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{
"Bunyanesque":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bucking":{
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the car bucked and stalled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bumping",
"jouncing",
"lurching",
"pitching",
"staggering",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"jogging",
"joggling",
"shaking",
"dragging",
"lugging",
"pulling",
"tugging",
"plucking",
"tweaking",
"grabbing",
"ripping",
"snapping (up)",
"snatching",
"tearing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitching",
"hoicking",
"jerking",
"jolting",
"twitching",
"yanking"
]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"knuckling under (to)",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"examples":[
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"checking",
"countering",
"hindering",
"obstructing",
"stemming"
],
"synonyms":[
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
]
},
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"relaying",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving up",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"reaching",
"transferring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucking%20up":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"saddening"
],
"examples":[
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despairing",
"desponding",
"brooding",
"fretting",
"moping"
],
"related":[
"rejoicing",
"livening (up)",
"reviving",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"sparkling",
"encouraging",
"gladdening",
"heartening"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightening",
"cheering (up)",
"lightening",
"looking up",
"perking (up)"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"hamstringing",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)"
],
"related":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"buoying (up)",
"cheering (up)",
"chirking (up)",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"steeling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckle":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflate",
"rise",
"swell"
],
"related":[
"deflate",
"flatten",
"melt",
"melt down",
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"give out",
"stall",
"burst",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"split",
"crack",
"crumble",
"pop",
"snap"
],
"synonyms":[
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"crumple",
"founder",
"give",
"go",
"go out",
"implode",
"tumble",
"yield"
]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"devote",
"give"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckled%20%28down%20to%29":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckskin":{
"as in chestnut , palomino":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in deerskin , cowhide":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"budgets":{
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we've spent a little more than our budget this year"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chests",
"coffers",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"petty cashes",
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"deposits",
"funds",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pools"
]
},
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tour group had a whole budget of complaints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"refills",
"renewals",
"replacements",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"synonyms":[
"forces",
"funds",
"inventories",
"pools",
"repertoires",
"reservoirs",
"stocks",
"supplies"
]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the vacationers carefully budgeted how they would spend their limited time in Italy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conspires",
"contrives",
"devises",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"puts up",
"concerts",
"gets up",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"aims",
"figures",
"has on",
"intends",
"means",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"premeditates"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"blueprints",
"calculates",
"charts",
"choreographs",
"designs",
"frames",
"lays out",
"maps (out)",
"organizes",
"plans",
"prepares",
"projects",
"schemes (out)",
"shapes",
"strategizes (about)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buffer":{
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it took a friend serving as a buffer between the feuding siblings to get them to speak to one another again"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"troubleshooter",
"moderator",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"liaison",
"medium",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire",
"adviser",
"advisor",
"counselor",
"counsellor"
],
"synonyms":[
"broker",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker"
]
},
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the excelsior acts as an additional buffer for the marble bust during shipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"baffle",
"muffler",
"padding",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"barricade",
"cordon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumper",
"cocoon",
"cushion",
"cushioning",
"fender",
"pad"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"during my walk an umbrella and thick coat buffered the freezing rain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heighten",
"intensify",
"sharpen"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"obtund",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"relieve"
],
"synonyms":[
"cushion",
"gentle",
"soften"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buffing":{
"to make smooth by friction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she learned to buff semiprecious stones in order to make her own jewelry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsening",
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"scuffing"
],
"related":[
"planing",
"scraping",
"sandblasting",
"scouring",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"glossing",
"polishing",
"shining",
"smoothing",
"edging",
"sharpening",
"stropping",
"whetting",
"regrinding"
],
"synonyms":[
"filing",
"grinding",
"honing",
"rasping",
"rubbing",
"sanding"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the janitor buffed the lobby floor until it shone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"ruffling",
"scuffing (up)"
],
"related":[
"sleeking",
"slicking",
"coating",
"glazing",
"japanning",
"lacquering",
"varnishing",
"facing",
"finishing",
"veneering",
"brightening",
"filing",
"rasping",
"sandblasting",
"sanding",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scrubbing",
"bobbing",
"boning",
"lapping"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"furbishing",
"glossing",
"grinding",
"polishing",
"rubbing",
"shining",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bug out":{
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"flee",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bugger":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cranky bugger who's always at odds with his neighbors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"related":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"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",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"building%20up":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
],
"examples":[
"static electricity built up on the cat's fur"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"evidence that the toxic chemical builds up in the bloodstream to unhealthy levels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"related":[
"agglutinating",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"banking",
"drifting",
"ridging"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreting",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"massing",
"piling (up)",
"stacking (up)"
]
},
"to gradually increase in":{
"antonyms":[
"decreasing (in)",
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"the roller coaster built up momentum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"declining (in)",
"diminishing (in)",
"dipping",
"dwindling",
"falling (in)",
"lessening",
"tapering",
"tapering off"
],
"related":[
"doubling (in)",
"tripling (in)",
"accruing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"exciting",
"stimulating",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"enriching",
"expanding",
"extending",
"maximizing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"jacking (up)",
