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{
"swab":{
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
"examples":[
"old swabs swapping sea stories as they spend their last days in the veterans' home"
],
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swabbie",
"swabby",
"tar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxswain",
"crewman",
"deckhand",
"shipmate",
"able-bodied seaman",
"able seaman",
"lubber",
"powerboater",
"sailboater",
"lime-juicer",
"limey"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in wash , wipe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brush",
"comb",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"muck (out)",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"shampoo",
"sponge",
"sweep",
"vacuum",
"wash",
"wipe",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"deterge",
"GI",
"turn out",
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"spruce (up)",
"sweeten",
"pick up",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy",
"unclutter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrime",
"muddy",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"blacken",
"discolor",
"besmirch",
"dirty",
"foul",
"soil",
"spot",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swabbing":{
"as in washing , wiping":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swagged":{
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
],
"synonyms":[
"drooped",
"flagged",
"hung",
"hanged",
"lolled",
"sagged",
"wilted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slouched",
"slumped",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"dropped",
"fell",
"sank",
"sunk",
"subsided",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distended",
"stiffened",
"rose",
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swaggering":{
"as in cocky , bombastic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent",
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"boasting",
"bragging",
"bulling",
"crowing",
"gasconading",
"vaporing",
"vaunting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustering",
"haranguing",
"puffing",
"priding",
"gushing",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"rejoicing",
"brandishing",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"flaunting",
"glorifying",
"parading",
"showing off",
"magnifying",
"maximizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"laughing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"bemoaning",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"regretting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"prancing",
"sashaying",
"stalking",
"strutting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flouncing",
"mincing",
"traipsing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"sweeping",
"parading",
"promenading",
"padding",
"stepping",
"treading",
"pacing",
"striding",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"swains":{
"a male romantic companion":{
"examples":[
"a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"old men"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admirers",
"crushes",
"steadies",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"favorites",
"flames",
"honeys",
"lovers",
"loves",
"significant others",
"soul mates",
"sparkers",
"sparks",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"valentines",
"fancy men",
"gigolos",
"dates",
"escorts",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
"examples":[
"Grandma claims that she had several swains pursuing her, but it was only Grandpa who won her heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"fellows",
"men",
"old men",
"significant others",
"squeezes",
"admirers",
"crushes",
"steadies",
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"favorites",
"flames",
"honeys",
"lovers",
"loves",
"sparks",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"valentines",
"dates",
"escorts",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swamp":{
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"difficulty",
"node",
"hot water",
"soup",
"pinch",
"plight",
"quandary",
"scrape",
"trouble",
"deadlock",
"halt",
"logjam",
"stalemate",
"standstill",
"clutch",
"crisis",
"crossroad",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"juncture",
"strait"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"box",
"catch-22",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"fix",
"hole",
"impasse",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
"sticky wicket"
]
},
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"be careful in the swamp , because alligators sometimes lurk there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"swale",
"quagmire",
"guck",
"gook",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog",
"fen",
"marsh",
"marshland",
"mire",
"moor",
"morass",
"muskeg",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"swampland",
"wash",
"wetland"
]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"antonyms":[
"drain"
],
"examples":[
"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"related":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"sink",
"confute",
"defeat",
"refute",
"break",
"demoralize",
"distress",
"disturb",
"rock",
"shatter",
"stagger",
"throw",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"devastate",
"floor",
"grind (down)",
"oppress",
"overcome",
"overmaster",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"prostrate",
"snow under",
"whelm"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swampland":{
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"much of the county's swampland was drained for agriculture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"swale",
"quagmire",
"guck",
"gook",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog",
"fen",
"marsh",
"marshland",
"mire",
"moor",
"morass",
"muskeg",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"swamp",
"wash",
"wetland"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swan":{
"as in stroll , amble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swankily":{
"as in elegantly , stylishly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elegantly",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"stylishly",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"trimly",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"dashingly",
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"sprucely",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"pristinely",
"spotlessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sloppily",
"slovenly",
"dowdily",
"inelegantly",
"slatternly",
