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{
"fibs":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[
"truths"
],
"examples":[
"the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"related":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
]
},
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"swears",
"testifies",
"authenticates",
"confirms",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"related":[
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"perjures",
"equivocates",
"fudges",
"palters",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"kids",
"snows",
"takes in",
"tricks",
"defames",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"falsifies",
"misreports",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"distorts",
"garbles",
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"lies",
"prevaricates"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fictionalized":{
"as in fictional , fictitious":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fiddles":{
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crosses",
"fixes",
"Ponzi schemes",
"pyramid schemes",
"rackets",
"rip-offs",
"thimblerigs",
"three-card montes",
"devices",
"dodges",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"ploys",
"schemes",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"shams"
],
"synonyms":[
"buncos",
"bunkos",
"cons",
"flimflams",
"frauds",
"hustles",
"scams",
"shell games",
"stings",
"swindles"
]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"calms (down)",
"stills"
],
"related":[
"flits",
"flutters",
"twitters",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"paces"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidgets",
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"jigs",
"squiggles",
"squirms",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"tosses",
"twists",
"twitches",
"wiggles",
"wriggles",
"writhes"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"lacking importance":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
],
"examples":[
"you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"related":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"synonyms":[
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"calming (down)",
"stilling"
],
"related":[
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"twittering",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shivering",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"pacing"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidgeting",
"jerking",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"squiggling",
"squirming",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"tossing",
"twisting",
"twitching",
"wiggling",
"wriggling",
"writhing"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddling%20%28with%29":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fooling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tampering (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fiend":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"even the utter horror of the terrorist attack did not deter some fiends from going on a looting spree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"related":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
]
},
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaddict",
"nonuser"
],
"examples":[
"the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"acidhead",
"cokehead",
"crackhead",
"pothead",
"speed freak",
"burnout"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"dopehead",
"doper",
"druggie",
"druggy",
"freak",
"head",
"hophead",
"hype",
"junkie",
"junky",
"stoner",
"user"
]
},
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
],
"examples":[
"our in-house computer fiend fixed the problem in no time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
],
"related":[
"pro",
"professional",
"consultant",
"hired gun",
"specialist",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
],
"examples":[
"comic-book fiends seem to have their own little world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"related":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
]
},
"an evil spirit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castle's torture chamber"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"related":[
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"synonyms":[
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan"
]
},
"the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he swore that not even the fiend could tempt him to eat that dessert"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deuce",
"dickens",
"Mephistopheles"
],
"synonyms":[
"archfiend",
"Beelzebub",
"devil",
"Lucifer",
"Old Nick",
"Satan",
"serpent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fig":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fighting":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"challenging",
"engaging",
"playing",
"jockeying",
"jostling",
"maneuvering",
"going out",
"trying out",
"training",
"working"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"competing",
"contending",
"facing off",
"racing",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"vying"
]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
],
"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",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
"related":[
"dueling",
"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
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"upholding"
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"foiling",
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"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
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"escaping",
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"getting around",
"scaping",
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"realities"
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"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"visualizations",
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"utopias",
"daymares",
"nightmares"
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"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
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"realities"
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"stories",
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"yarns",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"misrepresentations",
"prevarications",
"untruths",
"whoppers",
"make-believe"
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"fabrications",
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"phantasies",
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"inventions"
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"scuffing"
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"rubbing",
"sanding"
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"to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium"
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"rambling",
"strolling",
"wandering"
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"stepping",
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"treading",
"hiking",
"tramping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"stamping",
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"trudging"
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"parading",
"striding"
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"verb"
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"documentary",
"feature",
"featurette",
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"B picture",
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"movie",
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"pictures",
"screen",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"lasting",
"tough",
"coarse",
"heavy",
"rough",
"rude"
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"sheer",
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"frothy",
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"insubstantial",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
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"type":[
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"those filmy curtains don't block out enough light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opaque",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"drab",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"lusterless"
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"related":[
"peekaboo",
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"crystal",
"crystalline",
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"liquid",
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"lucid",
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"dainty",
"delicate",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"frail",
"insubstantial",
"unsubstantial",
"colorless",
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"gossamery",
"see-through",
"sheer",
"transparent"
]
}
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"examples":[
"the filth in the restaurant's kitchen was unbelievable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"related":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
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"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
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],
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"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"related":[
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"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
]
},
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"noun"
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"final":{
"as in semifinal , play-off":{
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"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
