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{
"bias":{
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"an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{
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"examples":[
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"he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"favor",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"parti pris",
"partisanship",
"ply",
"prejudice",
"tendentiousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"cronyism",
"favoritism",
"nepotism",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment",
"prepossession"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"indifference",
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"aversion",
"dislike",
"distaste",
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"hate",
"scunner"
],
"antonyms":[
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"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
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"open-mindedness",
"unbiasedness"
]
},
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"affection",
"affinity",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"bone",
"devices",
"disposition",
"genius",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"addiction",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"allergy",
"averseness",
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"aversion",
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"disfavor",
"disinclination",
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"dislike",
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"disliking",
"disrelish",
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"distaste",
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"detachment",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
"examples":[
"made of fabric cut bias"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"across"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthwise",
"longitudinally"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
"examples":[
"bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors"
],
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"synonyms":[
"poison",
"prejudice",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"dispose",
"incline",
"predispose",
"influence",
"prepossess",
"convince",
"persuade",
"suggest"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"biases":{
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind"
],
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"synonyms":[
"affections",
"affinities",
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"bones",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"favors",
"partisanships",
"prejudices",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"knacks",
"talents",
"addictions",
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"tastes",
"fortes",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"allergies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"detachments",
"impartialities",
"neutralities",
"objectivities",
"apathies",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
"examples":[
"bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors"
],
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"synonyms":[
"poisons",
"prejudices",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"disposes",
"inclines",
"predisposes",
"influences",
"prepossesses",
"convinces",
"persuades",
"suggests"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"biblical":{
"relating to, taken from, or found in the Bible":{
"examples":[
"a biblical passage",
"The city was a center for trade in biblical times."
],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scriptural",
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrate",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacral",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"adored",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"ceremonial",
"liturgical",
"priestly",
"religious",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"spiritual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"unspiritual",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly",
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bibliography":{
"as in glossary , index":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bickers":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"after a prolonged bicker , they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing"
],
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"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!"
],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercates",
"argues",
"argufies",
"brabbles",
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"brawls",
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"controverts",
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"disputes",
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"falls out",
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"fights",
"hassles",
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"jars",
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"quarrels",
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"quibbles",
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"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"clashes",
"contends",
"contests",
"tangles",
"cavils",
"fusses",
"nitpicks",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"coexists",
"gets along",
"accepts",
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs",
"consents"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"bicolored":{
"as in two-tone , two-toned":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bichrome",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid",
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"bicycle":{
"a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{
"examples":[
"the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bike",
"cycle",
"push-bike",
"push bicycle",
"two-wheeler",
"velocipede"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"mountain bike",
"tandem bicycle",
"ten-speed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bided":{
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forborne",
"refrained (from)"
],
"related":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"borne",
"born",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"gone",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"taken",
"tolerated",
"worn"
]
},
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"stood by",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"watched (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"awaited",
"held on",
"stayed",
"waited"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"examples":[
"how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"related":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"remained",
"run on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bids":{
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"a dramatic film that is widely regarded as the comedian's last-ditch bid to be taken seriously as an actor"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"attempts",
"bashes",
"cracks",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"offers",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden"
],
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"synonyms":[
"adjures",
"bosses (around)",
"charges",
"commands",
"directs",
"enjoins",
"instructs",
"orders",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"asks",
"petitions",
"requests",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"entreats",
"advises",
"counsels",
"warns",
"appoints",
"assigns",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"conducts",
"controls",
"leads",
"manages",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"forces",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"observes"
],
"antonyms":[
"minds",
"obeys"
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]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"examples":[
"as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!"
],
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"synonyms":[
"asks",
"invites"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"solicits",
"beckons",
"calls",
"summons"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"biffing":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the elderly woman swung her purse and biffed the mugger upside the head"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"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"
],
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"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"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",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels."
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
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"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld",
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
"antonyms":[
"convergence"
],
"examples":[
"a thoughtful book about the nation's bifurcation into two distinct and antagonistic cultures"
],
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"accord",
"agreement",
"likeness",
"similarity"
],
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"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissidence",
"dissimilarity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"diversity",
"unlikeness"
],
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"divarication",
"divergence",
"divergency",
"separation"
]
},
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
"antonyms":[
"unification",
"union"
],
"examples":[
"a divisive issue that caused the bifurcation of the political party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblage",
"association",
"attachment",
"conjunction",
"connection",
"link",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"aggregation",
"combination",
"consolidation",
"fusion"
],
"related":[
"breach",
"rupture",
"divorce",
"severance",
"decomposition",
"disassembly",
"dismemberment",
"segmentation",
"subdivision",
"atomization",
"dichotomization",
"polarization",
"diffusion",
"dispersal",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"administration",
"apportionment",
"distribution",
"isolation",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration"
],
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"breakup",
"cleavage",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"fractionalization",
"fractionation",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"separation",
"split",
"sundering"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"big houses":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house"
],
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"bastilles",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
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],
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"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bigheaded":{
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"she's become bigheaded since winning that literary award"
],
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"synonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"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"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"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",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"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"
],
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"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
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]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"bigwig":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"examples":[
"interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff"
],
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"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
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"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
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"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"bilge":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
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"examples":[
"tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge"
],
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"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
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"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"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",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
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"people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \"owner\" just a bilk"
],
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"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"prankster",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"blackleg",
"cardsharp",
"cardsharper"
],
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"bilker",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
],
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"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
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"beat",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"the \"victim\" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies"
],
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"bilk",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"prankster",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"blackleg",
"cardsharp",
"cardsharper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bilking":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
],
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"related":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{
"antonyms":[],
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"Tonight's bill of fare will include pan-seared scallops and rack of lamb."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chow",
"chuck",
"cuisine",
"fare",
"grub",
"provender",
"table"
],
"synonyms":[
"card",
"menu"
]
},
"a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She volunteered to hand out the bills of fare at the door."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"card",
"dance card",
"exercises",
"plate",
"arrangement",
"order",
"ordering",
"organization",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
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"agenda",
"calendar",
"docket",
"program",
"schedule",
"timetable"
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},
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"phrase"
]
},
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"as in billed , bulletined":{
"examples":[],
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"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"barked",
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"cried",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
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"broadcasted",
"declared",
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"flashed",
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"heralded",
"placarded",
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"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
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"published",
"released",
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"trumpeted",
"blurbed",
"featured",
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"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in assessed , invoiced":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in called , declared":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in nestled , cuddled":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"billfold":{
"as in wallet":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"adverts",
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"fliers",
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"as in surging , swelling":{
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"shrinking"
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"soups",
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"plights",
"quandaries",
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"traps",
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],
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"unties"
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"cords",
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]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"trimotor",
"triplane",
"amphibian",
"seaplane",
"glider",
"sailplane",
"bomber",
"fighter",
"jump jet",
"torpedo bomber",
"warplane",
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"jetliner",
"superjet",
"supersonic",
"supersonic transport",
"trijet",
"turbojet",
"turboprop",
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"tanker",
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"airship",
"ship",
"tractor",
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"liner",
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"airplane",
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"noun"
]
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],
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"restricted",
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"explicit",
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"elaborate",
"full",
"mapped (out)",
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"enumerated",
"inventoried",
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"singular",
"particular",
"peculiar"
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"inclusive",
"absolute",
"boundless",
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"extensive",
"infinite",
"panoramic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"vague",
"unlimited",
"unrestricted",
"unspecified"
],
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"general",
"nonspecific",
"overall"
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},
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"adjective"
]
},
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],
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"frothy",
"futile",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
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"light-minded",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"yeasty"
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"fatuous",
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"inane",
"nonsensical",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"daft",
"fruity",
"exuberant",
"flippant",
"fluttery",
"giggly",
"happy",
"light",
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"playful",
"sappy",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
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"melancholy",
"somber",
"sombre",
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"dignified",
"heavy",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"severe",
"solemn",
"staid"
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"earnest",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"sober",
"unfrivolous"
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]
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"a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial"
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"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
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"near synonyms":[
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"cretinous",
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"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
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"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
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"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
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"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
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"near antonyms":[
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"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
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"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
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]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"believed that the house was her birthright"
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"legacies",
"patrimonies"
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],
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"gifts",
"offerings",
"presents"
],
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},
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"the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in"
],
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"synonyms":[
"appanages",
"apanages",
"prerogatives",
"rights"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"calls",
"dibs",
"dues",
"entitlements",
"perquisites",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretensions",
"privileges"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany"
],
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"cutting",
"intersecting"
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],
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"decussating"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"bitchy":{
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"examples":[
"a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bad",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent"
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"devious",
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"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
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]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"examples":[
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
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"synonyms":[
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"chaw",
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"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
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"ruminate",
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"nosh",
"snack",
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"devour",
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"gorge",
"gulp",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"snack",
"wolf",
"nip",
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"pick (at)",
"gum",
"mumble"
],
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"grieving",
"heartbroken",
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],
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"reasonable"
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"rotten",
"severe",
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"ardent",
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"scalding",
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"white-hot"
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"a bitter February day for this part of the country"
],
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"frosty",
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"glacial",
"ice-cold",
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"nippy",
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"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
]
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"a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday",
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],
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"kind",
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"sweet",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
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"malcontent",
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"misanthropic",
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"angry",
"cruel",
"harsh",
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"mad",
"rough",
"savage",
"vehement",
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"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"acid",
"caustic",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"sarcastic",
"trenchant",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
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"acrid",
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"embittered",
"hard",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"sore"
]
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"agreeable",
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"good",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
],
"examples":[
"had to face the bitter truth about their marriage"
],
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"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
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"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
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"appalling",
"awful",
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"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
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"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
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"vile",
"villainous",
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"galling",
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"crappy",
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"crumby",
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"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
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"bad",
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"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
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"unlovely",
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"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
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"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
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],
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"a bitter , rainy day"
],
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"warm",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"warmed"
],
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"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"snappy",
"arctic",
"cold",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"frore",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
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"chill",
"chilling",
"chilly",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"raw",
"sharp"
]
}
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},
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"very small in size":{
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"a little bitty kitten that I could hold in my hand"
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"synonyms":[
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"bitsy",
"infinitesimal",
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"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
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"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
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"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
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"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
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},
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"adjective"
]
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},
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"as in two-tone , two-toned":{
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},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"near synonyms":[
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"noms de guerre",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms",
"trivial names",
"vernaculars",
"banners",
"rubrics",
"tags",
"misnomers",
"bynames",
"diminutives",
"epithets",
"hypocorisms",
"nicknames",
"sobriquets",
"soubriquets",
"brand names",
"labels",
"trademarks",
"trade names",
"matronymics",
"patronymics",
"family names",
"maiden names",
"middle names",
"surnames",
"baptismal names",
"Christian names",
"first names",
"forenames",
"given names"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bikes":{
"a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{
"examples":[
"likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends"
],
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"push bicycles",
"two-wheelers",
"velocipedes"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mountain bikes",
"tandem bicycles",
"ten-speeds"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe"
],
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"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
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"hordes",
"hosts",
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"masses",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
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"routs",
"scrums",
"swarms",
"throngs"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"masses",
"millions",
"rabblements",
"rabbles",
"riffraffs",
"gaggles",
"heaps",
"mountains",
"piles",
"jams",
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],
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},
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"noun"
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},
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"the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"because of the bigheartedness of her coworkers, she was able to present the charity with a fat check"
],
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"charity",
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"feeling",
"good-heartedness",
"heart",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"largeheartedness",
"mercy",
"pity",
"ruth",
"softheartedness",
"sympathy",
"warmheartedness"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"feelings",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitivity",
"affection",
"love",
"regard",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"rapport",
"altruism",
"benevolence",
"benignancy",
"benignity",
"generosity",
"goodwill",
"humaneness",
"humanism",
"humanitarianism",
"philanthropy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callousness",
"coldness",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"cruelty",
"harshness",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"dislike",
"hatred",
"hostility"
],
"antonyms":[
"coldheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the commendable bigheartedness of that upscale restaurateur, who uses a portion of her profits to fund a soup kitchen"
],
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"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness",
"gift",
"gratuity",
"lagniappe",
"tribute",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"wastefulness",
"spendthrift",
"dissipating",
"squandering"
],
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"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping",
"cutting back"
],
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"cheapness",
"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"bides":{
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?"