"messily",
"mussily",
"untidily",
"scruffily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"swanned":{
"as in strolled , ambled":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swapped":{
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"interchanged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"ceded",
"handed over",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"reciprocated"
],
"synonyms":[
"changed",
"commuted",
"exchanged",
"shifted",
"substituted",
"switched",
"traded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swashbuckling":{
"as in brave , courageous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising",
"chickenhearted",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"swatted":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sways":{
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
"examples":[
"under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job"
],
"synonyms":[
"effects",
"impacts",
"influences",
"marks",
"repercussions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clouts",
"prestiges",
"pulls",
"weights",
"commands",
"dominations",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"consequences",
"importances",
"significances",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clouts",
"credits",
"hefts",
"influences",
"ins",
"juices",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluences",
"counter-influences",
"commands",
"dominances",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"reigns",
"scepters",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"consequences",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"marks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"authorities",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"death grips",
"dominions",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"powers",
"reigns",
"reins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clouts",
"influences",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"voices",
"weights",
"jurisdictions",
"directions",
"managements",
"dominances",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"influences",
"moves",
"reaches",
"strikes",
"tells (on)",
"touches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries away",
"dazzles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"ravishes",
"transports",
"biases",
"biasses",
"colors",
"inspires",
"stirs",
"engages",
"interests",
"involves",
"penetrates",
"pierces",
"afflicts",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flusters",
"harasses",
"harries",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"smites",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"wrings",
"allures",
"attracts",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies",
"underwhelms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"examples":[
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
],
"synonyms":[
"careens",
"lurches",
"pitches",
"rocks",
"rolls",
"seesaws",
"tosses",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bucks",
"dodders",
"falters",
"flounders",
"halts",
"hitches",
"hobbles",
"jerks",
"jolts",
"reels",
"shakes",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"teeters",
"toddles",
"totters",
"tumbles",
"vacillates",
"vibrates",
"waddles",
"wavers",
"weaves",
"oscillates",
"undulates",
"waggles",
"wags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to exercise authority or power over":{
"examples":[
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"commands",
"controls",
"governs",
"presides (over)",
"rules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducts",
"directs",
"heads",
"leads",
"administers",
"manages",
"micromanages",
"oversees",
"regulates",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"dictates",
"dominates",
"domineers",
"lords (it over)",
"masters",
"oppresses",
"reigns (over)",
"tyrannizes",
"conquers",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swaths":{
"a long narrow area":{
"examples":[
"The mower cut a swath through the tall grass.",
"A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane.",
"From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long narrow piece of material":{
"examples":[
"They decorated the walls with swaths of fabric."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swanked":{
"as in boasted , bragged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boasted",
"bragged",
"crowed",
"gasconaded",
"swaggered",
"swashed",
"vapored",
"vaunted",
"flattered",
"piqued",
"plumed",
"prided",
"congratulated",
"felicitated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swamped":{
"as in hardworking , knee-deep":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardworking",
"knee-deep",
"active",
"assiduous",
"bustling",
"busy",
"diligent",
"employed",
"engaged",
"hopping",
"industrious",
"laborious",
"occupied",
"sedulous",
"tied-up",
"working",
"absorbed",
"concentrating",
"engrossed",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"preoccupied",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"indefatigable",
"tireless",
"untiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"idle",
"inactive",
"lazy",
"unbusy",
"unemployed",
"unoccupied",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inert",
"passive",
"dead",
"dull",
"slow",
"inoperative",
"nonoperating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in submerged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"submerged",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"hydrated",
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"watery",
"wet",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless",
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"gulfed",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanched",
"smothered",
"overcame",
"overran",
"flowed",
"flushed",
"gushed",
"poured",
"sluiced",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"streamed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"soaked",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"dried",
"parched"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushed",
"devastated",
"floored",
"ground (down)",
"oppressed",
"overcame",
"overmastered",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"prostrated",
"snowed under",
"whelmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"sank",
"sunk",
"confuted",
"defeated",
"refuted",
"broke",
"demoralized",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"rocked",
"shattered",
"staggered",
"threw",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"swaggers":{
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"boasts",