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"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
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"initial",
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"opening",
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"examples":[
"this will be my final order"
],
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"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"related":[
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"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"endmost",
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"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"penultimate"
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"concluding",
"hindmost",
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"rearmost",
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},
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
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"the wedding date is final"
],
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"negotiable",
"indefinite",
"open-ended",
"unspecified",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"related":[
"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"specific",
"given",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"solid",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"settled",
"stable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"financing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
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"defunding",
"disendowing"
],
"examples":[
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing",
"receiving",
"subsisting"
],
"related":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"organizing",
"bequeathing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"subscribing",
"supporting",
"underwriting",
"awarding",
"granting",
"backing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"capitalizing",
"investing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowing",
"funding",
"subsidizing"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"antonyms":[
"defunding"
],
"examples":[
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grubstaking",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"synonyms":[
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"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finds fault %28with%29":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
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"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"examples":[
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
],
"near antonyms":[
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"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"recommends",
"sanctions"
],
"related":[
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"tweaks",
"assails",
"attacks",
"blasts",
"clobbers",
"slams",
"slashes",
"nicks (at)",
"snipes (at)",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"carps",
"cavils",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"whines",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"drubs",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"berates",
"castigates",
"crucifies",
"excoriates",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"hammers",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"pillories",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"derides",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down"
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"synonyms":[
"blames",
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"condemns",
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"denounces",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slags"
]
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"fine-tuning":{
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
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"examples":[
"fine-tune a TV set",
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"finger painting":{
"as in drawing , daub":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
"fingerprint":{
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
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"examples":[
"regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society"
],
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"related":[
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"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"synonyms":[
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"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finical":{
"hard to please":{
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
],
"related":[
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"overdemanding",
"ultrafastidious",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"selective",
"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fink":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
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"examples":[
"his own brother turned out to be the fink who ratted them out to the police"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that fink would sell out every one of us to save her own behind"
],
"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",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"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"
]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"betray",
"give away",
"turn in",
"backstab",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time",
"blab",
"tattle",
"tip (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"grass (on)",
"inform",
"rat (on)",
"sing",
"snitch",
"split (on)",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tell (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"firewater":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bartender recommended a drink made with the local firewater , a potent gin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"first-rate":{
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"wanted a first-rate bike and not the cheap model she had been using"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"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",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"first-rateness":{
"exceptionally high quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"touristy restaurants generally are not known for the first-rateness of their cuisine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"worthlessness"
],
"related":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability"
],
"synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"supremacy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"first-string":{
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"a first-string rendition of the musical piece"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"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",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fit to be tied":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"She was fit to be tied when her insurance refused to cover her needed prescriptions."
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fits":{
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without her medication, she'd have an epileptic fit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"reliefs",
"remissions"
],
"related":[
"recurrences",
"relapses",
"brainstorms",
"convulsions",
"eclampsias",
"pangs",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"throes",
"agitations",
"frenzies",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"prostrations"
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"attacks",
"bouts",
"cases",
"seizures",
"sieges",
"spells",
"turns"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"helpless fits of laughter from the audience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"blazes",
"bursts",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"storms"
]
},
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"found out what his wife had spent on clothes and threw a fit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbursts",
"storms",
"uproars",
"agitations",
"deliriums",
"distractions",
"frenzies",
"furies",
"furores",
"furors",
"hysterias",
"rages",
"rampages",
"convulsions",
"paroxysms",
"seizures",
"spasms",
"upheavals",
"cholers",
"indignations",
"ires",
"lividities",
"spleens",
"wraths",
"reactions",
"rises",
"danders",
"tempers",
"grouches",
"humps",
"pets",
"pouts",
"snits",
"sulks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowups",
"explosions",
"fireworks",
"hissies",
"hissy fits",
"huffs",
"scenes",
"tantrums"
]
},
"to be fitting or proper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satisfies",
"suffices",
"functions",
"works"
],
"synonyms":[
"befits",
"beseems",
"does",
"goes",
"serves",
"suits"
]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"antonyms":[
"differs (from)",
"disagrees (with)"
],
"examples":[
"now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"jars"
],
"related":[
"equals",
"matches",
"parallels",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines up",
"registers"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"agrees",
"answers",
"checks",
"chords",
"coheres",
"coincides",
"comports",
"conforms",
"consists",
"corresponds",
"dovetails",
"goes",
"harmonizes",
"jibes",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"sorts",
"squares",
"tallies"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"related":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
]
},
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accustoms",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"grooms",
"habituates",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"empowers",
"enables",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors"
],
"synonyms":[
"equips",