],
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"abides",
"continues",
"endures",
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"perdures",
"persists",
"remains",
"runs on"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lingers",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"carries through",
"prevails",
"survives"
],
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"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
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"closes",
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"desists",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"expires",
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"leaves off",
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"quits",
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]
},
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"at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children"
],
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"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
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"goes",
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"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
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"tolerates",
"wears"
],
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"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
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"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
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"hangs around",
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"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
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"queens",
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"big wheels":{
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"queens",
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"mediocrities",
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"zeros",
"zeroes",
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"canes",
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"nightsticks",
"rods",
"rungs",
"saps",
"shillelaghs",
"shillalahs",
"staffs",
"staves",
"truncheons",
"waddies"
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"maces",
"birches",
"crabsticks",
"hickories",
"rattans",
"staves",
"switches",
"beetles",
"gavels",
"hammers",
"mallets",
"mauls",
"sledgehammers",
"crooks",
"crosiers",
"croziers",
"walking sticks",
"whangees"
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"noun"
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"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
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"protracted"
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"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
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"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
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"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
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"poo-bah",
"wheel"
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"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
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"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
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"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
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"Once a bird of passage , she eventually married and settled down in the city that stole her heart."
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"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"rambler",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"vagabond",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
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"straggler",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"sojourner",
"bum",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"passenger",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"migrant",
"transient",
"vagrant",
"ambler",
"saunterer"
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"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"resident",
"settler"
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"chambered",
"domiciled",
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"harbored",
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"lodged",
"put up",
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"roomed",
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"took in"
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"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"barracked",
"bedded (down)"
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"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
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"course",
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"follow",
"hound",
"pursue",
"run",
"shadow",
"tag",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
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"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"escort",
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"search (for)",
"seek",
"eye",
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"watch"
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"pilot"
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"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
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"wolfhound",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"guide dog",
"police dog",
"working dog",
"bitch",
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"pooch",
"tyke",
"tike"
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"verb"
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"birth":{
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"nativity"
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"genesis",
"nascency",
"origination",
"rise",
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"bearing",
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"labor",
"parturition",
"begetting",
"breeding",
"fathering",
"generation",
"mothering",
"parenting",
"reproduction",
"siring",
"spawning",
"fatherhood",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"parenthood",
"paternity"
],
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"abortion",
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"stillbirth"
],
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"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
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"a man of noble birth"
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"ancestry",
"blood",
"bloodline",
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"family tree",
"genealogy",
"line",
"lineage",
"origin",
"parentage",
"pedigree",
"stock",
"strain"
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"near synonyms":[
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"succession",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"relations",
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"race"
],
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"offspring",
"child",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"son",
"successor"
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"antonyms":[
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"seed"
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"the point at which something begins":{
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"that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation"
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"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
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"nascency",
"onset",
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"drawing board",
"first base",
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"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
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"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
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"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
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"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
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},
"being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage":{
"examples":[
"argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption"
],
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"biological",
"biologic",
"consanguineous",
"natural"
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"illegitimate"
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"to bring forth from the womb":{
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],
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"bear",
"deliver",
"drop",
"have",
"mother",
"produce"
],
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"breed",
"multiply",
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"reproduce",
"spawn",
"beget",
"father",
"generate",
"get",
"sire",
"calve",
"kid",
"kindle",
"kitten",
"litter",
"pup",
"whelp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"lose",
"miscarry"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
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"archpriests",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
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"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
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"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
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"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biddy":{
"a female domestic servant":{
"examples":[
"those poor old biddies were mostly Irishwomen who worked for old-line Yankee families"
],
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"char",
"charwoman",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"house girl",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"skivvy",
"wench"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendant",
"chambermaid",
"abigail",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid-in-waiting",
"au pair",
"nursemaid",
"domestic",
"menial",
"amah",
"ayah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bibles":{
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"guidebooks",
"guides",
"casebooks",
"encyclopedias",
"references",
"dictionaries",
"lexica",
"lexicons",
"vocabularies",
"wordbooks",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"grammars",
"readers",
"spellers",
"schoolbooks",
"handbooks",
"manuals",
"primers",
"textbooks",
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"noun"
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},
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"examples":[],
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"airways",
"channels",
"gats",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails",
"doors",
"doorways",
"gates",
"gateways",
"hatches",
"portals",
"walks",
"walkways",
"arteries",
"boulevards",
"bypasses",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passageways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routeways",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"turnpikes",
"bypaths",
"byways",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"approaches",
"avenues",
"passages",
"paths",
"routes",
"ways"
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},
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"noun"
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"bills":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"why is the electric bill so high this month?"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"checks",
"invoices",
"statements",
"tabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipts",
"reckonings",
"documents",
"ledgers",
"records",
"charges",
"costs",
"expenses",
"fees",
"prices",
"rates",
"tolls",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"the $5 bill has a picture of Abraham Lincoln on the front"
],
"synonyms":[
"banknotes",
"greenbacks",
"notes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrips",
"bucks",
"dollars",
"simoleons",
"smackers",
"C-notes",
"fifties",
"fins",
"fivers",
"fives",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"ones",
"sawbucks",
"tenners",
"tens",
"twenties",
"twos",
"cash",
"chips",
"currencies",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"checks",
"drafts",
"money orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
"examples":[
"posted a bill advertising the new play"
],
"synonyms":[
"placards",
"posters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billboards",
"signboards",
"signs",
"broadsides",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"playbills",
"show bills",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"dispatches",
"releases"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount":{
"examples":[
"although they were all working adults, their parents still insisted on paying the bill whenever they went out to eat"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks",
"tabs"
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"near synonyms":[
"invoices",
"receipts",
"accounts",
"reckonings",
"records",
"statements",
"charges",
"costs",
"damages",
"expenses",
"fees",
"figures",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"examples":[
"the legislative committee endorsed a bill that would strengthen consumer protections"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"constitutions",
"enactments",
"laws",
"ordinances",
"statutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rulings",
"bylaws",
"ground rules",
"regulations",
"rules",
"amendments",
"legislations",
"common law",
"blue laws",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"restrictions",
"canons",
"capitularies",
"encyclicals"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
"examples":[
"parrots have very strong bills so they can break open nuts"
],
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"beaks",
"nebs",
"nibs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouths",
"muzzles",
"mandibles",
"maws",
"maxillae",
"maxillas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the projecting front part of a hat or cap":{
"examples":[
"the hat was blue, but the bill was red"
],
"synonyms":[
"brims",
"peaks",
"visors",
"vizors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shades"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in nestles , cuddles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"necks",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"caresses",
"fondles",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pats",
"pets",
"strokes",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in calls , declares":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"calls",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"nails",
"plasters",
"tacks (up)",
"placards",
"posts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in assesses , invoices":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assesses",
"invoices",
"discounts",
"marks down",
"marks up",
"prices",
"values",
"brings",
"fetches",
"sells (for)",
"overcharges",
"undercharges",
"asks",
"charges",
"commands",
"demands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bidding fair":{
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"The weather conditions bid fair to yield a good crop."
],
"synonyms":[
"auguring",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"promising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"forewarning",
"warning",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"betokening",
"foreshadowing",
"harbingering",
"portending",
"prefiguring",
"presignifying",
"indicating",
"signifying",
"alluding",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bid":{
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"examples":[
"a dramatic film that is widely regarded as the comedian's last-ditch bid to be taken seriously as an actor"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjure",
"boss (around)",
"charge",
"command",
"direct",
"enjoin",
"instruct",
"order",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"beg",
"beseech",
"entreat",
"advise",
"counsel",
"warn",
"appoint",
"assign",
"authorize",
"commission",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"conduct",
"control",
"lead",
"manage",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"observe"
],
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"obey"
]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"examples":[
"as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"invite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"solicit",
"beckon",
"call",
"summon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bilked":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bights":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"the bight known as the Bay of Fundy is known for its fast-running tides"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"bays",
"coves",
"creeks",
"embayments",
"estuaries",
"firths",
"fjords",
"fiords",
"gulfs",
"inlets",
"lochs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbors",
"ports",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"narrows",
"sounds",
"straits",
"bayous",
"backwaters",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biassed":{
"inclined to favor one side over another":{
"examples":[
"in my admittedly biased opinion, my wife is always the prettiest woman in whatever room she graces"
],
"synonyms":[
"one-sided",
"parti pris",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"misrepresented",
"shaded",
"warped",
"convinced",
"influenced",
"persuaded",
"predisposed",
"prepossessed",
"swayed",
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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":[
"disinterested",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"neutral",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
]
},
"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
"examples":[
"bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors"
],
"synonyms":[
"poisoned",
"prejudiced",
"turned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disposed",
"inclined",
"predisposed",
"influenced",
"prepossessed",
"convinced",
"persuaded",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"birching":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"binder":{
"as in promise , pledge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pledge",
"promise",
"charter",
"treaty",
"alliance",
"association",
"entente",
"entente cordiale",
"league",
"partnership",
"accord",
"agreement",
"bargain",
"compact",
"contract",
"convention",
"covenant",
"deal",
"disposition",
"pact",
"settlement",
"understanding",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biography":{
"a history of a person's life":{
"examples":[
"an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bio",
"life",
"memoir"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autobiography",
"hagiography",
"psychobiography",
"pathography",
"tell-all",
"chronicle",
"history",
"past",
"story",
"obituary",
"character sketch",
"profile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biographies":{
"a history of a person's life":{
"examples":[
"an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bios",
"lives",
"memoirs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autobiographies",
"hagiographies",
"psychobiographies",
"pathographies",
"tell-alls",
"chronicles",
"histories",
"pasts",
"stories",
"obituaries",
"character sketches",
"profiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biretta":{
"as in turban , tricorne":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"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",
"silk hat",
"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"
]
},
"birthing":{
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"examples":[
"back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"delivering",
"dropping",
"having",
"mothering",
"producing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laboring",
"breeding",
"multiplying",
"propagating",
"reproducing",
"spawning",
"begetting",
"fathering",
"generating",
"getting",
"siring",
"calving",
"kidding",
"kindling",
"kittening",
"littering",
"pupping",
"whelping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"losing",
"miscarrying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bidding":{
"as in direction , instruction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charging",
"decreeing",
"dictation",
"direction",
"instruction",
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"dissuading",
"repression",
"suppression",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"force"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowance",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"toleration",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"license",
"licence",
"sanction",
"encouragement",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuring",
"bossing (around)",
"charging",
"commanding",
"directing",
"enjoining",
"instructing",
"ordering",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"petitioning",
"requesting",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"warning",
"appointing",
"assigning",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"leading",
"managing",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"forcing",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"observing"
],
"antonyms":[
"minding",
"obeying"
]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"examples":[
"as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"inviting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"soliciting",
"beckoning",
"calling",
"summoning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"billfolds":{
"as in wallets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"wallets",
"clutch bags",
"clutches",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"compacts",
"vanities",
"bags",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"shoulder bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birdlimed":{
"as in captured , bagged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"collared",
"caught up",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entoiled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"netted",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped",
"embroiled",
"implicated",
"involved",
"mired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"untangled",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"extricated",
"cleared",
"freed",
"liberated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bid fair":{
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
"examples":[
"The weather conditions bid fair to yield a good crop."
