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{
"silence":{
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
"examples":[
"the violinist expects complete silence from the audience during his concerts"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"speechlessness",
"stillness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
"examples":[
"the silence of the garden was refreshing after the din of the party inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"hush",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"still",
"stillness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"lull",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"din",
"hubbub",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"antonyms":[
"noise",
"sound",
"unquietness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
"examples":[
"the book eventually vanished into the silence that awaits best sellers whose time has past"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymity",
"facelessness",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"obscurity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oblivion",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"invisibleness",
"insignificance",
"unpopularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown"
]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumb",
"extinguish",
"hush",
"mute",
"quell",
"quiet",
"quieten",
"settle",
"shush",
"shut up",
"squelch",
"still"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitate",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silenced":{
"as in suppressed , repressed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"repressed",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"personal",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbed",
"extinguished",
"hushed",
"muted",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"settled",
"shushed",
"shut up",
"squelched",
"stilled"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitated",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"slapped down",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"silent auctions":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silky":{
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
"examples":[
"the plant's fibers feel silky to the touch"
],
"synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silklike",
"soft",
"velvetlike",
"velvety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creamy",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy"
]
},
"covered with or as if with hair":{
"examples":[
"the tops of the leaves are a dark glossy green, but the undersides are light and silky"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristly",
"brushy",
"cottony",
"fleecy",
"furred",
"furry",
"hairy",
"hirsute",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"unshorn",
"woolly",
"wooly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearded",
"bewhiskered",
"mustachioed",
"moustachioed",
"whiskered",
"stubbled",
"stubbly",
"downy",
"fluffy",
"fuzzy",
"linty",
"nappy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beardless",
"shaved",
"shaven"
],
"antonyms":[
"bald",
"furless",
"glabrous",
"hairless",
"shorn",
"smooth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silliness":{
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"she was both amused and irritated by the silliness of his comments regarding the movie they has just seen"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"stop this silliness at once!"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
"examples":[
"this inability to refrain from silliness is a distressing sign of professional immaturity"
],
"synonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"frothiness",
"levity",
"light-headedness",
"light-mindedness",
"lightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"high-spiritedness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"childishness",
"goofiness",
"puerility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"moroseness",
"sadness",
"sullenness",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silt":{
"soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fur":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fur",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp",
"bung",
"cork",
"spile",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silvering":{
"as in frosting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frosting",
"whitewashing",
"etiolating",
"dimming",
"matting",
"brightening",
"lightening",
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"blenching",
"decolorizing",
"dulling",
"fading",
"paling",
"snowing",
"washing out",
"whitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darkening",
"deepening",
"embrowning",
"blackening",
"blotching",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"discoloring",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"shading",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"tarnishing",
"variegating",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting",
"burnishing",
"polishing",
"shining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silken":{
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
"examples":[
"the silken texture of the synthetic fabric"
],
"synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silklike",
"silky",
"soft",
"velvetlike",
"velvety"
],
"related":[
"creamy",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy"
]
},
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"she was unaccustomed to living in such silken surroundings"
],
"synonyms":[
"Babylonian",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palace",
"palatial",
"plush",
"plushy",
"sumptuous"
],
"related":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"precious",
"premium",
"rich",
"extravagant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"august",
"awesome",
"awful",
"baronial",
"beautiful",
"gorgeous",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"impressive",
"kingly",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"homelike",
"homey",
"homy",
"snug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economical",
"frugal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"spare",
"stingy",
"thrifty"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silhouette":{
"a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface":{
"examples":[
"cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes"
],
"synonyms":[
"contour",
"figure",
"outline"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineation",
"sketch",
"profile",
"skyline",
"cast",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"form",
"geometry",
"shape",
"framework",
"skeleton"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
"examples":[
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"define",
"delineate",
"outline",
"sketch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"line",
"bound",
"fringe",
"margin",
"skirt",
"edge",
"hem",
"rim",
"trim",
"frame",
"circle",
"compass",
"encircle",
"girdle",
"girth",
"loop",
"ring",
"round",
"surround",
"chart",
"diagram",
"draw",
"map (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silver bullets":{
"something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem \u2014 usually singular":{
"examples":[
"There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"magic bullets",
"catholicons",
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"theriacs",
"correctives",
"cures",
"remedies",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silly":{
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
"examples":[
"the matinee show was filled with a bunch of silly children making noise"
],
"synonyms":[
"birdbrained",
"ditzy",
"ditsy",
"dizzy",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"frothy",
"futile",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"light-minded",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"yeasty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"inane",
"nonsensical",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"daft",
"fruity",
"exuberant",
"flippant",
"fluttery",
"giggly",
