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{
"so-called":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"soap-operatic":{
"as in soapy , melodramatic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"soar":{
"the act or an instance of rising or climbing up":{
"antonyms":[
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"examples":[
"the soar of the space shuttle never fails to inspire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade"
],
"related":[
"boost",
"hike",
"increase",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff",
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsurge",
"upsweep",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall (off)",
"plunge"
],
"examples":[
"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"sink",
"slide"
],
"related":[
"surge",
"tower",
"boost",
"elevate",
"raise",
"upheave",
"uplift",
"upraise",
"balloon",
"blast off",
"take off",
"zoom",
"crest",
"scale",
"surmount",
"top",
"cant",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"aspire",
"climb",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"thrust",
"up",
"uprear",
"uprise",
"upthrust",
"upturn"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"catapult",
"helicopter",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dive",
"stoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviate",
"fly",
"glide",
"plane",
"wing"
]
},
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
"antonyms":[
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"slump",
"tumble"
],
"examples":[
"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fall",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"drop",
"lessen",
"wane"
],
"related":[
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"crest",
"peak",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocket",
"shoot (up)",
"skyrocket",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sob":{
"as in cry , tears":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"greet",
"grieve",
"keen",
"lament",
"mourn",
"howl",
"scream",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"mewl",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"blub",
"blubber",
"cry",
"weep"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sociable":{
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"examples":[
"he's an intensely sociable child, even prone to fits of depression when he's left alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"mum",
"mute",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn"
],
"related":[
"cordial",
"folksy",
"forthcoming",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"affable",
"genial",
"gracious",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"animated",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"effervescent",
"upbeat",
"bubbly",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"social"
]
},
"showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{
"antonyms":[
"inhospitable",
"ungenial",
"ungracious",
"unsociable"
],
"examples":[
"a pleasant and sociable hostess who puts everyone instantly at ease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"disagreeable",
"discourteous",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"rude",
"sullen",
"surly",
"uncivil",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unmannerly",
"crabbed",
"crabby",
"cross",
"crusty",
"grumpy"
],
"related":[
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"benign",
"benignant",
"congenial",
"convivial",
"friendly",
"kind",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"urbane",
"approachable",
"attentive",
"outgoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable"
]
},
"tending to group with others of the same kind":{
"antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary"
],
"examples":[
"the sociable weaverbird breeds in large umbrella-shaped nests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"related":[
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"social"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"social-minded":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"society":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a debate society"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collective",
"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
"synonyms":[
"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"sodality"
]
},
"the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an evening marked by a lovely dinner and the society of our closest friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forlornness",
"loneliness",
"lonesomeness"
],
"related":[
"amity",
"benevolence",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"charity",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"compassion",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"chumminess",
"familiarity",
"inseparability",
"intimacy",
"nearness",
"affection",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love"
],
"synonyms":[
"brotherhood",
"camaraderie",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradery",
"comradeship",
"fellowship"
]
},
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklore",
"heritage",
"legacy",
"tradition",
"subculture",
"subsociety"
],
"synonyms":[
"civilization",
"culture",
"life",
"lifestyle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sociopathic":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"socked":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"sod":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"he's a nasty old sod who never has a nice thing to say about anybody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
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],
"related":[
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"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
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"fool",
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"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
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]
},
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"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a sentimental journey back to the old sod"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"old country",
"community",
"neighborhood"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"country",
"fatherland",
"home",
"homeland",
"mother country",
"motherland"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
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"sodalities":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collectives",
"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntas",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships",
"sisterhoods",
"sororities",
"cabals",
"camarillas",
"camorras",
"confederacies",
"conspiracies",
"bands",
"gangs",
"rings",
"cartels",
"combines",
"syndicates"
],
"synonyms":[
"associations",
"boards",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"orders",
"organizations",
"societies"
]
},
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"callings",
"professions",
"associations",
"clubs",
"federations",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"organizations",
"societies"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"brotherhoods",
"communities",
"corps",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"vocations"
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]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"sofa beds":{
"as in couches , bunk beds":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft touches":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"cheaters",
"cheats",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"hoaxers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"tricksters"
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],
"related":[
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"cat's-paws",
"marks",
"targets",
"victims",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"butts",
"derisions",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"boobies",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fools",
"geese",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"monkeys",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos",
"losers",
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"chumps",
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"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
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"shape (up)"
]
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"verb"
]
},
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"solidness":{
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"soliloquizing":{
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"sopped":{
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"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
],
"examples":[
"the cult seemed to be a sorrowful assemblage of emotionally scarred people seeking love and redemption"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"related":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"sort":{
"a member of the human race":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's a decent sort"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"related":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
]
},
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"model",
"sample",
"specimen",
"bracket",
"bunch",
"category",
"division",
"family",
"grade",
"group",
"grouping",
"lot",
"persuasion",
"rank(s)",
"set",
"suite"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"class",
"description",
"feather",
"genre",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"kind",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"order",
"species",
"strain",
"stripe",
"type",
"variety"
]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"related":[
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve",
"identify",
"recognize",
"cull",
"screen",
"set",
"sieve",
"sift",
"winnow",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"recategorize",
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"subcategorize"
],
"synonyms":[
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"type"
]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"antonyms":[
"differ (from)",
"disagree (with)"
],
"examples":[
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"nullify",
"clash",
"conflict",
"jar"
],
"related":[
"equal",
"match",
"parallel",
"align",
"aline",
"line up",