],
"synonyms":[
"augur",
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"promise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"forewarn",
"warn",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"betoken",
"foreshadow",
"harbinger",
"portend",
"prefigure",
"presignify",
"indicate",
"signify",
"allude",
"connote",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"big-timers":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"a field in which one can go from being a big-timer to a small-timer in practically no time at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bitching":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"those guys are always bitching about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bingers":{
"as in bacchanals , carousers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanals",
"carousers",
"party animals",
"wassailers",
"celebrants",
"celebrators",
"merrymakers",
"partyers",
"partiers",
"partygoers",
"revelers",
"revellers",
"roisterers",
"cutups",
"skylarkers",
"noisemakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birthed":{
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"examples":[
"back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"delivered",
"dropped",
"had",
"mothered",
"produced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labored",
"bred",
"multiplied",
"propagated",
"reproduced",
"spawned",
"begot",
"begat",
"fathered",
"generated",
"got",
"sired",
"calved",
"kidded",
"kindled",
"kittened",
"littered",
"pupped",
"whelped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"lost",
"miscarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"big-boned":{
"as in lanky , willowy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lank",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin",
"sinewy",
"wiry",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"rawboned",
"sylphlike",
"willowy",
"clean-limbed",
"trim",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"fleshy",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"squat",
"stubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"buxom",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"full",
"hippy",
"round",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bimonthly":{
"as in daily , biweekly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"annual",
"yearly",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"intermittent",
"perennial",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"regular",
"repeated",
"routine",
"serial",
"usual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in biweekly , weekly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annual",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid",
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"biathlons":{
"as in triathlons , pentathlons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decathlons",
"heptathlons",
"pentathlons",
"triathlons",
"bouts",
"competitions",
"contests",
"events",
"games",
"matches",
"matchups",
"meets",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournaments",
"tourneys",
"athletics",
"sports",
"battles",
"conflicts",
"scrimmages",
"skirmishes",
"struggles",
"tugs-of-war",
"tussles",
"championships",
"nationals",
"finals",
"nightcaps",
"play-offs",
"semifinals",
"derbies",
"field days",
"gymkhanas",
"outings",
"marathons",
"races",
"ultramarathons",
"heats",
"rounds",
"runs",
"sets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bitchery":{
"as in contempt , disdain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bitchiness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"vengefulness",
"vindictiveness",
"bile",
"rancor",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"despicableness",
"invidiousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"jaundice",
"mean-spiritedness",
"rancor",
"resentment",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"abusiveness",
"cruelty",
"cattiness",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignance",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devotion",
"love",
"passion",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"amity",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"adoration",
"ardor",
"infatuation",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billowed":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"ballooned",
"beetled",
"bellied",
"bulged",
"bunched",
"jutted",
"overhung",
"poked",
"pooched",
"pouched",
"pouted",
"projected",
"protruded",
"started",
"stood out",
"stuck out",
"swelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domed",
"blew up",
"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
"mushroomed",
"snowballed",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bit (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"champed",
"chawed",
"chewed",
"chomped (on)",
"crunched (on)",
"gnawed (on)",
"masticated",
"nibbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminated",
"munched",
"noshed",
"snacked",
"ate",
"consumed",
"ingested",
"swallowed",
"bolted",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gorged",
"gulped",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"snacked",
"wolfed",
"nipped",
"pecked (at)",
"picked (at)",
"gummed",
"mumbled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bigheartedly":{
"as in humanely , charitably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altruistically",
"beneficently",
"benevolently",
"charitably",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"magnanimously",
"philanthropically",
"selflessly",
"ungrudgingly",
"unselfishly",
"affably",
"amiably",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"congenially",
"cordially",
"friendlily",
"genially",
"good-heartedly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"hospitably",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"sweetly",
"thoughtfully",
"amply",
"bounteously",
"bountifully",
"freehandedly",
"freeheartedly",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"lavishly",
"liberally",
"munificently",
"openhandedly",
"unstintingly",
"well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"parsimoniously",
"stingily",
"ungenerously",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"obnoxiously",
"provocatively",
"coldly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"frigidly",
"hostilely",
"angrily",
"belligerently",
"begrudgingly",
"grudgingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"bindle stiffs":{
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"upon graduation from college he wandered around the country as a bindle stiff , naively believing that he was at one with the downtrodden"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummers",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"sundowners",
"swaggies",
"swagmen",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"vagrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"beggars",
"derelicts",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"stiffs",
"dodgers",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billy club":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club , the officer told him to move on"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billow":{
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
"examples":[
"the great billows created by the ocean storm threatened to swamp the fishing boat"
],
"synonyms":[
"surge",
"swell",
"wave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sea(s)",
"surf",
"breaker",
"whitecap",
"comber",
"curl",
"riffle",
"ripple",
"wavelet",
"ground swell",
"roller",
"tidal wave",
"tsunami"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"biplanes":{
"as in tilt-rotors , triplanes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lightplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"towplanes",
"trimotors",
"triplanes",
"amphibians",
"seaplanes",
"gliders",
"sailplanes",
"bombers",
"fighters",
"jump jets",
"torpedo bombers",
"warplanes",
"aerospace planes",
"rocket planes",
"jetliners",
"jets",
"superjets",
"supersonics",
"supersonic transports",
"trijets",
"turbojets",
"turboprops",
"freighters",
"tankers",
"aerodynes",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"airframes",
"airships",
"ships",
"tractors",
"airliners",
"air taxis",
"liners",
"aeroplanes",
"airplanes",
"planes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bighead":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"the kind of early success that can give a young performer the bighead"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big-timer":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"a field in which one can go from being a big-timer to a small-timer in practically no time at all"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bird dogs":{
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"chases",
"courses",
"dogs",
"follows",
"hounds",
"pursues",
"runs",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tails",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"escorts",
"hunts",
"searches (for)",
"seeks",
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heads"
],
"antonyms":[
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots"
]
},
"as in hunters , sled dogs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandogs",
"coonhounds",
"coursers",
"gundogs",
"hunters",
"sheepdogs",
"sled dogs",
"watchdogs",
"wolf dogs",
"wolfhounds",
"lapdogs",
"puppies",
"puppy dogs",
"pups",
"whelps",
"guide dogs",
"police dogs",
"working dogs",
"bitches",
"curs",
"mongrels",
"mutts",
"canines",
"doggies",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pooches",
"tykes",
"tikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bitchin'":{
"as in terrible , horrible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable",
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bivouacs":{
"a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{
"examples":[
"soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"campsites",
"encampments",
"hutments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"tentages",
"colonies",
"plantations",
"settlements",
"Hoovervilles",
"jungles",
"shantytowns",
"concentration camps",
"prison camps",
"barracks",
"cantonments",
"installations",
"laagers",
"leaguers",
"posts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to live in a camp or the outdoors":{
"examples":[
"the army bivouacked for the night by the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"camps (out)",
"encamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeps out",
"tents",
"beds (down)",
"backpacks",
"caravans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"bestows",
"billets",
"boards",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"puts up",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"barracks",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bingeing":{
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"birling",
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bivouac":{
"a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{
"examples":[
"soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"camp",
"campground",
"campsite",
"encampment",
"hutment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canvas",
"canvass",
"tentage",
"colony",
"plantation",
"settlement",
"Hooverville",
"jungle",
"shantytown",
"concentration camp",
"prison camp",
"barracks",
"cantonment",
"installation",
"laager",
"leaguer",
"post"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to live in a camp or the outdoors":{
"examples":[
"the army bivouacked for the night by the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"camp (out)",
"encamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleep out",
"tent",
"bed (down)",
"backpack",
"caravan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bigotry":{
"stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{
"examples":[
"a deeply ingrained bigotry prevented her from even considering the counterarguments"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogmatism",
"illiberalism",
"illiberality",
"illiberalness",
"intolerance",
"intolerantness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"opinionatedness",
"partisanship",
"sectarianism",
"small-mindedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservatism",
"reactionaryism",
"insularism",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"progressiveness",
"progressivism"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"liberalism",
"liberality",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big leaguers":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the once-tiny ad agency is now a big leaguer that attracts clients on the A-list"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bibelots":{
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"practically every horizontal surface in the Victorian parlor was blanketed with fussy little bibelots"
],
"synonyms":[
"baubles",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"conversation pieces",
"collectibles",
"collectables",
"collector's items"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bipartisan":{
"relating to or involving members of two political parties":{
"examples":[
"a bipartisan effort",
"The bill has bipartisan support."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonaligned",
"neutral",
"nonpartisan",
"hands-off",
"noninterventionist",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"unaffiliated",
"nonbelligerent",
"individualistic",
"disinterested",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"indifferent",
"unbiased",
"uninfluenced",
"unprejudiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biased",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unfair",
"affiliated",
"associated",
"federated",
"belligerent",
"allied",
"confederate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bimonthlies":{
"as in biweeklies , weeklies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annuals",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bigamies":{
"as in polygamies , polyamories":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyamories",
"polyandries",
"polygamies",
"polygynies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birthright":{
"something that is or may be inherited":{
"examples":[
"believed that the house was her birthright"
],
"synonyms":[
"bequest",
"heritage",
"inheritance",
"legacy",
"patrimony"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heirloom",
"bestowal",
"gift",
"offering",
"present"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something to which one has a just claim":{
"examples":[
"the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in"
],
"synonyms":[
"appanage",
"apanage",
"prerogative",
"right"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"dibs",
"due",
"entitlement",
"perquisite",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birdlime":{
"as in capture , bag":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"collar",
"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap",
"embroil",
"implicate",
"involve",
"mire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle",
"detach",
"disengage",
"extricate",
"clear",
"free",
"liberate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"big cheese":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"thinks he's a big cheese just because he's got a business card"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bib":{
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"the old professor has been known to bib on occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"booze",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"liquor (up)",
"lush (up)",
"soak",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouse",
"revel",
"imbibe",
"nip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"biffs":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"he got a biff in the noggin as his reward for trying to intervene in the fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman swung her purse and biffed the mugger upside the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"big house":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bibelot":{
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"practically every horizontal surface in the Victorian parlor was blanketed with fussy little bibelots"
],
"synonyms":[
"bauble",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouterie",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackery",
"trinketry",
"trumpery",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"bagatelle",
"trifle",
"figurine",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"ornament",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"souvenir",
"conversation piece",
"collectible",
"collectable",
"collector's item"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bifocals":{
"as in trifocals , half-glasses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"half-glasses",
"trifocals",
"eyeglasses",
"glass",
"specs",
"spectacle",
"lorgnette",
"monocle",
"pince-nez",
"sunglasses",
"goggles",