"mounting",
"ramping (up)",
"stepping up"
],
"synonyms":[
"gaining",
"gathering",
"growing (in)",
"picking up"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
],
"examples":[
"he patiently built up his coin collection over several decades",
"the young stockbroker worked hard to build up a clientele"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"related":[
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"following up",
"parlaying"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling",
"upping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"built":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"antonyms":[
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"took down",
"tore down"
],
"examples":[
"he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruinated",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"related":[
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"section",
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"facet",
"feature",
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"seat",
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"roominess",
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"amplitude",
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"grandness",
"greatness",
"grossness",
"heftiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
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"mass",
"massiveness",
"monstrousness",
"stupendousness",
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"volume",
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"extent",
"magnitude",
"measure",
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"verb"
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"puniness",
"smallness"
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"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
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"enormousness",
"extensiveness",
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"healthiness",
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"immenseness",
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"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"muchness",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"weightiness"
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"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"substantiality",
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],
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"civilian"
],
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"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
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"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
]
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"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"verdict",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"dictum",
"manifesto",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"canon",
"encyclical"
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"diktat",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"rescript",
"ruling",
"ukase"
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"rhapsody",
"rhetoric",
"pomposity",
"turgidity",
"wind",
"bloviation",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"babble",
"blab",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"jawing",
"patter",
"prating",
"yammering",
"egotism",
"self-conceit",
"self-importance",
"swagger",
"vaunt"
],
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"bluster",
"bombast",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gas",
"gasconade",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rant",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
]
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"a guy who's always trying to sell some sucker a line of bull"
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"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
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"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
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"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
]
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"the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question"
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"shove",
"thrust"
],
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"bulldoze",
"crash",
"elbow",
"jam",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push",
"shoulder",
"squeeze"
]
},
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
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"no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market"
],
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"belittle",
"deprecate",
"diminish",
"discount",
"laugh off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"bemoan",
"lament",
"mourn",
"regret"
],
"related":[
"bluster",
"harangue",
"puff",
"pride",
"gush",
"exult",
"glory",
"rejoice",
"brandish",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flaunt",
"glorify",
"parade",
"show off",
"magnify",
"maximize"
],
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"blow",
"boast",
"brag",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in cells , holes":{
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"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in billed , gazetted":{
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"picks up a church bulletin every Sunday after Mass"
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"related":[
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"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
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"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines"
]
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"I signed up to receive the free financial bulletin daily in my in-box"
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"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",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
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"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases"
]
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"verb"
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"adjective"
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"examples":[
"the school has a procedure for students who want to report problems with bullies"
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"enemy",
"abuser",
"baiter",
"giber",
"jiber",
"harasser",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"oppressor",
"persecutor",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"torturer",
"goon",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mug",
"punk",
"rough",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"cutthroat",
"felon",
"gangster",
"gunman",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
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"hector",
"intimidator"
]
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"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
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"examples":[
"the local loan shark and his bullies have ways of making people pay up"
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"related":[
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"scoundrel",
"villain",
"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"pirate",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"that's a bully idea for reviving the town's retail center"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
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"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
]
},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the kindergarten teacher explained why it was wrong to bully classmates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care (for)",
"cherish",
"foster",
"nurture",
"baby",
"cater (to)",
"coddle",
"favor",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"related":[
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"burn",
"sandbag",
"victimize",
"wrong",
"beat (up)",
"mess (up)",
"rough (up)",
"work (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"brutalize",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mess over",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
]
},
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the manager was fired for bullying employees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"steel",
"convince",
"persuade"
],
"related":[
"bluster",