"happy",
"light",
"lighthearted",
"playful",
"sappy",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
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"grave",
"melancholy",
"somber",
"sombre",
"thoughtful",
"dignified",
"heavy",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"severe",
"solemn",
"staid"
],
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"earnest",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"sober",
"unfrivolous"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"those silly movie producers who thought that audiences would fall for that gimmick all over again"
],
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"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
]
},
"so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter":{
"examples":[
"had the silly notion that her latest marriage might last longer than her three previous ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"cockamamy",
"cockamamie",
"comical",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"pathetic",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asinine",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"inane",
"jerky",
"moronic",
"nonsensical",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"unwise",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-fetched",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"serious",
"solemn",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"logical",
"rational",
"realistic",
"reasonable",
"sensible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"stunning news that knocked me silly"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
]
},
"as in fool , goose":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fool",
"goose",
"simpleton",
"birdbrain",
"cuckoo",
"ditz",
"featherbrain",
"featherhead",
"flibbertigibbet",
"nitwit",
"rattlebrain",
"scatterbrain",
"softhead"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"silverware":{
"eating and serving utensils":{
"examples":[
"we keep the silverware in a separate drawer"
],
"synonyms":[
"flatware",
"silver",
"tableware"
],
"near synonyms":[
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"silver plate",
"cutlery",
"chopstick",
"fork",
"knife",
"spoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silk hat":{
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silent auction":{
"as in auction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auction",
"deal",
"sale",
"trade",
"transaction",
"haggle",
"horse-trading",
"negotiation",
"bargain",
"buy",
"steal",
"purchase",
"clearance",
"closeout",
"fire sale",
"fair",
"garage sale",
"jumble sale",
"rummage sale",
"tag sale",
"yard sale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silences":{
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbs",
"extinguishes",
"hushes",
"mutes",
"quells",
"quietens",
"quiets",
"settles",
"shushes",
"shuts up",
"squelches",
"stills"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitates",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silver plate":{
"as in knife , spoon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chopstick",
"fork",
"knife",
"spoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon",
"flatware",
"silver",
"silverware",
"tableware",
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"cutlery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silver":{
"eating and serving utensils":{
"examples":[
"laid out the silver for the dinner guests"
],
"synonyms":[
"flatware",
"silverware",
"tableware"
],
"near synonyms":[
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"silver plate",
"cutlery",
"chopstick",
"fork",
"knife",
"spoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"a distinguished-looking gentleman with silver hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silvery",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in frost":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frost",
"whitewash",
"etiolate",
"dim",
"mat",
"matte",
"matt",
"brighten",
"lighten",
"blanch",
"bleach",
"blench",
"decolorize",
"dull",
"fade",
"pale",
"snow",
"wash out",
"whiten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darken",
"deepen",
"embrown",
"blacken",
"blotch",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"discolor",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"shade",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"tarnish",
"variegate",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"burnish",
"polish",
"shine"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silvery":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"a silvery metal of some kind"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silver screen":{
"the art or business of making a movie":{
"examples":[
"a list of the top 100 stars of the silver screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"big screen",
"cinema",
"film",
"filmdom",
"filmland",
"filmmaking",
"movie",
"moviemaking",
"pictures",
"screen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Bollywood",
"Hollywood",
"showbiz",
"show business"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silver ages":{
"as in millennia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"millennia",
"millenniums",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flowers",
"flushes",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"salad days",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths",
"belle epoques",
"golden ages",
"renaissances"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark ages"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silent":{
"deliberately refraining from speech":{
"examples":[
"the suddenly silent child had to be prompted to say hello"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumb",
"mum",
"mute",
"muted",
"speechless",
"uncommunicative",
"wordless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"tongue-tied",
"nonvocal",
"voiceless",
"dumbstruck",
"sulking",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"eloquent",
"fluent",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"facile",
"glib",
"silver-tongued",
"smooth-tongued"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicative",
"speaking",
"talking"
]
},
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"examples":[
"a naturally silent boy, he was often overshadowed by his louder siblings"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"dumb",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
]
},
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
"examples":[
"the room was so silent that you could have heard the proverbial pin drop"
],
"synonyms":[
"hushed",
"muted",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"quieted",
"soundless",
"still",
"stilly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boisterous",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"tumultuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"noisy",
"rackety",
"unquiet",
"uproarious"
]
},
"as in talkie":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"talkie",
"animated cartoon",
"cartoon",
"docudrama",
"documentary",
"feature",
"featurette",
"short",
"short subject",
"B movie",
"B picture",
"cofeature",
"film",
"flick",
"flicker",
"motion picture",
"movie",
"moving picture",
"picture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"silvered":{
"as in frosted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frosted",
"whitewashed",
"etiolated",
"dimmed",
"matted",
"brightened",
"lightened",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"blenched",
"decolorized",
"dulled",
"faded",
"paled",
"snowed",
"washed out",
"whitened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darkened",
"deepened",
"embrowned",
"blackened",
"blotched",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"discolored",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"shaded",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"tarnished",
"variegated",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shone",
"shined"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silklike":{
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
"examples":[
