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{
"pooch":{
"a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"walking down the street with several pooches on leashes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"bitch",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"bandog",
"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"guide dog",
"police dog",
"working dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"tyke",
"tike"
]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"related":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pooched":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"related":[
"domed",
"blew up",
"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
"mushroomed",
"snowballed",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"stretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"ballooned",
"beetled",
"bellied",
"billowed",
"bulged",
"bunched",
"jutted",
"overhung",
"poked",
"pouched",
"pouted",
"projected",
"protruded",
"started",
"stood out",
"stuck out",
"swelled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooh-poohed":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
"flouted",
"rejected",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"cooperated (with)",
"kept",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"obliged",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poohed":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
"flouted",
"rejected",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"cooperated (with)",
"kept",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"obliged",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooled":{
"used or done by a number of people as a group":{
"examples":[
"pooled coverage of the congressional hearings by the major broadcast networks"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborative",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"concerted",
"conjoint",
"conjunct",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"public",
"shared",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bilateral",
"consensual",
"reciprocal",
"symbiotic",
"synergic",
"synergistic",
"two-way",
"mass",
"popular",
"general",
"generic",
"universal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"personal",
"private",
"independent",
"separate",
"several",
"esoteric",
"particular",
"special",
"specialized"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclusive",
"individual",
"one-man",
"one-sided",
"one-way",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"unilateral"
]
},
"as in joined , connected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"united",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"scraped (up or together)",
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"poor":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
"examples":[
"land that is too poor for farming"
],
"synonyms":[
"barren",
"bony",
"boney",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"stark",
"unfertile",
"unproductive",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bleak",
"inhospitable",
"lifeless",
"uncultivable",
"untillable",
"bankrupted",
"consumed",
"debilitated",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"drained",
"dried-up",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"spent",
"used up",
"arid",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dry",
"rainless",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arable",
"tillable",
"green",
"sylvan",
"verdant"
],
"antonyms":[
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"rich"
]
},
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
"examples":[
"a poor crop because of the drought this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a pretty poor musician, even for a garage band"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"of low quality":{
"examples":[
"the poor workmanship of the goods from that store"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
]
},
"deserving of one's pity":{
"examples":[
"aw, the poor kitten hurt its paw"
],
"synonyms":[
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"miserable",
"pathetic",
"piteous",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplorable",
"lamentable",
"regrettable",
"emotional",
"impressive",
"inspiring",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"awful",
"horrible",
"terrible",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting",
"grievous",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woeful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poor-mouthing":{
"as in disparagement , belittlement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"minimizing",
"meiosis",
"understatement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caricature",
"coloring",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"embroidery",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding",
"stretching",
"amplification",
"enhancement",
"fabrication",
"misrepresentation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poor-spirited":{
"as in uncourageous , weakhearted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"worried",
"unmanly",
"weak",
"wimpy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poor-mouths":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooh":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (off)",
"dismiss",
"flout",
"reject",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock",
"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulate (to)",
"concede (to)",
"defer (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"serve",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"cooperate (with)",
"keep",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"oblige",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poor-mouthed":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poo-bah":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poorness":{
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"each country has its own standard of poorness , and one nation's needy inhabitant can be another's fairly well-off citizen"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"need",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penuriousness",
"penury",
"poverty",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutter",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"exigency",
"emergency",
"rainy day",
"austerity",
"deprivation",
"privation",
"bankruptcy",
"insolvency",
"belt-tightening",
"pinching",
"straitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"luxury",
"prosperity"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"wealth",
"wealthiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poor boy":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"ordered a fried catfish po'boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwich",
"grinder",
"hero",
"hoagie",
"hoagy",
"Italian sandwich",
"sub",
"submarine",
"torpedo"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poor-mouth":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooped":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"\"I'm really pooped after that hike,\" she sighed"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pool":{
"a small often deep body of water":{
"examples":[
"a secluded pool that has long been a locally favored spot for skinny-dipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"billabong",
"mere",
"puddle",
"stank",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"hole",
"sinkhole",
"swimming pool",
"lake",
"pond",
"water hole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"a large pool of applicants for the summer internship"
],
"synonyms":[
"force",
"help",
"labor force",
"manpower",
"personnel",
"staff",
"workforce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labor",
"proletariat",
"rank and file",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"employee",
"employe",
"helper",
"hireling",
"worker",
"blood",
"support"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"examples":[
"a pool of ideas ready to use whenever the cartoonist needs to meet a deadline"
],
"synonyms":[
"budget",
"force",
"fund",
"inventory",
"repertoire",
"reservoir",
"stock",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserve",
"resource",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stockpile",
"refill",
"renewal",
"replacement",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"pot",
"purse",
"fountain",
"mine",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"office workers setting up a pool for the collective purchase of lottery tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"budget",
"deposit",
"fund",
"kitty",
"nest egg"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chest",
"coffer(s)",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings account",
"bankroll",
"cache",
"collection",
"cushion",
"hoard",
"pocketbook",
"reserve",
"treasure",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the total of the bets at stake at one time":{
"examples":[
"two coworkers split last week's football pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"jack",
"jackpot",
"pot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fund",
"kitty",
"bet",
"stake",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in join , connect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"unite",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"scrape (up or together)",
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup",
"archive",
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pooching":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"ballooning",
"beetling",
"bellying",
"billowing",
"bulging",
"bunching",
"jutting",
"overhanging",
"poking",
"pouching",
"pouting",
"projecting",
"protruding",
"standing out",
"starting",
"sticking out",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doming",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"dilating",
"distending",
"expanding",
"mushrooming",
"snowballing",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooh-poohing":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (off)",
"dismissing",
"flouting",
"rejecting",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulating (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"serving",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"cooperating (with)",
"keeping",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"obliging",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooh-bah":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poorly":{
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests",
"a poorly drawn figure"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
"examples":[
"she stayed home because she was feeling poorly"
],
"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish",
"nauseated",
"nauseous",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"airsick",
"carsick",
"seasick",
"dizzy",
"light-headed",
"shaky",
"woozy",
"achy",
"feverish",
"diseased",
"disordered",
"decrepit",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakly",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"hypochondriac",
"hypochondriacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"cured",
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"pooches":{
"a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes":{
"examples":[
"walking down the street with several pooches on leashes"
],
"synonyms":[
"canines",
"doggies",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"tykes",
"tikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curs",
"mongrels",
"mutts",
"bitches",
"lapdogs",
"puppies",
"puppy dogs",
"pups",
"whelps",
"bandogs",
"bird dogs",
"coonhounds",
"coursers",
"gundogs",
"hunters",
"sheepdogs",
"sled dogs",
"watchdogs",
"wolf dogs",
"wolfhounds",
"guide dogs",
"police dogs",
"working dogs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"balloons",
"beetles",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"pouts",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pooh-poohs":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes (off)",
"dismisses",
"flouts",
"rejects",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"winks (at)",
"defies",
"disobeys",
"mocks",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulates (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"defers (to)",
"goose-steps (to)",
"serves",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"cooperates (with)",
"keeps",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"obliges",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"watches",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poops":{
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"the mother cat carefully cleaned poop off her newborn kitten's bottom"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"information not generally available to the public":{
"examples":[
"the poop was that the ship would be headed to the war zone within a matter of weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"411",
"book",
"dope",
"inside",
"lowdown",
"scoop",
"skinny",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dish",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"story",
"hint",
"pointer",
"information",
"intelligence",
"news",
"tidings",
"word"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancient history",
"open secret"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poo-bahs":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}