"brags",
"bulls",
"crows",
"gasconades",
"vapors",
"vaunts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusters",
"harangues",
"puffs",
"prides",
"gushes",
"exults",
"glories",
"rejoices",
"brandishes",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flaunts",
"glorifies",
"parades",
"shows off",
"magnifies",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"laughs off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"bemoans",
"laments",
"mourns",
"regrets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"prances",
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounces",
"minces",
"traipses",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"sweeps",
"parades",
"promenades",
"pads",
"steps",
"treads",
"paces",
"strides",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swaying":{
"as in musical , lilting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lilting",
"musical",
"even",
"metronomic",
"metronomical",
"regular",
"steady",
"uniform",
"cadenced",
"cadent",
"measured",
"metrical",
"metric",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrhythmic",
"nonmetrical",
"unmeasured",
"unrhythmic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in prompting , influencing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"influencing",
"prompting",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"blandishment",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"coaxing",
"entreaty",
"exhortation",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion",
"conversion",
"convincing",
"inducement",
"inducing",
"persuading",
"persuasion",
"suasion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impacting",
"impressing",
"influencing",
"moving",
"reaching",
"striking",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"interesting",
"involving",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"afflicting",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"smiting",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"wringing",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"examples":[
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
],
"synonyms":[
"careening",
"lurching",
"pitching",
"rocking",
"rolling",
"seesawing",
"tossing",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"bucking",
"doddering",
"faltering",
"floundering",
"halting",
"hitching",
"hobbling",
"jerking",
"jolting",
"reeling",
"shaking",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"teetering",
"toddling",
"tottering",
"tumbling",
"vacillating",
"vibrating",
"waddling",
"wavering",
"weaving",
"oscillating",
"undulating",
"wagging",
"waggling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to exercise authority or power over":{
"examples":[
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
],
"synonyms":[
"bossing",
"captaining",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"governing",
"presiding (over)",
"ruling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducting",
"directing",
"heading",
"leading",
"administering",
"managing",
"micromanaging",
"overseeing",
"regulating",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"dictating",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"lording (it over)",
"mastering",
"oppressing",
"reigning (over)",
"tyrannizing",
"conquering",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swatch":{
"a small piece of cloth that is used as a sample for choosing colors, fabrics, etc.":{
"examples":[
"She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"band",
"bandage",
"belt",
"binding",
"girth",
"strap",
"swath",
"swathe",
"tape",
"list",
"ribbon",
"slip",
"strip",
"slat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swathing":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandaging",
"binding",
"dressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"treating",
"curing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swagging":{
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
],
"synonyms":[
"drooping",
"flagging",
"hanging",
"lolling",
"sagging",
"wilting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slouching",
"slumping",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"dropping",
"falling",
"sinking",
"subsiding",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distending",
"stiffening",
"rising",
"straightening",
"unbending",
"uncurling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swarm":{
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"examples":[
"a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"throng"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"gaggle",
"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
"logjam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"examples":[
"meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowd",
"flock",
"mob",
"throng"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beset",
"infest",
"invade",
"overrun",
"clog",
"dam",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"plug (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break"
],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"burst",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"teem"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamber",
"climb",
"scrabble",
"scramble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmy",
"shin",
"shinny",
"skin",
"ascend",
"breast",
"free-climb",
"get up",
"mount",
"scale",
"summit",
"surmount",
"claw",
"sprawl",
"struggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swales":{
"as in wetlands , swamps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bogs",
"fens",
"marshes",
"marshlands",
"mires",
"moors",
"morasses",
"muskegs",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues",
"swamplands",
"swamps",
"washes",
"wetlands",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"muck",
"muds",
"oozes",
"slimes",
"slop",
"sludges",
"slush",
"quagmires"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swaggered":{
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"boasted",
"bragged",
"bulled",
"crowed",
"gasconaded",
"vapored",
"vaunted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustered",
"harangued",
"puffed",
"prided",
"gushed",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"rejoiced",
"brandished",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"flaunted",
"glorified",
"paraded",
"showed off",
"magnified",
"maximized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"laughed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"bemoaned",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"regretted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"pranced",
