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{
"botches":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"clutters",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"botheration":{
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"examples":[
"if I'm to get any work done, this incessant botheration has to stop"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"bedevilment",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"my life at that point seemed destined to be one endless botheration"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"I hope that during my visit my special dietary needs won't be a botheration"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bothering":{
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"examples":[
"one more bothering , and I'm going to kick you out of here"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"bedevilment",
"botheration",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
"examples":[
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"I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bugging",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"disturbing",
"intruding (upon)",
"pestering"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"inconveniencing",
"troubling",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bedeviling",
"chafing",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"dogging",
"dunning",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"gnawing",
"grating",
"hassling",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rankling",
"rasping",
"riling",
"roiling",
"tormenting",
"vexing",
"worrying",
"beleaguering",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"distressing",
"plaguing",
"afflicting",
"harassing",
"provoking",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"butting in",
"cutting in (on)",
"obtruding",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"leaving",
"slighting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
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"disarming",
"mollifying",
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"obliging",
"placating",
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"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing"
],
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"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bugging",
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"burning (up)",
"chafing",
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"eating",
"exasperating",
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"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
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"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
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"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
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"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
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"rasping",
"riling",
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"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
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"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details"
],
"synonyms":[
"fearing",
"fretting",
"fussing",
"stewing",
"stressing",
"sweating",
"troubling",
"worrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"longing",
"pining",
"yearning",
"chafing",
"despairing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"sustaining",
"taking",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the boss's cryptic message about changes to the company bothered me"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"flurrying",
"frazzling",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bothersome":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"a bothersome habit of dropping trash on the floor right next to the garbage can"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bottle":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"a talented writer whose fondness for the bottle was the stuff of legend"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"examples":[
"I wanted to confront the neighbors about the excessive noise coming from their flat, but I lost my bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottle (up)":{
"as in hold back , choke (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule",
"tame",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottlenecks":{
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"a bottleneck inevitably forms at the start of a construction zone when the highway narrows from three to two lanes"
],
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"synonyms":[
"backups",
"jams",
"jam-ups",
"logjams",
"snarls",
"tailbacks",
"tie-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangles",
"gridlocks",
"locks",
"congestions",
"traffic",
"crawls",
"delays",
"slowdowns",
"stoppages"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in impedes , hinders":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"balks",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"clogs",
"dams",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"snags",
"stems",
"arrests",
"brings up",
"catches",
"checks",
"draws up",
"fetches up",
"halts",
"holds up",
"pulls up",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops",
"concludes",
"cuts off",
"ends",
"terminates",
"calls",
"discontinues",
"suspends",
"chokes off",
"reins (in)",
"represses",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps (on)",
"keeps up",
"persists",
"runs on",
"advances",
"fares",
"goes along",
"marches",
"moves",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"wends",
"actuates",
"budges",
"drives",
"goads",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"spurs",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bottling up":{
"as in holding back , choking (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"mincing",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"keeping",
"measuring",
"pulling in",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"ruling",
"taming",
"arresting",
"interrupting",
"stopping",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unleashing",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottom":{
"the side or part facing downward from something":{
"examples":[
"that side of the shelf is supposed to be the bottom , so turn it over before you assemble the bookcase"
],
"synonyms":[
"underbelly",
"underbody",
"underpart",
"underside",
"undersurface"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belly",
"sole",
"toe",
"base",
"floor",
"foot",
"ground",
"seat",
"underpinning",
"undercarriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"roof",
"summit",
"cusp",
"head",
"point",
"tip",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
"antonyms":[
"face",
"top"
]
},
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
"examples":[
"my missing fishing pole is probably lying on the bottom of the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"floor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"riverbed",
"base",
"basement",
"foundation",
"ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surface"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
"examples":[
"sliding all the way to the bottom of the snow-covered slope"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basement",