"contact lens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"big-ticket":{
"commanding a large price":{
"examples":[
"with the tough economy, fewer people are likely to be making big-ticket purchases"
],
"synonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"extravagant",
"high",
"high-end",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"priceless",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"ultraexpensive",
"valuable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exorbitant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"sky-high",
"steep",
"stiff",
"unaffordable",
"uneconomic",
"uneconomical",
"unreasonable",
"inestimable",
"invaluable",
"deluxe",
"luxurious",
"sumptuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"discounted"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"inexpensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bigots":{
"one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{
"examples":[
"an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogmatists",
"dogmatizers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"sectarians"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doctrinaires",
"fanatics",
"purists",
"jingoists",
"nationalists",
"racialists",
"racists",
"supremacists",
"chauvinists",
"sexists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freethinkers",
"latitudinarians",
"liberals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biding one's time":{
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"examples":[
"decided to bide her time until she had an opportunity to switch jobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"awaiting",
"biding",
"holding on",
"staying",
"waiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"standing by",
"anticipating",
"expecting",
"watching (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bill":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
"examples":[
"why is the electric bill so high this month?"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"check",
"invoice",
"statement",
"tab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"receipt",
"reckoning",
"document",
"ledger",
"record",
"charge",
"cost",
"expense",
"fee",
"price",
"rate",
"toll",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"the $5 bill has a picture of Abraham Lincoln on the front"
],
"synonyms":[
"banknote",
"greenback",
"note"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"buck",
"dollar",
"simoleon",
"smacker",
"C-note",
"fifty",
"fin",
"five",
"fiver",
"hundred",
"one",
"sawbuck",
"ten",
"tenner",
"twenty",
"two",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"pelf",
"check",
"draft",
"money order"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
"examples":[
"posted a bill advertising the new play"
],
"synonyms":[
"placard",
"poster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billboard",
"sign",
"signboard",
"broadside",
"flyer",
"flier",
"handbill",
"handout",
"playbill",
"show bill",
"ad",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"dispatch",
"release"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount":{
"examples":[
"although they were all working adults, their parents still insisted on paying the bill whenever they went out to eat"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"tab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invoice",
"receipt",
"account",
"reckoning",
"record",
"statement",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"expense",
"fee",
"figure",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"examples":[
"the legislative committee endorsed a bill that would strengthen consumer protections"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"constitution",
"enactment",
"law",
"ordinance",
"statute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"ruling",
"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"regulation",
"rule",
"amendment",
"legislation",
"common law",
"martial law",
"blue law",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"canon",
"capitulary",
"encyclical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
"examples":[
"parrots have very strong bills so they can break open nuts"
],
"synonyms":[
"beak",
"neb",
"nib"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouth",
"muzzle",
"mandible",
"maw",
"maxilla"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the projecting front part of a hat or cap":{
"examples":[
"the hat was blue, but the bill was red"
],
"synonyms":[
"brim",
"peak",
"visor",
"vizor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in nestle , cuddle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"neck",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"caress",
"fondle",
"gentle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in call , declare":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"call",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"nail",
"plaster",
"tack (up)",
"placard",
"post"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in assess , invoice":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assess",
"invoice",
"discount",
"mark down",
"mark up",
"price",
"value",
"bring",
"fetch",
"sell (for)",
"overcharge",
"undercharge",
"ask",
"charge",
"command",
"demand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"birling":{
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bingeing",
"binging",
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"biggish":{
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
"examples":[
"a rather biggish table for a dining room of modest dimensions"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"boxcar",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"major",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"copious",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutive",
"half-pint",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"petite",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"thin"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"dinky",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"puny",
"shrimpy",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{
"examples":[
"a biggish wart that should be removed"
],
"synonyms":[
"considerable",
"good",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"healthy",
"largish",
"major",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"substantive",
"tidy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"voluminous",
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"gigantic",
"great",
"herculean",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"whopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"measly",
"minute",
"paltry",
"petty",
"picayune",
"picayunish",
"piddling",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"marginal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"slight",
"little",
"small",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"miniature",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"smallish"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"insubstantial",
"negligible",
"nominal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bizarro":{
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"excitingly or mysteriously unusual":{
"examples":[
"a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following"
],
"synonyms":[
"exotic",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"outlandish",
"romantic",
"strange"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colorful",
"picture-book",
"picturesque",
"quaint",
"alien",
"foreign",
"dark",
"distant",
"faraway",
"remote",
"alluring",
"captivating",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"magical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"familiar",
"nonexotic",
"nonglamorous",
"plain-Jane",
"unexotic",
"unglamorous",
"unromantic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"big guns":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bides one's time":{
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"examples":[
"decided to bide her time until she had an opportunity to switch jobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"awaits",
"bides",
"holds on",
"stays",
"waits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"stands by",
"anticipates",
"expects",
"watches (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"birdman":{
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
"examples":[
"in the early days of aviation, birdmen would travel around the country in their biplanes, putting on flying shows"
],
"synonyms":[
"airman",
"aviator",
"flier",
"flyer",
"pilot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"barnstormer",
"bush pilot",
"copilot",
"flyboy",
"test pilot",
"captain",
"skipper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biggity":{
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"he's gotten biggety since he got promoted to director of sales"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"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",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"binders":{
"as in promises , pledges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pledges",
"promises",
"charters",
"treaties",
"alliances",
"associations",
"entente cordiales",
"ententes",
"leagues",
"partnerships",
"accords",
"agreements",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"conventions",
"covenants",
"deals",
"dispositions",
"pacts",
"settlements",
"understandings",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bivouacking":{
"to live in a camp or the outdoors":{
"examples":[
"the army bivouacked for the night by the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"camping (out)",
"encamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping out",
"tenting",
"bedding (down)",
"backpacking",
"caravanning",
"caravaning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bifurcates":{
"to undergo division into two parts":{
"examples":[
"The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes",
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds",
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bibliolater":{
"one who is keenly devoted to books":{
"examples":[
"a bibliolater who regards vandalism to a library as being equal to desecration of a church"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibliomaniac",
"bibliophile",
"bookman"
],
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"bookworm",
"antiquarian",
"bibliopole",
"bookseller",
"bibliopegist",
"bookbinder",
"bookmaker"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Big Brotherism":{
"as in fascism , Big Brother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Big Brother",
"Communism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"absolutism",
"autarchy",
"authoritarianism",
"autocracy",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny",
"monarchism",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"domination",
"oppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bible":{
"a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{
"examples":[
"she received a lovely Bible as a First Communion gift"
],
"synonyms":[
"Book",
"Good Book",
"Holy Writ",
"Scripture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Polyglot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in guide , guidebook":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guide",
"guidebook",
"casebook",
"encyclopedia",
"reference",
"dictionary",
"lexicon",
"vocabulary",
"wordbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"grammar",
"reader",
"speller",
"schoolbook",
"handbook",
"manual",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bitten the dust":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
],
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"broken off",
"broken up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"gone",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"given over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broken down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawn out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"fallen",
"flatlined",
"gone",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"been",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"thriven"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bitchily":{
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
"examples":[
"the bitchily funny put-downs of the satire's author"
],
"synonyms":[
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"biathlon":{
"as in triathlon , pentathlon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decathlon",
"heptathlon",
"pentathlon",
"triathlon",
"bout",
"competition",
"contest",
"event",
"game",
"match",
"matchup",
"meet",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournament",
"tourney",
"athletics",
"sport",
"battle",
"conflict",
"scrimmage",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tug-of-war",
"tussle",
"championship",
"national(s)",
"final",
"nightcap",
"play-off",
"semifinal",
"derby",
"field day",
"gymkhana",
"open",
"outing",
"marathon",
"race",
"ultramarathon",
"heat",
"round",
"run",
"set"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biggies":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"among food and beverage magazines, it's one of the biggies"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big time":{
"to a large extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"wow, those renovations improved the library big-time"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomically",
"broadly",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modestly",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
]
},
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"the young ad execs knew that their agency had hit the big time when major corporations came calling"
],
"synonyms":[
"big(s)",
"big league(s)",
"major league"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"old guard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bibliomaniacs":{
"one who is keenly devoted to books":{
"examples":[
"an incorrigible bibliomaniac , he's already bought more books than anyone could read in a lifetime"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibliolaters",
"bibliophiles",
"bookmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookworms",
"antiquarians",
"bibliopoles",
"booksellers",
"bibliopegists",
"bookbinders",
"bookmakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big league":{
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"Broadway is the big leagues , and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism"
],
"synonyms":[
"big time",
"big(s)",
"major league"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"old guard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bidden":{
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjured",
"bossed (around)",
"charged",
"commanded",
"directed",
"enjoined",
"instructed",
"ordered",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"entreated",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"warned",
"appointed",
"assigned",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"overseen",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"led",
"managed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"kept",
"observed"
],
"antonyms":[
"minded",
"obeyed"
]
},
"to request the presence or participation of":{
"examples":[
"as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"invited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"solicited",
"beckoned",
"called",
"summoned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bites the dust":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"billionairesses":{
"as in billionaires , millionaires":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billionaires",
"gazillionaires",
"millionaires",
"millionairesses",
"affluents",
"deep pockets",
"fat cats",
"haves",
"moneybags",
"plutocrats",
"magnates",
"moneymakers",
"nabobs",
"successes",
"tycoons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"down-and-outs",
"down-and-outers",
"have-nots",
"indigents",
"paupers",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"births":{
"the act or instance of being born":{
"examples":[
"almost from birth , he showed all the marks of future greatness"
],
"synonyms":[
"genitures",
"nativities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creations",
"geneses",
"nascencies",
"originations",
"rises",
"accouchements",
"bearings",
"childbearings",
"labors",
"parturitions",
"breedings",
"generations",
"parentings",
"reproductions",
"fatherhoods",
"maternities",
"motherhoods",
"parenthoods",
"paternities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abortions",
"miscarriages",
"stillbirths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"examples":[
"a man of noble birth"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestries",
"blood",
"bloodlines",
"breedings",
"descents",
"extractions",
"family trees",
"genealogies",
"lineages",
"lines",
"origins",
"parentages",
"pedigrees",
"stocks",
"strains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heredities",
"successions",