"the lemon mousse's silklike texture"
],
"synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silky",
"soft",
"velvetlike",
"velvety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creamy",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silverwares":{
"eating and serving utensils":{
"examples":[
"we keep the silverware in a separate drawer"
],
"synonyms":[
"flatware",
"silvers",
"tablewares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"silver plates",
"cutleries",
"chopsticks",
"forks",
"knives",
"spoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silk-stocking":{
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"examples":[
"the luxurious resort caters exclusively to a silk-stocking clientele"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"near synonyms":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
]
},
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"detectives assigned to investigate crimes among the silk-stocking types found on the city's gold coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"a wealthy person":{
"examples":[
"made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalist",
"Croesus",
"deep pocket",
"fat cat",
"have",
"money",
"moneybags",
"plutocrat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moneymaker",
"money-spinner",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"tycoon",
"billionaire",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
"multibillionaire",
"multimillionaire",
"multimillionairess",
"zillionaire",
"heir",
"heiress",
"jet-setter",
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"beggar"
],
"antonyms":[
"have-not",
"pauper"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sill":{
"as in brace , pile":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"brace",
"pile",
"post",
"ridgepole",
"splint",
"stake",
"stave",
"stick",
"lumber",
"timber",
"wood",
"bar",
"billet",
"block",
"cordwood",
"firewood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silts":{
"soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"colluvia",
"colluviums",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"dust",
"gravels",
"sands",
"humuses",
"loams",
"topsoils",
"duffs",
"mulls",
"subsoils",
"substrata"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in furs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furs",
"fills",
"gridlocks",
"packs",
"floods",
"gluts",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"swamps",
"bungs",
"corks",
"spiles",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"clots",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"opens (up)",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silhouetting":{
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
"examples":[
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"defining",
"delineating",
"outlining",
"sketching",
"tracing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lining",
"bounding",
"fringing",
"margining",
"skirting",
"edging",
"hemming",
"rimming",
"trimming",
"framing",
"circling",
"compassing",
"encircling",
"girdling",
"girthing",
"looping",
"ringing",
"rounding",
"surrounding",
"charting",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"drawing",
"mapping (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silver bullet":{
"something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem \u2014 usually singular":{
"examples":[
"There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"magic bullet",
"catholicon",
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"theriac",
"corrective",
"cure",
"remedy",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silhouetted":{
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
"examples":[
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"defined",
"delineated",
"outlined",
"sketched",
"traced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lined",
"bounded",
"fringed",
"margined",
"skirted",
"edged",
"hemmed",
"rimmed",
"trimmed",
"framed",
"circled",
"compassed",
"encircled",
"girdled",
"girthed",
"looped",
"ringed",
"rounded",
"surrounded",
"charted",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"drew",
"mapped (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silents":{
"as in talkies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"talkies",
"animated cartoons",
"cartoons",
"docudramas",
"documentaries",
"features",
"featurettes",
"shorts",
"short subjects",
"B movies",
"B pictures",
"cofeatures",
"co-features",
"films",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"motion pictures",
"movies",
"moving pictures",
"pictures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silver-tongued":{
"able to express oneself clearly and well":{
"examples":[
"famed as a silver-tongued orator, Daniel Webster used his oratorical gifts in vigorous support of the Union"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"eloquent",
"fluent",
"well-spoken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facile",
"glib",
"smooth-tongued",
"voluble",
"expressive",
"outspoken",
"verbal",
"vocal",
"blabby",
"chatty",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"verbose",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"faltering",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"maundering",
"mumbling",
"muttering",
"sputtering",
"stammering",
"stumbling",
"stuttering",
"mute",
"speechless",
"tongueless",
"tongue-tied",
"voiceless"
],
"antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"ineloquent",
"unvocal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silhouettes":{
"a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface":{
"examples":[
"cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes"
],
"synonyms":[
"contours",
"figures",
"outlines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineations",
"sketches",
"profiles",
"skylines",
"casts",
"configurations",
"conformations",
"forms",
"geometries",
"shapes",
"frameworks",
"skeletons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
"examples":[
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"defines",
"delineates",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lines",
"bounds",
"fringes",
"margins",
"skirts",
"edges",
"hems",
"rims",
"trims",
"frames",
"circles",
"compasses",
"encircles",
"girdles",
"girths",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds",
"surrounds",
"charts",
"diagrams",
"draws",
"maps (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silty":{
"as in sandy , muddy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clayey",
"dusty",
"muddy",
"sandy",
"earthlike",
"earthy",
"loamy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silencing":{
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
"examples":[
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbing",
"extinguishing",
"hushing",
"muting",
"quelling",
"quietening",
"quieting",
"settling",
"shushing",
"shutting up",
"squelching",
"stilling"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"agitating",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silk hats":{
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silver plates":{
"as in knives , spoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chopsticks",
"forks",
"knives",
"spoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons",
"flatware",
"silvers",
"silverwares",
"tablewares",
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"cutleries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silted":{
"as in furred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furred",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped",
"bunged",
"corked",
"spiled",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silting":{
"as in furring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furring",
"filling",
"gridlocking",
"packing",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"swamping",
"bunging",
"corking",
"spiling",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"blocking",
"choking",
"clogging",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"damming",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening (up)",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}