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{
"whammed":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whams":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gave the TV a good wham with her fist, and suddenly the picture came back on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whops",
"whaps"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"whaps":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the doctor gave my knee a little whop with his mallet to test my reflexes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again",
"maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whups"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he called me a name and I whopped him good"
],
"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",
"fibs",
"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",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"whatchamacallits":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I need one of those whatchamacallits to connect the two patch cords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"dinguses",
"doodads",
"doohickeys",
"doohickies",
"hickeys",
"thingamabobs",
"thingamajigs",
"thingumajigs",
"thingummies",
"whatnots",
"whatsits",
"whatses",
"what-is-its"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wheel":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the wheel of the tape reel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circuit",
"circulation",
"ring",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"spiral",
"twist",
"whorl",
"circle",
"orbit",
"eddy",
"swirl"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyration",
"pirouette",
"reel",
"revolution",
"roll",
"rotation",
"spin",
"twirl",
"whirl"
]
},
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"now that I've got wheels , I can go to the outlet mall"
],
"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",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motor vehicle",
"motorcar"
]
},
"a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the wheel of time turns: the children are now the parents, and their children have taken their place at the school desks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"pattern",
"syndrome",
"course",
"development",
"progression",
"run",
"beat",
"circuit",
"loop",
"ring",
"revolution",
"rotation",
"turn",
"turnover",
"chain",
"sequence",
"series",
"string",
"succession",
"train"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"cycle",
"merry-go-round",
"round",
"zodiac"
]
},
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"examples":[
"she's a major wheel in that state's Democratic Party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"related":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah"
]
},
"to change one's course or direction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"tack",
"zigzag",
"double (back)",
"turn back"
],
"synonyms":[
"detour",
"deviate",
"diverge",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"swing",
"turn",
"turn off",
"veer"
]
},
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avert",
"deviate",
"move",
"rechannel",
"shift",
"shunt",
"sidetrack",
"swerve",
"switch",
"transfer",
"swivel",
"twist",
"whirl",
"zigzag",
"bend",
"curve",
"sway",
"reverse",
"turn back"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflect",
"divert",
"redirect",
"swing",
"turn",
"veer",
"whip"
]
},
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"screw",
"unscrew",
"twiddle",
"coil",
"crank",
"reel",
"wind",
"circulate"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivot",
"revolve",
"roll",
"rotate",
"spin",
"swing",
"swirl",
"swivel",
"turn",
"twirl",
"twist",
"whirl"
]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"round",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twine",
"twist",
"wind",
"circle",
"circulate",
"encircle",
"orbit",
"ring",
"pivot",
"swivel"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrate",
"pinwheel",
"pirouette",
"revolve",
"roll",
"rotate",
"spin",
"turn",
"twirl",
"whirl"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"antonyms":[
"straighten"
],
"examples":[
"the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"fall off",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"whelping":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whey-faced":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"whiffing":{
"to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"whiffed the pot of chili on the stove and announced that he was staying for dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breathing",
"drinking (in)",
"inhaling",
"respiring",
"snorting",
"snuffling",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"synonyms":[
"nosing",
"scenting",
"smelling",
"sniffing",
"snuffing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whim":{
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"on a whim , we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"capriciousness",
"fancifulness",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"freakishness",
"impetuosity",
"whimsicality",
"conceit",
"concept",
"conception",
"image",
"impression",
"mind's eye",
"picture",
"thought",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"synonyms":[
"bee",
"caprice",
"crank",
"fancy",
"freak",
"humor",
"kink",
"maggot",
"megrim",
"notion",
"vagary",
"vagrancy",
"whimsy",
"whimsey"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whined":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"for the whole of our vacation, the kids whined on and on about the weather"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"related":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whipping (up)":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"whipped up protests against the proposed amendment to the state's constitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"discouraging",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"taming",
"allaying",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"related":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"sowing",
"stimulating",
"detonating",
"setting",
"setting off",
"triggering",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"rousing",
"activating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"firing",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetting",
"brewing",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"picking",
"provoking",
"raising",
"stirring (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whirls":{
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the whirl of the mechanical ride made him dizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circuits",
"circulations",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"spirals",
"twists",
"whorls",
"circles",
"orbits",
"eddies",
"swirls"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrations",
"pirouettes",
"reels",
"revolutions",
"rolls",
"rotations",
"spins",
"twirls",
"wheels"
]
},
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"so many changes at once had her all in a whirl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurances",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions"
],
"related":[
"abashments",
"discomfitures",
"disconcertments",
"embarrassments",
"mortifications",
"agitations",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"bothers",
"commotions",
"dithers",
"flurries",
"flusters",
"fusses",
"stews",
"turmoils"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflements",
"bamboozlements",
"befuddlements",
"bemusements",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"discombobulations",
"distractions",
"fogs",
"head-scratchings",
"mazes",
"muddles",
"mystifications",
"perplexities",
"puzzlements",
"tangles"
]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost an earring in the whirl of the party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"related":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm pretty good at fixing things, so how about if I give it a whirl ?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"attempts",
"bashes",
"bids",
"cracks",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"offers",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks"
]