"sashayed",
"stalked",
"strutted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounced",
"minced",
"traipsed",
"pussyfooted",
"tiptoed",
"swept",
"paraded",
"promenaded",
"padded",
"stepped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"paced",
"strode",
"lumbered",
"lurched",
"pounded",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"staggered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swain":{
"a male romantic companion":{
"examples":[
"a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"boy",
"boyfriend",
"fellow",
"man",
"old man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admirer",
"crush",
"steady",
"gallant",
"suitor",
"wooer",
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"favorite",
"flame",
"honey",
"love",
"lover",
"significant other",
"soul mate",
"spark",
"sparker",
"squeeze",
"sweet",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie",
"sweetie pie",
"valentine",
"fancy man",
"gigolo",
"date",
"escort",
"groom",
"husband",
"fianc\u00e9",
"intended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
"examples":[
"Grandma claims that she had several swains pursuing her, but it was only Grandpa who won her heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallant",
"suitor",
"wooer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beau",
"boyfriend",
"fellow",
"man",
"old man",
"significant other",
"squeeze",
"admirer",
"crush",
"steady",
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"favorite",
"flame",
"honey",
"love",
"lover",
"spark",
"sweet",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie",
"sweetie pie",
"valentine",
"date",
"escort",
"fianc\u00e9",
"intended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swamps":{
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
"examples":[
"be careful in the swamp , because alligators sometimes lurk there"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogs",
"fens",
"marshes",
"marshlands",
"mires",
"moors",
"morasses",
"muskegs",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues",
"swamplands",
"washes",
"wetlands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swales",
"quagmires",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"muck",
"muds",
"oozes",
"slimes",
"slop",
"sludges",
"slush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"boxes",
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"corners",
"dilemmas",
"fixes",
"holes",
"impasses",
"jackpots",
"jams",
"mires",
"pickles",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"rabbit holes",
"rattraps",
"spots",
"sticky wickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulties",
"nodes",
"hot waters",
"soups",
"pinches",
"plights",
"quandaries",
"scrapes",
"troubles",
"deadlocks",
"halts",
"logjams",
"stalemates",
"standstills",
"clutches",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"junctures",
"straits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"the boat was swamped by the huge wave",
"has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"antonyms":[
"drains"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushes",
"devastates",
"floors",
"grinds (down)",
"oppresses",
"overcomes",
"overmasters",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"prostrates",
"snows under",
"whelms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"sinks",
"confutes",
"defeats",
"refutes",
"breaks",
"demoralizes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"rocks",
"shatters",
"staggers",
"throws",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swallowing":{
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
"examples":[
"try not to swallow the toothpaste"
],
"synonyms":[
"downing",
"getting down",
"ingesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"imbibing",
"knocking back",
"sipping",
"bolting",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gulping",
"ingurgitating",
"consuming",
"eating",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"supping",
"gorging",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"wolfing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"lapping",
"licking",
"munching",
"nibbling (on)",
"pecking (at)",
"ruminating",
"dispatching",
"finishing",
"polishing off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"swallowed his pride and asked for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"submerging",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"bottling up",
"containing",
"muffling",
"squelching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressing",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"taking out",
"unleashing",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"my little niece swallows everything I tell her"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"buying",
"crediting",
"taking",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swashed":{
"to move with a splashing motion":{
"examples":[
"waves gently swashing against the shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"lapped",
"plashed",
"sloshed",
"splashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbled",
"bubbled",
"gurgled",
"rippled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
"examples":[
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashed",
"slopped",
"sloshed",
"spattered",
"splashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dabbled",
"lapped",
"plashed",
"washed",
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"spritzed",
"squirted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swag":{
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
"examples":[
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards"
],
"synonyms":[
"booty",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"spoil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prize",
"catch",
"haul",
"take",
"treasure",
"pilferage",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
],
"synonyms":[
"droop",
"flag",
"hang",
"loll",
"sag",
"wilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slouch",
"slump",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"crumple",
"drop",
"fall",
"sink",
"subside",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distend",
"stiffen",
"rise",
"straighten",
"unbend",
"uncurl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swaggie":{
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"some swaggies were known to take occasional odd jobs at bush stations"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiff",
"bum",
"bummer",