"families",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kins",
"relations",
"relatives",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"children",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"antonyms":[
"issues",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds"
]
},
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"examples":[
"back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"delivers",
"drops",
"has",
"mothers",
"produces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labors",
"breeds",
"multiplies",
"propagates",
"reproduces",
"spawns",
"begets",
"fathers",
"generates",
"gets",
"sires",
"calves",
"kids",
"kindles",
"kittens",
"litters",
"pups",
"whelps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"loses",
"miscarries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"binding":{
"as in good , valid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"good",
"valid",
"legal",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inoperative",
"invalid",
"nonbinding",
"nonvalid",
"nugatory",
"null",
"null and void",
"void",
"illegal",
"useless",
"worthless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tape , belt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"band",
"bandage",
"belt",
"girth",
"strap",
"swatch",
"swath",
"swathe",
"tape",
"list",
"ribbon",
"slip",
"strip",
"slat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaining",
"enchaining",
"enfettering",
"fettering",
"gyving",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"pinioning",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"ironing",
"lashing",
"securing",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"joining",
"linking",
"confining",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"entangling",
"tangling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"detaching",
"disengaging"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"unfettering",
"unshackling"
]
},
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"bind the wound to stop the bleeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandaging",
"dressing",
"swathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"treating",
"curing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"bind the asparagus spears carefully before packing the bunches"
],
"synonyms":[
"banding",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinching",
"cording",
"roping",
"strapping",
"threading",
"wiring",
"girding",
"girting",
"lashing",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"interweaving",
"lacing",
"entangling",
"knotting",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"twisting",
"coiling",
"winding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unlacing",
"unlashing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing",
"unstrapping",
"unstringing",
"unthreading",
"unleashing",
"untethering",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"unsnarling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"untwisting",
"uncoiling",
"unspooling",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"untying",
"untieing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"binges":{
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"weekend binges are a serious problem at many colleges and universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"benders",
"busts",
"carousals",
"carouses",
"drunks",
"jamborees",
"sprees",
"toots",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"bacchanalia",
"orgies",
"revelries",
"revels",
"bibberies",
"inebriations",
"inebrieties",
"intoxications",
"jags"
],
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"examples":[
"a shopping binge at the mall"
],
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"flings",
"frisks",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"larks",
"ploys",
"revels",
"rollicks",
"romps",
"sprees"
],
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"capers",
"escapades",
"pranks",
"benders",
"brannigans",
"bums",
"busts",
"carouses",
"souses",
"splores",
"toots",
"antics",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans",
"field days",
"festivities",
"merriments",
"merrymakings",
"enjoyments",
"indulgences",
"pleasures",
"self-indulgences",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"what should we wear to this binge at the country club?"
],
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"affairs",
"bashes",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"saturnalias",
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"birls",
"carouses",
"revels",
"roisters",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozes",
"drinks",
"guzzles",
"liquors (up)",
"soaks",
"tipples"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"billy":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"police officers carry a billy while patrolling on foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bizarre":{
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
"examples":[
"a bizarre invention that no one could figure out how to use"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"crazy",
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extravagant",
"grotesque",
"bizarro",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
"Kafkaesque",
"nightmarish",
"dreamlike",
"surreal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"realistic",
"reasonable"
]
},
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"he gave a bizarre excuse for getting home so late"
],
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"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bifurcating":{
"to undergo division into two parts":{
"examples":[
"The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"subdividing",
"trisecting",
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding",
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"birthplace":{
"a place of origin":{
"examples":[
"Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"home",
"mother country",
"motherland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hometown",
"Blighty",
"country",
"nativity",
"old country",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bite-sized":{
"as in capsule":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capsule",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"dwarf",
"toy",
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"birdmen":{
"one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{
"examples":[
"in the early days of aviation, birdmen would travel around the country in their biplanes, putting on flying shows"
],
"synonyms":[
"airmen",
"aviators",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"pilots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"barnstormers",
"bush pilots",
"copilots",
"flyboys",
"test pilots",
"captains",
"skippers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birthday suit":{
"the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
"examples":[
"with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits , socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant"
],
"synonyms":[
"altogether",
"bareness",
"bottomlessness",
"buff",
"nakedness",
"nude",
"nudity",
"raw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"toplessness",
"naturism",
"nudism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big bucks":{
"a very large amount of money":{
"examples":[
"I hear she's been offered big bucks to take that job"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"biddies":{
"a female domestic servant":{
"examples":[
"those poor old biddies were mostly Irishwomen who worked for old-line Yankee families"
],
"synonyms":[
"chars",
"charwomen",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"house girls",
"housekeepers",
"housemaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"skivvies",
"wenches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendants",
"chambermaids",
"abigails",
"ladies-in-waiting",
"maids-in-waiting",
"au pairs",
"nursemaids",
"domestics",
"menials",
"amahs",
"ayahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big-time":{
"to a large extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"wow, those renovations improved the library big-time"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomically",
"broadly",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modestly",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
]
},
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"the young ad execs knew that their agency had hit the big time when major corporations came calling"
],
"synonyms":[
"big(s)",
"big league(s)",
"major league"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"old guard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"birdbrain":{
"a silly flighty person":{
"examples":[
"those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuckoo",
"ditz",
"featherbrain",
"featherhead",
"flibbertigibbet",
"nitwit",
"rattlebrain",
"scatterbrain",
"softhead"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fool",
"goose",
"silly",
"simpleton"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"some birdbrain left the water running"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billabong":{
"a small often deep body of water":{
"examples":[
"taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong"
],
"synonyms":[
"mere",
"pool",
"puddle",
"stank",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"hole",
"sinkhole",
"swimming pool",
"lake",
"pond",
"water hole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"binge":{
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"weekend binges are a serious problem at many colleges and universities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bender",
"bust",
"carousal",
"carouse",
"drunk",
"jamboree",
"spree",
"toot",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"revel",
"revelry",
"bibbery",
"bibulousness",
"drunkenness",
"inebriation",
"inebriety",
"intoxication",
"jag",
"tipsiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"a shopping binge at the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"fling",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"what should we wear to this binge at the country club?"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"bash",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia",
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"birl",
"carouse",
"revel",
"roister",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booze",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"liquor (up)",
"soak",
"tipple"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bitterness":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"examples":[
"he still harbored an implacable bitterness against the company that had fired him"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"amity"
]
},
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"the bitterness of the coffee suggested that it had been reheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"an uncomfortable degree of coolness":{
"examples":[
"there's a bitterness in the air, so let's build a fire in the fireplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"bleakness",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"briskness",
"crispness",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"gelidity",
"iciness",
"wintriness",
"cold",
"freeze",
"snap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balminess",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"heat",
"hotness",
"sultriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"complained with great bitterness about the ill treatment he had always received"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bibliomaniac":{
"one who is keenly devoted to books":{
"examples":[
"an incorrigible bibliomaniac , he's already bought more books than anyone could read in a lifetime"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibliolater",
"bibliophile",
"bookman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookworm",
"antiquarian",
"bibliopole",
"bookseller",
"bibliopegist",
"bookbinder",
"bookmaker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biggie":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"among food and beverage magazines, it's one of the biggies"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"binary stars":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billionairess":{
"as in billionaire , millionaire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billionaire",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
"millionairess",
"affluent",
"deep pocket",
"fat cat",
"have",
"moneybags",
"plutocrat",
"magnate",
"moneymaker",
"nabob",
"success",
"tycoon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"down-and-out",
"down-and-outer",
"have-not",
"indigent",
"pauper",
"ne'er-do-well",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bird-dogging":{
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasing",
"coursing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"running",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"chaperoning",
"escorting",
"hunting",
"searching (for)",
"seeking",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heading"
],
"antonyms":[
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"biding":{
"as in continuing , enduring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"running on",
"lingering",
"residual",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"leftover",
"remaining",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingering",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"examples":[
"I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire"
],
"synonyms":[
"awaiting",
"holding on",
"staying",
"waiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"standing by",
"anticipating",
"expecting",
"watching (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bigoted":{
"unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{
"examples":[
"most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest"
],
"synonyms":[
"illiberal",
"intolerant",
"narrow",
"narrow-minded",
"prejudiced",
"small-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservative",
"hidebound",
"old-fashioned",
"reactionary",
"blindfolded",
"blinkered",
"insular",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"biased",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"partisan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extreme",
"progressive",
"radical",
"impartial",
"objective",
"unbiased"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"liberal",
"open-minded",
"tolerant",
"unprejudiced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bimahs":{
"a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read":{
"examples":[
"He stepped up to the bimah for the reading."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altars",
"footpaces",
"pulpits",
"platforms",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries",
"daises",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bilateral":{
"involving two groups or countries; having or affecting two sides":{
"examples":[
"bilateral trade agreements",
"a bilateral treaty"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consensual",
"reciprocal",
"symbiotic",
"synergic",
"synergistic",
"two-way",
"collaborative",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"concerted",
"conjoint",
"conjunct",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"pooled",
"public",
"shared",
"united",
"mass",
"popular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exclusive",
"individual",
"one-man",
"one-sided",
"one-way",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"unilateral",
"personal",
"private",
"independent",
"separate",
"several",
"esoteric",
"particular",
"special",
"specialized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"biggest":{
"as in largest , hugest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hugest",
"largest",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassed",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost",
"consummate",
"last",
"max",
"maximum",
"most",
"nth",
"outside",
"paramount",
"supreme",
"top",
"ultimate",
"utmost",
"uttermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"least",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest",
"littlest",
"minutest",
"smallest",
"tiniest",
"lowest",
"fewest"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bibber":{
"as in drinker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drinker",
"alcoholic",
"barfly",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist",
"dry",
"prohibitionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biting":{
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
"examples":[
"a biting wind that only the toughest football fans were willing to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"raw",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"smarting",
"stinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"tingling",
"caustic",
"corrosive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"gentle",