"foot",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basis",
"bed",
"bedrock",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"seat",
"underpinning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crest",
"culmination",
"height",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
"antonyms":[
"head",
"top",
"vertex"
]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"the baby fell backwards onto her bottom"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
"examples":[
"the cargo will be carried by a local bottom"
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"banker",
"coble",
"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"shrimper",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"cockleshell",
"tub",
"airboat",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"hovercraft",
"hydrofoil",
"hydroplane",
"assault boat",
"PT boat",
"torpedo boat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest point or level":{
"examples":[
"when profits hit bottom the company was forced to declare bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedrock",
"depth",
"nadir",
"rock bottom",
"zero"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyss",
"armpit",
"pit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"crescendo",
"high",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"crest",
"roof"
],
"antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
]
},
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"the bottom of his thesis is the assumption that people are fundamentally good"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of, relating to, or located at the bottom":{
"examples":[
"was sitting on the bottom step of the stairway"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottommost",
"low",
"lowermost",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"below",
"lower",
"low-grade",
"lowly",
"nether",
"under",
"lowered",
"low-lying",
"sunken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"higher",
"loftier",
"upper",
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"antonyms":[
"highest",
"loftiest",
"top",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bottomless":{
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy couple are generous hosts, providing a bottomless supply of food and drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"boundless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"incomputable",
"inestimable",
"innumerable",
"unmeasured",
"exhaustless",
"inexhaustible",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"immense",
"vast"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"depthless",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
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"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
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]
},
"extending far downward":{
"examples":[
"the ocean explorers discovered what appeared to be a bottomless abyss"
],
"synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"deep",
"profound"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"abyssal",
"unfathomable",
"boundless",
"endless",
"immeasurable",
"inestimable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unlimited",
"vast"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"depthless",
"two-dimensional",
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"horizontal",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"confined",
"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"restricted"
],
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"shoal",
"skin-deep",
"superficial",
"surface"
]
},
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
"examples":[
"the once popular fad called \"streaking\" in which the streaker ran bottomless in a public place"
],
"synonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled",
"unveiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"antonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bothers":{
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
"examples":[
"I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me"
],
"synonyms":[
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"disturbs",
"intrudes (upon)",
"pesters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inconveniences",
"troubles",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bedevils",
"chafes",
"devils",
"dogs",
"duns",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"gnaws",
"grates",
"hassles",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"rasps",
"riles",
"roils",
"torments",
"vexes",
"worries",
"beleaguers",
"besets",
"besieges",
"distresses",
"plagues",
"afflicts",
"harasses",
"provokes",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"butts in",
"cuts in (on)",
"obtrudes",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"leaves",
"slights",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details"
],
"synonyms":[
"fears",
"frets",
"fusses",
"stews",
"stresses",
"sweats",
"troubles",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonizes",
"longs",
"pines",
"yearns",
"chafes",
"despairs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"abides",
"bears",
"endures",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"sustains",
"takes",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the boss's cryptic message about changes to the company bothered me"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"ails",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"concerns",
"derails",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distempers",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"flurries",
"frazzles",
"freaks (out)",
"fusses",
"hagrides",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"riles",
"vexes",
"bedevils",
"haunts",
"plagues",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"jars",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"shakes up",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"unnerves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms",
"composes",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the whole household was in a bother , as our overnight guests were expected to arrive any minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"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",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"the woman next-door is such a bother \u2014always dropping in at the most inopportune moments!"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyances",
"annoyers",
"gadflies",
"gnawers",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"nuisances",
"pains",
"persecutors",
"pests",
"teasers",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headaches",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"interrupters",
"interruptors",
"hassles",
"plagues",
"harassers",
"molesters",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmers",
"smoothies",
"comforters",
"solacers",
"soothers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"returning damaged goods is a real bother"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"hang-ups",
"pet peeves",
"problems",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"never let his personal bothers interfere with his responsibilities at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"pips",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitations",
"discomforts",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"upsets",
"irritabilities",
"peeves",
"perturbations",