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"swagman",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"derelict",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"stiff",
"dodger",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swaddle":{
"to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.":{
"examples":[
"He swaddled the baby in a blanket."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture",
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil",
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swat":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"the impatient toddler got a swat on his wrist for stepping into the street by himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swathe":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandage",
"bind",
"dress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"treat",
"cure",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swath":{
"a long narrow area":{
"examples":[
"The mower cut a swath through the tall grass.",
"A large swath of the country was affected by the hurricane.",
"From the cliffside, we enjoyed a stunning view of the swath of coastline below."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"area",
"belt",
"corridor",
"land",
"neck",
"part(s)",
"region",
"strip",
"tract",
"zone",
"district",
"domain",
"latitude(s)",
"range",
"realm",
"terrain",
"territory",
"neighborhood",
"vicinity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long narrow piece of material":{
"examples":[
"They decorated the walls with swaths of fabric."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"strip",
"list",
"ribbon",
"slip",
"band",
"bandage",
"belt",
"binding",
"girth",
"strap",
"swatch",
"tape",
"slat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swan dive":{
"as in header , belly flop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belly flop",
"header",
"jackknife",
"descent",
"drop",
"fall",
"plump",
"slip",
"spill",
"stumble",
"tumble",
"dip",
"immersion",
"submersion",
"dive",
"pitch",
"plunge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jump",
"leap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swapping":{
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
],
"synonyms":[
"changing",
"commuting",
"exchanging",
"shifting",
"substituting",
"switching",
"trading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchanging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"ceding",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"reciprocating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swags":{
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
"examples":[
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards"
],
"synonyms":[
"booties",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"spoils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prizes",
"catches",
"hauls",
"takes",
"treasures",
"pilferages",
"windfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion"
],
"synonyms":[
"droops",
"flags",
"hangs",
"lolls",
"sags",
"wilts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slouches",
"slumps",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"crumples",
"drops",
"falls",
"sinks",
"subsides",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distends",
"stiffens",
"rises",
"straightens",
"unbends",
"uncurls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swampers":{
"as in workers , laborers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"workers",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swallowable":{
"as in digestible , ingestible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbable",
"chewable",
"digestible",
"ingestible",
"comestible",
"eatable",
"eating",
"edible",
"esculent",
"nourishing",
"nutritious",
"nutritive",
"appetizing",
"delicious",
"flavorful",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"succulent",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inedible",
"nonedible",
"uneatable",
"indigestible",
"nondigestible",
"nonnutritious",
"undigestible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sway":{
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
"examples":[
"under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job"
],
"synonyms":[
"effect",
"impact",
"influence",
"mark",
"repercussion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authority",
"clout",
"prestige",
"pull",
"weight",
"command",
"domination",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"consequence",
"importance",
"significance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"clout",
"credit",
"heft",
"in",
"influence",
"juice",
"leverage",
"pull",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluence",
"command",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"reign",
"scepter",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"consequence",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"impact",
"impress",
"impression",
"imprint",
"mark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"death grip",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"power",
"reign",
"rein(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clout",
"influence",
"leverage",
"pull",
"voice",
"weight",
"jurisdiction",
"direction",
"management",
"dominance",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
],
"synonyms":[
"affect",
"impact",
"impress",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry away",
"dazzle",
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"ravish",
"transport",
"bias",
"color",
"inspire",
"stir",
"engage",
"interest",
"involve",
"penetrate",
"pierce",
"afflict",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fluster",
"harass",
"harry",
"perturb",
"pester",
"plague",
"smite",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"wring",
"allure",
"attract",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary",
"underwhelm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"examples":[
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
],
"synonyms":[
"careen",
"lurch",
"pitch",
"rock",
"roll",
"seesaw",
"toss",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"buck",
"dodder",
"falter",
"flounder",
"halt",
"hitch",
"hobble",
"jerk",
"jolt",
"reel",
"shake",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"teeter",
"toddle",
"totter",
"tumble",
"vacillate",
"vibrate",
"waddle",
"waver",
"weave",
"oscillate",
"undulate",
"wag",
"waggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to exercise authority or power over":{
"examples":[
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
],
"synonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"command",
"control",
"govern",
"preside (over)",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduct",