"trash-talk",
"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"scare",
"shock",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"menace",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound",
"bludgeon",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"force",
"make",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure",
"push around",
"demoralize",
"psych (out)",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"bogart",
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bullyrag",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"strong-arm"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in browbeating":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"as in bulldozing , browbeating":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the kindergarten teacher explained why it was wrong to bully classmates"
],
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"caring (for)",
"cherishing",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"babying",
"catering (to)",
"coddling",
"favoring",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"related":[
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"burning",
"sandbagging",
"victimizing",
"wronging",
"beating (up)",
"messing (up)",
"roughing (up)",
"working (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"brutalizing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"kicking around",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"messing over",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
]
},
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the manager was fired for bullying employees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"steeling",
"convincing",
"persuading"
],
"related":[
"blustering",
"trash-talking",
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"horrifying",
"scaring",
"shocking",
"spooking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"menacing",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"bludgeoning",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"forcing",
"making",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing around",
"demoralizing",
"psyching (out)",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"discomposing",
"disconcerting",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacking",
"bogarting",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"intimidating",
"strong-arming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bulwark":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"antonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack"
],
"examples":[
"vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against attack"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombard",
"storm",
"beset",
"besiege",
"overrun",
"capitulate",
"cave",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"related":[
"avert",
"prevent",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand",
"battle",
"contend",
"fight",
"war",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save",
"buffer",
"palisade",
"picket",
"wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"fence",
"fend",
"forfend",
"guard",
"keep",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield",
"ward"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bunkers":{
"as in foundations , vaults":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burglary":{
"the act of illegally entering a building in order to steal things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"There have been a number of burglaries in the neighborhood in recent months."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burned":{
"as in charred , scorched":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fulminated",
"ranted",
"raved",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"bristled",
"flared (up)",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"agitated",
"convulsed",
"roiled",
"shook"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"raged",
"rankled",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"steamed",
"stormed"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"caught",
"enkindled",
"deflagrated",
"fired",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"flared (up)",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)",
"flickered",
"guttered",
"wavered",
"baked",
"broiled",
"charred",
"cooked",
"melted",
"roasted",
"scorched",
"sweltered",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"sparked",
"sputtered",
"beamed",
"brightened",
"radiated",
"beat (down)",
"flashed",
"glared",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"shone",
"shined",
"sparkled",
"twinkled"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed",
"combusted",
"flamed",
"glowed"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
],
"examples":[
"he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"related":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"antonyms":[
"renewed",
"replaced"
],
"examples":[
"heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmented",
"enlarged",
"increased",
"bolstered",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revived",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"related":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"ate",
"used",
"bankrupted",
"cleaned (out)",
"impoverished",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"dried up",
"emptied",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"guzzled",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"wasted"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"devoured",
"drained",
"drew down",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"played out",
"spent",
"used up"
]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"antonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"examples":[
"it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stamped (out)",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured"
],
"related":[
"immolated",
"deflagrated",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"ashed",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"kilned",
"set off",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"radiated",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"relit",
"relighted",
"banked",
"stoked"
],
"synonyms":[
"enkindled",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"torched"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blazed",
"flamed",
"flared",
"glared"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burned-out":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
],
"examples":[
"I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"related":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"related":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burr":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard the burr of a distant engine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"howl",
"roar",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"yell"
],
"related":[
"babble",
"coo",
"gasp",
"gurgle",
"hiss",
"moan",
"murmur",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"suspiration",
"susurration",
"susurrus",
"whisper",
"whish",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzz",
"chirr",
"churr",
"drone",
"hum",
"purr",
"thrum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zoom"
]
},
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pitch burred past the batter's ear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chirr",
"churr",
"thrum",
"fizz",
"hiss",
"murmur",
"purr",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whisper",
"coo",
"curr",
"wheeze",
"whistle",
"whoosh"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumble",
"buzz",
"drone",
"hum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burst (forth)":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame",
"flare (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bursted":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a sudden burst of industriousness whenever the boss appeared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"related":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a burst of anger that startled the other members on the panel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"one burst after another could be heard in the distance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"discharge",
"firing",
"shooting",
"blowout",
"flare-up",
"bang",
"boom",
"pop",
"airburst",
"groundburst"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blowup",
"bursting",
"detonation",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"outburst"