"pets",
"piques",
"resentments",
"troubles",
"angers",
"chafes",
"danders",
"dudgeons",
"galls",
"huffs",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"umbrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bottle-feeding":{
"as in nursing , wet-nursing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breast-feeding",
"nursing",
"suckling",
"wet-nursing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bothered":{
"subjected to and reacting with irritation":{
"examples":[
"got all hot and bothered by his brother's constant unsolicited advice"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
"examples":[
"I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me"
],
"synonyms":[
"bugged",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"disturbed",
"intruded (upon)",
"pestered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inconvenienced",
"troubled",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bedeviled",
"chafed",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"dogged",
"dunned",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"gnawed",
"got",
"grated",
"hassled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"rasped",
"riled",
"roiled",
"tormented",
"vexed",
"vext",
"worried",
"beleaguered",
"beset",
"besieged",
"distressed",
"plagued",
"afflicted",
"harassed",
"provoked",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"agitated",
"perturbed",
"butted in",
"cut in (on)",
"obtruded",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"left",
"slighted",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"placated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details"
],
"synonyms":[
"feared",
"fretted",
"fussed",
"stewed",
"stressed",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"troubled",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonized",
"longed",
"pined",
"yearned",
"chafed",
"despaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"endured",
"stomached",
"stuck out",
"sustained",
"tolerated",
"took"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the boss's cryptic message about changes to the company bothered me"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"ailed",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"concerned",
"derailed",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distempered",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"flurried",
"frazzled",
"freaked (out)",
"fussed",
"hagrode",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"angered",
"annoyed",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put off",
"put out",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"bedeviled",
"haunted",
"plagued",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jarred",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"shook up",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"unnerved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed",
"composed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bottles (up)":{
"as in holds back , chokes (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"minces",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suppresses",
"swallows",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"keeps",
"measures",
"pulls in",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"rules",
"tames",
"arrests",
"interrupts",
"stops",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"unleashes",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"botchers":{
"someone who bungles an effort":{
"examples":[
"she has few rivals as a botcher of operatic arias"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunderbusses",
"blunderers",
"bumblers",
"bunglers",
"butchers",
"fumblers",
"screwups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incompetents",
"muddlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottles":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"a talented writer whose fondness for the bottle was the stuff of legend"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"barley-brees",
"barley-broos",
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"Dutch courages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botanicals":{
"as in prescriptions , prescription drugs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"patent medicines",
"prescription drugs",
"prescriptions",
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"cordials",
"potions",
"tonics",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"injections",
"shots",
"embrocations",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"poultices",
"salves",
"syrups",
"sirups",
"tinctures",
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"sera",
"serums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottleneck":{
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"examples":[
"a bottleneck inevitably forms at the start of a construction zone when the highway narrows from three to two lanes"
],
"synonyms":[
"backup",
"jam",
"jam-up",
"logjam",
"snarl",
"tailback",
"tie-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tangle",
"gridlock",
"lock",
"congestion",
"traffic",
"crawl",
"delay",
"slowdown",
"stoppage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tight , close":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"fine",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide",
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in impede , hinder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"clog",
"dam",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"arrest",
"bring up",
"catch",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"halt",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"choke off",
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bottle clubs":{
"as in wineshops , sports bars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouses",
"barrelhouses",
"bistros",
"brewpubs",
"cabarets",
"dives",
"joints",
"nightclubs",
"roadhouses",
"speakeasies",
"sports bars",
"wineshops",
"barrooms",
"bars",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"cantinas",
"dramshops",
"gin mills",
"grogshops",
"public houses",
"pubs",
"saloons",
"taprooms",
"taverns",
"watering holes",
"watering places",
"package stores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bother":{
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
"examples":[
"I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"disturb",
"intrude (upon)",
"pester"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inconvenience",
"trouble",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bedevil",
"chafe",
"devil",
"dog",
"dun",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"gnaw",
"grate",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rasp",
"rile",
"roil",
"torment",
"vex",
"worry",
"beleaguer",
"beset",
"besiege",
"distress",
"plague",
"afflict",
"harass",
"provoke",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"butt in",
"cut in (on)",
"obtrude",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"leave",
"slight",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details"
],
"synonyms":[
"fear",
"fret",
"fuss",
"stew",
"stress",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agonize",
"long",
"pine",
"yearn",
"chafe",
"despair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"sustain",
"take",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the boss's cryptic message about changes to the company bothered me"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"flurry",