"mild",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"the biting comments by the pundits about the government's inaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"smelling",
"stinking",
"sucking"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocking",
"ruling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bibliopole":{
"as in bookseller , antiquarian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antiquarian",
"bookseller",
"bookworm",
"bibliopegist",
"bookbinder",
"bookmaker",
"bibliolater",
"bibliomaniac",
"bibliophile",
"bookman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birthday suits":{
"the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
"examples":[
"with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits , socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant"
],
"synonyms":[
"altogethers",
"buffs",
"nudes",
"nudities",
"raws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"naturisms",
"nudisms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"binged":{
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
"examples":[
"a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"birled",
"caroused",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"roistered",
"wassailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boozed",
"drank",
"guzzled",
"liquored (up)",
"soaked",
"tippled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"biliousness":{
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
"examples":[
"her biliousness was such that most people simply avoided her"
],
"synonyms":[
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"surliness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Big Brother":{
"as in fascism , Communism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Big Brotherism",
"Communism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"absolutism",
"autarchy",
"authoritarianism",
"autocracy",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny",
"monarchism",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"domination",
"oppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in authoritarian , totalitarian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"paramount",
"potentate",
"totalitarian",
"autarch",
"autocrat",
"monocrat",
"caudillo",
"overlord",
"warlord",
"caesar",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"oppressor",
"pharaoh",
"strongman",
"tyrannizer",
"tyrant",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"dominator",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"overlord",
"ruler",
"king",
"lord",
"monarch",
"prince",
"queen",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"tycoon",
"disciplinarian",
"discipliner",
"enforcer",
"martinet",
"taskmaster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big buck(s)":{
"a very large amount of money":{
"examples":[
"I hear she's been offered big bucks to take that job"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"bitterly":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"cried bitterly after her grandmother died"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"bigfoots":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"a bigfoot in the field of genetics"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big(s)":{
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"a candidate who is running for president is playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"big league(s)",
"big time",
"major league"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"old guard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bits":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete":{
"examples":[
"bits of cookie scattered on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"fractions",
"fragments",
"pieces",
"scraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantles",
"shreds",
"tatters",
"ends",
"leftovers",
"oddments",
"remainders",
"remnants",
"stubs",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shatters",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"I'll have only a bit of food right now"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
"examples":[
"this will only take a bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"space",
"spells",
"stretches",
"whiles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapses",
"seasons",
"spans",
"days",
"epochs",
"eras",
"beats",
"eyeblinks",
"flashes",
"heartbeats",
"instants",
"jiffies",
"jiffs",
"minutes",
"moments",
"nanoseconds",
"New York minutes",
"seconds",
"shakes",
"split seconds",
"spurts",
"trices",
"twinkles",
"twinklings",
"winks",
"aeons",
"eons",
"ages",
"eternities",
"infinities",
"perpetuities",
"interims",
"interludes",
"intermissions",
"intervals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a performance regularly presented by an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"known for a comedic bit in which she portrayed a very nervous student driver"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"numbers",
"routines",
"shticks",
"schticks",
"shtiks",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"examples":[
"wielding silver trays, the servers offered partygoers a variety of exotic-looking bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cates",
"dainties",
"delectables",
"delicacies",
"goodies",
"kickshaws",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"treats",
"viands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"morsels",
"candies",
"desserts",
"junkets",
"sweetmeats",
"sweets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birdliming":{
"as in capturing , bagging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"collaring",
"catching up",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"ensnarling",
"entangling",
"entoiling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"netting",
"snaring",
"tangling",
"trapping",
"embroiling",
"implicating",
"involving",
"miring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangling",
"untangling",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"extricating",
"clearing",
"freeing",
"liberating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bite (at)":{
"to consume or wear away gradually":{
"examples":[
"the waves were biting at the sand castle I had worked so hard on"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrode",
"eat",
"erode",
"fret",
"gnaw",
"nibble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"decimate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ruin",
"waste",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshen",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"birders":{
"as in hawkers , falconers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"falconers",
"fowlers",
"hawkers",
"archers",
"gunners",
"hunter-gatherers",
"trappers",
"huntresses",
"sportsmen",
"sportswomen",
"poachers",
"hunters",
"huntsmen",
"nimrods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billet":{
"a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
"examples":[
"a stack of gold billets in the vault"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"rod"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arbor",
"beam",
"board",
"crossbar",
"crossbeam",
"girder",
"band",
"strip",
"bloom",
"ingot",
"slab",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
"examples":[
"found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"berth",
"capacity",
"connection",
"function",
"job",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"employ",
"employment",
"occupation",
"profession",
"work",
"office",
"spot",
"calling",
"pursuit",
"trade",
"vocation",
"line",
"racket",
"engagement",
"gig",
"livelihood",
"living",
"career",
"lifework",
"practice",
"practise",
"duty",
"mission",
"posting",
"service",
"task"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocation",
"joblessness",
"unemployment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"birettas":{
"as in turbans , tricornes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"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",
"silk hats",
"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"
]
},
"bibberies":{
"as in intoxications , inebrieties":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inebriations",
"inebrieties",
"intoxications",
"jags",
"bacchanalia",
"orgies",
"revelries",
"revels",
"blowouts",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"benders",
"binges",
"busts",
"carousals",
"carouses",
"drunks",
"jamborees",
"sprees",
"toots",
"wassails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birdbrains":{
"a silly flighty person":{
"examples":[
"those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuckoos",
"ditzes",
"featherbrains",
"featherheads",
"flibbertigibbets",
"nitwits",
"rattlebrains",
"scatterbrains",
"softheads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fools",
"geese",
"sillies",
"simpletons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"some birdbrain left the water running"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
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"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biopsies":{
"as in vivisections":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"vivisections"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autopsies",
"necropsies",
"postmortem examinations",
"postmortems",
"dissections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biddability":{
"a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others":{
"examples":[
"a pastor who longs for the days when the biddability of parishioners could be taken for granted"
],
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"acquiescence",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"conformity",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billingsgate":{
"harsh insulting language":{
"examples":[
"the intemperate billingsgate to which the staff in customer service were sometimes subjected"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"fulmination",
"invective",
"obloquy",
"scurrility",
"vitriol",
"vituperation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackguardism",
"blasphemy",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"profanity",
"epithet",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slur",
"expletive",
"swearword",
"aspersion",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"revilement",
"vilification",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"criticism",
"excoriation",
"opprobrium",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"broadside",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"polemic",
"tirade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"flattery",
"overpraise",
"soft soap"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biweeklies":{
"a publication that is issued every two weeks":{
"examples":[
"wrote articles for a biweekly"
],
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"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billies":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"police officers carry a billy while patrolling on foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batons",
"bats",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"nightsticks",
"rods",
"rungs",
"saps",
"shillelaghs",
"shillalahs",
"staffs",
"staves",
"truncheons",
"waddies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"knobkerries",
"maces",
"birches",
"crabsticks",
"hickories",
"rattans",
"staves",
"switches",
"beetles",
"gavels",
"hammers",
"mallets",
"mauls",
"sledgehammers",
"crooks",
"crosiers",
"croziers",
"walking sticks",
"whangees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birthplaces":{
"a place of origin":{
"examples":[
"Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradles",
"homes",
"mother countries",
"motherlands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hometowns",
"Blighties",
"countries",
"nativities",
"old countries",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bibulousness":{
"as in dipsomania":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dipsomania",
"inebriety",
"intoxication",
"debauchery",
"dissoluteness",
"alcoholism",
"drunkenness",
"insobriety",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sobriety",
"temperance",
"abstention",
"abstinence",
"teetotalism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bit":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete":{
"examples":[
"bits of cookie scattered on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"fraction",
"fragment",
"piece",
"scrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantle",
"shred",
"tatter",
"end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"stub",
"portion",
"section",
"segment",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shatter",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"atom",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"I'll have only a bit of food right now"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
"examples":[
"this will only take a bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"space",
"spell",
"stretch",
"while"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapse",
"season",
"span",
"day",
"epoch",
"era",
"beat",
"eyeblink",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"New York minute",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"spurt",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink",
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"eternity",
"infinity",
"perpetuity",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interval"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a performance regularly presented by an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"known for a comedic bit in which she portrayed a very nervous student driver"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"number",
"routine",
"shtick",
"schtick",
"shtik",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"examples":[
"wielding silver trays, the servers offered partygoers a variety of exotic-looking bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"cate",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicacy",
"goody",
"goodie",
"kickshaw",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"treat",
"viand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"morsel",
"candy",
"dessert",
"junket",
"sweet",
"sweetmeat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"smelled",
"smelt",
"stank",
"stunk",
"sucked"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocked",
"ruled"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bisects":{
"to divide by passing through or across":{
"examples":[
"the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany"
],
"synonyms":[
"crosses",
"cuts",
"intersects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crisscrosses",
"decussates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bight":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"the bight known as the Bay of Fundy is known for its fast-running tides"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birched":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"hided",
"horsewhipped",
"lashed",
"leathered",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"slashed",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"whaled",
"whipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouted",
"quirted",
"strapped",
"cut",
"flicked",
"touched up",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"fustigated",
"pistol-whipped",
"banged",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cuffed",
"hit",
"knocked",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"punched",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"slated",
"slogged",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"billet-doux":{
"as in open letter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"open letter",
"dispatch",
"epistle",
"letter",
"memo",
"memorandum",
"missive",
"note",
"airmail",
"card",
"electronic mail",
"e-mail",
"junk mail",
"mail",
"postal card",
"postcard",
"communication",
"report",
"encyclical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biffed":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman swung her purse and biffed the mugger upside the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"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",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"birthmark":{
"as in mole , freckle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"freckle",
"mole",
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big times":{
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"the young ad execs knew that their agency had hit the big time when major corporations came calling"
],
"synonyms":[
"big leagues",
"bigs",
"major leagues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishments",
"old guards"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biting the dust":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"birds of passage":{
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"examples":[
"Once a bird of passage , she eventually married and settled down in the city that stole her heart."
