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{
"didactical":{
"as in academic , didactic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"didactic",
"inkhorn",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred",
"informed",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"homeschooled",
"self-educated",
"self-instructed",
"self-taught",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"briefed",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"versed",
"educated",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"lettered",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"overeducated",
"polyhistoric",
"polymath",
"polymathic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unscholarly",
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"lowbrow",
"semiliterate",
"unintellectual",
"ill-bred",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable",
"uninstructed",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untutored",
"semiliterate",
"undereducated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"didactics":{
"as in pedagogy , pedagogics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pedagogics",
"pedagogy",
"education",
"instruction",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"training",
"tuition",
"tutelage",
"tutoring",
"higher education",
"higher learning",
"coaching",
"conditioning",
"cultivation",
"preparation",
"readying",
"development",
"direction",
"guidance",
"nurturance",
"nurturing",
"edification",
"enlightenment",
"improvement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"didacts":{
"as in academics , academicians":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"pedants",
"educationists",
"educators",
"instructors",
"pedagogues",
"pedagogs",
"preceptors",
"schoolteachers",
"teachers",
"perfectionists",
"purists",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"critics",
"faultfinders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diddling":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"even though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local politicians wasted precious time diddling"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diddled":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"even though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local politicians wasted precious time diddling"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"lollygagged",
"lallygagged",
"moped",
"poked",
"shilly-shallied",
"tarried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"ambled",
"eased",
"inched",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)",
"filibustered",
"procrastinated",
"stalled",
"temporized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowled",
"breezed",
"darted",
"humped",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"scrambled",
"stampeded",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"sprinted",
"trotted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"bolted",
"careered",
"coursed",
"dashed",
"flew",
"hastened",
"hotfooted (it)",
"hurried",
"raced",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"scooted",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"did away with":{
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"They decided to do away with the old dress code."
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"avoided",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"disannulled",
"dissolved",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nulled",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"rolled back",
"struck down",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanded",
"overrode",
"overruled",
"overturned",
"vetoed",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"retracted",
"reversed",
"revoked",
"suspended",
"withdrew",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"disallowed",
"dismissed",
"rejected",
"annihilated",
"broke down",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"threw out",
"wrote off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"established",
"founded",
"instituted",
"formalized",
"legalized",
"legitimated",
"legitimized",
"validated",
"passed",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"mandated",
"ordered",
"prescribed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents."
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slew",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"took out",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"didactic":{
"marked by or given to preaching moral values":{
"examples":[
"the poet's works became increasingly didactic after his religious conversion"
],
"synonyms":[
"homiletic",
"homiletical",
"moralistic",
"moralizing",
"preachy",
"sententious",
"sermonic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"prescriptive",
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"advisory",
"enlightening",
"instructive",
"holier-than-thou",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"diddly-squat":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"your apology is long overdue and doesn't mean diddly-squat to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diddle (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"if you use my home theater system, don't diddle with the settings\u2014everything has been professionally calibrated"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddle (with)",
"fool (with)",
"mess (with)",
"monkey (with)",
"play (with)",
"tamper (with)",
"tinker (with)",
"toy (with)",
"twiddle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuse",
"alter",
"doctor",
"manhandle",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"misuse",
"butt in",
"interfere",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"muck (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diddly-squats":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"your apology is long overdue and doesn't mean diddly-squat to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"continentals",
"damns",
"darns",
"durns",
"diddlies",
"doodley-squats",
"doodly-squats",
"figs",
"ghosts",
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"licks",
"modicums",
"raps",
"squats",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"whits",
"whoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"pins",
"rays",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"semblances",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"did a number on":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"The scammers really did a number on some unsuspecting homeowners."
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"didoes":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"examples":[
"known for cutting didoes at the holiday party held each year at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"antics",
"capers",
"capriccios",
"escapades",
"frolics",
"gags",
"jests",
"knaveries",
"monkeyshines",
"practical jokes",
"pranks",
"rags",
"rogueries",
"shavies",
"shines",
"tricks",
"waggeries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventures",
"experiences",
"games",
"larks",
"times",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplays",
"plays",
"rowdyisms",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"gambits",
"hoaxes",
"maneuvers",
"ploys",
"deeds",
"feats",
"missions",
"performances",
"stunts",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"delusions",
"frauds",
"hanky-pankies",
"ruses",
"shams",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"wiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diddled (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"if you use my home theater system, don't diddle with the settings\u2014everything has been professionally calibrated"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddled (with)",
"fooled (with)",
"messed (with)",
"monkeyed (with)",
"played (with)",
"tampered (with)",
"tinkered (with)",
"toyed (with)",
"twiddled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abused",
"altered",
"doctored",
"manhandled",
"manipulated",
"mistreated",
"misused",
"butted in",
"interfered",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"mucked (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"did by":{
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
"examples":[
"The company did well by him after he was injured on the job."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted (toward)",
"dealt (with)",
"handled",
"served",
"treated",
"used",
"was (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"esteemed",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"viewed",