"frazzle",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put off",
"put out",
"rile",
"vex",
"bedevil",
"haunt",
"plague",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"shake up",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"unnerve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the whole household was in a bother , as our overnight guests were expected to arrive any minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"the woman next-door is such a bother \u2014always dropping in at the most inopportune moments!"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"returning damaged goods is a real bother"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"never let his personal bothers interfere with his responsibilities at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bottomlessness":{
"the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
"examples":[
"the actors' bottomlessness earned the film a stricter rating"
],
"synonyms":[
"altogether",
"bareness",
"birthday suit",
"buff",
"nakedness",
"nude",
"nudity",
"raw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"toplessness",
"naturism",
"nudism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottled up":{
"as in held back , choked (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"minced",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"held",
"inhibited",
"kept",
"measured",
"pulled in",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"ruled",
"tamed",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"stopped",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unleashed",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottle up":{
"as in hold back , choke (back)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule",
"tame",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottle club":{
"as in wineshop , sports bar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alehouse",
"barrelhouse",
"bistro",
"brewpub",
"cabaret",
"dive",
"joint",
"nightclub",
"roadhouse",
"speakeasy",
"sports bar",
"wineshop",
"bar",
"barroom",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"cantina",
"dramshop",
"gin mill",
"grogshop",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"taproom",
"tavern",
"watering hole",
"watering place",
"package store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botch":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"botched":{
"showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)":{
"examples":[
"a botched attempt to mend relations with our disaffected European allies"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbled",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"crude",
"green",
"incompetent",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inexperienced",
"unpolished",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"careless",
"sloppy",
"tacky",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"ill-advised",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"misdirected",
"misguided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"accomplished",
"adept",
"capable",
"clever",
"competent",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"polished",
"professional",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"diplomatic",
"easy",
"effortless",
"gracious",
"smooth",
"tactful"
],
"antonyms":[
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"facile"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bottle-feeds":{
"as in nurses , wet-nurses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breast-feeds",
"nurses",
"suckles",
"wet-nurses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottle-fed":{
"as in nursed , wet-nursed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breast-fed",
"nursed",
"suckled",
"wet-nursed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottomland":{
"as in lowland , bottom":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bottom",
"flat",
"lowland",
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"grassland",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt",
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottomlands":{
"as in lowlands , bottoms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bottoms",
"flats",
"lowlands",
"campos",
"champaigns",
"downs",
"grasslands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"llanos",
"moors",
"pampas",
"plains",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes",
"tundras",
"velds",
"veldts",
"fields",
"meadows",
"floodplains",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"uplands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botcher":{
"someone who bungles an effort":{
"examples":[
"she has few rivals as a botcher of operatic arias"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunderbuss",
"blunderer",
"bumbler",
"bungler",
"butcher",
"fumbler",
"screwup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incompetent",
"muddler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottom lines":{
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"why don't we stop talking around it and get to the bottom line"
],
"synonyms":[
"bull's-eyes",
"bullseyes",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"gists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"meat and potatoes",
"meats",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"points",
"roots",
"sums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courses",
"directions",
"drifts",
"tenors",
"bodies",
"contents",
"substances",
"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"purports",
"subjects",
"themes",
"theses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottlenecking":{
"as in impeding , hindering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"clogging",
"damming",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"snagging",
"stemming",
"arresting",
"bringing up",
"catching",
"checking",
"drawing up",
"fetching up",
"halting",
"holding up",
"pulling up",
"stalling",
"staying",
"stilling",
"stopping",
"concluding",
"cutting off",
"ending",
"terminating",
"calling",
"discontinuing",
"suspending",
"choking off",
"reining (in)",
"repressing",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping (on)",
"keeping up",
"persisting",
"running on",
"advancing",
"faring",
"going along",
"marching",
"moving",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"wending",
"actuating",
"budging",
"driving",
"goading",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottle-feed":{
"as in nurse , wet-nurse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breast-feed",
"nurse",
"suckle",
"wet-nurse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottoms":{
"the side or part facing downward from something":{
"examples":[
"that side of the shelf is supposed to be the bottom , so turn it over before you assemble the bookcase"
],
"synonyms":[
"underbellies",
"underbodies",
"underparts",
"undersides",
"undersurfaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bellies",
"soles",
"toes",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"floors",
"grounds",
"seats",
"underpinnings",
"undercarriages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heights",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"roofs",
"summits",
"cusps",
"heads",
"points",
"tips",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"antonyms":[
"faces",
"tops"
]
},
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
"examples":[