"direct",
"head",
"lead",
"administer",
"manage",
"micromanage",
"oversee",
"regulate",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"dictate",
"dominate",
"domineer",
"lord (it over)",
"master",
"oppress",
"reign (over)",
"tyrannize",
"conquer",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swagman":{
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"the swagman who roams through the outback is a mythic figure in Australia"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiff",
"bum",
"bummer",
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"swaggie",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"derelict",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"stiff",
"dodger",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swashing":{
"to move with a splashing motion":{
"examples":[
"waves gently swashing against the shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"lapping",
"plashing",
"sloshing",
"splashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbling",
"bubbling",
"gurgling",
"rippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
"examples":[
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashing",
"slopping",
"sloshing",
"spattering",
"splashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dabbling",
"lapping",
"plashing",
"washing",
"spraying",
"sprinkling",
"spritzing",
"squirting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swagger":{
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"boast",
"brag",
"bull",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluster",
"harangue",
"puff",
"pride",
"gush",
"exult",
"glory",
"rejoice",
"brandish",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flaunt",
"glorify",
"parade",
"show off",
"magnify",
"maximize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"diminish",
"discount",
"laugh off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"bemoan",
"lament",
"mourn",
"regret"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"prance",
"sashay",
"stalk",
"strut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounce",
"mince",
"traipse",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"sweep",
"parade",
"promenade",
"pad",
"step",
"tread",
"pace",
"stride",
"lumber",
"lurch",
"pound",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in smart , chic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swank",
"swanky",
"chichi",
"flossy",
"haute",
"haut",
"nobby",
"ritzy",
"soign\u00e9",
"soign\u00e9e",
"deluxe",
"exclusive",
"high-end",
"luxe",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"sumptuous",
"upmarket",
"upscale",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glitzy",
"ostentatious",
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"classy",
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately",
"tasteful",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"ultrachic",
"ultracool",
"ultrahip",
"ultraposh",
"ultrasmart",
"ultrasophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bravado , bombast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness",
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swanking":{
"as in boasting , bragging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boasting",
"bragging",
"crowing",
"gasconading",
"swaggering",
"swashing",
"vaporing",
"vaunting",
"flattering",
"piquing",
"pluming",
"priding",
"congratulating",
"felicitating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swam":{
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"examples":[
"his head was swimming after he was given so much information on his first day at the new job"
],
"synonyms":[
"reeled",
"spun",
"turned",
"whirled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swirled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"collected",
"settled",
"steadied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"examples":[
"there appeared to be an oily film swimming on the water"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"glided",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"rode",
"rid",
"sailed",
"wafted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobbed",
"dangled",
"suspended",
"buoyed",
"ballooned",
"rafted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"lunged",
"plunged",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"antonyms":[
"sank",
"sunk",
"settled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swarthy":{
"not having a light complexion":{
"examples":[
"a dark-eyed, swarthy young man with killer looks"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"brunet",
"brunette",
"dark",
"swart"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"pale",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"wan"
],
"antonyms":[
"light"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"swami":{
"as in guru , yogi":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guru",
"mahatma",
"pandit",
"yogi",
"yogin",
"brain",
"genius",
"highbrow",
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"rabbi",
"polyhistor",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"master",
"mentor",
"teacher",
"seer",
"wise man",
"pundit",
"sage",
"savant",
"scholar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"fool",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"moron",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swamis":{
"as in gurus , yogis":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gurus",
"mahatmas",
"pandits",
"yogis",
"yogins",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"highbrows",
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"rabbis",
"polyhistors",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"masters",
"mentors",
"teachers",
"seers",
"wise men",
"pundits",
"sages",
"savants",
"scholars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"fools",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"morons",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swabbed":{
"as in washed , wiped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"combed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"mucked (out)",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"shampooed",
"sponged",
"swept",
"vacuumed",
"washed",
"wiped",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"deterged",
"GI'd",
"turned out",
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"spruced (up)",
"sweetened",
"picked up",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied",
"uncluttered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrimed",
"muddied",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"blackened",
