pompously",
"pretentiously",
"affluently",
"comfortably",
"fine",
"wealthily",
"immoderately",
"indulgently",
"intemperately",
"prodigally",
"wantonly",
"wastefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unpretentiously",
"cheaply",
"economically",
"frugally",
"inexpensively",
"meagerly",
"poorly",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"sparingly",
"thriftily",
"conservatively",
"moderately",
"prudently",
"reasonably",
"restrainedly",
"sensibly",
"temperately"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"plutocrats":{
"a wealthy person":{
"examples":[
"the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer \"cottages\" in Newport"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalists",
"Croesuses",
"deep pockets",
"fat cats",
"haves",
"money",
"moneybags",
"silk stockings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moneymakers",
"money-spinners",
"magnates",
"nabobs",
"tycoons",
"billionaires",
"gazillionaires",
"millionaires",
"multibillionaires",
"multimillionaires",
"multi-millionaires",
"multimillionairesses",
"multi-millionairesses",
"zillionaires",
"heiresses",
"heirs",
"jet-setters",
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"beggars"
],
"antonyms":[
"have-nots",
"paupers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"plus or minus":{
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"I have plus or minus five dollars in change"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"near",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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},
"plunks down":{
"as in plops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plops",
"knocks down",
"knocks over",
"strikes down",
"topples",
"bobbles",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"flattens",
"floors",
"levels",
"immerses",
"sinks",
"submerges",
"depresses",
"drops",
"lowers",
"throws",
"throws down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifts",
"picks up",
"raises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"plunders":{
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
"examples":[
"the thieves were promptly arrested when they tried to sell their plunder"
],
"synonyms":[
"booties",
"loots",
"pillages",
"spoils",
"swags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prizes",
"catches",
"hauls",
"takes",
"treasures",
"pilferages",
"windfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"the escaped convict plundered the house in search of valuables"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"ransacks",
"sacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks in",
"burglarizes",
"rips off",
"steals (from)",
"combs",
"hunts",
"rakes",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"harries",
"raids",
"ravishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}