],
"synonyms":[
"drifters",
"gadabouts",
"gypsies",
"knockabouts",
"maunderers",
"nomads",
"ramblers",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"strollers",
"vagabonds",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laggards",
"stragglers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"sojourners",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"passengers",
"sightseers",
"travelers",
"travellers",
"migrants",
"transients",
"vagrants",
"amblers",
"saunterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebodies",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"settlers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"binomial":{
"as in monomial":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monomial",
"alias",
"cryptonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"trivial name",
"vernacular",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"misnomer",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"brand name",
"label",
"trademark",
"trade name",
"matronymic",
"patronymic",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"baptismal name",
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birthmarks":{
"as in moles , freckles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"freckles",
"moles",
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bijouteries":{
"decorative objects (such as earrings, rings, necklaces, and bracelets) worn on the body":{
"examples":[
"We strolled down a Paris street lined with vendors selling all types of tourist bijouteries ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bling",
"bling-bling",
"ice",
"jewelries",
"accessories",
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"brilliants",
"gems",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks",
"parures",
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"gauds",
"ornamentations",
"regalia",
"setoffs",
"trims",
"crown jewels",
"birthstones",
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bind":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport"
],
"synonyms":[
"chain",
"enchain",
"enfetter",
"fetter",
"gyve",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"pinion",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"iron",
"lash",
"secure",
"tie",
"truss",
"attach",
"fasten",
"join",
"link",
"confine",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"entangle",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"release",
"rescue",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"untangle",
"untie",
"detach",
"disengage"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbind",
"unfetter",
"unshackle"
]
},
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"bind the wound to stop the bleeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandage",
"dress",
"swathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"treat",
"cure",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"bind the asparagus spears carefully before packing the bunches"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"tie",
"truss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinch",
"cord",
"rope",
"strap",
"thread",
"wire",
"gird",
"girt",
"lash",
"leash",
"tether",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"lace",
"entangle",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"twist",
"coil",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unlace",
"unlash",
"unloose",
"unloosen",
"unstrap",
"unstring",
"unthread",
"unleash",
"untether",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist",
"uncoil",
"unspool",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbind",
"untie"
]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind"
],
"synonyms":[
"box",
"catch-22",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"fix",
"hole",
"impasse",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
"sticky wicket",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulty",
"node",
"hot water",
"soup",
"pinch",
"plight",
"quandary",
"scrape",
"trouble",
"deadlock",
"halt",
"logjam",
"stalemate",
"standstill",
"clutch",
"crisis",
"crossroad",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"juncture",
"strait"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
"examples":[
"the store owner held the would-be burglar in a makeshift bind until the police officers could arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"bond",
"bracelet",
"chain",
"cuff(s)",
"fetter",
"handcuff(s)",
"irons",
"ligature",
"manacle(s)",
"shackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"constraint",
"curb",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"hindrance",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"entanglement",
"net",
"trammel",
"trap",
"collar",
"straitjacket",
"straightjacket",
"fastener",
"hobble",
"hold",
"hold-down",
"holding",
"tie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"biasing":{
"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
"examples":[
"bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors"
],
"synonyms":[
"poisoning",
"prejudicing",
"turning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disposing",
"inclining",
"predisposing",
"influencing",
"prepossessing",
"convincing",
"persuading",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bite the dust":{
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"part",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bile":{
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"with considerable bile , the author recounts a childhood filled with misery and loneliness"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bijouterie":{
"decorative objects (such as earrings, rings, necklaces, and bracelets) worn on the body":{
"examples":[
"We strolled down a Paris street lined with vendors selling all types of tourist bijouteries ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bling",
"bling-bling",
"ice",
"jewelry",
"accessory",
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"brilliant",
"gem",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock",
"parure",
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"gaud",
"ornamentation",
"regalia",
"setoff",
"trim",
"crown jewels",
"birthstone",
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bimas":{
"a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read":{
"examples":[
"He stepped up to the bimah for the reading."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altars",
"footpaces",
"pulpits",
"platforms",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries",
"daises",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bighearted":{
"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
"examples":[
"a bighearted guy who can't seem to ever say \"no\""
],
"synonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"free",
"freehanded",
"freehearted",
"fulsome",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"open",
"openhanded",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extravagant",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"big",
"greathearted",
"largehearted",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindly",
"samaritan",
"sympathetic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mean",
"petty",
"small",
"frugal",
"spare",
"sparing",
"thrifty",
"chary",
"stinting",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"close",
"closefisted",
"costive",
"illiberal",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"selfish",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bigamy":{
"as in polygamy , polyamory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyamory",
"polyandry",
"polygamy",
"polygyny",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"remarriage",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bigfeet":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"a bigfoot in the field of genetics"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bimah":{
"a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read":{
"examples":[
"He stepped up to the bimah for the reading."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altar",
"footpace",
"pulpit",
"platform",
"riser",
"scaffold",
"balcony",
"gallery",
"dais",
"podium",
"rostrum",
"stage",
"stand",
"tribune"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bibliographies":{
"as in glossaries , indexes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agendas",
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"directories",
"dockets",
"enumerations",
"glossaries",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories",
"manifests",
"payrolls",
"canons",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"menus",
"registers",
"registries",
"roll calls",
"rolls",
"rosters",
"schedules",
"tables",
"calendars",
"chronologies",
"timetables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bite":{
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"the fall winds had a real bite"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
"examples":[
"had only a bite to eat before rushing off"
],
"synonyms":[
"morsel",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"nugget",
"taste",
"tidbit",
"titbit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collop",
"medallion",
"noisette",
"nosh",
"snack",
"appetizer",
"canap\u00e9",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bit",
"chew",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dribble",
"driblet",
"fleck",
"hint",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"pinch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"shred",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"suspicion",
"tittle",
"touch",
"trace",
"dash",
"drop",
"lap",
"lick",
"gulp",
"swallow",
"swig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an uncomfortable degree of coolness":{
"examples":[
"weather with a bite that suggested winter was right around the corner"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"briskness",
"crispness",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"gelidity",
"iciness",
"wintriness",
"cold",
"freeze",
"snap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balminess",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"heat",
"hotness",
"sultriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"smell",
"stink",
"suck"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rock",
"rule"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bigs":{
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"a candidate who is running for president is playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"big league(s)",
"big time",
"major league"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"old guard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bijoux":{
"as in trinkets , baubles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baubles",
"trinkets",
"brilliants",
"gems",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks",
"birthstones",
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"big shots":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"a meeting at which all of the big shots in the company were present"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Big Brothers":{
"as in authoritarians , totalitarians":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarians",
"paramounts",
"potentates",
"totalitarians",
"autarchs",
"autocrats",
"monocrats",
"caudillos",
"overlords",
"warlords",
"caesars",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"oppressors",
"pharaohs",
"strongmen",
"tyrannizers",
"tyrants",
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"dominators",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"overlords",
"rulers",
"kings",
"lords",
"monarchs",
"princes",
"queens",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"tycoons",
"disciplinarians",
"discipliners",
"enforcers",
"martinets",
"taskmasters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birder":{
"as in hawker , falconer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"falconer",
"fowler",
"hawker",
"archer",
"gunner",
"hunter-gatherer",
"trapper",
"huntress",
"sportsman",
"sportswoman",
"poacher",
"hunter",
"huntsman",
"nimrod"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biting (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"champing",
"chawing",
"chewing",
"chomping (on)",
"crunching (on)",
"gnawing (on)",
"masticating",
"nibbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminating",
"munching",
"noshing",
"snacking",
"consuming",
"eating",
"ingesting",
"swallowing",
"bolting",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gorging",
"gulping",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"snacking",
"wolfing",
"nipping",
"pecking (at)",
"picking (at)",
"gumming",
"mumbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bickering":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"argufying",
"arguing",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"big leagues":{
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"Broadway is the big leagues , and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism"
],
"synonyms":[
"big(s)",
"big time",
"major league"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"old guard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bilkers":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"the \"victim\" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bivouacked":{
"to live in a camp or the outdoors":{
"examples":[
"the army bivouacked for the night by the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"camped (out)",
"encamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slept out",
"tented",
"bedded (down)",
"backpacked",
"caravanned",
"caravaned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"bestowed",
"billeted",
"boarded",
"bunked",
"camped",
"chambered",
"domiciled",
"encamped",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"put up",
"quartered",
"roofed",
"roomed",
"sheltered",
"took in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"homed",
"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"barracked",
"bedded (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejected",
"evicted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"billabongs":{
"a small often deep body of water":{
"examples":[
"taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong"
],
"synonyms":[
"meres",
"pools",
"puddles",
"stanks",
"wells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basins",
"holes",
"sinkholes",
"swimming pools",
"lakes",
"ponds",
"water holes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"binary":{
"consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined":{
"examples":[
"a binary star is a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bipartite",
"double",
"double-barreled",
"double-edged",
"dual",
"duplex",
"twin",
"twofold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mated",
"paired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unpaired"
],
"antonyms":[
"single"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"biweekly":{
"a publication that is issued every two weeks":{
"examples":[
"wrote articles for a biweekly"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annual",
"bimonthly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid",
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in daily , weekly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bimonthly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"annual",
"yearly",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"intermittent",
"perennial",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"regular",
"repeated",
"routine",
"serial",
"usual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bibs":{
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"the old professor has been known to bib on occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"boozes",
"drinks",
"guzzles",
"liquors (up)",
"lushes (up)",
"soaks",
"tipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouses",
"revels",
"imbibes",
"nips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"big":{
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
"examples":[
"there will be a big meeting to resolve the issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"strategic",
"earnest",
"grave",
"heavy",
"serious",
"sincere",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"central",
"critical",
"crucial",
"essential",
"key",
"pivotal",
"seminal",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltry",
"petty",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
"examples":[
"bought a big apple to quench his raging appetite"
],
"synonyms":[
"biggish",
"boxcar",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"major",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"copious",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutive",
"half-pint",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"petite",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"thin"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"dinky",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"puny",
"shrimpy",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature":{
"examples":[
"how big of you to give your subordinates most of the credit"
],
"synonyms":[
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"natural",
"noble",
"sublime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"honorable",
"valiant",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"knightly",
"princely",
"regal",
"inspiring",
"moving",
"numinous",
"uplifting",
"august",
"magnificent",
"majestic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"vicious",
"dastardly",
"dirty",
"lousy",
"sorry",
"little",
"mean",
"narrow",
"small-minded",
"degrading",
"discreditable",
"humiliating",
"ignominious",
"coarse",
"crude",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"debased",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"ignoble",
"low"
]
},
"having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)":{
"examples":[
"inexperienced wine drinkers should not start with such a big wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"concentrated",
"full",
"full-bodied",
"heady",
"lusty",
"muscular",
"plush",
"potent",
"rich",
"robust",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heavy",
"straight",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"high-octane",
"high-test",
"enriched",
"fortified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilute",
"diluted",
"watered-down",
"watery"
],
"antonyms":[
"delicate",
"light",
"mild",
"thin",
"thinned",
"weak",
"weakened"
]
},
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"the big story that year was the election of the president"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
"examples":[
"jackets with very wide lapels were big that year"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowd-pleasing",
"du jour",
"faddish",
"faddy",
"fashionable",
"favorite",
"happening",
"hot",
"in",
"large",
"modish",
"pop",
"popular",
"popularized",
"red-hot",
"vogue",
"voguish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semipopular",
"preferred",
"selected",
"desirable",
"liked",
"wanted",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"leading",
"notable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"important",
"significant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"washed-up",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"rejected",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"indistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"unknown",
"inconspicuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"out",
"unfashionable",
"unpopular"
]
},
"containing unborn young within the body":{
"examples":[
"a mare big with a foal"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"enceinte",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"gravid",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parturient",
"prenatal",
"childbearing",
"gestational",
"brooding",
"conceiving",
"impregnated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barren",
"infertile",
"aborting",
"miscarrying",
"delivered"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpregnant"
]
},
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"with that new promotion he's now one of the bigs in the company"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"the highest level of a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"a candidate who is running for president is playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"big league(s)",
"big time",
"major league"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"old guard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"big screen":{
"the art or business of making a movie":{
"examples":[
"many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinema",
"film",
"filmdom",
"filmland",
"filmmaking",
"movie",