"discolored",
"besmirched",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swarming":{
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
"examples":[
"the museum was swarming with schoolchildren on a field trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"abundant",
"awash",
"flush",
"fraught",
"lousy",
"replete",
"rife",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"clogged",
"congested",
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"surfeited",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"lively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"deficient",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"examples":[
"meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowding",
"flocking",
"mobbing",
"thronging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besetting",
"infesting",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"clogging",
"damming",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"plugging (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"examples":[
"at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"brimming",
"bristling",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"crawling",
"humming",
"overflowing",
"pullulating",
"teeming"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"lacking",
"needing",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs"
],
"synonyms":[
"clambering",
"climbing",
"scrabbling",
"scrambling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmying",
"shinning",
"shinnying",
"skinning",
"ascending",
"breasting",
"free-climbing",
"getting up",
"mounting",
"scaling",
"summiting",
"surmounting",
"clawing",
"sprawling",
"struggling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"swards":{
"as in grasses , lawns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grasses",
"green",
"greenswards",
"lawns",
"clearings",
"grounds",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plats",
"plots",
"tracts",
"floodplains",
"campos",
"champaigns",
"downs",
"grasslands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"llanos",
"moors",
"pampas",
"plains",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes",
"tundras",
"velds",
"veldts",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"flats",
"lowlands",
"fields",
"glades",
"meadows",
"pasturelands",
"pastures",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"uplands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swankiness":{
"as in style , chicness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chic",
"chicness",
"dapperness",
"elegance",
"poshness",
"smartness",
"style",
"swank",
"cool",
"coolness",
"fashionableness",
"hip",
"hipness",
"hipsterism",
"modishness",
"stylishness",
"trendiness",
"voguishness",
"class",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"majesty",
"stateliness",
"artfulness",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unfashionableness",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"gracelessness",
"grotesqueness",
"tackiness",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swatting":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"didn't sleep a wink all night because she was too busy swatting mosquitoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swayed":{
"as in convinced , influenced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convinced",
"influenced",
"persuaded",
"predisposed",
"prepossessed",
"colored",
"distorted",
"misrepresented",
"shaded",
"warped",
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"biased",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterested",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"neutral",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"open",
"open-minded",
"persuasible",
"receptive",
"honest",
"just",
"reasonable",
"bipartisan",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"hardheaded",
"impersonal",
"unemotional",
"cold",
"distant",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, \"Please take me home with you?\""
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"impacted",
"impressed",
"influenced",
"moved",
"reached",
"struck",
"told (on)",
"touched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried away",
"dazzled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"ravished",
"transported",
"biased",
"biassed",
"colored",
"inspired",
"stirred",
"engaged",
"interested",
"involved",
"penetrated",
"pierced",
"afflicted",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"harassed",
"harried",
"perturbed",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"smote",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"wrung",
"allured",
"attracted",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied",
"underwhelmed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"examples":[
"the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous"
],
"synonyms":[
"careened",
"lurched",
"pitched",
"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"tossed",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"bucked",
"doddered",
"faltered",
"floundered",
"halted",
"hitched",
"hobbled",
"jerked",
"jolted",
"reeled",
"shook",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"teetered",
"toddled",
"tottered",
"tumbled",
"vacillated",
"vibrated",
"waddled",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"oscillated",
"undulated",
"wagged",
"waggled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to exercise authority or power over":{
"examples":[
"an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world"
],
"synonyms":[
"bossed",
"captained",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"governed",
"presided (over)",
"ruled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducted",
"directed",
"headed",
"led",
"administered",
"managed",
"micromanaged",
"oversaw",
"regulated",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"dictated",
"dominated",
"domineered",
"lorded (it over)",
"mastered",
"oppressed",
"reigned (over)",
"tyrannized",
"conquered",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"swaggeringly":{
"as in arrogantly , haughtily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"swans":{
"as in strolls , ambles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"furloughs",
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hangs about",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swallowed":{
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
"examples":[
"try not to swallow the toothpaste"
],
"synonyms":[
"downed",
"got down",
"ingested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drank",