"prepares",
"qualifies",
"readies",
"seasons",
"trains"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carries",
"contains",
"seats",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"holds",
"takes"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"braces",
"fortifies",
"girds",
"steels",
"battens",
"gathers",
"gears up",
"mounts",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"tutors",
"boots (up)",
"primes",
"arranges",
"sets",
"spreads",
"arms",
"equips",
"forearms",
"furnishes",
"outfits",
"provides",
"supplies",
"inclines",
"predisposes",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"frames",
"warms (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fixes",
"grooms",
"lays",
"prepares",
"preps",
"readies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fittingness":{
"the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{
"antonyms":[
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"unseemliness",
"unsuitability",
"wrongness"
],
"examples":[
"trusted their judgment and didn't have to worry about the fittingness of their choice for a school play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"inharmoniousness",
"unbecomingness",
"immateriality",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"irrelevancy",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness"
],
"related":[
"agreeableness",
"compatibility",
"congruity",
"harmoniousness",
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"justifiability",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance",
"relevancy",
"validity",
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"adequateness",
"convenience",
"expedience",
"expediency",
"satisfactoriness",
"serviceableness",
"usefulness"
],
"synonyms":[
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"exceptional",
"fancy",
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"high-test",
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"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
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"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
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"dope",
"down",
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"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
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"gone",
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"great",
"groovy",
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"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
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"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
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"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
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"out-of-sight",
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"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
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"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
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"wizard",
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"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"enthusiasm",
"fascination",
"hankering",
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"infatuation",
"itch",
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"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"urge",
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"idiosyncrasy",
"quirk",
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"disposition",
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"leaning",
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"replacing",
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"shifting",
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"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
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"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
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"niching",
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"dissociating",
"disuniting",
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"divorcing",
"parting",
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"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"loosening",
"loosing",
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"lashing",
"latching",
"nailing",
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"pinning",
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"riveting",
"screwing",
"shackling",
"stapling",
"sticking",
"strapping",
"tacking",
"tackling",
"toggling",
"tying",
"tieing",
"yoking",
"coapting",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"battening",
"belaying",
"buttoning",
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"attaching",
"bending",
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"make sure to fix the number of guests with the bride's family before drawing up a list of people from the groom's side"
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"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
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"revoking",
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"countering",
"debating",
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"blueprinting",
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"concerting",
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"drafting",
"framing",
"hammering out",
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"laying out",
"maneuvering",
"mapping (out)",
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"programming",
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"schematizing",
"scheming",
"shaping",
"squaring away",
"working out",
"choosing",
"concluding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"opting",
"resolving",
"affirming",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
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"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"closing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating"
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"deciding",
"setting",
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"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
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"examples":[
"have we fixed a day for the party yet?"
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"choosing",
"determining",
"establishing",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"pinning (down)",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"settling",
"singling (out)",
"specifying",
"arranging",
"coordinating",
"orchestrating",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"publishing"
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"designating",
"naming",
"setting"
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"would you mind fixing dinner tonight?"
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"girding",
"steeling",
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"gathering",
"gearing up",
"mounting",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"tutoring",
"booting (up)",
"priming",
"arranging",
"setting",
"spreading",
"arming",
"equipping",
"forearming",
"furnishing",
"outfitting",
"providing",
"supplying",
"inclining",
"predisposing",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"framing",
"warming (up)"
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"grooming",
"laying",
"preparing",
"prepping",
"readying"
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"have to fix the car before we can go"
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"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
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"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
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"patching",
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"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
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"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
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"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
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"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
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"catching",
"clamping",
"fastening",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting"
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"gelding",
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"damaging",
"disabling",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"lacerating",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"wounding",
"afflicting",
"ailing",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"laying up",
"sapping",
"sickening",
"wasting",
"weakening"
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"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
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"physicking",
"treating",
"fortifying",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
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"relieving",
"remedying",
"repairing"
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"healing",
"mending",
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"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
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"the image of what Santa Claus looks like is solidly fixed in our minds"
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"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
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"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
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"entrenching",
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"engraining",
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