"moviemaking",
"pictures",
"screen",
"silver screen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Bollywood",
"Hollywood",
"showbiz",
"show business"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biopesticides":{
"as in pesticides , insecticides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acaricides",
"fungicides",
"germicides",
"herbicides",
"insecticides",
"microbicides",
"pesticides",
"toxicants",
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxics",
"toxins",
"venoms",
"cancers",
"contagions",
"diseases",
"viruses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bickerer":{
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
"examples":[
"perpetual bickerers , the Taylors think nothing of having their private quarrels in public places"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguer",
"argufier",
"brawler",
"debater",
"disputant",
"disputer",
"fighter",
"quarreler",
"quarreller",
"scrapper",
"squabbler",
"wrangler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"codefendant",
"defendant",
"plaintiff",
"pleader",
"challenger",
"contender",
"contestant",
"skirmisher",
"fusser",
"nitpicker",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"biographers":{
"as in autobiographers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobiographers",
"annalists",
"chroniclers",
"historians",
"archivists",
"chronologists",
"genealogists",
"hagiographers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bicolor":{
"as in two-tone , two-toned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bichrome",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid",
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bitten":{
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"smelled",
"smelt",
"stunk",
"sucked"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocked",
"ruled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bins":{
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
"examples":[
"a storage bin for hats and gloves",
"put plastics in this recycling bin , and glass in that one"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cases",
"caskets",
"chests",
"lockers",
"trunks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartons",
"crates",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"coffins",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"canteens",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"bandboxes",
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bifurcated":{
"to undergo division into two parts":{
"examples":[
"The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"broke up",
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded",
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bites (on)":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"champs",
"chaws",
"chews",
"chomps (on)",
"crunches (on)",
"gnaws (on)",
"masticates",
"nibbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminates",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks",
"consumes",
"eats",
"ingests",
"swallows",
"bolts",
"devours",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"snacks",
"wolfs",
"nips",
"pecks (at)",
"picks (at)",
"gums",
"mumbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"big business":{
"as in organization , union":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"association",
"guild",
"gild",
"organization",
"partnership",
"pool",
"union",
"cartel",
"combination",
"combine",
"syndicate",
"trust",
"chain",
"conglomerate",
"megacorporation",
"multinational"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bike":{
"a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{
"examples":[
"likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bicycle",
"cycle",
"push-bike",
"push bicycle",
"two-wheeler",
"velocipede"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mountain bike",
"tandem bicycle",
"ten-speed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"examples":[
"the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"gaggle",
"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
"logjam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bibliotheca":{
"as in library , archive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archive",
"library",
"stacks",
"rental library",
"lending library"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"billionaires":{
"a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gazillionaires",
"millionaires",
"multibillionaires",
"multimillionaires",
"multi-millionaires",
"zillionaires",
"capitalists",
"Croesuses",
"deep pockets",
"fat cats",
"haves",
"money",
"moneybags",
"plutocrats",
"silk stockings",
"moneymakers",
"money-spinners",
"magnates",
"nabobs",
"tycoons",
"heiresses",
"heirs",
"jet-setters",
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"beggars",
"have-nots",
"paupers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bipartite":{
"consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined":{
"examples":[
"separated the bipartite rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"binary",
"double",
"double-barreled",
"double-edged",
"dual",
"duplex",
"twin",
"twofold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mated",
"paired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unpaired"
],
"antonyms":[
"single"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"birch":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hickory , rattan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blacksnake",
"bullwhip",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhide",
"crop",
"hickory",
"knout",
"quirt",
"rattan",
"rawhide",
"strap",
"flogger",
"lash",
"scourge",
"switch",
"whip",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"nightstick",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"birdlimes":{
"as in captures , bags":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"collars",
"catches up",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"ensnarls",
"entangles",
"entoils",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"nets",
"snares",
"tangles",
"traps",
"embroils",
"implicates",
"involves",
"mires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangles",
"untangles",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"extricates",
"clears",
"frees",
"liberates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bios":{
"a history of a person's life":{
"examples":[
"you can read a bio of the author on her home page"
],
"synonyms":[
"biographies",
"lives",
"memoirs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autobiographies",
"hagiographies",
"psychobiographies",
"pathographies",
"tell-alls",
"chronicles",
"histories",
"pasts",
"stories",
"obituaries",
"character sketches",
"profiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bide one's time":{
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"examples":[
"decided to bide her time until she had an opportunity to switch jobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"await",
"bide",
"hold on",
"stay",
"wait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"stand by",
"anticipate",
"expect",
"watch (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"biff":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"he got a biff in the noggin as his reward for trying to intervene in the fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"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":[
"the elderly woman swung her purse and biffed the mugger upside the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"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",
"swat",
"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",
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"he's gotten biggety since he got promoted to director of sales"
],
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"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
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"toploftical",
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"self-reproving",
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"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
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"examples":[
"a thoughtful book about the nation's bifurcation into two distinct and antagonistic cultures"
],
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"divergencies",
"separations"
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"distinctions",
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"agreements",
"likenesses",
"similarities"
],
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"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"separations",
"splits"
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"ruptures",
"divorces",
"severances",
"decompositions",
"disassemblies",
"dismemberments",
"segmentations",
"subdivisions",
"atomizations",
"dichotomizations",
"polarizations",
"diffusions",
"dispersals",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"administrations",
"apportionments",
"distributions",
"isolations",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations"
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"associations",
"attachments",
"conjunctions",
"connections",
"linkages",
"links",
"linkups",
"aggregations",
"combinations",
"consolidations",
"fusions"
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"unions"
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"noun"
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],
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"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
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"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
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"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
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"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"the rights of the biological father in this case"
],
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"birth",
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"natural"
],
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"illegitimate"
],
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"adopted",
"adoptive",
"nonbiological"
]
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"adjective"
]
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"superstore",
"boutique",
"chain store",
"department store",
"dime store",
"exchange",
"five-and-ten",
"five-and-dime",
"mart",
"mini-mart",
"thrift shop",
"variety store",
"market",
"marketplace",
"outlet",
"showroom",
"bazaar",
"emporium",
"shop",
"shoppe",
"store"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in antibiotic":{
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"calamitous",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"destructive",
"devastating",
"devastative",
"disastrous",
"ruinous",
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"poisonous",
"virulent",
"vital",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"pernicious"
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"preservative",
"protective",
"constructive",
"creative",
"formative",
"productive",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"ameliorative",
"helpful",
"useful",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"salubrious",
"wholesome"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"as in jewellike":{
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"choice",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"select",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"elite",
"exclusive",
"classic",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"noble",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"ultrarare"
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"coarse",
"gross",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"tasteless",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"commercial",
"mass-produced",
"popular",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"lesser",
"mediocre",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
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"as in trinket , bauble":{
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"bauble",
"trinket",
"brilliant",
"gem",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock",
"birthstone",
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon",
"crown jewels",
"jewelry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"a large sign for advertisements that is next to a road, on the side of a building, etc.":{
"examples":[],
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"hoardings",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
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"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
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"reports",
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"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
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"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
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"as in bills , bulletins":{
"examples":[],
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"bills",
"bulletins",
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"knells",
"rings",
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"plugs",
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"spreads",
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"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
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"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
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"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"big leaguer":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"the once-tiny ad agency is now a big leaguer that attracts clients on the A-list"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bird":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"they're a couple of tough old birds who can manage without any interference from their grandchildren"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"the Liverpool fans were quick to give the visiting footballers the bird"
],
"synonyms":[
"boo",
"Bronx cheer",
"catcall",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"razz",
"snort"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt",
"whistle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applause",
"clapping"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"birds":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"they're a couple of tough old birds who can manage without any interference from their grandchildren"
],
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"babies",
"beings",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"sorts",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
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},
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"the Liverpool fans were quick to give the visiting footballers the bird"
],
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"boos",
"Bronx cheers",
"catcalls",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"raspberries",
"razzes",
"snorts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smirks",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts",
"whistles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauses"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bicycles":{
"a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{
"examples":[
"the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bikes",
"cycles",
"push-bikes",
"push bicycles",
"two-wheelers",
"velocipedes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mountain bikes",
"tandem bicycles",
"ten-speeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bilks":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \"owner\" just a bilk"
],
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"bilkers",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
],
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"beats",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bizarreries":{
"as in accidents , phenomena":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accidents",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"quirks",
"vagaries",
"curiosities",
"peculiarities",
"singularities",
"distortions",
"kinks",
"mutations",
"variations",
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"exceptions",
"oddities",
"oddments",
"rarities",
"differences",
"disparities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"errors",
"mistakes",
"contradictions",
"paradoxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"norms",
"ordinaries",
"usuals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"binging":{
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
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"examples":[
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"a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"birling",
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roistering",
"wassailing"
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],
"near synonyms":[
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"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"soaking",
"tippling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
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"verb"
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]
},
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"biped":{
"a 2-footed animal":{
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"examples":[
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"Human beings are bipeds ."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"quadruped",
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"creature",
"critter",
"blastie",
"varmint",
"vermin",
"carnivore",
"herbivore",
"insectivore",
"invertebrate",
"vertebrate",
"domestic animal",
"pet",
"feral",
"livestock",
"stock"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bitches":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
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"examples":[
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"tiresome members of the tour group who had one bitch after another"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"beefs",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complaints",
"fusses",
"grievances",
"gripes",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"grumbles",
"hollers",
"kvetches",
"laments",
"misereres",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"plaints",
"squawks",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers"
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],
"near synonyms":[
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"challenges",
"demurs",
"expostulations",
"kicks",
"niggles",
"objections",
"protests",
"quibbles",
"remonstrances",
"stinks"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"commendations",
"compliments",
"plaudits",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"approvals",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"those guys are always bitching about something"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
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],
"near synonyms":[
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"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
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],
"antonyms":[
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"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
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]
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},
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"big boy":{
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"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
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"when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys"
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],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big cheese",
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"big gun",
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"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"bibliophiles":{
"one who is keenly devoted to books":{
"examples":[
"for bibliophiles , no electronic device could possibly give the tactile pleasure of a beautifully bound book"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibliolaters",
"bibliomaniacs",
"bookmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bookworms",
"antiquarians",
"bibliopoles",
"booksellers",
"bibliopegists",
"bookbinders",
"bookmakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
}
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