},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my mind whirled from all of the excitement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"collects",
"settles",
"steadies"
],
"related":[
"swirls"
],
"synonyms":[
"reels",
"spins",
"swims",
"turns"
]
},
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"whirled the chocolate syrup into the milk with a spoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beats",
"paddles",
"whips",
"whisks",
"reels",
"shakes",
"wheels"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"churns",
"stirs",
"swirls",
"washes"
]
},
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the figure skater whirled his partner with effortless grace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"screws",
"unscrews",
"twiddles",
"coils",
"cranks",
"reels",
"winds",
"circulates"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivots",
"revolves",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"spins",
"swings",
"swirls",
"swivels",
"turns",
"twirls",
"twists",
"wheels"
]
},
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the gambler held his breath as the roulette wheel whirled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"rounds",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twines",
"twists",
"winds",
"circles",
"circulates",
"encircles",
"orbits",
"rings",
"pivots",
"swivels"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrates",
"pinwheels",
"pirouettes",
"revolves",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"spins",
"turns",
"twirls",
"wheels"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
],
"examples":[
"cars whirling by on the highway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"whirlybird":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"from the sky a police whirlybird was able to track the fleeing carjacker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rotary-wing aircraft",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiro",
"autogyro",
"convertiplane",
"convertaplane",
"gyroplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"slick"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopper",
"copter",
"eggbeater",
"helicopter",
"helo"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"whirrs":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a whir coming from the refrigerator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"howls",
"roars",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"related":[
"babbles",
"coos",
"gasps",
"gurgles",
"hisses",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"suspirations",
"susurrations",
"susurruses",
"whispers",
"whishes",
"zings",
"zips"
],
"synonyms":[
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"drones",
"hums",
"purrs",
"thrums",
"whizzes",
"zooms"
]
},
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hummingbird whirred as it hovered over a flower",
"our tires whirred as we traveled over the rough road"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"thrums",
"fizzes",
"hisses",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"sizzles",
"swishes",
"whispers",
"coos",
"currs",
"wheezes",
"whistles",
"whooshes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumbles",
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"drones",
"hums",
"whishes",
"whizzes",
"zips",
"zooms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"whiskey":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"white":{
"free from sin":{
"antonyms":[
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning"
],
"examples":[
"the tendency to see everything and everyone as morally black or white"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"related":[
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"blameless",
"guiltless"
],
"synonyms":[
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"pure",
"sinless"
]
},
"lacking an addition of color":{
"antonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"examples":[
"dazzlingly white paint on the walls of the new house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"snow-white",
"snowy",
"whited"
],
"synonyms":[
"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained"
]
},
"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"examples":[
"told a little white lie to spare her feelings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"offensive",
"painful",
"scathing",
"wounding",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"lethal",
"ruinous",
"destructive",
"insidious",
"malignant",
"noxious",
"pestilent",
"polluted",
"tainted"
],
"related":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"wholesome",
"benignant",
"sound",
"trustworthy",
"gentle",
"gracious",
"mild",
"nonthreatening",
"painless",
"unobjectionable",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"whiten":{
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"deepen",
"embrown"
],
"examples":[
"years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacken",
"blotch",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"discolor",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"shade",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"tarnish",
"variegate",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"burnish",
"polish",
"shine"
],
"related":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"dim",
"mat",
"matte",
"matt",
"etiolate",
"whitewash",
"frost",
"silver"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"blench",
"decolorize",
"dull",
"fade",
"pale",
"snow",
"wash out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whitening":{
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning"
],
"examples":[
"years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"related":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"dimming",
"matting",
"etiolating",
"whitewashing",
"frosting",
"silvering"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"decolorizing",
"dulling",
"fading",
"paling",
"snowing",
"washing out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whitewashed":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"related":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)"
]
},
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sugarcoated",
"varnished",
"apologized",
"atoned",
"confessed",
"accounted (for)",
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"minimized",
"played down",
"soft-pedaled",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lessened",
"lightened",
"mitigated",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorized",
"excused",
"explained away",
"extenuated",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"palliated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whittling":{
"to cause to diminish gradually by or as if by cutting off bits with a knife":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He was sitting on the porch, whittling a stick."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"who%27s%20who":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wholesale":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"wholesaled":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"whoopee":{
"how delightful":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"whoopee ! I got the job I wanted!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alack",
"alas",
"aw",
"boo"
],
"related":[
"wow",
"zowie",
"ooh",
"gee",
"gee whiz",
"gosh"
],
"synonyms":[
"glory",
"glory be",
"ha",
"hah",
"hallelujah",
"hey",
"hooray",
"hurrah",
"hurray",
"hot dog",
"huzzah",
"wahoo",
"whee",
"yahoo",
"yippee"
]
},
"joyful or festive activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for New Year's Eve I'm planning to make whoopee at several clubs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"related":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"rejoicing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry"
]
},
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun"
]
},
"whop":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the doctor gave my knee a little whop with his mallet to test my reflexes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again",
"maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whup"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he called me a name and I whopped him good"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whup",
"work over"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}