"register"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"check",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"square",
"tally"
]
},
"to come or be together as friends":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"cold-shoulder",
"shun",
"snub",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder"
],
"related":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"attach",
"band",
"bond",
"club",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"connect",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"gang",
"get along",
"get on",
"group",
"interrelate",
"join",
"knot",
"league",
"link",
"mingle",
"mix",
"rally",
"relate",
"side",
"socialize",
"team",
"tie",
"wed",
"befriend",
"friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"chum",
"company",
"consociate",
"consort",
"fraternize",
"hang (around or out)",
"hobnob",
"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
"travel"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sorted":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"related":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"typed"
]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"antonyms":[
"differed (from)",
"disagreed (with)"
],
"examples":[
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"nullified",
"clashed",
"conflicted",
"jarred"
],
"related":[
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"paralleled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined up",
"registered"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"agreed",
"answered",
"checked",
"chorded",
"cohered",
"coincided",
"comported",
"conformed",
"consisted",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"jibed",
"rhymed",
"rimed",
"squared",
"tallied",
"went"
]
},
"to come or be together as friends":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"related":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"ran",
"run",
"traveled",
"travelled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"sortie":{
"a short trip for pleasure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"journey",
"travel(s)",
"voyage",
"circuit",
"tour",
"expedition",
"odyssey",
"safari",
"detour",
"hike",
"peregrination",
"trek",
"walk",
"pilgrimage"
],
"synonyms":[
"excursion",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"ramble",
"sally",
"sashay",
"spin"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sot":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a sot who was arrested after a bar fight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"related":[
"swigger",
"swiller",
"wino"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soul mate":{
"as in wife , husband":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soul-searchings":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after much soul-searching , they both realized that their marriage was essentially over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soullessly":{
"as in ruthlessly , cruelly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sound (out)":{
"as in feel (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"sounded":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaced"
],
"related":[
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"belly flopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked"
],
"synonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"pitched",
"plunged"
]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"related":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the idea at least sounds plausible"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"appeared",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"made",
"seemed"
]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
],
"examples":[
"a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censored",
"restrained",
"restricted"
],
"related":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"declared",
"enounced",
"enunciated",
"proclaimed",
"said",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"disseminated",
"published",
"described",
"wrote",
"wrote up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"chimed in",
"communicated",
"conveyed",
"put across",
"put over",
"offered",
"submitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"aired",
"expounded",
"expressed",
"gave",
"looked",
"raised",
"stated",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"related":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"trumpeted"
]
},
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gauged",
"gaged",
"scaled",
"spanned",
"remeasured",
"replumbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathomed",
"plumbed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"soundly":{
"to a full extent or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"examples":[
"we'll keep working at it until you're soundly satisfied with the result"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"soups":{
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"banks",
"clouds",
"fumes",
"miasmas",
"miasmata",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"steams"
],
"synonyms":[
"brumes",
"fogs",
"gauzes",
"hazes",
"mists",
"murks",
"reeks",
"smogs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soups up":{
"as in tricks , embellishes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sour":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sour candy made our mouths all wrinkly inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"related":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
],
"examples":[
"things started off well, but now it's all gone sour"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
]
},
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
],
"examples":[
"you'll have to face up to the sour truth of the matter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"antonyms":[
"reconcile"
],
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"related":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"break up",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"disappoint",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"sousing":{
"to make wet":{
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"examples":[
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"related":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"submerging",
"submersing"
]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"antonyms":[
"wringing (out)"
],
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing",
"draining",
"emptying",
"voiding",
"dehumidifying"
],
"related":[
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"marinating",
"seething",
"presoaking",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"inundating",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"hydrating",
"swilling",
"washing",
"watering",
"infiltrating",
"penetrating",
"permeating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"impregnating",
"macerating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"steeping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"southwesters":{
"as in winds , southeasters":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonny":{
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
],
"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boychick",
"boychik",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
],
"related":[
"adolescent",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"minor",
"moppet",
"teenager",
"tween",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"gamin",
"guttersnipe",
"hobbledehoy",
"imp",
"squirt",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"schoolboy",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"mama's boy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"softening":{
"as in emollient , buffering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mellowing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"examples":[
"three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"etiolating",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"tiring",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"related":[
"crippling",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"incapacitating",
"depleting",
"depressing",
"exhausting",
"impoverishing",
"unmanning",
"washing out",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"invaliding",
"laying up",
"breaking down",
"grinding (down)",
"wearing down",
"wearing out",
"paralyzing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"recruiting",
"rejuvenating",
"vitalizing",
"hardening",
"seasoning",
"toughening"
],
"antonyms":[
"beefing (up)",
"fortifying",
"strengthening"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"examples":[
"had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"gentling"
],
"related":[
"baffling",
"dampening",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"obtunding",
"moderating",
"modulating",
"tempering",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"relieving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"southeaster":{
"as in wind , southwester":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrowed":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"suffered"
],
"related":[
"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sovereigns":{
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
"examples":[
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers"
],
"related":[
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"Caesars",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socks":{
"a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg":{
"examples":[
"black socks to go with black pants and shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"hose",
"hoses",
"stockings"
],
"related":[
"hosieries",
"support hoses",
"anklets",
"bobby socks",
"bootees",
"kneesocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a wiseacre who deserves a good sock in the face"
],
"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",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"related":[
"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 deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"related":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"softy":{
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
"examples":[
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars"
],
"synonyms":[
"weakling",
"wimp",
"wuss",
"wussy"
],
"related":[
"pushover",
"milksop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"powerhouse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
}
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