"my missing fishing pole is probably lying on the bottom of the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"floors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"riverbeds",
"basements",
"bases",
"foundations",
"ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
"examples":[
"sliding all the way to the bottom of the snow-covered slope"
],
"synonyms":[
"basements",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"beds",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"seats",
"underpinnings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"culminations",
"heights",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tips",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"antonyms":[
"heads",
"tops",
"vertices",
"vertexes"
]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"the baby fell backwards onto her bottom"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"butts",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"duffs",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"posteriors",
"rear ends",
"rears",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tail ends",
"tails",
"tushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
"examples":[
"the cargo will be carried by a local bottom"
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"bankers",
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"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
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"scallopers",
"seiners",
"shrimpers",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"torpedo boats"
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"when profits hit bottom the company was forced to declare bankruptcy"
],
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"bedrocks",
"depths",
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"rock bottoms",
"zeros",
"zeroes"
],
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"armpits",
"pits"
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"blooms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"highs",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"crests",
"roofs"
],
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"apices",
"climaxes",
"crowns",
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"heads",
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"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
]
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"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
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"the bottom of his thesis is the assumption that people are fundamentally good"
],
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"bases",
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"bedrocks",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps"
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"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
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"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
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"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
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"if I'm to get any work done, this incessant botheration has to stop"
],
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"aggravations",
"annoyances",
"bedevilments",
"disturbances",
"harassments",
"importunities",
"vexations"
],
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"aggros",
"molestations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"persecutions",
"provocations",
"torments",
"tortures",
"devilments",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"mischiefs"
],
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},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"my life at that point seemed destined to be one endless botheration"
],
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"pips",
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"agitations",
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"distresses",
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"irritabilities",
"peeves",
"perturbations",
"pets",
"piques",
"resentments",
"troubles",
"angers",
"chafes",
"danders",
"dudgeons",
"galls",
"huffs",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"umbrages"
],
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"delights",
"pleasures"
],
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},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"I hope that during my visit my special dietary needs won't be a botheration"
],
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"aggravations",
"aggros",
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"bugbears",
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"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations"
],
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"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"hang-ups",
"pet peeves",
"problems",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
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"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"bottled (up)":{
"as in held back , choked (back)":{
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"choked (back)",
"held back",
"minced",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
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"swallowed",
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"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
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"inhibited",
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"measured",
"pulled in",
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"reined (in)",
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"ruled",
"tamed",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"stopped",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced"
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"lost",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unleashed",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottommost":{
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
"examples":[
"the bottommost part of the wine list is where you'll find good but inexpensive choices"
],
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"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
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"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"endmost",
"extreme",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"penultimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting"
]
},
"of, relating to, or located at the bottom":{
"examples":[
"the bottommost rung of the ladder is broken"
],
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"bottom",
"low",
"lowermost",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
],
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"below",
"lower",
"low-grade",
"lowly",
"nether",
"under",
"lowered",
"low-lying",
"sunken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"higher",
"loftier",
"upper",
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"antonyms":[
"highest",
"loftiest",
"top",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"botanical gardens":{
"as in greenhouses , nurseries":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"conservatories",
"glasshouses",
"greenhouses",
"hothouses",
"cold frames",
"hotbeds",
"nurseries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botanical garden":{