"engaged (with)",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"diddle":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"even though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local politicians wasted precious time diddling"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"did down":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"you'll do her down at cards, but she'll probably win at croquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"did up":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"the whole house had been done up for Halloween"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"on Wild West Day some of the women came to the office done up as showgirls, while the men were mostly outlaws"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"all of this fussing about the wedding has done me up"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diddles (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"if you use my home theater system, don't diddle with the settings\u2014everything has been professionally calibrated"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddles (with)",
"fools (with)",
"messes (with)",
"monkeys (with)",
"plays (with)",
"tampers (with)",
"tinkers (with)",
"toys (with)",
"twiddles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuses",
"alters",
"doctors",
"manhandles",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"misuses",
"butts in",
"interferes",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"mucks (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"did":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"that outfit just won't do for the opera"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitted",
"beseemed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"served",
"suited",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfied",
"sufficed",
"functioned",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"even half of that amount of sugar will do"
],
"synonyms":[
"served",
"sufficed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answered",
"suited",
"assuaged",
"contented",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"do as much as you can and leave the rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"did the living room in French provincial style"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
]
},
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"I'm doing just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"coped",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"made out",
"managed",
"shifted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"contrived",
"scraped (by or through)",
"scrounged",
"lasted",
"survived",
"eked out",
"scraped (out)",
"squeezed",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"afforded",
"swung"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"failed",
"fell short",
"fizzled",
"floundered",
"declined",
"petered (out)",
"slumped",
"waned",
"gave up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"mocked",
"parodied",
"sent up",
"spoofed",
"travestied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampooned",
"pasquinaded",
"satirized",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"ridiculed",
"aped",
"copycatted",
"monkeyed",
"parroted",
"duplicated",
"emulated",
"replicated",
"reproduced",
"acted",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"faked",
"feigned",
"pretended",
"shammed",
"simulated",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"magnified",
"padded",
"played up",
"stretched",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"overdrew",
"overstated",
"put on",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"personated",
"played"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"how are you doing with the house restoration?"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"came",
"came along",
"fared",
"forged",
"got along",
"got on",
"marched",
"paced",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"went",
"went along",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"fast-forwarded",
"sped",
"speeded",
"approached",
"neared",
"journeyed",
"passed",
"ran",
"run",
"repaired",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"wended",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"took out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrested",
"balked",
"blocked",
"checked",
"detained",
"halted",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"nipped",
"obstructed",
"slowed (down or up)",
"stemmed",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"delayed",
"interrupted",
"stalled",
"cramped",
"hampered",
"inhibited",
"ceased",
"let up",
"paused",
"regressed",
"waited"
],
"antonyms":[
"remained",
"stayed",
"stood",
"stopped"
]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"she's done Eliza Doolittle on the stage so many times that she can probably play the flower girl in her sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"impersonated",
"interpreted",
"performed",
"played",
"portrayed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"rendered",
"represented",
"acted out",
"enacted",
"pantomimed",
"playacted",
"role-played",
"took on",
"overacted",
"overplayed",
"underplayed",
"aped",
"clowned",
"hammed",
"imitated",
"masqueraded",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"posed (as)",
"starred (in)",
"coacted",
"co-acted",
"costarred",
"co-starred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"did them out of their savings with surprising ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"no one is sure who did them in that alley"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take place":{
"examples":[
"nothing's ever doing in this boring little town"
],
"synonyms":[
"befell",
"betided",
"came",
"came about",
"came down",
"came off",
"chanced",
"cooked",
"happed",
"happened",
"occurred",
"passed",
"transpired",
"was",
"went down",
"went on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke",
"developed",
"rose",
"shaped (up)",
"arose",
"came up",
"cropped (up)",
"materialized",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"intervened",
"fell out",
"followed",
"resulted",
"turned out",
"proceeded",
"went off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"didos":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"examples":[
"known for cutting didoes at the holiday party held each year at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"antics",
"capers",
"capriccios",
"escapades",
"frolics",
"gags",
"jests",
"knaveries",
"monkeyshines",
"practical jokes",
"pranks",
"rags",
"rogueries",
"shavies",
"shines",
"tricks",
"waggeries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventures",
"experiences",
"games",
"larks",
"times",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplays",
"plays",
"rowdyisms",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"gambits",
"hoaxes",
"maneuvers",
"ploys",
"deeds",
"feats",
"missions",
"performances",
"stunts",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"delusions",
"frauds",
"hanky-pankies",
"ruses",
"shams",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"wiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dido":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"examples":[
"known for cutting didoes at the holiday party held each year at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"caper",
"capriccio",
"escapade",
"frolic",
"gag",
"jest",
"knavery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"practical joke",
"prank",
"rag",
"roguery",
"shavie",
"shine(s)",
"trick",
"waggery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skylarking",
"adventure",
"experience",
"game",
"lark",
"time",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"play",
"roughhousing",
"rowdyism",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"joking",
"kidding",
"teasing",
"gambit",
"hoax",
"maneuver",
"ploy",
"deed",
"feat",
"mission",
"performance",
"stunt",
"caprice",
"conceit",
"fancy",
"vagary",
"whim",
"whimsy",
"whimsey",
"deceit",
"deception",
"delusion",
"fooling",
"fraud",
"hanky-panky",
"hoodwinking",
"ruse",
"sham",
"stratagem",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diddles":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"even though the hurricane was fast approaching, federal and local politicians wasted precious time diddling"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an unscrupulous Broadway producer diddles little old ladies by persuading them to invest in a surefire flop"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"did for":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"I trust him to do for my kids while I am at work."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"The long journey on foot nearly did for her."
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"slew",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
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},
"diddling (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"if you use my home theater system, don't diddle with the settings\u2014everything has been professionally calibrated"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling (with)",
"fooling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tampering (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}