"guzzled",
"imbibed",
"knocked back",
"sipped",
"bolted",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gulped",
"ingurgitated",
"ate",
"consumed",
"mouthed (down)",
"put away",
"supped",
"gorged",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"wolfed",
"chewed",
"gnawed (at or on)",
"lapped",
"licked",
"munched",
"nibbled (on)",
"pecked (at)",
"ruminated",
"dispatched",
"finished",
"polished off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"swallowed his pride and asked for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"my little niece swallows everything I tell her"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"bought",
"credited",
"took",
"trusted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swaggerers":{
"someone who boasts":{
"examples":[
"despite his reputation for being a swellheaded swaggerer , he's actually quite insecure"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowers",
"blowhards",
"boasters",
"braggadocios",
"braggarts",
"braggers",
"brags",
"cockalorums",
"crackers",
"gasconaders",
"gascons",
"vaunters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterers",
"cocks",
"self-advertisers",
"self-dramatizers",
"self-promoters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swap":{
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"we swapped our other lawn mower for our neighbors' old snowblower"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"commute",
"exchange",
"shift",
"substitute",
"switch",
"trade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchange",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"cede",
"hand over",
"surrender",
"yield",
"reciprocate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
"examples":[
"we made a swap : I'll do the dishes tonight and she'll do them for me tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-and-forth",
"barter",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"exchange",
"quid pro quo",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"replacement",
"substitution",
"reciprocation",
"recompense",
"requital",
"bargain",
"deal",
"horse trade",
"negotiation",
"transaction",
"bargaining",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse trading",
"logrolling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swabby":{
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
"examples":[
"the pirate captain cried, \"Ahoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"tar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxswain",
"crewman",
"deckhand",
"shipmate",
"able-bodied seaman",
"able seaman",
"lubber",
"powerboater",
"sailboater",
"lime-juicer",
"limey"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swaggerer":{
"someone who boasts":{
"examples":[
"despite his reputation for being a swellheaded swaggerer , he's actually quite insecure"
],
"synonyms":[
"blower",
"blowhard",
"boaster",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"braggart",
"bragger",
"cockalorum",
"cracker",
"gascon",
"gasconader",
"vaunter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterer",
"cock",
"self-advertiser",
"self-dramatizer",
"self-promoter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swan dives":{
"as in headers , belly flops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belly flops",
"headers",
"jackknives",
"descents",
"drops",
"falls",
"plumps",
"slips",
"spills",
"stumbles",
"tumbles",
"dips",
"immersions",
"submersions",
"dives",
"pitches",
"plunges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jumps",
"leaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swathed":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandaged",
"bound",
"dressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"doctored",
"medicated",
"ministered (to)",
"nursed",
"treated",
"cured",
"healed",
"mended",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swank":{
"excessive or unnecessary display":{
"examples":[
"service that is the essence of swank : the waiters pull out your chair for you and even place your napkin on your lap"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyance",
"flash",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pretense",
"pretence",
"\u00e9clat",
"extravaganza",
"mummery",
"pageant",
"parade",
"show",
"dazzle",
"fanfare",
"foofaraw",
"pageantry",
"pomp",
"razzle-dazzle",
"razzmatazz",
"spectacle",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"dressing",
"embellishment",
"garnishment",
"ornamentation",
"trimming",
"extravagance",
"fanciness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"magnificence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"luridness",
"meretriciousness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservativeness",
"moderation",
"modesty",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"understatement",
"elegance",
"gracefulness",
"tastefulness",
"minimalism"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerity",
"plainness",
"severity"
]
},
"excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"drove up in a red sports car, the swank interior of which was decorated in silver and black"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excessive",
"extravagant",
"fulsome",
"hammy",
"overdone",
"over-the-top",
"overwrought",
"pretentious",
"baroque",
"bedizened",
"ornate",
"fancy",
"snazzy",
"zooty",
"blaring",
"bright",
"florid",
"glaring",
"glittery",
"overbright",
"spectacular",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"lurid",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"tinselly",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"fitting",
"proper",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
]
},
"as in boast , brag":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boast",
"brag",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"swash",
"vapor",
"vaunt",
"flatter",
"pique",
"plume",
"pride",
"congratulate",
"felicitate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swaddles":{
"to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.":{
"examples":[
"He swaddled the baby in a blanket."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils",
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"swabbie":{
"one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{
"examples":[
"the pirate captain cried, \"Ahoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"tar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxswain",
"crewman",
"deckhand",
"shipmate",
"able-bodied seaman",
"able seaman",
"lubber",
"powerboater",
"sailboater",
"lime-juicer",
"limey"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}