]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a young singer/dancer who seems to be bursting with energy and talent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
]
},
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"antonyms":[
"implode"
],
"examples":[
"the turnover's crust burst when the filling expanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fizzle"
],
"related":[
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mushroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"blow up",
"crump",
"detonate",
"explode",
"go off",
"pop"
]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally burst the pi\u00f1ata open with one mighty swing of the bat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"implode"
],
"related":[
"dynamite",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"destroy",
"ruin",
"wreck",
"detonate",
"discharge",
"fragment",
"splinter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"blow up",
"demolish",
"explode",
"pop",
"shatter",
"smash"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame",
"flare (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burying":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing"
],
"examples":[
"all the grandchildren attended the burying of their grandfather in his homeland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremation"
],
"related":[
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
]
},
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"antonyms":[
"disinterring",
"exhuming",
"unearthing"
],
"examples":[
"he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning",
"cremating",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncoffining"
],
"related":[
"immuring",
"inurning",
"enshrining",
"concealing",
"covering",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"shading",
"shielding",
"cloaking",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"shrouding",
"reburying",
"reinterring",
"coffining"
],
"synonyms":[
"entombing",
"hearsing",
"inhuming",
"interring",
"laying",
"putting away",
"tombing"
]
},
"to put into a hiding place":{
"antonyms":[
"displaying",
"exhibiting"
],
"examples":[
"buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling",
"unwrapping",
"flaunting",
"parading",
"showing off",
"disinterring",
"unearthing"
],
"related":[
"hoarding",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"entombing",
"interring"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"secreting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bus":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this old bus is still running\u2014but barely"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"synonyms":[
"auto",
"automobile",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motor vehicle",
"motorcar",
"wheels"
]
},
"as in drive , ride":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bushel":{
"a considerable amount":{
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"examples":[
"picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"related":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butcher":{
"someone who bungles an effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"wizard"
],
"related":[
"incompetent",
"muddler"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunderbuss",
"blunderer",
"botcher",
"bumbler",
"bungler",
"fumbler",
"screwup"
]
},
"to kill on a large scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assassinate",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"fell",
"murder",
"slay",
"smite",
"snuff",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"waste",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"butt":{
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darling",
"favorite",
"pet"
],
"related":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"fall guy",
"fool",
"gull",
"monkey",
"pigeon",
"sap",
"sucker",
"victim"
],
"synonyms":[
"derision",
"jest",
"joke",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mock",
"mockery",
"sport",
"target"
]
},
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"troublemaker",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"traducer",
"baiter",
"heckler",
"needler",
"ribber",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer",
"derider",
"insulter",
"mocker",
"ridiculer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"related":[
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"pilgarlic",
"lightning rod",
"fall guy",
"goat",
"scapegoat",
"whipping boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"mark",
"prey",
"sitting duck",
"target",
"victim"
]
},
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"scuttlebutt",
"cistern",
"tub",
"vat",
"can",
"drum"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"cask",
"firkin",
"hogshead",
"keg",
"kilderkin",
"pipe",
"puncheon",
"rundlet",
"runlet",
"tun"
]
},
"as in push , kick":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"butterfingered":{
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
"antonyms":[
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"sure-handed"
],
"examples":[
"I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"masterly",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"coordinated"
],
"related":[
"uncoordinated",
"bunglesome",
"bungling",
"gauche",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"cack-handed",
"clumsy",
"graceless",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"left-handed",
"maladroit",
"unhandy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"butting%20heads":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Our boss tries not to schedule Rosie and Mark for the same shifts, since the two often butt heads ."
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"related":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"argufying",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"buy":{
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"four cartons of ice cream for four dollars is a real buy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharge",
"rip-off",
"soaking",
"markup",
"surcharge",
"extravagance",
"luxury"
],
"related":[
"clearance",
"closeout",
"markdown",
"cheapie",
"bonus",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"present",
"boon",
"windfall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"deal",
"pennyworth",
"snip",
"steal"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"related":[
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"bid",
"offer",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"synonyms":[
"cop",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take"
]
},
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fix",
"tamper (with)",
"abase",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"dishonor",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"taint",
"warp",
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"motivate",
"provoke",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"goad",
"induce",
"flatter",
"persuade",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"synonyms":[
"bribe",
"corrupt",
"have",
"pay off",
"square"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
],
"examples":[
"if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"related":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"credit",
"swallow",
"take",
"trust"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buying":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"related":[
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bidding",
"offering",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
],
"synonyms":[
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking"
]
},
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fixing",
"tampering (with)",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"dishonoring",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"tainting",
"warping",
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"motivating",
"provoking",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"goading",
"inducing",
"flattering",
"persuading",
"snaring",
"trapping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bribing",
"corrupting",
"having",
"paying off",
"squaring"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
"examples":[
"if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"related":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buying%20it":{
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
],
"examples":[
"After years of ignoring his health problems, the old man finally bought it ."
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"related":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}