"as in greenhouse , nursery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conservatory",
"glasshouse",
"greenhouse",
"hothouse",
"cold frame",
"hotbed",
"nursery"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botching":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely"
],
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"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
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"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"botanic garden":{
"as in greenhouse , nursery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"conservatory",
"glasshouse",
"greenhouse",
"hothouse",
"cold frame",
"hotbed",
"nursery"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottom-feeders":{
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"that bottom-feeder would run over his own mother if it would help him get ahead in his career"
],
"synonyms":[
"chancers",
"opportunists",
"self-seekers",
"temporizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egocentrics",
"egoists",
"egotists",
"connivers",
"machinators",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"barracuda",
"barracudas",
"sharks",
"hangers-on",
"leeches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruists"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"botanical":{
"as in prescription , prescription drug":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"patent medicine",
"prescription",
"prescription drug",
"cure-all",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"cordial",
"potion",
"tonic",
"cure",
"drug",
"medicament",
"medication",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"pharmaceutical",
"physic",
"remedy",
"specific",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug",
"cap",
"capsule",
"pill",
"tablet",
"injection",
"shot",
"embrocation",
"liniment",
"lotion",
"ointment",
"poultice",
"salve",
"syrup",
"sirup",
"tincture",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"serum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottles up":{
"as in holds back , chokes (back)":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"minces",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suppresses",
"swallows",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"controls",
"curbs",
"governs",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"keeps",
"measures",
"pulls in",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"rules",
"tames",
"arrests",
"interrupts",
"stops",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences"
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"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"unleashes",
"airs",
"expresses",
"takes out",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in holding back , choking (back)":{
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"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"mincing",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"governing",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"keeping",
"measuring",
"pulling in",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"ruling",
"taming",
"arresting",
"interrupting",
"stopping",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unleashing",
"airing",
"expressing",
"taking out",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bottom line":{
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"why don't we stop talking around it and get to the bottom line"
],
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"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root",
"sum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"course",
"direction",
"drift",
"tenor",
"body",
"content",
"substance",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"purport",
"subject",
"theme",
"thesis"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"as in tough-minded , unsentimental":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"tough-minded",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"cynical",
"disillusioned",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic",
"idealless",
"philistine",
"utilitarian",
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"down-to-earth",
"earthy",
"hardheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
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"near antonyms":[
"blue-sky",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginative",
"romantic",
"sentimental",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"rose-colored",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"half-baked",
"illogical",
"insane",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bottom-feeder":{
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"that bottom-feeder would run over his own mother if it would help him get ahead in his career"
],
"synonyms":[
"chancer",
"opportunist",
"self-seeker",
"temporizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoist",
"egotist",
"conniver",
"machinator",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"barracuda",
"shark",
"hanger-on",
"leech"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bottom-line":{
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"why don't we stop talking around it and get to the bottom line"
],
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"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root",
"sum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"course",
"direction",
"drift",
"tenor",
"body",
"content",
"substance",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"purport",
"subject",
"theme",
"thesis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tough-minded , unsentimental":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"tough-minded",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"cynical",
"disillusioned",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic",
"idealless",
"philistine",
"utilitarian",
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"down-to-earth",
"earthy",
"hardheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blue-sky",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginative",
"romantic",
"sentimental",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"rose-colored",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"half-baked",
"illogical",
"insane",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bottlenecked":{
"as in impeded , hindered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"balked",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"clogged",
"dammed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"snagged",
"stemmed",
"arrested",
"brought up",
"caught",
"checked",
"drew up",
"fetched up",
"halted",
"held up",
"pulled up",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"stilled",
"stopped",
"concluded",
"cut off",
"ended",
"terminated",
"called",
"discontinued",
"suspended",
"choked off",
"reined (in)",
"repressed",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept (on)",
"kept up",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"fared",
"marched",
"moved",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"wended",
"went along",
"actuated",
"budged",
"drove",
"goaded",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"botanic gardens":{
"as in greenhouses , nurseries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conservatories",
"glasshouses",
"greenhouses",
"hothouses",
"cold frames",
"hotbeds",
"nurseries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}